 It was the longest continuously published Jewish newspaper in Germany.Allgemeine is “German Jewry’s most important newspaper,” and is one of the most frequently cited sources of nineteenth-century German Jewry.Allgemeine merged with the CV-Zeitung, the official publication of the Central Association of German Jews until the Nazis closed it down in November 1938 
The content of Allgemeine would be Jewish enlightenment and reform, the place of Jews in society and their emancipation.