Der Poylisher Yidl

{{Short description|British Yiddish-language socialist newspaper}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Der Poylisher Yidl | image = | caption = | type = | format = | owners = | publisher = | editor = | chief_editor = | associate_editor = | staff_writers = | founded = {{start date|1884|07|25|df=y}} | political_position = Anarchist | language = Yiddish | ceased_publication = 1885 | headquarters = London, UK | circulation = | ISSN = | oclc = | website = | image_size = }} {{Yiddish Journalism}} The '''''Der Poylisher Yidl''''' ({{langx|yi|דער פוילישער אידעל}}, ''The Little Polish Jew'') was one of the first socialist periodicals in the Yiddish language and Britain's first socialist paper targeting an immigrant audience. It was founded on 25 July 1884 by socialist Morris Winchevsky and his friend, writer Eliyahu Wolf Rabinowitz. It featured poetry (mostly Winchevsky's), transatlantic Jewish news and critiques of the local Yiddish theatre (including Sarah and Jacob Adler's troupe).<ref name="Fishman 1985">{{Cite book|url=https://www.ochjs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/2nd-Stencl-Lecture-Morris-Winchevskys-London-Yiddish-Newspaper-100-years-in-Retrospect.pdf|title=Morris Winchevsky's London Yiddish Newspaper, 100 Years in Retrospect|last=Fishman|first=William J. |author1-link=William J. Fishman |publisher=Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies |year=1985|location=Oxford, UK |pages=4}}</ref> Its writing style was inspired by Aaron Liebermann (who established London's Hebrew Socialist Union), combining international commentary with local community organising.<ref name="Glynn2017" /> It sold for 1 penny per issue.<ref name="Lachs2018">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6eZLDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT29|title=Whitechapel Noise: Jewish Immigrant Life in Yiddish Song and Verse, London 1884–1914 |last1=Lachs |first1=Vivi |date=14 May 2018|publisher=Wayne State University Press |isbn=978-0-8143-4356-2|pages=29–}}</ref> In 1892, it was renamed to '''''Di Tsukunft''''' (Yiddish: די צוקונפֿט, ''The Future'').<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web.nli.org.il:80/sites/JPress/Hebrew/Pages/sec_idish.aspx?page=1|title=המדור לעיתונות יידיש|language=he-IL|access-date=2018-07-30}}</ref>

The newspaper ceased publication after less than a year, due to ideological differences. Winchevsky, who was staunchly anti-religious, left because Rabbinowitch accepted an advertisement from Samual Montagu, who was a pillar of the religious community. Winchevsky went on to co-found the ''Arbeter Fraynd'', which regularly criticised Montague and Britain's Chief Rabbi Herman Adler.<ref name="Lachs2018" />

The newspaper struggled to gain traction and published a total of 16 issues.<ref name="Fishman 1985" /> It was quickly overtaken by the ''Arbeter Fraynd''. The Jewish scene in London in general suffered from factionalism. The prevalence of anarchists meant Russia was not interested in supporting them. Most radical Jews ended up in New York City, including the paper's founder Morris Winchevsky.<ref name="WieseWilhelm2016">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z3ZDDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT383 |title=American Jewry: Transcending the European Experience? |last1=Wiese |first1=Christian |author1-link=:de:Christian Wiese |last2=Wilhelm |first2=Cornelia |author2-link=:de:Cornelia Wilhelm |date=3 November 2016 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-4411-8021-6 |pages=383–}}</ref>

The paper claimed to "treat the Jew... as a man... as a Jew... as a worker" and listed four kinds of Jews: "The 'indifferent' care only about themselves; 'assimilationists' consider Jewish separateness to be the root of Jewish troubles; 'nationalists' blame the Jews' homelessness for their sufferings; 'socialists' consider the Jewish problem to be part of the general social problem, not one apart".<ref name="Glynn2017">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p2AjDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA255|title=Class, Ethnicity and Religion in the Bengali East End: A Political History |last1=Glynn |first1=Sarah |date=8 February 2017 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-1-5261-0746-6 |pages=255–}}</ref>

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