Ethnic press in Baltimore

The ethnic press in Baltimore, Maryland is press directed to a particular ethnic minority group or community in mind, including the non-English-language press. While English-language newspapers have always served the general population, many of Baltimore's ethnic immigrant communities have had newspapers published in their native languages.

African-American

• Baltimore Afro-American , a weekly newspaper that is the flagship newspaper of the Afro-American chain and the longest-running African-American family-owned newspaper in the United States. ^{[1] [2]}
• Baltimore Beat is a Black-led nonprofit newspaper. ^[3]

Belarusian-American

• Kaskad (Cascade), a Russian-language newspaper founded by Paul Israel Pickman, a Jewish immigrant from Belarus. The newspaper is aimed at the Russian-speaking community of immigrants from Russia, Belarus, and other Russian-speaking areas. Many of the readers are Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union. ^{[4] [5]}

Czech-American

The cover page for the December 8, 1917 issue of Telegraf .

• Baltimorské Listy (Baltimore Letters), a Czech-language newspaper published in Baltimore and Chicago.
• Palecek, a Czech community newspaper from 1902. ^[6]
• Telegraf , a local weekly newspaper published in Czech, running for 42 years from February 20, 1909 until 1951. ^[7]

Estonian-American

• Baltimore Eesti Organisatsioonide bülletään (Baltimore Estonian Organization Bulletin), an Estonian-language periodical published in Baltimore since 1965. ^[8]

German-American

• Der Deutsche Correspondent , a weekly German-language newspaper, 1841–1918. The paper had the greatest influence on the Germans in Baltimore, lasting longer than any of the other German newspapers in Maryland. ^[9]
• Der Baltimore Wecker (The Baltimore Alarm), a daily paper published in German. It was the object of violence in the civil unrest at Baltimore in April 1861 that produced the first bloodshed of the American Civil War.
• Katholische Volkszeitung: Ein Wochenblatt im Interesse der Kirche (Catholic People's Daily: A Weekly Paper in the Interest of the Church), a German-language Roman Catholic newspaper.
• Sinai, a German-Jewish periodical devoted to the interests of radical reform. ^[10]

• Sonntagsblatt des Baltimore Correspondent (Sunday Journal of the Baltimore Correspondent), a weekly German-language newspaper published on Sundays. ^[11]

Hispanic and Latino-American

• Latin Opinion , a bilingual, biweekly newspaper published in both Spanish and English that is marketed to the Latino community. ^[12]

Italian-American

The front page for the September 9, 1922 issue of Il Risorgimento Italiano Nel Maryland .

• Il Risorgimento Italiano Nel Maryland , an Italian newspaper.
• The Italian Journal, an Italian-American newspaper published in English and Italian.

Jewish American

• Baltimore Jewish Times , Baltimore's oldest and largest Jewish publication, ^[13] it has been described as "the largest weekly in Maryland and one of the most respected independent Jewish publications in America", ^[14] and "one of the premier independent Jewish newspapers in the country." ^[15]
• Der Baltimore Israelit, a Yiddish-language newspaper published from 1891 to 1893. ^[10]
• Der Fortschritt, a Yiddish-language newspaper published from June to July 1890. ^[10]
• Der Wegweiser, a Yiddish-language newspaper published in 1896. ^[10]
• Ha-Pisgah, a Yiddish-language newspaper published from 1891 to 1893. ^[10]
• Jewish Comment, a Jewish newspaper published in 1895. ^[10]
• Kaskad (Cascade), a Russian-language newspaper founded by a Jewish immigrant from Belarus. The newspaper is aimed at the Russian-speaking community of immigrants from Russia, Belarus, and other Russian-speaking areas. Many of the readers are Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union. ^{[4] [5]}
• Sinai, a German-Jewish periodical devoted to the interests of radical reform. ^[10]
• The Jewish Chronicle, a Jewish newspaper published from 1875 to 1877. ^[10]
• The News Exchange, a bilingual Russian-English newspaper created to facilitate the integration of Russian-Jewish immigrants into American society, established in May, 1978, by the Baltimore branch of the HIAS. ^{[16] [17]}
• Where What When , a monthly Jewish periodical established in 1985, its content is directed to the wide spectrum of Baltimore's Jewish population, and it has an approximate readership of 40,000. ^[18]

Lithuanian-American

• Pirmyn (Forward), a Lithuanian-language newspaper for the Lithuanian-American community of Baltimore.

Polish-American

The cover page of the August 15, 1940 issue of Czas Baltimorski .

• Czas Baltimorski , a Polish-language newspaper.
• Friends of the Hearth, an early Polish-language newspaper geared toward Baltimore Polonia. ^[19]
• Polish Times, a Polish-American newspaper.

Russian-American

• Kaskad (Cascade), a Russian newspaper founded by a Jewish immigrant from Belarus. The newspaper is aimed at the Russian-speaking community of immigrants from Russia, Belarus, and other Russian-speaking areas. Many of the readers are Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union. ^{[4] [5]}
• The News Exchange, a bilingual Russian-English newspaper created to facilitate the integration of Russian-Jewish immigrants into American society, established in May, 1978, by the Baltimore branch of the HIAS. ^{[16] [17]}
• Poleznai︠a︡ gazeta / Poleznaya gazeta, a Russian-language newspaper published in Baltimore, Brooklyn, and Pennsylvania.

See also

• Baltimore portal

• Ethnic groups in Baltimore

References

1. "Baltimore City Newspapers". Johns Hopkins University Library. Archived from the original on 2004-08-27. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
2. Farrar, Hayward (1998-05-30). The Baltimore Afro-American: 1892-1950. Greenwood Press. p. 240. ISBN   0-313-30517-X.
3. Summers, Juana; Ryan, Erika; Kenin, Justine (August 12, 2022). "Here's why the 'Baltimore Beat' relaunched as a Black-led, nonprofit publication". National Public Radio. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
4. "A Way To 'Defend Our Culture'". The Baltimore Sun . Retrieved 2014-07-09.
5. "'I feel myself at home here'". The Baltimore Sun . Retrieved 2014-07-09.
6. "Rokos Family Czech-American Collection - PP145". Maryland Historical Society . Retrieved 2012-12-28.
7. "Guide to Maryland Newspapers - MSA SC 3774 [OCLC 9483768]". Archives of Maryland Online. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
8. "Baltimore Eesti Selts (Baltimore Estonian Society), Records". University of Minnesota . Retrieved 2014-07-09.
9. "Preserving a part of the city's German past". The Baltimore Sun . Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
10. "Baltimore". Jewish Encyclopedia . Retrieved 2014-07-08.
11. "Baltimore Correspondent". Library of Congress . Retrieved 2019-04-24.
12. Blanca Torres (May 24, 2005). "A bilingual newspaper looks to provide Baltimore Latinos with information on Hispanic culture and the issues affecting them". The Baltimore Sun . Archived from the original on 2011-02-07. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
13. About Us Archived 2006-07-13 at the Wayback Machine , Baltimore Jewish Times website. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
14. Echo Media - Baltimore Jewish Times. Retrieved July 12, 2006.
15. David, Michael. Publisher of 6 Jewish weeklies, Charles Buerger, dies at 58, J. The Jewish News of Northern California , November 15, 1996.
16. Waxman, Chaim Isaac (1983). America's Jews in Transition . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Temple University Press. p.  194. ISBN   0-877-22321-1 . Retrieved July 8, 2014. Baltimore Russian immigrants.
17. Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Einhorn, David"  . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography . New York: D. Appleton.
18. About Us Archived January 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine , Baltimore Where What When . Retrieved December 28, 2012.
19. "Newspaper Abstracts". Historyk Press. Retrieved 2012-12-28.

Further reading

• Farrar, Hayward. The Baltimore Afro-American, 1892-1950, Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998.
• Keidel, George C. The earliest German newspapers of Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Priv. Print., 1927.