[3] The newspaper was launched in 1926 as Der kampf ('The Struggle') by the Communist Party of Canada, with Sam Lipshitz as editor.
[7][8]: 152 Harry Guralnick served as the executive secretary of the Canadian Jewish Weekly Association, the organization that published the newspaper.
[8] In March 1943 Vochenblatt began including English pages regularly, in an effort to reach out to English-speaking Jews.
The English-language section of Vochenblatt was later replaced by a monthly supplement, the Canadian Jewish Outlook, which later became a standalone publication.
[9] Initially, Vochenblatt adopted a firm anti-Zionist stand, but that posture was softened as World War II progressed.