The ''Nieuw Israelietisch Weekblad'' (Dutch: New Israelite Weekly), in short NIW, is the only

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weekly and the oldest functioning news magazine in the

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. 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

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. The chairman of the ''NIW'' is Gideon Simon and the

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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

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