Der shtern

Der shtern ('The Star') was a Soviet Yiddish newspaper, first published in Smolensk on November 7, 1918. Der shtern became one of the main Yiddish publications in the early Soviet period. Before the end of the year, as Minsk came under the control of the Soviets, the publication was shifted there.^[1] The first issue from Minsk was published on December 27, 1918.^[2] It was an organ of the North-Western Regional Committee of the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik).^[2] The editors of the newspaper at the time were M. Kalmanavich and Zalman Khaykin.^[2] The newspaper had four pages, in a 36x53 cm format.^[2]