From 1976 until 1985 he was leading the feuilleton of Die Zeit. His first efforts to render a quality "feuilleton" were unsuccessful. Hans Schwab-Felisch was another prominent contributor to the Berlin edition's "Feuilleton". Another Jew, Felix Salten, succeeded Herzl as the editor of the feuilleton. It was of the feuilleton order, descriptive rather than political. She directed the arts section ("Feuilleton") from 1963. Apart from stories he also wrote poetry, feuilleton, dramatic works, reviews, critiques and musical arrangements. The word "feuilleton" meant "a leaf", or, in this sense, "a scrap of paper". Unlike other common journalistic genres, the "feuilleton" style is very close to literary. In Yiddish a "feuilleton" was generally humorous and informal in tone. In contemporary French, "feuilleton" has taken on the meaning "soap opera".