Dos Yiddishe Licht, Vechentlicheh Zhournal far Chizuk Ha-Dath [“The Light of Israel, Weekly Periodical to Perpetuate and Strengthen Traditional Judaism.”]

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

New York

1923-24

50 issues. In Yiddish and English with a section in Hebrew bound in one volume.

A publication initiated and financed by Cantor Yossele Rosenblatt. According to the biography by the Cantor's son, Rosenblatt's deep financial involvement in Der Yiddishe Licht resulted in personal bankruptcy. See S. Rosenblatt, Yossele Rosenblatt: The Story of His Life (1954) pp. 221-55. Contains a vast range of news items relating to Orthodox Jewish life in the 1920's, particularly in relation to the United States. Also includes many important articles by such luminaries as R. Chaim Yechezkel Moseson, Principal of Yeshiva Torah Vodaath and Tifereth Jerusalem; Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz, of Scranton, later the Principal of Yeshiva Torah Vodaath; Rabbi Yehuda Heshel Levenberg of New Haven; Rabbi J. E. Henkin; Rabbi Mordecai Aaron Kaplan, of Harlem, later the Rabbi of Cong. Bnei Yehudah of Borough Park; Rabbi Dr. Leo Jung, Rabbi Dr. I. Herzog, etc.