
For those of you who have Jewish ancestry in your family tree, there are lots of Jewish-American newspapers that 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 is titles that are available from many different collections and are presented by state. Many of the titles are provided by the National Library of Israel. At the bottom of the links presented by state are over 100 titles from this library, sorted alphabetically. Some of the titles in the library list are not on the list by state.
Listed are only those that are available online. As always, there are tons more available via microfilm and in the original form via libraries and archives.
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.
(Updated July 2023; recently added links are in BOLD)
Jewish American Historical Newspapers
Free Collections:
Arizona
- Phoenix Jewish News Photographs Collection
- Phoenix, 1948-1983 – The Phoenix Jewish news.
- The Phoenix Jewish News
California
- Los Angeles –B’nai B’rith Messenger
- Long Beach – Jewish Community Chronicle
- San Francisco – J. The Jewish News of Northern California
- San Francisco – J. The Jewish News of Northern California
- Los Angeles – University of Judaism News (1949-1962)
- The Jewish News of Northern California (San Francisco, 1903-2021)
Colorado
- The Intermountain Jewish News Obituary Database
- Denver, Colo., 1915-1925 – The Denver Jewish news.
- Denver, Colo., 1903-1913 – The Jewish outlook.
- Denver Jewish News
- Intermountain Jewish News
- Denver, Colo., 1925-current – Intermountain Jewish news. [volume]
- Jewish Outlook
Connecticut
- The Connecticut Jewish Ledger Obituary Database
- Jewish ledger (Springfield, Mass: Hartford ed.) (1935 & 1938)
District of Columbia
Florida
- Jewish Floridian (Miami, Fla.)
- Jewish Floridian (Palm Beach, Fla.)
- Jewish Floridian and Shofar of Greater Hollywood
- Jewish Floridian of greater Ft. Lauderdale
- Jewish Floridian of North Broward
- Jewish Floridian of Palm Beach County (Palm Beach, Fla.
- 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
- Judaica Newspaper Collection
- Heritage Florida Jewish News
- Chai Life
- Jacobean, The Voice of Jacob
- Jewish Unity
- L’CHAYIM
- Shpiel.
Georgia
- Atlanta, Ga., 189?-1??? – The Jewish tribune.
- Augusta, Ga., 1925-1986 – The Southern Israelite.
- Savannah, Ga., 1945-1949 – The Jewish alliance.
Illinois
- American Jewess
- Jewish Sentinel
- Jewish Labor World – אידישע ארבייטער וועלט
- Jewish Sentinel
- The Jewish Record – דער יידישער רעקארד
- The Reform Advocate
- The Sentinel
- The Yiddish Art Companion – דער אידישער קונסט פריינד
- Unzer Wort (Chicago) – אונזער ווארט (שיקגו)
- Chicago, Ill., 1878-1??? – The Jewish advance.
- The Jewish Advance 14 June 1878 – 14 October 1881 (169 issues)
- Chicago Jewish Post & Opinion 3 August 1962 – 25 December 1981 (831 issues)
- Forṿerṭs = Jewish daily forward
Indiana
- Jewish Post and Opinion
- Jewish Post
- Chronicler-Spokesman
- Spokesman
- The Indiana Jewish Post and Opinion
- Jewish Post (Indianapolis, Marion County; 10 March 1933 – 21 December 2005)
Kentucky
- Kentucky Jewish Chronicle
- The Temple
- The Kentucky Jewish Chronicle
- The Chronicler-Spokesman
- Community (Louisville)
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
- Jewish Times
- The Boston Jewish Advocate Obituary Database
- The Boston Jewish Advocate Wedding Announcements Database
- The Boston Jewish Advocate “Seeking Kin” Announcements Database
- The Justice
- Der Emes̀ – דער אמת (בוסטון)
- Der Idisher zshurnal – דער אידישער זשורנאל
- Di Bosṭoner idishe shṭime – דיא באָסטאָנער אידישע שטימע
Michigan
Minnesota
- Minneapolis ;, 1915-current – The American Jewish world.
- St. Paul ; Minneapolis – The American Jewish world (9/10/1915 – 12/29/2017)
- The American Jewish World
- St. Paul and Minneapolis – American Jewish World
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
- Clifton NJ Jewish Community News (1980-1985 )
- Fair Lawn NJ Israelight (1960-1970 )
- Jersey City NJ Jewish Standard ( 1931-1936 )
- Paterson NJ The Jewish Post (1934-1941 )
- The New Jersey Jewish News
New York
- 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 פאלקסאדוואקאטT
- The Youth – שחרות
- Theatrical Songster – דער טהעאטער זינגער
- Unzer Shrift – אונזער שריפט
- Jewish Community NY 1912
North Carolina
Ohio
- Columbus – Columbus Jewish Chronicle – 1918-1919
- Columbus – Jewish Chronicle – 1919-1919
- Toledo – Toledo Jewish News – 1938-2005, 2013-2015
- Ohio Jewish Chronicle
- Die Deborah (1901-02)
- OJC Ohio Jewish Chronicle
- Ohio Jewish Chronicle
- The Cleveland Jewish News Obituary Database
- Cleveland Jewish News Digital Archive
- – 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)
- Die Deborah
- The Ark
- The Sabbath Visitor
- Di ṿahre shṭime – די וואהרע שטימע
- The Jewish Daily Press – דיא אידישע טעגליכע פרעססע
- Columbus – Ohio Jewish Chronicle – 1922-1990
- Columbus – OJC Ohio Jewish Chronicle – 1990-1994
Oregon
Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project
- – Jewish Criterion (1895-1962)
- – American Jewish Outlook (1934-1962)
- – Jewish Chronicle (1962-present)
- – Y-JCC series (1926-1975).
- Philadelphia Jewish Exponent Obituary Database
- The Occident and American Jewish Advocate
- Broyṭ un frayheyṭ – ברויט און פרייהייט
- Der Shṭern – דער שטערן
- Sheʼelat Yiśraʼel oder Tsiyon debaṭe – שאלת ישראל אדער ציון דעבאטע
- The Occident and American Jewish Advocate
- The Zion’s Friend – דער ציון’ס פריינד
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
- Houston, Tex., 1908-1914 – The Jewish herald.
- Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex., 191?-1921 – The Jewish monitor.
- The Jewish Herald
- Texas Jewish Post
- The Houston Jewish Herald-Voice Database
- The Jewish Herald-Voice (1029)
- The Jewish Monitor (114)
Virginia
- The Jewish South (1893-1899)
- Richmond, Va., 1893-1899 – The Jewish South.
- Jewish News Virginia Beach
- Virginia-Carolina Jewish Messenger (Richmond, VA, 1933-1938)
Washington
Free from Libraries with a ProQuest Subscription:
- The American Hebrew & Jewish Messenger—1857-1922
- The American Israelite—1854-2000
- The Jewish Advocate—1905-1990
- Jewish Exponent—1887-1990
Genealogy Bank (subscription):
- Jewish Chronicle
- Jewish Daily News
- Jewish Journal
- Jewish Morning Journal
- Atlanta Jewish Times
- Detroit Jewish News
- Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
- Jewish Star
- Jewish Times
- Washington Jewish Week
Newspapers.com (subscription)
- The Jewish Herald
- The Jewish Monitor
- The Jewish South
- The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle
- The Jewish Standard
- Buffalo Jewish Review
- St. Louis Jewish Light
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 300 Jewish periodicals from German-speaking countries, 1806-1938. All in German.
- A nice Library of Congress article on the Jewish Press in America over the years can be found at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/awas12/newspapers_periodicals.html
- 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!
7 replies on “Historical Jewish American Newspapers Online”
Thanks so much for this compilatiin. It will be very helpful.
thank you! this is priceless!
For NJ: The Newark Jewish News https://jhsnj-archives.org/
and the Jewish Chronicle is on GenealogyBank
Thanks Beth. That will be in my next update.
The archives for most of the papers in New Jersey show a server error. Are you sure that those links are correct?
I will check them out today and fix them if possible
Fixed.