Hebrew monthly. Ha-Shiloaḥ, published between 1896 and 1926, was the leading Hebrew-language literary journal at the beginning of the twentieth century. Founded by the Aḥi’asaf publishing house in Warsaw, the publication was predominantly inspired by its founding editor, Ahad Ha-Am, who had been appointed head of the institution in 1896. Ahad Ha-Am intended the monthly to serve not only as a vehicle to raise the national consciousness of the Jewish people, but also as a central platform for discussion and analysis on past and present issues relevant to Judaism. Its name refers to a river mentioned in Isaiah 8:6, “The waters of Shiloaḥ flow slowly,” characterizing the journal’s moderate temper.
