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Havaner lebn (Yiddish: האװאנער לעבּן, 'Havana Life'), known in Spanish as Vida Habanera, was a Yiddish and Spanish language newspaper published from Havana, Cuba 1932–1960.[1][2] The first issue came out on November 11, 1932.[3] It was the first commercial Jewish newspaper in the country with a longer duration.[3] It was the main publication of the Ashkenazi Jewish community in the country at the time.[1]
Type | Weekly (1932–1937), Twice-weekly (1937–1960) |
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Editor | Oscar Pinis (1932–1935), Sender Kaplan (1935–1960) |
Founded | November 11, 1932 |
Language | Yiddish language Spanish language |
Ceased publication | December 31, 1960 |
Headquarters | Havana |
Country | Cuba |
OCLC number | 8392744 |
Havaner lebn was founded by Elieser Aronowsky, Oscar Pinis and Carlos Shwarzapel.[4] During its first years it came out weekly.[4] Pinis was the editor of Havaner lebn 1932–1935.[5] Sender Meyer Kaplan became the editor of Havaner lebn in 1935.[6][7] He was assisted by Abraham J. Dubelman, who acted as co-editor of the newspaper.[3][8] The authors of the newspaper were generally male.[2]
The newspaper carried advertisements for Jewish businesses.[2] Havaner lebn published a yearly almanac, which became a key source on the history of the Jewish community in Cuba for this period.[9]
In 1936 attacks on Havaner lebn were issued in the press organs of José Ignacio Rivero, which accused the newspaper of being leftist and anti-Cuban. As a result, Kaplan was arrested and detained for four weeks.[7]
From 1937 onwards it was published twice-weekly.[10] It became a bilingual (Yiddish/Spanish) publication in the 1950s.[4]
The last issue was published on December 31, 1960. Many of the companies advertising in the newspaper had been nationalized, and would no longer pay the bills for ordered adverts.[11] Both Kaplan and Dubelman migrated to Miami, United States shortly afterwards.[1][11]
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