The Author: Susanne Marten-Finnis studied general linguistics, translation and interpreting, Russian language and literature and English language and American literature at Leipzig University. She completed a postgraduate degree in Media Studies at Tübingen University followed by a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics. In 1995 she joined the Queen’s University of Belfast, where she is now a Reader in German Studies. Her main area of research is the Jewish press in Central and Eastern Europe before the Second World War.

«Jedem aber, der sich für die jüdische Presse in Europa vor dem Zweiten Weltkrieg interessiert oder das vorhandene Material unter verschiedenen Gesichtspunkten erarbeiten möchte, dem sei dieses Buch als wichtige Informationsquelle und Einführung empfohlen.» (Diana Matut, Publizistik)«Susanne Marten-Finnis has opened up a hitherto unknown field. She has not only brought to light the importance of Vilna’s Jewish press for the modernization of Jewish life in eastern Europe, she has also set out new ways to study the origin and development of Yiddish as a modern language. Her book ist an excellent introduction to a fascinating subject.» (Rena Fuks-Mansfeld, International Review of Social History)

• Contents: Vilna as a Centre of the Haskalah – Vilna as a Centre of Bundist Journalism, 1895-1906 – Bundist Journalism as a Champion of Yiddishism, 1906-28 – Appendix listing the Vilna-based dailies and periodicals up until 1922 – Index of editors and contributors and the present location of most issues of each press item.

The Author: Susanne Marten-Finnis studied general linguistics, translation and interpreting, Russian language and literature and English language and American literature at Leipzig University. She completed a postgraduate degree in Media Studies at Tübingen University followed by a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics. In 1995 she joined the Queen’s University of Belfast, where she is now a Reader in German Studies. Her main area of research is the Jewish press in Central and Eastern Europe before the Second World War.

«Jedem aber, der sich für die jüdische Presse in Europa vor dem Zweiten Weltkrieg interessiert oder das vorhandene Material unter verschiedenen Gesichtspunkten erarbeiten möchte, dem sei dieses Buch als wichtige Informationsquelle und Einführung empfohlen.» (Diana Matut, Publizistik)«Susanne Marten-Finnis has opened up a hitherto unknown field. She has not only brought to light the importance of Vilna’s Jewish press for the modernization of Jewish life in eastern Europe, she has also set out new ways to study the origin and development of Yiddish as a modern language. Her book ist an excellent introduction to a fascinating subject.» (Rena Fuks-Mansfeld, International Review of Social History)

• Contents: Vilna as a Centre of the Haskalah – Vilna as a Centre of Bundist Journalism, 1895-1906 – Bundist Journalism as a Champion of Yiddishism, 1906-28 – Appendix listing the Vilna-based dailies and periodicals up until 1922 – Index of editors and contributors and the present location of most issues of each press item.

The Author: Susanne Marten-Finnis studied general linguistics, translation and interpreting, Russian language and literature and English language and American literature at Leipzig University. She completed a postgraduate degree in Media Studies at Tübingen University followed by a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics. In 1995 she joined the Queen’s University of Belfast, where she is now a Reader in German Studies. Her main area of research is the Jewish press in Central and Eastern Europe before the Second World War.

«Jedem aber, der sich für die jüdische Presse in Europa vor dem Zweiten Weltkrieg interessiert oder das vorhandene Material unter verschiedenen Gesichtspunkten erarbeiten möchte, dem sei dieses Buch als wichtige Informationsquelle und Einführung empfohlen.» (Diana Matut, Publizistik)«Susanne Marten-Finnis has opened up a hitherto unknown field. She has not only brought to light the importance of Vilna’s Jewish press for the modernization of Jewish life in eastern Europe, she has also set out new ways to study the origin and development of Yiddish as a modern language. Her book ist an excellent introduction to a fascinating subject.» (Rena Fuks-Mansfeld, International Review of Social History)

• Contents: Vilna as a Centre of the Haskalah – Vilna as a Centre of Bundist Journalism, 1895-1906 – Bundist Journalism as a Champion of Yiddishism, 1906-28 – Appendix listing the Vilna-based dailies and periodicals up until 1922 – Index of editors and contributors and the present location of most issues of each press item.