Jewish Studies: History

Founded in 1947 by Jacob Rader Marcus, committed to preserving a documentary heritage of the religious, organizational, economic, cultural, personal, social and family life of American Jewry.

Filled with more than a million documents and hundreds of movies and radio shows, this archive houses an extraordinary range of resources on the past century of American Jewish history.

The oldest ethnic historical organization in the U.S. The society collects archival, published, and artifactual sources depicting the religious, communal, cultural, and political life of American Jewry, and how that community has contributed to the wider society.

Founded by Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz, a fourth-generation Hasidic rabbi, this organization's mission is to preserve and document the unique, rich history of traditional Jewish congregations, individuals, and communities in the United States from Colonial times to the present.

Preserves and promotes the history, traditions, and rich mosaic culture of Greater Sephardic communities.

Online exhibits, online and recorded programs, and links to databases many of which have free access.

An online collection of Central and Eastern Europe 'pre (and post)-Holocaust family photographs and oral histories,' Assembled by an 'international team of historians, filmmakers, web designers, journalists, educators, photographers and Jewish community activists,' these historical and contemporary materials may be accessed by subject, theme, country, and family. The site also has columns featuring books, travel, and food.

Has information about Sephardic communities worldwide. It has essays (some with links) on the history and genealogy of the Sephardim and the Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) language and literature. There is also has an online exhibit about the Jewish communities of Greece during the Holocaust of the 1930s and 1940s, biographies of scholars, and information about the foundation and its publications.

Offers a site with over 6,000 staff evaluated links in 30 categories. Users may search by time periods, topics, resources (maps, documents, etc.), or organizations. Tools include indexes in English, Spanish, and Hebrew.

English translation of a description of the expulsion of 1492, written in Hebrew by an Italian Jew in April or May, 1495.

Historical materials from Jewish-Americans of the nineteenth century. Features information on Jews in the Wild West, and the Civil War (including a database "of over 7,000 Jewish-Americans who fought during the war"). Also contains transcripts of articles from the journal The Occident and American Jewish Advocate, and related links. Searchable.

Access to over 200,000 pages of the Jewish News of New Jersey, spanning 70 years.

This society collects and preserves the Jewish history of this area.

Collects the work of European cultural institutions to document the Jewish contribution to the cities of Europe.

Established in1569, the archive consists of nearly 3 million letters that offer a 'panorama of 200 years of human history, as told in the words of the people most immediately involved. Included are Arts & Humanities, antiquities, coins, drawings, maps, medicine, music, theater, and more.

The first comprehensive website dedicated to Sholem Aleichem [1859-1916], the most popular and iconic Jewish novelist, essayist, and playwright of his generation. With information about his life and legacy.

Includes a list of websites by country, Sephardic surnames, family trees, forms and more.

A research tool for Sephardic Genealogy/Jewish Genealogy, including a Sephardic Names Search Engine.

Illustrated essay on the Jewish presence in Greece. Topics include ancient times to the 20th century, the Nazi occupation, and the German, Bulgarian, and Italian occupation zones.

Dedicated during Chanukkah in 1762, is the oldest synagogue in the United States and the only one that survives from the colonial era. This Synagogue is a national historic site administered by the National Park Service as well as an orthodox congregation following Sephardic ritual. Its web site offers an informative historical timeline.

Dedicated 'to discovering, preserves disseminates the history of the Jews of Washington State, featuring details about the society including membership information, a publications list, events, and a small photo gallery, plus local, national, and international links. The society's archives, include many oral history interviews housed at the University of Washington.