Letter by Ahad Ha'am. Odessa, 1897

Letter by Ahad Ha'am. Odessa, 1897

Letter in the handwriting and signature of 'Ahad Ha'am', about the 'material' condition of the 'HaShelach'. Postcard. Odessa, June 25, 1897. Hebrew.

"HaShelach will return in January 98. But because his material condition is bad, I was forced to cut back on expenses as much as possible ..." He adds that Shadal's article will be published in the journal.

In 1896, the first issue of the central and most important Hebrew periodical in the 19th and 20th Centuries 'HaShiloach', or in the accent of Ahad Ha'am the "Hashelach". Published in the framework of the company "Ahiasaf", financed by Kalonymus Ze'ev Wissotzky, the great tea manufacturer and an avid supporter of Ahad Ha'am who insisted that he be editor-in-chief of the monthly. The system was usually in Odessa or Warsaw. In the first issue of the new journal Ahad Ha'am declared: "The purpose of the journal is to know ourselves, to understand our lives and to establish our future wisely", and was attended by the best intellectuals and writers of the period. In the magazine, Ahad Ha'am expressed his Zionist approach, which advocated the training of hearts as a central goal of the national movement and to make the Land of Israel a cultural spiritual center for the Jewish people. The Shiloach published from 1896 to 1909.

[1] Undivided back Postcard. Very good condition.