The Nieuw Israelietisch Weekblad (Dutch: New Israelite Weekly), in short NIW, is the only Jewish weekly and the oldest functioning news magazine in the Netherlands. Founded on August 4, 1865, it has since informed the Jewish community on issues concerning Jews and Judaism in the Netherlands and in the world. Its headquarters is in Amstelveen. The chairman of the NIW is Gideon Simon and the managing editor is Esther Voet.
The NIW has some 6,000 subscribers. To enlarge the readership, the NIW started a modernization campaign in 2001, but this had minimal effect on the number of subscribers. The total circulation of the magazine as of 2019 is more than 15.000 copies.
Chief editors
Meyer Marcus Roest, 1865-1867 J. Mendes Chumaceiro, 1867-1875 Philip Elte, 1875-1918 D.L. Staal, 1918-1938 Is. de Vries, J.S. Joachimsthal, E. van Amerongen, 1938-1940 Is. de Vries, E. van Amerongen, 1945 Jaap Soetendorp, 1945-1948 Jo Melkman, 1948-1952 Jaap Meijer, 1952 Jo Melkman, 1952-1957 Mozes Heiman Gans, 1957-1967 Philip van Tijn, 1968 Hans Knoop, 1968-1971 Mau Kopuit, 1971-1992 Tamarah Benima, 1992-1999 Carine Cassuto, 1999-2002 Elise Friedmann, 2002-2008 Paul Damen, 2008-2009 Esther Voet, 2009-2011 Maurice Swirc, 2011-2015 Esther Voet, since 2015
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