Historical English-Language Newspaper Project

We are beginning to document historical English-language news stories about Romanian Jews over the past 150 years. Thanks to online newspaper databases, we are now able to delve deeper into the history of Jews in Romania, and these articles from English-language newspapers offer fascinating insights into the pre-war Romanian Jewry.

Click on a title to read these historical articles. More articles will continue to be added to this page.

History of Romanian Jews

• The Jews in Moldavia and Wallachia (part 1), The Asmonean (August 24, 1855) [situation of the Jews; status of sudits]

• The Jews in Moldavia and Wallachia (part 2), The Asmonean (December 21, 1855) [details on Ashkenazi and Sephardic communities across Romania and their different customs]

• The Jews in Moldavia and Wallachia (part 3), The Asmonean (June 27, 1856) [Sephardic Jews of Bucharest]

• The Jews in Moldavia and Wallachia (part 4), The Asmonean (July 4, 1856) [Ashkenazi Jews of Wallachia]

Hardships of Jews in Romania

• Persecution of Jews in Moldavia, The Occident and American Jewish Advocate (August 1, 1867) [English House of Lords discussion on persecution and expulsions of Romanian Jews]

• Foreign News: Roumania, The Jewish Voice (December 22, 1893) [restrictions on Jewish schools]

• Foreign News: Roumania, The Jewish Voice (November 26, 1903) [poverty and work opportunities]

• The Situation in Roumania, The Hebrew Standard (March 29, 1907) [pogroms, poverty and overall struggles]

• The Situation in Roumania, The Hebrew Standard (April 19, 1907) [pogroms]

• Relief Work in Roumania, The Hebrew Standard (May 10, 1907) [persecution, anti-Semitism and relief efforts]

• Help for Roumanian Jews, The Jewish Voice (April 26, 1907) [poverty and anti-Semitism]

• [Untitled], B'nai B'rith Messenger (May 17, 1907) [Jews fleeing to Bulgaria and domestic struggles]

Romanian Jewish Emigration

• Foreign Gleanings [excerpt], The Hebrew Leader (May 5, 1882)

• Misery and Emigration, The Hebrew Standard (April 6, 1900)

• In the Jewish World [excerpt], The Hebrew Standard (August 22, 1902)

Romanian Jewry Abroad

• A New Synagogue, The Hebrew Standard (November 27, 1903) [laying of the cornerstone for new synagogue in NYC]

• Cong. Adath Jeschurin of Jassy, The Hebrew Standard (September 9, 1904) [opening of new synagogue in NYC]