Daily Podcasts Video Research

‘Read All About It!’ Two Centuries Of Jewish News At Your Fingertips!

JL;DR SUMMARY The National Library of Israel's Historical Jewish Press project, Jpress, offers a digital treasure trove of over 500 Jewish newspapers from around the world, dating from the 19th century to today. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

JL;DR members get full summaries of all articles in the archive, including this one. Donate & start reading »

Tags

Jewish HistoryJewish CommunitiesDigitizationHistorical Jewish PressMediaNational Library Of IsraelPreservationJonathan SarnaJewish NewspapersGary Rosenblatt

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"...the library, now housed in a magnificent 11-story building five below ground in Jerusalem, has overseen the Historical Jewish Press project (Jpress)..."
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
"Back in the mid-1970s, when I became editor of the Baltimore Jewish Times..."
New York, United States
"A highlight of the conference was the announcement of the most recent major acquisition for Jpress: The Jewish Week of New York..."
United States
"Is the Trump administrations intense pressure on elite universities to strengthen their policies to protect Jewish students actually helping the students or causing more negative sentiment toward them?"
Germany
"...how the paper covered major international events, like Kristallnacht in Germany in November 1938..."
Tangiers, Tangier-Assilah, Morocco
"He also pointed out the importance of Jewish newspapers from major Arab cities like Tangiers, Cairo and Beirut..."
Cairo, Egypt
"He also pointed out the importance of Jewish newspapers from major Arab cities like Tangiers, Cairo and Beirut..."
Beirut, Lebanon
"He also pointed out the importance of Jewish newspapers from major Arab cities like Tangiers, Cairo and Beirut..."
Israel
"Is mainstream medias high-profile impatience and anger with Israel a reflection of its audience or is it leading the way?"

Support this source

This item was indexed and curated by Cairo, JL;DR's web crawler.
Cairo Item ID 59735
Cairo Source ID 38
Retrieved 2025-08-21 05:30:42 UTC
Curated 2025-08-21 08:30:57 UTC