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'''''La Vara''''' was a [[Judeo-Spanish]] (Ladino) language weekly newspaper, published 1922–1948 as a national [[Sephardi Jew]]ish newspaper in the United States.<ref name=Angel>Marc D. Angel, [https://www.policyarchive.org/bitstream/handle/10207/10849/TheSephardimoftheUnitedStates.pdf?sequence=1 The Sephardim of the United States: An Exploratory Study]. Originally published in ''American Jewish life, 1920-1990'', Taylor & Francis, 1998, ISBN 0415919258. Volume 4 of the 8-volume Routledge series ''American Jewish history'', Jeffrey S. Gurock, ed. PDF accessed online 2009-10-30; this is on p. 33 of the PDF, p. 109 of the book.</ref><ref name=Kenvin>Helene Schwartz Kenvin, ''This Land of Liberty: A History of America's Jews'', Behrman House, 1986, ISBN 0874414210, p. 133.</ref> It was edited by [[Albert Levy (editor)|Albert Levy]],<ref name=Angel /><ref name=Kenvin /><ref name=Adatto>Albert Adatto, ''Sephardim and the Seattle Sephardic Community'', University of Washington masters thesis (1939), available at [[Seattle Central Library]] Seattle Room. p. 35–36.</ref> and had a circulation of 16,500 in 1928.<ref name=Angel /> [[Marc D. Angel]] counts it as one of the two most important such publications historically, the other being ''[[La America]]''.<ref name=Angel />
'''''La Vara''''' (English: ''The Stick'') was a [[Judeo-Spanish]] (Ladino) language weekly newspaper, published 1922–1948 in [[New York City]],<ref>{{cite news|title=About La Vara|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91066432/|work=[[Chronicling America]]|publisher=[[Library of Congress]]|accessdate=22 January 2014}}</ref> as a national [[Sephardi Jew]]ish newspaper in the United States.<ref name=Angel>Marc D. Angel, [http://www.policyarchive.org/handle/10207/bitstreams/10849.pdf The Sephardim of the United States: An Exploratory Study]. Originally published in ''American Jewish life, 1920-1990'', Taylor & Francis, 1998, {{ISBN|0-415-91925-8}}. Volume 4 of the 8-volume Routledge series ''American Jewish history'', Jeffrey S. Gurock, ed. PDF accessed online 2009-10-30; this is on p. 33 of the PDF, p. 109 of the book.</ref><ref name=Kenvin>Helene Schwartz Kenvin, ''This Land of Liberty: A History of America's Jews'', Behrman House, 1986, {{ISBN|0-87441-421-0}}, p. 133.</ref> It was edited by [[Albert Levy (editor)|Albert Levy]],<ref name=Angel /><ref name=Kenvin /><ref name=Adatto>Albert Adatto, ''Sephardim and the Seattle Sephardic Community'', University of Washington masters thesis (1939), available at [[Seattle Central Library]] Seattle Room. p. 35–36.</ref> a [[History of the Jews in Thessaloniki|Salonican Jew]], and had a circulation of 16,500 in 1928.<ref name=Angel /> [[Marc D. Angel]] counts it as one of the two most important such publications historically, the other being ''[[La America]]''.<ref name=Angel />


''La Vara'' introduced an English-language section in 1934.<ref name=Adatto />
''La Vara'' introduced an English-language section in 1934.<ref name=Adatto />


==Notes==
==Notes==
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*[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/lavaranyc La Vara], [[National Library of Israel]]
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La Vara (English: The Stick) was a Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) language weekly newspaper, published 1922–1948 in New York City,[1] as a national Sephardi Jewish newspaper in the United States.[2][3] It was edited by Albert Levy,[2][3][4] a Salonican Jew, and had a circulation of 16,500 in 1928.[2] Marc D. Angel counts it as one of the two most important such publications historically, the other being La America.[2]

La Vara introduced an English-language section in 1934.[4]

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  1. ^ "About La Vara". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d Marc D. Angel, The Sephardim of the United States: An Exploratory Study. Originally published in American Jewish life, 1920-1990, Taylor & Francis, 1998, ISBN 0-415-91925-8. Volume 4 of the 8-volume Routledge series American Jewish history, Jeffrey S. Gurock, ed. PDF accessed online 2009-10-30; this is on p. 33 of the PDF, p. 109 of the book.
  3. ^ a b Helene Schwartz Kenvin, This Land of Liberty: A History of America's Jews, Behrman House, 1986, ISBN 0-87441-421-0, p. 133.
  4. ^ a b Albert Adatto, Sephardim and the Seattle Sephardic Community, University of Washington masters thesis (1939), available at Seattle Central Library Seattle Room. p. 35–36.
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