Type | Magazine |
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Founder(s) | Yehiel Bril, Michal HaCohen, Yoel Moshe Salomon |
Founded | 1863 |
Language | Hebrew |
Ceased publication | 1886 |
HaLevanon (lit. 'The Lebanon') was the first Hebrew-language newspaper to be published in the Land of Israel. Published between 1863 and 1886, its chief editor was Yehiel Bril . HaLevanon was at various points in time distributed in Jerusalem, Paris, Mainz and London.
HaLevanon was established in Jerusalem in early 1863 by Yehiel Bril , Michal HaCohen and Yoel Moshe Salomon.[1] The newspaper was written from a Misnagdim viewpoint,[2] and was opposed to the establishment of new settlements in the Land of Israel (with the exception of Motza).[citation needed] In December 1863, it was shut down by Ottoman authorities after being reported to them by Yisrael Bak, the editor of rival paper Havatzelet .[1]
In 1865, Bril re-established HaLevanon in Paris as a bi-weekly magazine.[3] Three years later, it began to be published on a weekly basis.[citation needed] Publication ceased following the Siege of Paris, and it was relocated to Mainz in Germany. There, it was released as a weekly supplement to Der Israelit until 1882,[3] when Bril helped Russian farmers move to Ottoman Palestine, leaving him unable to continue the newspaper's publication.[4]
In 1886, Bril resumed HaLevanon's publication in London,[3] before dying later that year, which resulted in the newspaper's discontinuation.[1]
HaLevanon included a supplement called Kvod HaLevanon.[3] It acted as a journal for halakha (Jewish law), alongside publications in the field of Wissenschaft des Judentums.[citation needed]