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The Center for Jewish History is the collaborative home for five partner organizations: American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Together, these archives comprise the world's largest and most comprehensive archive of the modern Jewish experience outside of Israel. The collections span a thousand years. It is one of the world's foremost research institution. The [https://genealogy.cjh.org/about Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute] can also be found at the Center for Jewish History. | The Center for Jewish History is the collaborative home for five partner organizations: American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Together, these archives comprise the world's largest and most comprehensive archive of the modern Jewish experience outside of Israel. The collections span a thousand years. It is one of the world's foremost research institution. The [https://genealogy.cjh.org/about Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute] can also be found at the Center for Jewish History. | ||
{{Block indent|YIVO Institute for Jewish Research<br>Center for Jewish History<br>15 West 16th Street<br>New York, NY 10011<br>Website: [https://www.cjh.org/ www.cjh.org]}} | |||
==== American Jewish Historical Society ==== | ==== American Jewish Historical Society ==== | ||
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The Institute also operates offices in England and Israel: | The Institute also operates offices in England and Israel: | ||
{{Block indent|Leo Baeck Institute <br>4 Devonshire Street <br>London W1N 2BH <br>England}} | |||
{{Block indent|Leo Baeck Institute <br>33 Bustanai Street <br>91082 Jerusalem <br>Israel}} | |||
==== Yeshiva University Museum ==== | ==== Yeshiva University Museum ==== | ||
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'''Yad Vashem''' the major repository in the world for information about the Holocaust. Yad Vashem library contains more than 85,000 volumes documenting the Holocaust and includes the world’s largest collection of yizkor books. Also at Yad Vashem are the only publically available copies of the records of the International Tracing Service, a manuscript collection called Pages of Testimony that identifies more than three million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, and many oral or written testimonies of Holocaust survivors.<br> | '''Yad Vashem''' the major repository in the world for information about the Holocaust. Yad Vashem library contains more than 85,000 volumes documenting the Holocaust and includes the world’s largest collection of yizkor books. Also at Yad Vashem are the only publically available copies of the records of the International Tracing Service, a manuscript collection called Pages of Testimony that identifies more than three million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, and many oral or written testimonies of Holocaust survivors.<br> | ||
{{Block indent|Yad Vashem Martyrs and Heroes <br>Remembrance Authority <br>P.O. Box 3477 <br>91034 Jerusalem <br>Israel}} | |||
[http://db.yadvashem.org/library/search.html?language=en Yad Vashem library] has a database of Shoah victims names. | [http://db.yadvashem.org/library/search.html?language=en Yad Vashem library] has a database of Shoah victims names. | ||
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You can contact the museum at: | You can contact the museum at: | ||
{{Block indent|United States Holocaust Memorial Museum<br>100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW <br>Washington, DC 20024-2150}} | |||
=== JDC Archives === | === JDC Archives === | ||
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The '''[[Library of Congress]]''' houses hundreds of yizkor books as well as an extensive collection on the Holocaust and all aspects of Jewish history and culture. An online catalog is available at: | The '''[[Library of Congress]]''' houses hundreds of yizkor books as well as an extensive collection on the Holocaust and all aspects of Jewish history and culture. An online catalog is available at: | ||
{{Block indent|[http://www.loc.gov/index.html Library of Congress ]<br>101 Independence Ave. SE <br>Washington, D.C. 20540<br><br>}} | |||
The article "[http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2013/03/voices-of-the-holocaust-resonate-on-the-web/ Voices of the Holocaust Resonate on the Web]" from the Library of Congress's "The Signal" includes information and links.<br> | The article "[http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2013/03/voices-of-the-holocaust-resonate-on-the-web/ Voices of the Holocaust Resonate on the Web]" from the Library of Congress's "The Signal" includes information and links.<br> | ||
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The '''Jewish Public Library of Montreal''' has a large collection of yizkor books and the largest public collection of Judaica in North America. Reference and catalog information is available in English, French, Hebrew, Yiddish, and Russian. The collection documents all major aspects of Canadian Jewish history and maintains a large genealogical resource collection.<br> | The '''Jewish Public Library of Montreal''' has a large collection of yizkor books and the largest public collection of Judaica in North America. Reference and catalog information is available in English, French, Hebrew, Yiddish, and Russian. The collection documents all major aspects of Canadian Jewish history and maintains a large genealogical resource collection.<br> | ||
{{Block indent|Jewish Public Library of Montreal <br>5151 Cote St. Catherine Road <br>Montreal, Quebec H3W 1M6 <br>Canada<br><br>}} | |||
The '''[[New York Public Library]]''' is an excellent place for research because most Jewish immigrants to the United States lived in New York for a time. The library has borough directories, census records for the greater metropolitan area, back issues of The New York Times, maps, atlases, gazetteers, community histories, yizkor books, indexes to some of the U.S. federal census returns, vital records for New York City, and ship passenger lists. | The '''[[New York Public Library]]''' is an excellent place for research because most Jewish immigrants to the United States lived in New York for a time. The library has borough directories, census records for the greater metropolitan area, back issues of The New York Times, maps, atlases, gazetteers, community histories, yizkor books, indexes to some of the U.S. federal census returns, vital records for New York City, and ship passenger lists. | ||
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You can contact the New York Public Library at: | You can contact the New York Public Library at: | ||
{{Block indent|New York Public Library <br>42nd Street & 5th Avenue <br>New York, NY 10018<br><br>}} | |||
The '''American Jewish Archives''' has organizational records, family and personal papers, and synagogue records (many of the synagogue records have been filmed by the FamilySearch Library). An online catalog of the Archives’ holdings is available at:<br> | The '''American Jewish Archives''' has organizational records, family and personal papers, and synagogue records (many of the synagogue records have been filmed by the FamilySearch Library). An online catalog of the Archives’ holdings is available at:<br> | ||
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[http://americanjewisharchives.org/ American Jewish Archives]<br> | [http://americanjewisharchives.org/ American Jewish Archives]<br> | ||
{{Block indent|American Jewish Archives <br>Hebrew Union College-Jewish <br>Institute of Religion <br>3101 Clifton Ave. <br>Cincinnati, Ohio 454220}} | |||
[http://www.jmaw.org The Jewish Museum of the American West]: virtual museum with exhibits for every western state. Work in progress. They have indexes that are searchable by name and location. They publish a quarterly journal called '''''Western States Jewish History Quarterly''''' (since 1968) Copies are available at the Salt Lake FamilySearch Library and the the Los Angles Family Search Library (Santa Monica, CA). Copies are also available for purchase from the museum.<br><br> | [http://www.jmaw.org The Jewish Museum of the American West]: virtual museum with exhibits for every western state. Work in progress. They have indexes that are searchable by name and location. They publish a quarterly journal called '''''Western States Jewish History Quarterly''''' (since 1968) Copies are available at the Salt Lake FamilySearch Library and the the Los Angles Family Search Library (Santa Monica, CA). Copies are also available for purchase from the museum.<br><br> | ||
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The '''Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People Jerusalem (CAHJP)''' has documents, records, microfilms, photographs, newspaper clippings, books, and much more concerning the history of the Jews. The archives aims to the entire Jewish people. The central archives are unique in that they contain historical material on Jews from Western, Eastern, and Central Europe; the Islamic countries; North and South America; South Africa; and Eastern Asia. | The '''Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People Jerusalem (CAHJP)''' has documents, records, microfilms, photographs, newspaper clippings, books, and much more concerning the history of the Jews. The archives aims to the entire Jewish people. The central archives are unique in that they contain historical material on Jews from Western, Eastern, and Central Europe; the Islamic countries; North and South America; South Africa; and Eastern Asia. | ||
{{Block indent|The Hebrew University of Jerusalem<br>The Edmond J. Safra Campus Givat Ram<br>P.O.B. 39077,<br>Jerusalem 91390<br>Telephone: 972-2-6586249<br>Email: [mailto:cahjp@nli.org.il cahjp@nli.org.il]<br>Website: [http://cahjp.nli.org.il cahjp.nli.org.il]}} | |||
== Inventories, Registers, Catalogs == | == Inventories, Registers, Catalogs == | ||
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