Historical Jewish American Newspapers Online

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(This page's most recent update is November 2024)
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For those of you who have Jewish ancestry in your family tree, many Jewish-American newspapers have been published over the last hundred or so years that may help you find some information and stories about your ancestors.

The first part of the list includes titles available from many different collections and is presented by state. The second part includes titles available by subscription.

Listed are only those that are available online. As always, tons more are available via microfilm and in the original form via libraries and archives.
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Please note that most listed below are free and some require a subscription or a login from a university library. Some are indexed, and some are not. 

Please be aware that there are several titles that are available from more than one online collection, and the range of available dates may be different, so you might want to research all the sources.

Jewish American Historical Newspapers

Free Collections:

Arizona 

•   The Arizona Post (Tucson, Ariz.) 1946-1990
•   The Phoenix Jewish News (Phoenix) 1948-1983
•   The Phoenix Jewish News
•    Phoenix Phoenix Jewish News
•    Phoenix Phoenix New Times

California

•   J. The Jewish News of Northern California (San Francisco, 1895-2024)
•   Jewish Gaily Forward (San Francisco, 1977-2024)
•   Jewish Radical (Berkeley, 1969-1978)
•   Southwest Wave (Los Angeles, 1930-1972)
•   San Francisco Jewish Times (30)
•   The Voice of Israel (20)
•    American Jewish University – Los AngelesUniversity of Judaism News (1949-1962)
•    Long Beach Jewish Community Chronicle
•    Los Angeles B’nai B’rith Messenger
•    San Francisco J. The Jewish News of Northern California

Colorado 

•   Intermountain Jewish News (Denver, Colo.) 1925-Current
•   The Denver Jewish News (Denver, Colo.) 1915-1925
•   The Jewish Outlook (Denver, Colo.) 1903-1913
•   Denver Jewish News
•   Intermountain Jewish News
•   The Elbert County Tribune
•   The Jewish Outlook

Connecticut 

•   Jewish ledger, 1929-1942

District of Columbia 

•   Washingston Jewish Voice – וואשינגטאנער אידישע שטימע

Florida 

•   The Southern Jewish Weekly (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992
•   Orlando – Heritage Florida Jewish News
•   Chai Life
•   Heritage Florida Jewish News
•   Interlachen Bulletin
•   Jewish Floridian (Miami, Fla.)
•   Jewish Floridian (Palm Beach, Fla. : December 24, 1982-August 30, 1985)
•   Jewish Floridian and Shofar of Greater Hollywood
•   Jewish Floridian of greater Ft. Lauderdale
•   Jewish Floridian of North Broward
•   Jewish Floridian of North Broward
•   Jewish Floridian of Palm Beach County (Palm Beach, Fla. : February 28, 1975-December 17, 1982)
•   Jewish Floridian of Palm Beach County (Palm Beach, Fla. : September 13, 1985- )
•   Jewish Floridian of Pinellas County
•   Jewish Floridian of South Broward
•   Jewish Floridian of South County
•   Jewish Floridian of Tampa
•   Jewish News of Sarasota-Manatee
•   Jewish Press of Pinellas County
•   Jewish Press of Tampa
•   Jewish Unity.
•   Jewish Way
•   L’CHAYIM
•   Miami Jewish News
•   New Jewish Unity
•   Shpiel.
•   Southern Jewish weekly
•   Heritage Florida Jewish News Fern Park, Florida
•   The DeFuniak Springs Herald Defuniak Springs, Florida

Georgia 

•  Atlanta, Ga., 189?-1??? – The Jewish tribune.
•  Augusta, Ga., 1925-1986 – The Southern Israelite.
•  Dublin, Ga., 1878-1894 – The Dublin post.
•  Savannah, Ga., 1945-1949 – The Jewish alliance.

Illinois 

•   The Jewish Advance (Chicago, Ill.) 1878-1881
•   Chicago Jewish Post & Opinion 3 August 1962 – 25 December 1981 (831 issues)
•   The Jewish Advance 14 June 1878 – 14 October 1881 (169 issues)
•  Chicago American Jewess
•  Chicago Forṿerṭs = Jewish daily forward
•  Chicago Jewish Labor World – אידישע ארבייטער וועלט
•  Chicago Jewish Sentinel
•  Chicago The Jewish Record – דער יידישער רעקארד
•  Chicago The Reform Advocate
•  Chicago The Sentinel
•  Chicago The Yiddish Art Companion – דער אידישער קונסט פריינד
•  Chicago Unzer Wort (Chicago) – אונזער ווארט (שיקגו)

Indianaj

•  Jewish Post (Indianapolis, Marion County; 10 March 1933 – 21 December 2005)
•  Indianapolis Jewish Post and Opinion
•  Indianapolis The Indiana Jewish Post and Opinion

Kansas 

•   Burlingame – National Echo
•   McPherson – Israel at Work

Kentucky

•  Louisville The Temple
•  Louisville The Kentucky Jewish Chronicle
•  Louisville The Chronicler-Spokesman
•  Louisville Community (Louisville)

Louisiana

•  New Orleans The Jewish Ledger

Maine 

•  Alfred – Camp Crier (Company 130)

Maryland

•  Baltimore Balṭimor ameriḳaner – באלטימאר אמעריקאנער
•  Baltimore Jewish Comment

Massachusetts

•  Amherst College – AmherstThe Student
•  Boston Der Emeth (The Truth)
•  Boston Jewish Times 
•  Boston Der Emes̀ – דער אמת (בוסטון)
•  Boston Der Idisher zshurnal – דער אידישער זשורנאל
•  Boston Di Bosṭoner idishe shṭime – דיא באָסטאָנער אידישע שטימע

Michigan 

•  Huron Tribune and Huron County Gazette (1883-1884)
•  Detroit Jewish News (2011-Current)
•  The Detroit Jewish Chronicle (1916-1951)
•  The Jewish News (1942-2017)
•  The Jewish News (2010-Current)
•   Detroit Detroit Jewish Chronicle (1916–1951)
•   Detroit Detroit Jewish News

Minnesota 

•   The American Jewish World (Minneapolis ; St. Paul) 1915-Current
•   Minneapolis, Minn. – Minnesota farm review
•   St. Paul ; Minneapolis – The American Jewish world
•   Minneapolis The American Jewish World
•   St. Paul and Minneapolis American Jewish World

Missouri 

•   St. Louis – Jefferson-Gravois Business Circle News
•   St. Louis Der Forshṭeher – דער פארשטעהער
•   St. Louis Sulamith
•   St. Louis The Jewish Voice

Nebraska

•   Cass County Jewish Press
•   Jewish Press
•   Omaha The Jewish Press (Omaha)

Nevada

•   Las Vegas Las Vegas Israelite of Nevada

New Jersey 

•   Clifton NJ Jewish Community News
•   Fair Lawn NJ Israelight
•   Jersey City NJ Jewish Standard
•   Paterson NJ The Jewish Post
•   Newark The Jewish News

New York 

•   Der Morgen Zshurnal = the Jewish Morning Journal (New York, N.Y.) 1901 to 1928 [1,762]
•   Der Morgen Zshurnal, Yidishes Ṭageblaṭ = the Jewish Morning Journal and the Jewish Daily News (New York, N.Y.) 1928 to 1938 [2,821]
•   Der Tog = the Day (New York, N.Y.) 1922 to 1953 [1,831]
•   Yidishes Ṭageblaṭṭ = the Jewish Daily News (New York, N.Y.) 1885 to 1928 [3,714]
•   Press-Republican
•   Ithaca NY Ithaca
•   New York NY Jewish Journal
•   New York NY The Jewish Messenger
•   Aspaḳlarya – אספקלריא
•   Aufbau
•   Bet sifrenu – בית ספרנו
•   Biznes reḳord – ביזנעס רעקארד
•   Bronzvịl un Isṭ Nuyorḳ progress – בראנזוויל איסט נויארק פראגרעסס
•   Daily Jewish Herald – דער טעגליכער העראלד
•   Der Adṿerṭayzer – דער אדווערטייזער
•   Der Arbayṭer – דער ארבייטער
•   Der Bayṭsh – דער בייטש
•   Der Homentasch – דער המן-טאש
•   Der idisher ameriḳaner – דער יידישער אמעריקאנער
•   Der Kibetzer – דער קיבעצער
•   Der Land ḥokhem – דער לאנד חכם
•   Der Lets – דער לץ (ניו יורק)
•   Der Ṭog – דער טאג
•   Der yudisher farmer – דער יודישער פארמער
•   Di Arbayṭer Tsayṭung – דיא ארבייטער צייטונג
•   Di Avend tsayṭung – דיא אבענד צייטונג
•   Di Dramaṭishe ṿelṭ – די דראמאטישע וועלט
•   Di Fraye Shṭunde – דיא פֿרייע שטונדע
•   Di idishe bihne – דיא אידישע ביהנע
•   Di idishe ḳinder ṿelṭ – די אידישע קינדער-וועלט
•   Di idishe natsyon – דיא אידישע נאציאן
•   Di idishe ṿelṭ – דיא אידישע וועלט
•   Di idishe ṿokhenshrifṭ – די אידישע וואכענשריפט
•   Di Naye tsayṭ (Białystok) – דיא נייע צייט
•   Di Naye ṿelṭ – די נייע וועלט
•   Di ṿahrhayṭ – דיא ווארהייט
•   Dos folḳ – דאס פאלק
•   Dos idishe folḳ – דאס אידישע פאלק
•   Dos Naye Leben (New York) – דאס נייע לעבען – ניו יורק
•   Eden – עדן
•   El Progresso-La Bos del Pueblo-La Epoca – איל פרוגריסו/לה בוז דיל פואיבלו/לה איפוקה די נו יורק
•   Familyen zshurnal – פאמיליען זשורנאל
•   Forṿerṭs – פארװערטס
•   Fraye arbayṭer shṭime – פרייע ארבייטער שטימע
•   ha-deror – הדרור
•   ha-Devorah – הדבורה
•   ha-ʻIvri (Berlin / New York) – העברי (ברלין / ניו יורק)
•   HaLeom – הלאם
•   ha-Mitspeh (New York) – המצפה (ניו יורק)
•   HaMore – המורה
•   Hapissgoh – הפסגה
•   ha-Zeman (New York) – הזמן (ניו יורק)
•   HoAm – העם (ניו יורק)
•   Houmoh – האומה
•   Idishe gazeṭen- יודישע גאזעטען
•   Jewish Morning Times – מארגען צייטונג
•   Jewish Telegraph Agency Archive (clippings)
•   Jolly Leaves – לוסטיגע בלעטער
•   La America – לה אמיריקה
•   La Luz – לה לוז
•   La Vara – לה בארה
•   Magazine of Knowledge – אוצר החכמה והמדע לספרות ישראל
•   Minikes’ Holiday Papers – מיניקעס יום-טוב בלעטער
•   Monthly Intelligencer – המודיע לחדשים
•   Ner Ha’Maarabi – נר המערבי
•   Our Theatre – אונזער טעאטער
•   Peraḥim – פרחים
•   Shibolim – שיבלים
•   Sulamith – שולמית
•   Tehiya – תחיה
•   The Asmonean
•   The Echo of the Teacher – הד המורה
•   The Hebrew – העברי (כתריאל צבי שרהזאהן)
•   The Hebrew American
•   The Hebrew Leader
•   The Hebrew Standard
•   The Jewish Chess Journal – דער אידישער שאך-זשורנאל
•   The Jewish Daily News – יידישעס טאגעבלאט
•   The Jewish Daily Press – דיא אידישע טעגליכע פרעססע
•   The Jewish Farmer – דער אידישער פארמער
•   The Jewish Guardian – דער אידישער וועכטער
•   The Jewish Guardian – דער יידישער וועכטער
•   The Jewish Ladies Home Journal – די פרויען וועלט
•   The Jewish Morning Journal – דער מארגען זשורנאל
•   The Naye Welt – די נייע וועלט
•   The Philantropist – דער מענשענפריינד
•   The Principal – המנהל
•   The Volksadvocat – דער פאלקסאדוואקאט
•   The Youth – שחרות
•   Theatrical Songster – דער טהעאטער זינגער
•   Unzer Shrift – אונזער שריפט
•   New York City Aufbau : Nachrichtenblatt des German-Jewish Club, Inc

North Carolina 

•   The Advertiser (Raleigh, N.C.)

Ohio 

•   Columbus – Columbus Jewish Chronicle – 1918-1919
•   Columbus – Jewish Chronicle – 1919-1919
•   Columbus – Ohio Jewish Chronicle – 1922-1990
•   Columbus – OJC Ohio Jewish Chronicle – 1990-1994
•   Springboro – Star Free Press –  1987
•   Toledo – Toledo Jewish News – 1938-2005, 2013-2015
•   Cleveland Jewish News (1964– )
•   Hebrew Observer (1889–1890, 1897–1898)
•   Jewish Independent (1906–1964)
•   Jewish Review (1895–1899)
•   Jewish Review and Observer (1899–1958)
•   Jewish World (1913–1952)
•   Cincinnati Die Deborah
•   Cincinnati Die Deborah
•   Cincinnati The Ark
•   Cincinnati The Sabbath Visitor
•   Cleveland Di ṿahre shṭime – די וואהרע שטימע
•   Cleveland The Jewish Daily Press – דיא אידישע טעגליכע פרעססע

Oklahoma 

•   Ellis – Ellis County Advocate (Gage, Ellis County, Okla.) 1918-192?

Oregon

•   Friends Pacific Academy – Newberg The Academician
•   Portland The Jewish Tribune

Pennsylvania 

•   American Jewish Outlook (1934-1962)
•   Jewish Chronicle (1962-present)
•   Jewish Criterion (1895-1962)
•   Y-JCC series (1926-1975).
•   Philadelphia Occident and American Jewish Advocate 
•   Philadelphia The Occident and American Jewish Advocate 
•   Philadelphia Broyṭ un frayheyṭ – ברויט און פרייהייט
•   Philadelphia Der Shṭern – דער שטערן
•   Philadelphia Sheʼelat Yiśraʼel oder Tsiyon debaṭe – שאלת ישראל אדער ציון דעבאטע
•   Philadelphia The Occident and American Jewish Advocate
•   Philadelphia The Zion’s Friend – דער ציון’ס פריינד

Rhode Island

•   Der Izraeliṭ = the Israelite (Providence, R.I.) 1895-189?
•   Rhode Island Israelite (Providence, R.I.) 1894-1895

South Carolina

•   Charleston The Sabbath School Companion

Tennessee

•   Nashville Nashville Jewish Observer

Texas

•   The Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.) 1908-1914
•   The Jewish Monitor (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921
•   Dallas County, The Jewish Monitor (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921
•   Dallas County, The Jewish Monitor and Jewish Weekly (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 1921-1925
•   Dallas County, The Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1947-current
•   Dallas County, University News (Irving, Tex.) 1977-current
•   Harris County, The Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.) 1908-1914
•   Harris County, The Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.) 1938-current
•   Harris County, The Texas Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.) 1914-1938
•   Church & Synagogue Libraries
•   Galveston County, Congregation B’nai Israel Bulletin
•   Harris County, Congregation Beth Israel Bulletin
•   Wharton County, The Israelite

Virginia 

•   The Jewish South (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899
•   Jewish South (Richmond, VA, 1893-1899)
•   Poor Richard (Petersburg, VA, 1961-1972)
•   Virginia-Carolina Jewish Messenger (Richmond, VA, 1933-1938)
•   Jewish News Virginia Beach

Washington 

•   Jewish Transcript Seattle
•   Seattle Jewish Transcript

Newspaper Archive (subscription)

Colorado

• Denver – Denver Jewish News
• Denver – Denver Jewish Outlook

Florida

• Miami – Miami Jewish Floridian

Georgia

• Atlanta – Atlanta Southern Israelite
• Augusta – Augusta Southern Israelite

Indiana

• Indianapolis – Indianapolis Jewish Post

Minnesota

• Minneapolis – Minneapolis American Jewish World

Ohio

• Cincinnati – Cincinnati Israelite
• Cincinnati – The American Israelite

Pennsylvania

• Philadelphia – Philadelphia Jewish Exponent

Virginia

• Richmond – Richmond Jewish South – Richmond, Virginia, US

Washington

• Seattle – Seattle Jewish Transcript

Newspapers dot com (subscription)

Arizona

•  Phoenix – The Phoenix Jewish News

Colorado

•  Denver – The Denver Jewish News
•  Denver – The Jewish Outlook

Florida

•  JacksonvillevThe Southern Jewish Weekly

Illinois

•  Skokie – Chicago Jewish Star
•  Chicago – The Jewish Advance

Minnesota

•  Saint Paul – The American Jewish World

Missouri

•  St. Louis – The Jewish Free Press
•  St. Louis – The Jewish Tribune
•  St. Louis – The Jewish Voice
•  St. Louis – St. Louis Jewish Light

Nebraska

•  Omaha – The Jewish Bulletin
•  Omaha – The Jewish Press

New York

•  Buffalo – Buffalo Jewish Review

Oklahoma

•  Oklahoma City – The Southwest Jewish Chronicle

Texas

•  Houston – The Jewish Herald
•  Dallas – The Jewish Monitor

Virginia

•  Richmond – The Jewish South

Wisconsin

•  Milwaukee – The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle

Other Excellent Resources:.  

• Wikipedia has a list of 60 Jewish Newspapers Currently Published in the USA. You might want to visit the individual sites to see if they have historical archives available. Might require a subscription. ​
• Compact Memory is a digital collection of about 500 Jewish periodicals from German-speaking countries, 1768-2020. All in German.
• A nice National Library of Israel article on the Jewish Press in the USA over the years can be found at https://www.nli.org.il/en/discover/newspapers/jpress/all-sections/usa-press
• Several university libraries have purchased parts of the ProQuest collection and may have Jewish newspapers available. You might check with your nearest major university library to see what they have in their collection or have easy access to.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!