History Websites

Site is mostly about the organization but also includes some sources and historical material on American Jewry.

Nikos Stavrolakis essay on the Jewish presence in Greece from ancient times until the Nazi occupation.

A virtual tour through five hundred years of Jewish-American history. Features events and people from the Jews who helped Columbus to Barbra Streisand.

The story of Chiune Sugihara, an obscure World War II diplomat who saved more than 10,000 Jews.

Letters, diaries, journals and periodicals documenting the Jewish-American experience in the Civil War and the Wild West.

Encyclopedia of Jewish history and culture covering everything from anti-Semitism to Zionism. Includes a glossary, bibliography, biographies,articles, virtual Israel tour, and original documents.

An in-depth, illustrated history of Jews in Russia.

Forum for the scholarly and general discussion of Jewish culture and history in Eastern Europe from ancient times to the present.

The Jewish presence in Greece goes back to 400 B.C. History of Thessalonica Community. The Rise and Decimation of Greek Judaism.

Article traces the history and social conditions of Jewish people and settlements in the USA through the end of the 19th century.

Information on Jewish soldiers who served the German, and Austro-Hungarian Empires from 1788 to the Great War.

Resource for Turkic and Jewish History in Russia and Ukraine.

Essay on the Khazarian Jews and their contributions to European Jewry.

Electronic archive and search engine of the 19th century Jewish-American journal, published in Philadelphia by Isaac Leeser from 1843-1868.

Kevin Alan Brook reassesses arguments about Semitic vs. Turkic ancestry and finds traces of both.

Contains information about the diaspora, Kerala Jews, and assorted Judaic precepts.

Artifacts, essays, and videos dedicated to the first 350 years of Jewish life in the United States of America.

Links to sources of Jewish history on the internet.

Interprets, documents, and preserves the tradition of Jewish life in the South.