Ethnic press in Baltimore

The Ethnic press in Baltimore, Maryland is press directed to a particular ethnic minority group or community in mind, including the non-English-language press. While English-language newspapers have always served the general population, many of Baltimore's ethnic immigrant communities have had newspapers published in their native languages.

African-American

Baltimore Afro-American, a weekly newspaper that is the flagship newspaper of the Afro-American chain and the longest-running African-American family-owned newspaper in the United States.^[1]^[2]
Baltimore Beat is a Black-led nonprofit newspaper.^[3]

Belarusian-American

Kaskad (Cascade), a Russian-language newspaper founded by Paul Israel Pickman, a Jewish immigrant from Belarus. The newspaper is aimed at the Russian-speaking community of immigrants from Russia, Belarus, and other Russian-speaking areas. Many of the readers are Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union.^[4]^[5]

Czech-American

The cover page for the December 8, 1917 issue of *Telegraf*.

Baltimorské Listy (Baltimore Letters), a Czech-language newspaper published in Baltimore and Chicago.
Palecek, a Czech community newspaper from 1902.^[6]
Telegraf, a local weekly newspaper published in Czech, running for 42 years from February 20, 1909 until 1951.^[7]

Estonian-American

Baltimore Eesti Organisatsioonide bülletään (Baltimore Estonian Organization Bulletin), an Estonian-language periodical published in Baltimore since 1965.^[8]

German-American

Der Deutsche Correspondent, a weekly German-language newspaper, 1841–1918. The paper had the greatest influence on the Germans in Baltimore, lasting longer than any of the other German newspapers in Maryland.^[9]
Der Baltimore Wecker (Der Baltimore Wecker), a daily paper published in German. It was the object of violence in the civil unrest at Baltimore in April 1861 that produced the first bloodshed of the American Civil War.
Katholische Volkszeitung: Ein Wochenblatt im Interesse der Kirche (Catholic People's Daily: A Weekly Paper in the Interest of the Church), a German-language Roman Catholic newspaper.
Sinai, a German-Jewish periodical devoted to the interests of radical reform.^[10]

Sonntagsblatt des Baltimore Correspondent (Sunday Journal of the Baltimore Correspondent), a weekly German-language newspaper published on Sundays.^[11]

Hispanic and Latino-American

Latin Opinion, a bilingual, biweekly newspaper published in both Spanish and English that is marketed to the Latino community.^[12]

Italian-American

The front page for the September 9, 1922 issue of *Il Risorgimento Italiano Nel Maryland*.

Il Risorgimento Italiano Nel Maryland, an Italian newspaper.
The Italian Journal, an Italian-American newspaper published in English and Italian.

Jewish American

Baltimore Jewish Times, Baltimore's oldest and largest Jewish publication,^[13] it has been described as "the largest weekly in Maryland and one of the most respected independent Jewish publications in America",^[14] and "one of the premier independent Jewish newspapers in the country."^[15]
Der Baltimore Israelit, a Yiddish-language newspaper published from 1891 to 1893.^[10]
Der Fortschritt, a (Yiddish-language newspaper published from June to July 1890.^[10]
Der Wegweiser, a Yiddish-language newspaper published in 1896.^[10]
Ha-Pisgah, a Yiddish-language newspaper published from 1891 to 1893.^[10]
Jewish Comment, a Jewish newspaper published in 1895.^[10]
Kaskad (Cascade), a Russian-language newspaper founded by a Jewish immigrant from Belarus. The newspaper is aimed at the Russian-speaking community of immigrants from Russia, Belarus, and other Russian-speaking areas. Many of the readers are Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union.^[4]^[5]
Sinai, a German-Jewish periodical devoted to the interests of radical reform.^[10]
The Jewish Chronicle, a Jewish newspaper published from 1875 to 1877.^[10]
The News Exchange, a bilingual Russian-English newspaper created to facilitate the integration of Russian-Jewish immigrants into American society, established in May, 1978, by the Baltimore branch of the HIAS.^[16]^[17]
Where What When, a monthly Jewish periodical established in 1985, its content is directed to the wide spectrum of Baltimore's Jewish population, and it has an approximate readership of 40,000.^[18]

Lithuanian-American

Pirmyn, a Lithuanian-language newspaper for the Lithuanian-American community of Baltimore.

Polish-American

The cover page of the August 15, 1940 issue of *Czas Baltimorski*.

Czas Baltimorski, a Polish-language newspaper.
Friends of the Hearth, an early Polish-language newspaper geared toward Baltimore Polonia.^[19]
Polish Times, a Polish-American newspaper.

Russian-American

Kaskad (Cascade), a Russian newspaper founded by a Jewish immigrant from Belarus. The newspaper is aimed at the Russian-speaking community of immigrants from Russia, Belarus, and other Russian-speaking areas. Many of the readers are Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union.^[4]^[5]
The News Exchange, a bilingual Russian-English newspaper created to facilitate the integration of Russian-Jewish immigrants into American society, established in May, 1978, by the Baltimore branch of the HIAS.^[16]^[17]
Poleznai︠a︡ gazeta / Poleznaya gazeta, a Russian-language newspaper published in Baltimore, Brooklyn, and Pennsylvania.

References

^ "Baltimore City Newspapers". Johns Hopkins University Library. Archived from the original on 2004-08-27. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
^ Farrar, Hayward (1998-05-30). The Baltimore Afro-American: 1892-1950. Greenwood Press. p. 240. ISBN 0-313-30517-X.
^ Summers, Juana; Ryan, Erika; Kenin, Justine (August 12, 2022). "Here's why the 'Baltimore Beat' relaunched as a Black-led, nonprofit publication". National Public Radio. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "A Way To 'Defend Our Culture'". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
^ ^a ^b ^c "'I feel myself at home here'". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
^ "Rokos Family Czech-American Collection - PP145". Maryland Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
^ "Guide to Maryland Newspapers - MSA SC 3774 [OCLC 9483768]". Archives of Maryland Online. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
^ "Baltimore Eesti Selts (Baltimore Estonian Society), Records". University of Minnesota. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
^ "Preserving a part of the city's German past". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Baltimore". Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
^ "Baltimore Correspondent". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
^ Blanca Torres (May 24, 2005). "A bilingual newspaper looks to provide Baltimore Latinos with information on Hispanic culture and the issues affecting them". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on 2011-02-07. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
^ About Us Archived 2006-07-13 at the Wayback Machine, Baltimore Jewish Times website. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
^ Echo Media - Baltimore Jewish Times. Retrieved July 12, 2006.
^ David, Michael. Publisher of 6 Jewish weeklies, Charles Buerger, dies at 58, J. The Jewish News of Northern California, November 15, 1996.
^ ^a ^b Waxman, Chaim Isaac (1983). America's Jews in Transition. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Temple University Press. p. 194. ISBN 0-877-22321-1. Retrieved July 8, 2014. Baltimore Russian immigrants.
^ ^a ^b Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Einhorn, David" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
^ About Us Archived January 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Baltimore Where What When . Retrieved December 28, 2012.
^ "Newspaper Abstracts". Historyk Press. Retrieved 2012-12-28.

v t e Ethnic history of Baltimore
Groups	African Americans Africans Appalachian Americans Asian Americans Caribbeans Czechs Ethiopians French Germans Greeks Hispanics and Latinos Irish Italians Jews Koreans Lithuanians Native Americans Poles Russians Syrians Ukrainians White Americans
Ethnic enclaves	Chinatown/Little Ethiopia Corned Beef Row French Town Greektown Koreatown Little Appalachia Little Bohemia Little Italy Little Lithuania Little Poland Little Ukrainian Village Otterbein Spanish Town
Institutions	Baltimore American Indian Center Baltimore Hebrew University Bohemian National Cemetery Christ United Church of Christ Concordia Hall Grand Lodge Č.S.P.S. of Baltimore Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation Hebrew Orphan Asylum Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church Holy Rosary Church Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church Jewish Museum of Maryland Lithuanian Hall National Great Blacks In Wax Museum National Slavic Museum Oblate Sisters of Providence Otterbein Church Our Lady of Pompeii Church Polish Home Hall Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture Royal Theatre Russian Night School St. Alphonsus Church St. Casimir Church St. Elizabeth of Hungary St. Francis Xavier Church St. Leo's Church St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church St. Peter the Apostle Church Sts. Peter & Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church St. Vincent de Paul Church St. Wenceslaus in Baltimore Transfiguration of our Lord Russian Orthodox Church Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association Building Zion Lutheran Church
Events	Baltimore riot of 1968 2015 Baltimore protests
Media	Ethnic press in Baltimore (Baltimore Afro-American Baltimore Jewish Times Baltimore Times Baltimore Wecker Czas Baltimorski Der Deutsche Correspondent Latin Opinion Telegraf Where What When)