Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Vochenblatt also known as Keneder yiddische vochenblat (\"Canadian Jewish Weekly\") was a Yiddish-language communist newspaper in Canada, published from Toronto between 1940 and 1979. Vochenblatt was one of the major communist Yiddish newspapers in the world during the Cold War. The newspaper repeatedly voiced support for the Birobidzhan movement. (see Organization for Jewish Colonization in Russia (IKOR))Vochenblatt was launched by the Communist Party of Canada in October 1940, following a ban on the party. Vochenblatt replaced the previous Yiddish organ of the party, Der veg (\"The Path\"), which had also been banned. The title 'Vochenblatt' was perceived as more 'safe' by the party, seeking to avoid state interference in its press activities. Until 1978 the newspaper was edited by Joshua Gershman. Gershman had edited Der Veg since its foundation in 1926. Harry Guralnick served as the executive secretary of the Canadian Jewish Weekly Association, the organization that published the newspaper.In March 1943 Vochenblatt began including English pages regularly, in an effort to reach out to English-speaking Jews. From mid-1947 to 1948 Abe Arnold served as the English-language editor of Vochenblatt. Nathan Cohen also served as editor of the English pages and wrote theatre and film reviews. The English-language section of Vochenblatt was later replaced by the monthly Canadian Jewish Outlook.Initially, Vochenblatt adopted a firm anti-Zionist stand, but as World War II progressed that posture was softened. The newspaper was supportive of calls from the Zionist leadership in Palestine to support the Allies. As of mid-1942, Vochenblatt began using the term Eretz Yisrael for Palestine. However, the newspaper still maintained its support for emigration to Birobidzhan rather than Palestine. During the 1941–1945 period the newspaper supported the foundation of an independent joint Jewish-Arab state in Palestine. As of 1948 Vochenblat favoured the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine. And as the war began it issued a call to Canadian Jews to campaign against any compromise against the UN resolution on establish a Jewish state in Palestine.In 1948 the newspaper became the de facto organ of the United Jewish Peoples' Order. Gershman served as general secretary of UJPO. In its latter years, Vochenblat was published once every two weeks."@en }
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- Vochenblatt abstract "The Vochenblatt also known as Keneder yiddische vochenblat (\"Canadian Jewish Weekly\") was a Yiddish-language communist newspaper in Canada, published from Toronto between 1940 and 1979. Vochenblatt was one of the major communist Yiddish newspapers in the world during the Cold War. The newspaper repeatedly voiced support for the Birobidzhan movement. (see Organization for Jewish Colonization in Russia (IKOR))Vochenblatt was launched by the Communist Party of Canada in October 1940, following a ban on the party. Vochenblatt replaced the previous Yiddish organ of the party, Der veg (\"The Path\"), which had also been banned. The title 'Vochenblatt' was perceived as more 'safe' by the party, seeking to avoid state interference in its press activities. Until 1978 the newspaper was edited by Joshua Gershman. Gershman had edited Der Veg since its foundation in 1926. Harry Guralnick served as the executive secretary of the Canadian Jewish Weekly Association, the organization that published the newspaper.In March 1943 Vochenblatt began including English pages regularly, in an effort to reach out to English-speaking Jews. From mid-1947 to 1948 Abe Arnold served as the English-language editor of Vochenblatt. Nathan Cohen also served as editor of the English pages and wrote theatre and film reviews. The English-language section of Vochenblatt was later replaced by the monthly Canadian Jewish Outlook.Initially, Vochenblatt adopted a firm anti-Zionist stand, but as World War II progressed that posture was softened. The newspaper was supportive of calls from the Zionist leadership in Palestine to support the Allies. As of mid-1942, Vochenblatt began using the term Eretz Yisrael for Palestine. However, the newspaper still maintained its support for emigration to Birobidzhan rather than Palestine. During the 1941–1945 period the newspaper supported the foundation of an independent joint Jewish-Arab state in Palestine. As of 1948 Vochenblat favoured the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine. And as the war began it issued a call to Canadian Jews to campaign against any compromise against the UN resolution on establish a Jewish state in Palestine.In 1948 the newspaper became the de facto organ of the United Jewish Peoples' Order. Gershman served as general secretary of UJPO. In its latter years, Vochenblat was published once every two weeks.".