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Newspapers and Magazines

Union List of Digitized Jewish Historic Newspapers, Periodicals and e-Journals

From Yossi Galron at Ohio State University.  A comprehensive list of digitized Jewish newspapers, periodicals, and e-journals published worldwide. There are two alphabetical listings—one for publications in Hebrew characters and one for publications in all other characters. The list provides links to the places where the digital versions of the publications appear.

JPress: The Historical Jewish Press

From the National Library of Israel. "This site contains a collection of Jewish newspapers published in various countries, languages, and time periods. We display digital versions of each paper, making it possible to view the papers in their original layout. Full-text search is also available for all content published over the course of each newspaper’s publication."

Compact Memory

From Goethe University in Frankfurt. 500 Jewish newspapers and journals of the German speaking area of the years 1768–1938 and beyond.

Association of Jewish Refugees Journal

From the Association of Jewish Refugees (London). Searchable database of full text of journal since 1946.

Belfast Jewish Gazette

From Queen's University, Belfast, Ireland. The Jewish Gazette is a monthly journal, published from January to December 1933 and February 1934.

Bnai Brith Messenger

From the New York Public Library.

Cleveland Jewish News

From the Cleveland Jewish News. Covers 1964 to the present.

Florida Jewish Newspaper Project

From the University of Florida.

J. The Jewish News of Northern California (1895-2021)

From the California Digital Newspaper Collection. Archives of this Jewish newspaper from San Francisco, California.

Jewish Community Chronicle: 1947 – 2000

From California State University. Includes Long Beach and Orange County.

Jewish Post and Opinion

From Indiana University.

Journal of Jewish Communal Service

From the Berman Jewish Policy Archive.  Beginning in 1902.

Ohio Jewish Chronicle 1922-1994

From the Columbus Jewish Historical Society.

intermountain Jewish News

From the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection.  Back issues of the Intermountain Jewish News from Colorado covering Jan. 6, 1927-Dec. 26, 1969 . (Hat tip to Tara Calishain)

Ottawa Jewish Bulletin 1937- present

From the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin in Canada.

Phoenix Jewish News Photograph Collection 1960s - present

From the Arizona Jewish Historical Society.  Over 10,000 photographs from the Jewish News of Greater Phoenix.

Price Library of Judaica Anniversary Collection of Jewish Newspapers

From the University of Florida. Thirty-eight anniversary issues of 25 Jewish newspapers from around the world were selected for the Price Library of Judaica Anniversary Collection. The newspapers date from 1904 to 1973, with a heavy concentration of publications from the 1930s and 40s– a critical period in the history of 20th century Jewry. They were published in numerous cities around the world with large and significant Jewish populations, and in a range of languages including Dutch, English, German, Hebrew and Yiddish.

Sh'ma: A Journal of Jewish Ideas

From the Berman Jewish Policy Archive.  Covers the entire 40-year run.

Southern Israelite

From the University of Georgia. The Southern Israelite Archive spans the years 1929-1986, and includes over 48,000 images.

Texas Jewish Post

From the University of North Texas.

The American Jewess

From the University of Michigan. The American Jewess (1895-1899) described itself as "the only magazine in the world devoted to the interests of Jewish women." It was the first English-language periodical targeted to American Jewish women.

The Charlotte Jewish News 1979 - Present

From North Carolina Newspapers.

The Jewish Herald (Houston, Texas) 1908-1914

From the Library of Congress.  Founded in 1908 by Edgar Goldberg, The Jewish Herald was “a weekly publication, devoted to matters of interest to the Hebrew citizens of Houston.”

The Jewish Monitor (Texas)

From the Library of Congress. "Gresham George Fox, rabbi of the Fort Worth Congregation Beth-El, started the Fort Worth Jewish Monitor in 1914. The Monitor was a 16-page paper that circulated in 40 cities across Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. "

The Jewish Sentinel of Chicago 1911 - 1996

From the Illinois State Library.

The Jewish South (Virginia) 1893 - 1899

From the Library of Congress.

The Jewish Times of Boston 1945 - 1992

From the American Jewish Historical Society.

The Jewish Transcript of Seattle

From the Seattle Public Library. Currently covers 1924 - 1971 but more issues are planned for digitizing.

The Jewish View @ CWRU

From Case Western Reserve University.  "The Jewish View @ CWRU" aims to uncover the historical role of Jewish students, faculty, and administrators in the social movements, physical infrastructure, and intellectual life of Case Western Reserve University in Ohio from its founding to the present. "

The Occident and American Jewish Advocate  1848 - 1863

From the Jewish-American History Documentation Foundation. Covers this newspaper published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project 1890s - 2010

From Carnegie Mellon University.

Toledo Jewish News 1938 - 2015

Archives of Hebrew Journals

From Ohio Memory at the Toledo Lucas County Public Library.
From Daat.  Full text archives of a large number of Hebrew language journals, browsable by issue date. Titles include AASIA—Halacha and Medicine, Encyclopedia of Medical Halacha, Computers in Education, Binot, Beit Havaad, Beit Mikra, BeSedeh Chemed, Divrei Hayamim, Deot, Hagigei Givah, Hamaayan, Hatekufah, Talelei Orot, Mavo, Megadim, Machanayim, Mechanech, Mechkarei Yehuda VeShomron, Michlol, Maaliyot, Maamakim, Niv Hamidrashiyah, Sinai, Al Atar, Pardes Chabad, Parashat Hashavua, Shana Beshana, Tikshov Vechinuch, Techelet, ASSIA, Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society and Ten Daat.

Jewish Telegraphic Agency Archives

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Searchable database of 250,000 full text news stories from 1923 from the Jewish version of the Associated Press or Reuters.

Union List of Digitized Jewish Historic Newspapers, Periodicals and e-Journals

From Ohio State University. Maintained by Joseph (Yossi) Galron-Goldschläger, this extensive list consists of two pages: one for titles in Latin script (includes also some Cyrillic titles) and one page for Hebraic scripts (Hebrew, Yiddish and Ladino).

The Detroit Jewish News Archives

From the University of Michigan.
Digitized collections of two Michigan newspapers: Detroit Jewish News 1942 – Present and Detroit Jewish Chronicle 1916 – 1951.


Historical Jewish American Newspapers Online

From Kenneth R. Marks. Part of an extensive collection of resources from Kenneth Marks' genealogy blog,The Ancestor Hunt, this list includes only material that is available online. Not all of it has been indexed or digitized. Most are free and some require a subscription or a login from a university library.

New Jersey Jewish News and Jewish Horizon

From the Jewish Historical Society of New Jersey. Current collections include: New Jersey Jewish News - 1946 to 2016 and the Jewish Horizon - 1982 to 1997.

Aufbau

From the Leo Baeck Institute. German and English language newspaper published in New York between 1934 and 2004.

Digitized Historical Magazines and Present-Day Academic Journals

From the Jewish Museum of Berlin. This directory lists digitized historical magazines and present-day academic journals in German and English. The majority of them offer online access.

Jewish Voice and Herald

From the Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association. Jewish newspaper in Rhode Island from 1939 to 2009.

Jewish Western Bulletin

From Simon Fraser University. The Jewish Western Bulletin, which changed its name to the Jewish Independent in 2005, has been the British Columbia Jewish community’s newspaper since 1930. Digitized issues range from 1924 to 2005.

The American Jewess

From the University of Michigan. Digitized collection of the The American Jewess (1895-1899), which described itself as "the only magazine in the world devoted to the interests of Jewish women."  It was the first English-language periodical targeted at American Jewish women.

Arquivo Maaravi: Digital Journal of Jewish Studies

From the Federal University of Minas Gerais of Brazil. Digitized journal from Brazil published semi-annually since 2007.

Interwar Jewish Press of Galicia, Volhynia and Bukovina

From the Ukrainian Online Periodicals Archive. 27 Jewish newspapers in Polish, German and Yiddish.

Exilpresse

From the Deutsch National Bibliotek. Full-text of 30 Jewish German newspapers published throughout the world between 1933 and 1945 (in German).

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