Israelitisches Familienblatt
Israelitisches Familienblatt, edited by Max Leßmann (1859-1926). Hamburg 1898-1935, Berlin 1935-1938. German | Call Number: Zsq 350 (incomplete), additional microfilms | Digital copy via Compact Memory as part of Frankfurt's Digital Judaica Collections (based on a microfilm, Jewish Museum Berlin).
The second half of the nineteenth century saw a diversification of print media and the emergence of new forms of newspapers and journals. Familienzeitschriften, periodicals that would address the family, were one variation of these popular magazines which often relied on advertisement as one key source of funding. The Israelitisches Familienblatt, founded in 1898 in Hamburg and since 1906 published in Berlin, falls in this category.
The Israelitisches Familienblatt appeared every Wednesday. It was provided free of charge to members of the Jewish communities of Hamburg, Altona, Wandsbeck and Harburg (about 5,000 families) and available by postal subscription in Western and Central Europe. The Israelitisches Familienblatt contained various supplements in German, Yiddish and Hebrew. Between 1902 and 1923 a local Frankfurt edition was published under the title Neue jüdische Presse: Frankfurter israelitisches Familienblatt.
