The zionist magazine "Židov" (The Jew) and Macedonian Jews during the interwar period

Abstract

A Zionist magazine titled "Židov" (The Jew) was published every Friday from 1917 to 1941 and was the only such magazine in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Apart from reports on the sociopolitical events in Yugoslavia, Palestine, Europe, and the rest of the world, the magazine also contained various cultural supplements, polemics, advertisements, as well as obituaries, marriage, birth, and other announcements. A special column titled "From Yugoslavia" contained information on the activities of Jewish communities in Yugoslavia, regardless of whether said communities were of Sephardic or Ashkenazi origin. Since there was no significant contact between the Croatian and Macedonian Jews, this paper will examine if and how the Zagreb "Židov" wrote about the Jews in Macedonia.

Cionistički časopis "Židov" (Židov) izlazio je svakog petka od 1917. do 1941. i bio je jedini takav časopis u Kraljevini Jugoslaviji. Osim izvješća o društveno-političkim zbivanjima u Jugoslaviji, Palestini, Europi i svijetu, časopis je sadržavao i razne kulturne priloge, polemike, oglase, kao i nekrologe, smrti, vjenčanja, rođenja i druge obavijesti. Posebna rubrika pod naslovom “Iz Jugoslavije” sadržavala je podatke o djelovanju židovskih općina u Jugoslaviji, bez obzira jesu li te općine bile sefardskog ili aškenaskog podrijetla. Budući da između hrvatskih i makedonskih Židova nije bilo značajnijeg kontakta, u ovom će se radu ispitati je li i kako zagrebački "Židov" pisao o Židovima u Makedoniji.