| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Moissaye Joseph Olgin |
| Founded | 1922 |
| Political alignment | Left wing toFar left |
| Language | Yiddish |
| Ceased publication | 1988 |
| Country | United States |
Morgen Freiheit (original title:מאָרגן־פרײהײט; English:Morning Freedom) was aNew York City-based dailyYiddish language newspaper affiliated with theCommunist Party, USA, founded byMoissaye Olgin in 1922. After the end ofWorld War II the paper's pro-Israel views brought it into disfavor with the Communist Party, and its editorPaul Novick was expelled from the organization. The paper closed in 1988.
TheFreiheit was established in 1922 as a self-described "Communistic fighting newspaper" in the Yiddish language.[1] The paper's chief goals included the promotion of the Jewish labor movement, the defense of theSoviet Union, the advancement ofproletarian culture, and the defeat ofracism in America.[1]
By 1925, the press run of theFreiheit grew to 22,000 copies per issue, making it the largest of nine daily newspapers in the United States affiliated with the American Communist Party.[1]
The Morning Freiheit/Morgen Freiheit in its time was one of the most prominent Yiddish newspapers published in the United States, and the showcase of left socialist artists and writers both Jewish and non-Jewish, Zionist and internationalist. Among the writers to appear in its pages wasMichael Gold, the author of the novelJews Without Money. The newspaper made political contributions related to the formation of theInternational Fur and Leather Workers Union, as well as many of the needle trades unions in the United States, including theAmalgamated Clothing Workers union, and perhaps theCongress of Industrial Organizations (which later merged with theAFL as theAFL-CIO).[citation needed]
Following Moissaye Olgin's sudden death in November 1939, theFreiheit was headed by Paul Novick (1891-1989), a journalist born inBrest-Litovsk who had first come to America in 1913.[2] Novick had been associated with the publication from its foundation in 1922 and was active in theICOR, the American Committee of Jewish Writers, Artists and Scientists, and other Communist Party-sponsored mass organizations.[2]
People who wrote for or served on the staff ofMorgen Freiheit included:
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