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Cahiers du Bétar (French: Notebooks of Betar) was a monthly Zionist magazine which was published in Tunis, Tunisia, between 1938 and 1946. Its title was a reference to the revisionist Zionist youth movement, Bétar. The subtitle of the magazine was Organe mensuel d’éducation Juive (French: Monthly organ of Jewish education).

History and profile

Cahiers du Bétar was established in 1938 as a successor to another Jewish periodical entitled ha-Ivri. It was published by the Bétar movement's Tunisia branch on a monthly basis. Alfred Louzoun edited the monthly of which headquarters was in Tunis. He later assumed the post of director, and Jacques Silvera became the editor of the magazine in 1939. Its circulation was about 1,200 copies.

Cahiers du Bétar was an supporter of the right-wing Zionism of Vladimir Jabotinsky. However, it did not manage to have significant influence as its successor ha-Ivri. It ceased publication in 1946.

References

1. Vitalis Danon (2017). Ninette of Sin Street. Translated by Jane Kuntz. Redwood City, CA: Stanford University Press. p. 130. doi:10.1515/9781503602298. ISBN 9781503602298. S2CID 241400429.
2. ^ Mohsen Hamli (2020). "The Impact of Nazi and Fascist anti-Semitism on the Jewish Press in Tunisia in the Years 1938–1940". Studia nad Totalitaryzmami i Wiekiem XX (in Polish) (4): 471.
3. ^ Robert Attal (1985). "The Jewish Press of Tunisia". Kesher (5): 96. JSTOR 23890957.
4. ^ Hershel Edelheit; Abhafam J. Edelheit, eds. (2019). History of Zionism: A Handbook and Dictionary. New York: Routledge. p. 468. ISBN 978-0-429-72104-5.
5. Emmanuel Debono (7 August 2014). "L'importation du conflit israélo-palestinien en question". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 27 August 2022.

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