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Ethnic press in Baltimore

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The Ethnic press in Baltimore, Maryland is press directed to a particular ethnic minority group or community in mind, including the non-English-language press. While English-language newspapers have always served the general population, many of Baltimore's ethnic immigrant communities have had newspapers published in their native languages.

African-American

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Belarusian-American

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Czech-American

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The cover page for the December 8, 1917 issue of Telegraf.
  • Baltimorské Listy (Baltimore Letters), a Czech-language newspaper published in Baltimore and Chicago.
  • Palecek, a Czech community newspaper from 1902.[6]
  • Telegraf, a local weekly newspaper published in Czech, running for 42 years from February 20, 1909 until 1951.[7]

Estonian-American

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  • Baltimore Eesti Organisatsioonide bülletään (Baltimore Estonian Organization Bulletin), an Estonian-language periodical published in Baltimore since 1965.[8]

German-American

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  • Sonntagsblatt des Baltimore Correspondent (Sunday Journal of the Baltimore Correspondent), a weekly German-language newspaper published on Sundays.[11]

Hispanic and Latino-American

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Italian-American

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The front page for the September 9, 1922 issue of Il Risorgimento Italiano Nel Maryland.

Jewish American

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  • Baltimore Jewish Times, Baltimore's oldest and largest Jewish publication,[13] it has been described as "the largest weekly in Maryland and one of the most respected independent Jewish publications in America",[14] and "one of the premier independent Jewish newspapers in the country."[15]
  • Der Baltimore Israelit, a Yiddish-language newspaper published from 1891 to 1893.[10]
  • Der Fortschritt, a (Yiddish-language newspaper published from June to July 1890.[10]
  • Der Wegweiser, a Yiddish-language newspaper published in 1896.[10]
  • Ha-Pisgah, a Yiddish-language newspaper published from 1891 to 1893.[10]
  • Jewish Comment, a Jewish newspaper published in 1895.[10]
  • Kaskad (Cascade), a Russian-language newspaper founded by a Jewish immigrant from Belarus. The newspaper is aimed at the Russian-speaking community of immigrants from Russia, Belarus, and other Russian-speaking areas. Many of the readers are Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union.[4][5]
  • Sinai, a German-Jewish periodical devoted to the interests of radical reform.[10]
  • The Jewish Chronicle, a Jewish newspaper published from 1875 to 1877.[10]
  • The News Exchange, a bilingual Russian-English newspaper created to facilitate the integration of Russian-Jewish immigrants into American society, established in May, 1978, by the Baltimore branch of the HIAS.[16][17]
  • Where What When, a monthly Jewish periodical established in 1985, its content is directed to the wide spectrum of Baltimore's Jewish population, and it has an approximate readership of 40,000.[18]

Lithuanian-American

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Polish-American

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The cover page of the August 15, 1940 issue of Czas Baltimorski.

Russian-American

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  • Kaskad (Cascade), a Russian newspaper founded by a Jewish immigrant from Belarus. The newspaper is aimed at the Russian-speaking community of immigrants from Russia, Belarus, and other Russian-speaking areas. Many of the readers are Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union.[4][5]
  • The News Exchange, a bilingual Russian-English newspaper created to facilitate the integration of Russian-Jewish immigrants into American society, established in May, 1978, by the Baltimore branch of the HIAS.[16][17]
  • Poleznai︠a︡ gazeta / Poleznaya gazeta, a Russian-language newspaper published in Baltimore, Brooklyn, and Pennsylvania.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Baltimore City Newspapers". Johns Hopkins University Library. Archived from the original on 2004-08-27. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  2. ^ Farrar, Hayward (1998-05-30). The Baltimore Afro-American: 1892-1950. Greenwood Press. p. 240. ISBN 0-313-30517-X.
  3. ^ Summers, Juana; Ryan, Erika; Kenin, Justine (August 12, 2022). "Here's why the 'Baltimore Beat' relaunched as a Black-led, nonprofit publication". National Public Radio. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "A Way To 'Defend Our Culture'". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
  5. ^ a b c "'I feel myself at home here'". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
  6. ^ "Rokos Family Czech-American Collection - PP145". Maryland Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  7. ^ "Guide to Maryland Newspapers - MSA SC 3774 [OCLC 9483768]". Archives of Maryland Online. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  8. ^ "Baltimore Eesti Selts (Baltimore Estonian Society), Records". University of Minnesota. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
  9. ^ "Preserving a part of the city's German past". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h "Baltimore". Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
  11. ^ "Baltimore Correspondent". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  12. ^ Blanca Torres (May 24, 2005). "A bilingual newspaper looks to provide Baltimore Latinos with information on Hispanic culture and the issues affecting them". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on 2011-02-07. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  13. ^ About Us Archived 2006-07-13 at the Wayback Machine, Baltimore Jewish Times website. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
  14. ^ Echo Media - Baltimore Jewish Times. Retrieved July 12, 2006.
  15. ^ David, Michael. Publisher of 6 Jewish weeklies, Charles Buerger, dies at 58, J. The Jewish News of Northern California, November 15, 1996.
  16. ^ a b Waxman, Chaim Isaac (1983). America's Jews in Transition. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Temple University Press. p. 194. ISBN 0-877-22321-1. Retrieved July 8, 2014. Baltimore Russian immigrants.
  17. ^ a b Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Einhorn, David" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
  18. ^ About Us Archived January 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Baltimore Where What When . Retrieved December 28, 2012.
  19. ^ "Newspaper Abstracts". Historyk Press. Retrieved 2012-12-28.

Further reading

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  • Farrar, Hayward. The Baltimore Afro-American, 1892-1950, Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998.
  • Keidel, George C. The earliest German newspapers of Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Priv. Print., 1927.