The Revolutionary Land of Russia

Jewish Socialist Federation of America

1917

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Print depicting flag with Yiddish text and smoke stacks in background. — Cover of *Dos revolutsiyonere Rusland* (Revolutionary Russia), ed. A. Litvak and B. Salutski.

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Jewish Socialist Federation of America, Dos revolutsyonere rusland [The Revolutionary Land of Russia] (New York: Pinski-Massel Press, 1917). Courtesy Gross Family Trust Collection.

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 7.

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Jewish Socialist Federation of America

The Jewish Socialist Federation of America (JSF) was formed in 1912 as one of the Socialist Party of America’s (SPA) language federations. operating in Yiddish, the JSF united Jewish socialists for whom this was their mother tongue; it produced, translated, and distributed Yiddish socialist propaganda materials and published a weekly, Di naye velt (The New World). The influx of more radical and pro-Communist elements into the isF sparked internal conflict. The outcome was ultimately a split and the creation of the Jewish Socialist Verband (JSV). The minority of the JSF stayed within the Socialist Party, and the federation continued to function.