La Epoca (Ladino newspaper)

La Epoca
	Cover page dated 1902
Type	Daily newspaper; Weekly newspaper;
Founder(s)	Sadi Levy
Publisher	Sadi Levy; Samuel Levy;
Editor	Sadi Levy; Samuel Levy;
Founded	1 November 1875
Political alignment	Zionism; Socialism; Ottomanism;
Language	Ladino
Ceased publication	1911
Headquarters	Thessaloniki
Country	Ottoman Empire
Sister newspapers	Le Journal de Salonique
	Media of the Ottoman Empire;

La Epoca (Ladino: The Era) was a Ladino language newspaper published between 1875 and 1911 in Thessaloniki⁩, Ottoman Empire. Published nearly for forty years it was the leading Ladino publication in the Empire^[1] and first Ladino newspaper in Thessaloniki.^[2]

History and profile

La Epoca was launched by Sadi Levy in 1875, and the first issue appeared on 1 November that year.^[3]^[4] He also served as the publisher and editor-in-chief of the paper until 1888.^[5] He was the publisher of another paper entitled Le Journal de Salonique, a French language newspaper.^[6] The subtitle of La Epoca was Revista comerciala y literaria (Ladino: Commercial and literary newspaper), and the paper had a progressive and avant-garde stance.^[3] Its supporter was Alliance Israélite Universelle, a Jewish organization.^[3] La Epoca targeted the Sephardi Jews living in Thessaloniki and other towns who could only read Ladino materials.^[7]

Following the death of Sadi Levy his son, Samuel, became the editor and publisher of La Epoca.^[4] The newspaper was first published on a daily basis, and then, its frequency was switched to weekly.^[4] One of the contributors was Mercado Joseph Covo.^[1]^[8] La Epoca and its sister newspaper Le Journal de Salonique both supported Zionism, socialism and Ottomanism.^[6] In 1892 La Epoca praised the Ottomans for offering them a land after their expulsion from Spain and described the Empire as the "land where we are eating free bread."^[4] Following the Young Turk revolution in 1908 both La Epoca and Le Journal de Salonique focused more on Zionism.^[9]

La Epoca folded in 1911.^[2]^[3] The paper was archived by the National Library of Israel.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Devin A. Naar (2014). "Fashioning the "Mother of Israel": The Ottoman Jewish Historical Narrative and the Image of Jewish Salonica". Jewish History. 28 (3–4): 351, 360, 366. doi:10.1007/s10835-014-9216-z. S2CID 254602444.
^ ^a ^b "The Levy Family in Salonica & A Legacy of Notebooks". University of Washington. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Yvette Bürki (Autumn 2010). "The Ottoman Press at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century through the Salonica Newspapers La Época and El Avenir". European Judaism: A Journal for the New Europe. 43 (2): 102–116. doi:10.3167/ej.2010.430210.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "La Epoka". National Library of Israel. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
^ Olga Borovaya (Fall 2008). "Jews of Three Colors: The Path to Modernity in the Ladino Press at the Turn of the Twentieth Century". Jewish Social Studies. 15 (1): 113. JSTOR 40207036.
^ ^a ^b Yaelle Azagury (12 August 2020). "The story of Jewish Salonica". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
^ Olga Borovaya (2011). "Shmuel Saadi Halevy/Sam Lévy Between Ladino and French: Reconstructing a Writer's Social Identity". In Sheila E. Jelen; Michael P. Kramer; L. Scott Lerner (eds.). Modern Jewish Literatures: Intersections and Boundaries. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 83–103. ISBN 9780812242720. JSTOR j.ctt3fhx44.8.
^ Julia Phillips Cohen; Sarah Abrevaya Stein (Summer 2010). "Sephardic Scholarly Worlds: Toward a Novel Geography of Modern Jewish History". The Jewish Quarterly Review. 100 (3): 378. doi:10.1353/jqr.0.0092. S2CID 161476964.
^ Sarah Abrevaya Stein (2002). "Ottomanism in Ladino" (Working Paper). European University Institute. p. 17. hdl:1814/1778. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

External links

Media related to La Epoca (1875 - 1912) at Wikimedia Commons

[dana-1] Devin A. Naar (2014). "Fashioning the "Mother of Israel": The Ottoman Jewish Historical Narrative and the Image of Jewish Salonica". Jewish History. 28 (3–4): 351, 360, 366. doi:10.1007/s10835-014-9216-z. S2CID 254602444.

[wasu-2] "The Levy Family in Salonica & A Legacy of Notebooks". University of Washington. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

[burki-3] Yvette Bürki (Autumn 2010). "The Ottoman Press at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century through the Salonica Newspapers La Época and El Avenir". European Judaism: A Journal for the New Europe. 43 (2): 102–116. doi:10.3167/ej.2010.430210.

[nli-4] "La Epoka". National Library of Israel. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

[5] Olga Borovaya (Fall 2008). "Jews of Three Colors: The Path to Modernity in the Ladino Press at the Turn of the Twentieth Century". Jewish Social Studies. 15 (1): 113. JSTOR 40207036.

[yaaz-6] Yaelle Azagury (12 August 2020). "The story of Jewish Salonica". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

[7] Olga Borovaya (2011). "Shmuel Saadi Halevy/Sam Lévy Between Ladino and French: Reconstructing a Writer's Social Identity". In Sheila E. Jelen; Michael P. Kramer; L. Scott Lerner (eds.). Modern Jewish Literatures: Intersections and Boundaries. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 83–103. ISBN 9780812242720. JSTOR j.ctt3fhx44.8.

[8] Julia Phillips Cohen; Sarah Abrevaya Stein (Summer 2010). "Sephardic Scholarly Worlds: Toward a Novel Geography of Modern Jewish History". The Jewish Quarterly Review. 100 (3): 378. doi:10.1353/jqr.0.0092. S2CID 161476964.

[9] Sarah Abrevaya Stein (2002). "Ottomanism in Ladino" (Working Paper). European University Institute. p. 17. hdl:1814/1778. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

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