History
History
History Links
- Jewish-American History on the Web Letters, diaries, journals and periodicals documenting the Jewish-American experience in the Civil War and the Wild West.
- Saudades: Portuguese-Sephardic History This site explores the connection between the Portuguese and Jewish people telling the story of the shared history
- The Jewish History Resource Center Resources relating to Jewish History, all in one site (Hebrew University)
- Jewish Boston History Jewish American Bostonians inhabited Boston's North End between the 1870s-1920s. Some of their contributions are noted in this webpage.
- Jewish Art in the 20th Century A chapter from Dr. Grace Grossman's illustrated book Jewish Expression in Twentieth-Century Fine Arts.
- American Jewish Archives One of the worlds largest collections of historical materials pertaining to the American Jewish Experience.
- Sephardic Jewish History Sephardic Jewish history and definition. Differences between Sephardic and Ashkenazic Jews
- Jebenhausen: A Jewish Community in Wuerttemberg Dedicated to the Jewish community of Jebenhausen, a village in Southern Germany. Take a virtual walk in a bygone world.
- Zabludow Poland Memorial Website A memorial to four hundred years of Jewish civilizaion in Zabludow. Many photos and English translations of very rare historical documents.
- Heritage Films - The Eastern European Connection Site contains historical essays on all the Jewish communities of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
- The Lemba People The fascinating story of the Lemba tribe of Jews that left Judea 2,500 years ago.
- Beyond the Pale: The History of Jews in Russia An in-depth, illustrated history of Jews in Russia.
- Truth about the Inquisition History of the Spanish Inquisition, highlighting Catholic responsibility.
- An Enlightened Woman First woman to write a hebrew novel, children's story, and various other pieces including a memoir of growing up in 1860's Dvinsk (latvia). English translations posted in full.
- Sudilkov Landsmanshaft Information about the shtetl of Sudilkov, Ukraine and the Jewish community that once lived there.
- Temple Mount in Jerusalem Highlighting the history as well as scientific and archaeological research concerning the location of the first and second Jewish temples.
- The Occident and American Jewish Advocate Electronic archive and search engine of the 19th century Jewish-American journal, published in Philadelphia by Isaac Leeser from 1843-1868.
- The Medici Archive Project: Jewish History, Religion and Culture Archival material from the Medici archives dealing with Jewish history in Florence.
- Mayn Zikhroynes: The memoirs of Yekheskel Kotik Kotik's memoirs describe Jewish life in late Tsarist Russia. Originally published in Yiddish, this richly-annotated translation by Lucas Bruyn is available on-line in its entirety.
- About Jewish Women's History A growing collection of net links, highlighting useful historical resources on Jewish women from ancient times to more recent.
- Hebrew History Federation Ltd. A resource for information about the technological and artistic contributions the Jews have made to the evolution of civilization. The HHF supports research, publishes literature, and offers lectures.
- Jewish Virtual Library Encyclopedia of Jewish history and culture covering everything from anti-Semitism to Zionism. Includes a glossary, bibliography, biographies,articles, virtual Israel tour, original documents and more.
- American Jewish Historical Society Site is mostly about the organization but also includes some sources and historical material on American Jewry.
- Bukharian Jewish World A guide to the history of the Bukharian Jewish people.
- The Jews of Wyoming Fringe of the Diaspora A book of photographs and interviews of Jewish life in this cowboy state.
- Jewish Community in Curacao Commemorating 350 years of existence as a Jewish crossroad in the diaspora.
- Judaism and Hellenism: The Encounter A historical account of the spread of Jewish morality through Greece and surrounding cultures. How Jewish philosophers tried to reconcile Jewish morality and ethics with Hellenistic logic and rationality.
- Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience Interprets, documents, and preserves the tradition of Jewish life in the South.
- EEJH: Eastern European Jewish History and Culture Scholarly and general discussion of Jewish culture and history in Eastern Europe from ancient times to the present. Special topics include Khazaria,Jewish-Christian Relations and the Holocaust.
- The fall of the Temple in Jerusalem: Fla Excerpt from The Wars of the Jews, by Flavius Josephus, a complete history of the fall of the Temple in Jerusalem in AD 70.
- Bukharian Jews Information about history, culture, ethnicity and achievements of one of the oldest ethno-religious group of Central Asia,
- Scrolls From the Dead Sea Library of Congress' Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit.
- The Khazars Resource for Turkic and Jewish History in Russia and Ukraine.
- Internet Jewish History Sourcebook Links to sources of Jewish history on the internet.
- Russian Jews Descended from Khazars? Kevin Alan Brook reassesses arguments about Semitic vs. Turkic ancestry and finds traces of both.
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