Research guides: Jewish Studies: Newspapers

General newspapers

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Israeli publications

Haaretz/ha-'Arets
Daily out of Tel-Aviv, mainly left-leaning publication. English and Hebrew editions.
- Haaretz online
Jerusalem Post
English daily. Mainly right-wing viewpoints.
- Jerusalem Post online
Hamodia
Hebrew and English. Primarily for the Haredi community, centre-right Israeli coverage.
Ynet
Online version of Yedioth Ahronoth, Israel's highest-circulating newspaper.
Kan: Israel International Radio and TV
Makor Rishon
Right-wing Israeli newspaper. Hebrew.

Canadian publications

The Canadian Jewish News
Canada's 2nd largest Jewish publication.
- CJN online
- Microform
Jewish Post and News
Published out of Winnipeg.

American publications

Jewish Daily Forward
Published out of New York. Overall socialist outlook.
- Forward online
Baltimore Jewish Times 1991+
Published in Maryland since 1919.
Washington Jewish Week 2004+
Published in Washington DC since 1930.
- WJW online
Der Yid 1996-2000 (incomplete)
Yiddish publication based in New York written for the worldwide Haredi community.
The Jewish Week
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Tablet Magazine
Mosaic Magazine

Historical newspapers

Union List of Digitized Jewish Historic Newspapers, Periodicals and e-Journals
The Jewish Star
Alberta paper, ceased publication.
Vochenblatt: Canadian Jewish Weekly
Communist newspaper, ceased publication.
Keneder Odler (sometimes appears as Keneder Adler)
Yiddish language paper from Montreal, ceased publication.
Haynt: yoyvl-bukh
Historical Jewish Press - National Library of Israel

Rest of world

The Jewish Standard 1888-1891
London, UK. English.
Australian Jewish News
Only Jewish-Australian paper continuously printed since 1895. English.
Jewish Chronicle 1841-2005 (incomplete)
London, UK. English.
South African Jewish Report
English. Archives from 2007+ available online.
European Jewish Press
World Jewish Daily
Aggregate news source, successor to World Jewish Digest
Kesher
Mexican.
Nieuw Israelitisch Weekblad
Dutch.
Tribune Juive
French.
Illustrierte Neue Welt
Austrian.

Reference works

These books provide unique insight into the historical background of various Jewish publications from around the world, with specific emphasis on Europe (pre-Second World War), Canada, and the United States.

Forward -- The Jewish Daily Forward (Forverts) Newspaper by Ehud Manor
Publication Date: 2009-09-01
Beginnings, early American Judaica : a collection of ten publications, in facsimile, illustrative of the religious, communal, cultural & political life of American Jewry, 1761-1845 by Abraham J. Karp (Introduction by)
Publication Date: 1975-10-01
Three hundred years of the world Jewish press, 1675-1975
The Hebrew and Jewish press in Europe: select problems in its history
A Century of the Canadian-Jewish Press, 1880s-1980s by Lewis Levendel
Publication Date: 1989-01-01
The Jewish press that was: accounts, evaluations and memories of Jewish papers in pre-Holocaust Europe by David Finker