The Jew; Being a Defense of Judaism Against All Adversaries, and Particularly Against the Insidious Attacks of Israel’s Advocate

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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