Komunistishe fon

Komunistishe fon
Editor	Henekh Kazakevitch
Founded	1919
Political alignment	Jewish sections of the Communist Party of Ukraine
Language	Yiddish
Ceased publication	1924
Headquarters	Kiev
Country	Soviet Union
	Media of the Soviet Union;

Komunistishe fon (Yiddish: קאָמוניסטישע פֿאָן‎, 'Communist Banner'), also known as Komfon, was a Soviet Yiddish newspaper published in Kiev 1919-1924.^[1]^[2] The newspaper was the result of the merger of two previous non-communist newspapers, Naye tsayt of the Fareynikte party and the Folks-tsaytung of the Bund party.^[2] Kommunistishe fon was the organ of the Komfarband, and later became the organ of the Main Bureau of the Jewish sections of the Communist Party (bolshevik) of Ukraine.^[3]^[4]

Henekh Kazakevitch was the editor of Komfon.^[5] Between the 9th (April 1920) and 10th (March 1921) party congresses, 268 issues of Komfon were published. It had a circulation of around 2,000 at the time of the 10th party congress.^[1]

Komfon organized live newspaper readings with musical concerts. These events would attract 200-300 workers. Kazakevitch was known as a good public speaker at these events.^[5]

Komfon was one of two main Soviet Yiddish publications at the time (the other being the Moscow-based Der Emes). It was later replaced by the Kharkiv-based Shtern.^[6]

References

1 2 David Shneer (13 February 2004). Yiddish and the Creation of Soviet Jewish Culture: 1918-1930. Cambridge University Press. p. 249. ISBN 978-0-521-82630-3.
1 2 Estraikh, Gennady. The Yiddish-Language Communist Press, in Frankel, Jonathan (ed.), Studies in Contemporary Jewry. Vol. 20, Dark Times, Dire Decisions : Jews and Communism. New York City: Oxford University Press, 2005. p. 64
↑ Kenneth Benjamin Moss; Stanford University. Dept. of History (2003). 'A time for tearing down and a time for building up': recasting Jewish culture in Eastern Europe, 1917-1921. Stanford University. p. 329.
↑ Kenneth B. Moss (28 February 2010). Jewish Renaissance in the Russian Revolution. Harvard University Press. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-674-05431-8.
1 2 David Shneer (13 February 2004). Yiddish and the Creation of Soviet Jewish Culture: 1918-1930. Cambridge University Press. pp. 93–94. ISBN 978-0-521-82630-3.
↑ Elissa Bemporad; Stanford University. Dept. of History (2006). Red star on the Jewish street: the reshaping of Jewish life in Soviet Minsk, 1917-1939. Stanford University. p. 89.

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[Shneer2004a-1] 1 2 David Shneer (13 February 2004). Yiddish and the Creation of Soviet Jewish Culture: 1918-1930. Cambridge University Press. p. 249. ISBN 978-0-521-82630-3.

[e-2] 1 2 Estraikh, Gennady. The Yiddish-Language Communist Press, in Frankel, Jonathan (ed.), Studies in Contemporary Jewry. Vol. 20, Dark Times, Dire Decisions : Jews and Communism. New York City: Oxford University Press, 2005. p. 64

[MossHistory2003-3] Kenneth Benjamin Moss; Stanford University. Dept. of History (2003). 'A time for tearing down and a time for building up': recasting Jewish culture in Eastern Europe, 1917-1921. Stanford University. p. 329.

[Moss2010-4] Kenneth B. Moss (28 February 2010). Jewish Renaissance in the Russian Revolution. Harvard University Press. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-674-05431-8.

[Shneer2004b-5] 1 2 David Shneer (13 February 2004). Yiddish and the Creation of Soviet Jewish Culture: 1918-1930. Cambridge University Press. pp. 93–94. ISBN 978-0-521-82630-3.

[BemporadHistory2006-6] Elissa Bemporad; Stanford University. Dept. of History (2006). Red star on the Jewish street: the reshaping of Jewish life in Soviet Minsk, 1917-1939. Stanford University. p. 89.