La America
| Type | weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Editor | Moise S. Gadol |
| Founded | 1910 |
| Political alignment | Sephardi Jew |
| Language | Ladino |
| Ceased publication | 1925 |
| Headquarters | New York City |
| Country | United States |
La America was a Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) language weekly newspaper, published 1910–1925 in New York City,[1] as a national Sephardi Jewish newspaper in the United States.[2][3] It was edited by Moise S. Gadol, an immigrant from Rostchuck, Bulgaria.[2][3] Gadol's aim was to unite his readers for social and cultural purposes – "an uphill battle at best".[4]
Marc D. Angel counts it as one of the two most important such publications historically, the other being La Vara.[2]
Notes[edit]
- ^ "About Lah Ameriḳah". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
- ^ a b c Marc D. Angel, The Sephardim of the United States: An Exploratory Study. Originally published in American Jewish life, 1920–1990, Taylor & Francis, 1998, ISBN 0-415-91925-8. Volume 4 of the 8-volume Routledge series American Jewish history, Jeffrey S. Gurock, ed. PDF accessed online 2009-10-30; this is on p. 33 of the PDF, p. 109 of the book.
- ^ a b Helene Schwartz Kenvin, This Land of Liberty: A History of America's Jews, Behrman House, 1986, ISBN 0-87441-421-0, p. 133.
- ^ Jacob Rader Marcus, United States Jewry, 1776–1985, Volume 4: The East European Period – The Emergence of the American Jew Epilogue, Wayne State University Press, 2018, ISBN 0-81434-505-0, p. 209. Available here.
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