Les Yontev-bletlekh de Y. L. Peretz

• Main Author: Sharon Bar-Kochva
• Format: Article
• Language: fra
• Published: Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales 2015-01-01
• Series: Yod
• Subjects: Peretz Yitskhok Leybush (1852-1915); Pinski Dovid (1872-1959); Yontev-bletlekh; Yiddish Press; Modern Yiddish Literature; Jewish Socialism
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/yod/2506

The monthly Yontev-bletlekh (Warsaw, 1894-1886) is one of the first Yiddish periodicals. Despite the Tsarist ban on Yiddish periodicals, it succeeded in reaching a new readership of working class Jews, using a language and style comprehensible to them. The three founders of the periodical were Yitskhok Leybush Peretz (1853-1915), Mordkhe Spektor (1858-1925) and Dovid Pinski (1872-1959). Disguising the issues as traditional pamphlets of religious commentaries for the Jewish holidays, they succeeded in promoting new social and cultural ideas. Peretz was the dominant figure in this enterprise, giving the periodical its richness and diversity. No wonder it turned to be a milestone in the history of Yiddish press and literature.