![]() ![]() ![]() Segal, in particular) and as a book publisher and distributor. The Adler served as a literary forum for Montreal's emerging Yiddish intelligentsia, as both a promoter of Yiddish literature and culture (through the efforts of J. In 1918, the Adler published its edition of the Babylonian Talmud, which became known as the Montrealer Shas ('The Montreal Talmud') and raised the newspaper's prestige. The Adler would have to pay Davis off after he sought to control the Keneder Adler 's editorial policy. Davis when it struggled again financially during the First World War. While newspaper's status was precarious during its early years, appearing only biweekly after the fourth edition, the Adler began publishing daily as of October 1908. The Keneder Adler published its first issue on 30 August 1907. Within a month, the publishing company had established functional offices and housed Canada's first Yiddish linotype machine. ![]() ![]() Lawrence Boulevard to a fire, Hirsch Wolofsky founded the Eagle Publishing Company with the insurance money salvaged from the disaster. History Īfter losing his fruit store on St. Founded in Montreal by Hirsch Wolofsky, the Adler underpinned Yiddish cultural activity in the city for much of the 20th century. Der Keneder Adler ( Yiddish: דער קענעדער אדלער, lit.'The Canadian Eagle') was Canada's leading Yiddish newspaper from 1907 until 1977. ![]()
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