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The best Jewish History newsletters

4 newsletters, ranked by editorial quality and how recently they published. Looking for something more specific? Search instead.

bluetegu.me· weekly· Published 3 days ago

A family and local history blog that reconstructs the life of Gedulla Menko, a Hengelo Jewish woman who later made Aliyah, using her 1958 Yad Vashem testimony and archival sources. It also covers the 1950s Maccabi Rehovot handball tours of the Netherlands and their links to the Jewish communities that hosted the players.

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toratalbion.org.uk· irregular· Published 10 days ago

Joseph Finlay's newsletter examines Jewishness, Israel/Palestine and antisemitism and philosemitism in a UK context, with essays on Cable Street's commemoration history, British Jewish communal politics, and Torah commentary. Readers get long-form, opinionated analysis that blends historical research with communal and religious perspective.

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derspekter.org· irregular· Published 20 days ago

Der Spekter is a journal of Bundist perspectives, publishing original essays on Jewish socialist history, Yiddish culture and current left politics. Issues pair a multi-part series on Bundism with analysis of contemporary Democratic Party debates, including Israel-Palestine and a San Francisco congressional race.

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tzvisinensky.com· irregular· Published 12 months ago

A Substack newsletter by Tzvi Sinensky offering essays on Torah, Jewish thought, Modern Orthodoxy and education, with close readings of classical texts and historical pieces about figures like Rabbi Norman Lamm. Readers get careful textual analysis and archival history of Religious Zionism and Anglo-American rabbinic life.

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