Title
The Jew; Being a Defense of Judaism Against All Adversaries, and Particularly Against the Insidious Attacks of Israel’s Advocate
Coverage
New York
Publisher
Johnstone and Van Norden.
Date
March 5583 [1823]– February 5585 [1824]
Subject
Volume 1, numbers 1–12
Description
The first American periodical devoted to Judaism, primarily a defensive instrument against missionaries, edited by S. H. Jackson. The nineteenth century’s most prominent publisher of Jewish literature was Rabbi Isaac Leeser, who also edited its most important magazine, The Occident.