The Strange Tales of Yiddishland: Sensationalism and Yiddish Journalism

press release: Yiddish mass media of the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries is well known for having served as a guide to the modern world for many Jewish readers, introducing them to new political and social concepts, as well as to literature and the arts. But it was also a business that needed to attract and maintain a readership. As a result, a distinctly Jewish form of sensationalism developed, one that reveals underreported aspects of Jewish life.