De Morgen [SEP] inception
De Morgen
De Morgen (Dutch for "The Morning") is a Flemish newspaper with a circulation of 53,860. The paper is published in Brussels, Belgium.
History and profile.
"De Morgen" originates from a merger in 1978 of two socialist newspapers ' (meaning "Onwards" in English) and ' (meaning "People's Newspaper" in English). The "Vooruit" was founded in Ghent by Edward Anseele and appeared the first time on 31 August 1884, just before the foundation of
Mendel Schneerson. He served as editor and publisher from its inception until his death in 2005.
The inaugural issue was published by Der Algemeiner Journal Corporation on February 23, 1972. The ten-page paper was priced at 25 cents. Twenty thousand issues were printed. "Der Algemeiner Journal" intended to fill the gap after the daily Yiddish paper "Der Tog Morgen Zhurnal" closed in 1971. Jacobson had earlier written and served as its city editor. The largest-circulation Yiddish weekly in the United States, "