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Newspapers

The Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center has various newspapers within its collections. 

Jewish Times

The Jewish Times (also known as The Boston Jewish Times) was a weekly newspaper serving the Greater Boston Jewish community, published from 1945 to 2001. The JHC has issues between 1945 and 1992, which have been fully digitized and are searchable.

Jewish Weekly News

The Jewish Weekly News was a weekly newspaper serving the Jewish community of Western Massachusetts, published from 1945 to 1997. The JHC has bound volumes of issues of its entire run. Please e-mail us if you would like to make an appointment to view the volumes.

Jewish Journal

The Jewish Journal is a weekly newspaper serving the Jewish community of Massachusetts' North Shore, published from the 1950s to present day. The JHC has bound volumes of issues from 1950 to 2011. Please e-mail us if you would like to make an appointment to view the volumes.

Jewish Advocate

The Jewish Advocate was a weekly newspaper serving the Greater Boston and New England area that ran from 1902-2020 and was founded by famed journalist and Zionist leader Theodor Herzl. The JHC provides in-house database access to issues of the Jewish Advocate from 1905-2020, as well as microfilms of issues from 1905-1999. Please email us if you would like to make an appointment to access the databases or view the microfilm.

Jewish Chronicle

The Jewish Chronicle (also known as the Boston Jewish Chronicle) was a weekly newspaper that ran circa 1890 to 1893 and served the Greater Boston Jewish community. The JHC has microfilms of issues from 1891 to 1893. Please email us if you would like to make an appointment to view the microfilm.

Idisher Fihrer Boston

Idisher Fihrer Boston (also known as The Jewish Leader, The Daily Jewish Leader, and אידישער פיהרער) was a newspaper in Yiddish serving the Boston Jewish community. It was published between circa 1913 to 1926. The JHC has microfilms of issues between 1913-1916 and 1925-1926. Please email us if you would like to make an appointment to view the microfilm.

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