Metadata: Periodical Editions of the Matica Srpska Library
Collection
- Country:
- Serbia
- Holding institution:
- Matica Srpska Library Novi Sad
- Holding institution (official language):
- Библиотека Матице српске Нови Сад (Biblioteka Matice srpske Novi Sad)
- Postal address:
- Matice srpske 1, 21000 Novi Sad
- Phone number:
- (+381) 21528-910
- Web address:
- https://www.bms.rs/
- Email:
- bms@eunet.rs
- Reference number:
- BMS Novi Sad
- Title:
- Periodical Editions of the Matica Srpska Library
- Title (official language):
- Периодика Библиотеке Матице српске
- Creator/accumulator:
- Matica Srpska Library
- Date(s):
- 1888/2015
- Language:
- Serbian
- English
- German
- Hebrew
- Hungarian
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- Good
- Scope and content:
-
The periodicals of the Matica Srpska Library in Novi Sad include numerous Jewish-related publications which reflect the everyday life and activities of the Jewish community in Serbia and abroad. They include:
Autonomija: zsidó felekezettársadelmi és politikai lap (in Hungarian: Autonomija: the Jewish Religious, Social and Political Review) dealt with the problems faced by the Jewish communities. It was published for the first time on 23 February 1914 in Subotica. It was published twice a week, in Hungarian. The editor in chief was Adolf Klajn and it was published in the printing office “Hungarija”. It ceased to be published in February 1915.
Jüdisches Volksblatt: freie jüdische Wochenschrift für die politischen, wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Interessen der jüdischen Nation im Königreiche S.H.S (The Jewish National Journal: the independent Jewish weekly for the political, economic and social interests of the Jewish people in the Kingdom of the Serbs, Slovenes and Croats. It was published in German from January 1921 to April 1924 in Novi Sad. The publisher was the Jewish National District of Vojvodina. The founder and the editor in chief was Sigmund Hendler; with Ignjat Balaž, Adolf Šrajber, Becelel First and Arpad Lederer. The journal was published weekly and had a national, informative and cultural character.
Eleven Ujsag: az elmúlt farsang hivatalos közlönye (The News: the official messenger of the last carnival), printed in 1922 in Subotica, was dedicated to the Purim party, the Jewish women's charity association from Subotica.
The Jewish Almanac (Jevrejski almanah), a collection of articles which was published from 1925 to 1929 in Vršac by the Union of Rabbis of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, in Serbo-Croatian and German. Only five editions were published. The almanac was printed in the printing house “Artistički zavod ud. J.E. Kiršner” in Vršac. It dealt with cultural-historical, literary and religious issues of Judaism.
Malchut Jisrael – Jevrejska Država – The Jewish State. This journal began to be published in January 1933 in Novi Sad in the Serbian language, bimonthly. It was illustrated; the journal title was in the Latin alphabet and in Hebrew.
Ever Hajarden: Betar Monthly (the other side of Jordan-Transjordan). It was published from 1934 to 1937 in Novi Sad in Serbo-Croatian and was illustrated.
Jevrejske novine – the Jewish Newspaper appeared from year I, No. 1 (1935) until year VII, No. 6 (1941) in German and Serbo-Croatian in Novi Sad. At the beginning it was published twice a week, later once a week. It was an informative, political and national, cultural newspaper.
The Jewish National Calendar (Jevrejski narodni kalendar) was published annually from 1935 until 1941 in Serbo-Croatian. The publisher was the Library of the Jewish National Calendar, the editorial board was in Belgrade and in Zagreb. Only six editions were published. It was a cultural, political and national journal, one of the best quality editions of that time.
Tagar: list jevrejske nacionalne omladine (tagar in Hebrew means battle call) was printed in Serbo-Croatian from January 1938 to 1939 in Novi Sad. It was a youth national journal.
Bilten Saveza jevrejskih veroispovednih opština FNRJ (1950-1951) / Bilten Saveza jevrejskih opština FNRJ (1952) / Bilten Saveza jevrejskih opština Jugoslavije (1953-1958) / Jevrejski pregled (1959-1990) / Bilten Saveza jevrejskih opština Jugoslavije / Jevrejski pregled (1993-2008) / Jevrejski pregled (2009-today) was the main organ of the post-war Jewish Community in Yugoslavia (and now Serbia), and has been published regularly from June 1950 until today. Due to the ever-changing historical and political circumstances, the bulletin changed its title accordingly. It deals with the life and activities of the Jewish community in Yugoslavia, with news on the Jewish communities abroad, as well as literary, cultural and other content.
The Jewish Review (Jevrejski pregled) was published twice a month from 1950 to 1991 in English. The publisher was the Union of the Jewish Religious Communities of Yugoslavia. The Review contained translated editions into English with the aim to make public to foreign readers the important content which depicted the life of the Jewish communities in Yugoslavia.
Jevrejski almanah 1971-1996 – The Jewish Almanac 1971-1996. The almanac was dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Union of Jewish Communities of Yugoslavia. It contained a representative collection of works from competitions; many of the rewarded works were published in full or partially. The almanac quotes a number of bibliographical resources.
Zbornik Jevrejskog Istorijskog Muzeja – Jewish Studies (Journal of the Jewish Historical Museum - Jewish Studies). This journal initiated collecting and arranging of documentary material and works from all areas of Jewish life in Yugoslavia. The Journal was published occasionally; each edition was thematical.
Mezuza: časopis za jevrejsku književnost (Mezuza: the journal of Jewish literature) was initiated in 1993 and published by the Literature Society “Pismo“ from Zemun. There were only three issues, publishing the works of Jewish authors.
Hadashot: bilten jevrejske omladine Novog Sada (Hadashot: Bulletin of the Jewish Youth of Novi Sad; meaning ‘The News’ in Hebrew) began to appear in March 1994 as the first post-war journal in Novi Sad, with the aim to connect young Jews from Yugoslavia and abroad. The bulletin ceased to be published in September 2001.
- Archival history:
- Jewish periodicals held at Matica Srpska Library do not form a separate collection but are incorporated in the library fonds. As part of a research project conducted by the librarian Biljana Albahari, all Jewish periodicals in Matica Srpska Library were inventoried. Periodicals were acquired purchases by the Ministry of Culture, by the provision of obligatory copies, by library exchange with other institutions, by gift, purchase, present and deposit made by FAO and UNESCO. The fonds contains 4.000.000 editions in Serbian and 109 foreign languages.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Matica Srpska Library is the oldest library of national importance and the first public scientific library in Serbia. It was founded in 1826 in Pest along with the foundation of Matica Srpska. Matica Srpska, headed by Jovan Hadžić, recorded that their aim was to distribute to the world the books written in Serbian. The library was opened to the public on 26 August 1838. In 1864 the Library and the Matica Srpska moved to Novi Sad. The historian Jovan Ristic, a librarian, set out in the Library Rules the principles of filing, protecting and using books and periodicals and gave the basis and layout of the cataloguing. During both world wars, the library was closed and its collections were preserved. After the Second World War, the Library developed considerably. In 1948, it became the Centralised Library for Vojvodina. Today, the library holds exceptional collections, which provide resources for cultural, historical and scientific research.
- Access points: persons/families:
- Balaž, Ignjat
- First, Becelel
- Hendler, Sigmund
- Klajn, Adolf
- Lelerer, Arpad
- Šrajber, Adolf
- Access, restrictions:
- The periodicals are available to all individuals of legal age who accept the applicable regulations.
- Finding aids:
- A catalogue is available.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://sr.cobiss.net/cobiss.htm
- Yerusha Network member:
- Historical Archives of Belgrade
- Author of the description:
- Dragana Mitrašinović; Historical Archives of Belgrade; 2020
