Ha-Olam
![]() Masthead (nameplate) in the 1920s. | |
Publisher | Zionist Organization |
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Founded | January 1, 1907 |
Language | Modern Hebrew |
Ceased publication | February 28, 1950 |
Ha-ʿOlam (Hebrew: העולם, lit. 'The World') was a Hebrew-language weekly newspaper and the official organ of the Zionist Organization (the World Zionist Organization after 1960), published from 1907 to 1950.[1]
History
It was started by Nahum Sokolow as a Hebrew section of Die Welt, organ of the Zionist Organization in Germany.[2] It was published in Cologne 1907–08, Vilna and Odessa 1909–1914 under Alter Druyanov, in London in 1919 and 1920 under Abraham Idelson , and Berlin 1923 and 1924.[2] In 1937, the paper was published in Jerusalem under Moshe Kleinmann until his death in 1948.[2]
Content
It published on matters concerning the Zionist movement, and news and events in Palestine (Eretz Israel) and in the Jewish communities throughout the world.[2]