Di Tzeitung
Di Tzeitung (Yiddish: ;די צייטונגthe journal, News Report) is a
Yiddish weekly newspaper published in New York City, founded Di Tzeitung
and edited by Abraham Friedman, an ultra-Orthodox, Satmar די זעלבסטשטענדיגע אידישע צייטונג
Hasidic Jew, from Borough Park, Brooklyn, New York. (The Independent Yiddish Newspaper)
It is published weekly, every Wednesday. It is sold throughout
New York, especially in the Yiddish-speaking parts of Brooklyn,
Williamsburg and Borough Park.
The newspaper's mission is to bring news to the readers with a
non-partisan look, and although the editor belongs to the Satmar Type Weekly Newspaper
community and advocates their methods, they do not interfere in
its internal disputes. The newspaper's editors identify with a liberal Format Paper
worldview, and tend to the Democratic Party more than other Owner(s) Abraham Friedman
Yiddish newspapers.[1] Language Yiddish
Headquarters Brooklyn, NY
History Website http://ditzeitung.com
The first edition was published on Parshat Acharei Kedoshim
5748 (1988), under the name "Nayes Baricht". For the first three weeks, they asked customers to offer good
names to the paper, and the winner would receive an eternal subscription to the paper until it got its current
name, "Di Tzeitung".[1]
Controversy
In 2011, the newspaper got involved in a controversy when Di
Tzeitung digitally altered Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and
Director for Counterterrorism for the NSC Audrey Tomason
out of Situation Room, the iconic photo showing President
Obama and his security team watching the raid on Osama bin
Laden's compound on May 2, 2011, due to its policy of not
running photographs with women because of modesty laws.[2]
The newspaper subsequently apologized for altering the image
in breach of the terms of its release,[2] and explained that the The original photo by The White House
editor who made the change had not seen the White House
conditions for publication, which stipulated that the photo "may
not be manipulated in any way".[3] The newspaper said it has a "long-standing editorial policy" of not
publishing women's images. It explained that its readers "believe that women should be appreciated for who
they are and what they do, not for what they look like, and the Jewish laws of modesty are an expression of
respect for women, not the opposite".[4]
The statement went on to say that while Clinton has served "with great distinction", the newspaper does not
publish images of women, as that is not "in accord with our religious beliefs".
The Washington Post subsequently issued a correction, noting
that Di Tzeitung had not violated any White House copyright
because the photograph was "in the public domain from the
moment of inception".[5] In addition, Dee Voch (The Week), a
weekly Hasidic magazine from Brooklyn, also edited out the
women.[6]
The editing of images of women out of photographs is a
common practice of Haredi newspapers.[7] While some
The newspaper with the censored photo
interpreted this practice as a result of inequality to women's
rights in Hasidic Judaism,[8] Di Tzeitung, in its statement, said it
was done only because of modesty reasons, and should in no way be seen as degrading of women.[9]
References
1. "Moment Magazine Celebrating 200+ Editions | Free Download" (http://200.momentmagazine.
org/). 200.momentmagazine.org (in Yiddish). pp. 102–121.
2. Bell, Melissa (May 9, 2011). "Hillary Clinton, Audrey Tomason go missing in Situation Room
photo in Der Tzitung newspaper" (https://www.webcitation.org/5yZ79uWq7?url=http://www.was
hingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/hillary-clinton-audrey-tomason-go-missing-in-situation-ro
om-photo-in-der-tzitung-newspaper/2011/05/09/AFfJbVYG_blog.html). The Washington Post.
Archived from the original (https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/hillary-clinton-
audrey-tomason-go-missing-in-situation-room-photo-in-der-tzitung-newspaper/2011/05/09/AFfJ
bVYG_blog.html) on May 10, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
3. "Hasidic Newspaper Apologizes for Editing Clinton Out of Situation Room Photo" (http://www.f
oxnews.com/politics/2011/05/09/hassidic-newspaper-edits-clinton-iconic-situation-room-photo.
html). Fox News. 9 May 2011.
4. "Orthodox Jewish paper apologises for Hillary Clinton deletion" (https://www.theguardian.com/
world/2011/may/10/jewish-paper-apologises-hillary-clinton). the Guardian. 2011-05-10.
Retrieved 2018-07-28.
5. Bell, Melissa (May 9, 2011). "Hillary Clinton, Audrey Tomason go missing in Situation Room
photo in Der Tzitung newspaper" (https://www.webcitation.org/69bWS9NtC?url=http://www.was
hingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/hillary-clinton-audrey-tomason-go-missing-in-situation-ro
om-photo-in-der-tzitung-newspaper/2011/05/09/AFfJbVYG_blog.html). The Washington Post.
Archived from the original (https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/hillary-clinton-
audrey-tomason-go-missing-in-situation-room-photo-in-der-tzitung-newspaper/2011/05/09/AFfJ
bVYG_blog.html) on August 2, 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
6. Bell, Melissa. "Second Hasidic newspaper drops Hillary Clinton and Audrey Tomason (https://
www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/second-hasidic-newspaper-drops-hillary-clinton
-and-audrey-tomason/2011/05/10/AFEpSMhG_blog.html)." The Washington Post. May 10,
2011. Retrieved on May 10, 2011.
7. Mackey, Robert (May 10, 2011). "Newspaper 'Regrets' Erasing Hillary Clinton" (http://thelede.bl
ogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/10/newspaper-regrets-erasing-hillary-clinton/?partner=rss&emc=rss).
The New York Times. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
8. Horn, Jordana (May 8, 2011). "NY Hassidic paper 'deletes' Clinton from iconic photo" (http://ww
w.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=219660). The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved July 5,
2011.
9. "Statement from News Report (Di Tzeitung) Regarding the White House Picture" (https://web.ar
chive.org/web/20110511010334/http://ditzeitung.com/statement.html). Di Tzeitung. May 9,
2011. Archived from the original (http://www.ditzeitung.com/statement.html) on 2011-05-11.
Retrieved May 12, 2011.
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