Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums , a journal edited by Ludwig Philipson. Leipzig, 1839-1877. Six thick volumes. Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums (AZJ), literally translates as General Newspaper for all Jewry , was a German-Jewish journal dedicated to topics in the Jewish world with an emphasis on issues related to German Jewry. The editor-in-chief and founder was Ludwig Philipson. His stated purpose was to advance Jews’ historical knowledge about their people, but he also regularly dealt with the other topics related to German Jewry: politics, religion, Jewish and general literature, history and philology. Researchers who contributed to this journal included: Gabriel Reiser, Elyakim Karmuli, Shada”l, Leopold Zunz, Yehudah Leib Dukas, Julius Printz, Leopold Leff, Franz Delitzsch, Aharon Jelinek, Avraham Geiger and Yitzchak Mordechai Just. Interesting anecdote: Despite the journal and its contributors tending towards Reform, the announcement of the Chatam Sofer’s passing is interesting – refer to Year 1839, Issue 95, p. 549. Six volumes of the weekly journal from 1839, 1866, 1897, 1868, 1879, 1877. Six thick volumes, each with approximately 50 issues, the year 1839 includes 103 issues. Most of the volumes have over 800 pages. The volumes are in fine condition.