History

About Jewish Women's History - http://womenshistory.about.com/msubjewish.htm
Historical and religious contributions of Jewish women from ancient times to more recent.

Electronic Emporium for Jewish History - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eejh/
Forum for the scholarly and general discussion of Jewish culture and history in Eastern Europe from ancient times to the present.

History of Greek Jewish Community - http://members.tripod.com/gulnbla/
The Jewish presence in Greece goes back to 400 B.C. History of Thessalonica Community. The Rise and Decimation of Greek Judaism.

Jewish Soldiers of the German, Austro-Hungarian Empires - http://judischequandry.tripod.com
Information on Jewish soldiers who served the German, and Austro-Hungarian Empires from 1788 to the Great War.

Shalom Online - http://www.shalom2.20m.com/
Contains information about the diaspora, Kerala Jews, and assorted Judaic precepts.

Jewish Art in the 20th Century - http://www.hlla.com/reference/jewart.html
A chapter from Dr. Grace Grossman's illustrated book Jewish Expression in Twentieth-Century Fine Arts.

A Short History of the Jews in Greece - http://www.greecetravel.com/jewishhistory
Nikos Stavrolakis essay on the Jewish presence in Greece from ancient times until the Nazi occupation.

Jewish Encyclopedia: United States - http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=32&letter=U
Article traces the history and social conditions of Jewish people and settlements in the USA through the end of the 19th century.

Visas For Life - http://www.rongreene.com/Sug.html
The story of Chiune Sugihara, an obscure World War II diplomat who saved more than 10,000 Jews.

The Medici Archive Project: Jewish History, Religion and Culture - http://www.medici.org/jewish/
Archival material from the Medici archives dealing with Jewish history in Florence.

The Occident and American Jewish Advocate - http://theoccident.com/
Electronic archive and search engine of the 19th century Jewish-American journal, published in Philadelphia by Isaac Leeser from 1843-1868.

Internet Jewish History Sourcebook - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/jewishsbook.html
Links to sources of Jewish history on the internet.

Mayn Zikhroynes: The memoirs of Yekheskel Kotik - http://www.onforeignsoil.com/kotik.htm
Originally published in Yiddish, Kotik's memoirs describe Jewish life in late Tsarist Russia.

Pekka Pitkänen's Old Testament Studies - http://www.zalag.net/OTstudies
Dedicated to students and scholars for the study of the ancient history of Israel.

Jewish-American Hall of Fame - http://amuseum.org/jahf/
A virtual tour through five hundred years of Jewish-American history. Features events and people from the Jews who helped Columbus to Barbra Streisand.

American Jewish Historical Society - http://www.ajhs.org/
Site is mostly about the organization but also includes some sources and historical material on American Jewry.

Jewish-American History on the Web - http://jewish-history.com/
Letters, diaries, journals and periodicals documenting the Jewish-American experience in the Civil War and the Wild West.

Jewish History Resource Center - http://www.dinur.org/
Links indexed and reviewed by an academic team at the Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

American Jewish Archives - http://www.huc.edu/aja
One of the worlds largest collections of historical materials pertaining to the American Jewish Experience.

Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience - http://www.msje.org/
Interprets, documents, and preserves the tradition of Jewish life in the South.

Jewish Virtual Library - http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/
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.

Theodor Herzl: The Jewish State - http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/6640/zion/judenstaadt.html
Online historical record on the subject.

Truth about the Inquisition - http://www.geocities.com/iberianinquisition/
History of the Spanish Inquisition, highlighting Catholic responsibility.

The Khazars - http://www.khazaria.com/
Resource for Turkic and Jewish History in Russia and Ukraine.

Russian Jews Descended from Khazars? - http://www.khazaria.com/khazar-diaspora.html
Kevin Alan Brook reassesses arguments about Semitic vs. Turkic ancestry and finds traces of both.

The Lemba People - http://www.haruth.com/JewsLemba.html
The story of a group of African Jews that left Judea 2,500 years ago.

The Jews of Wyoming Fringe of the Diaspora - http://www.jewsofwyoming.org
A book of photographs and interviews of Jewish life in this cowboy state.

Beyond the Pale: The History of Jews in Russia - http://www.friends-partners.org/partners/beyond-the-pale/
An in-depth, illustrated history of Jews in Russia.

Academic Guide to Jewish History - http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/jewishhistory/
Gateway to Jewish history resources. Contains both print and electronic titles, in addition to a built-in search engine for keyword and title searching.

The Khazars - http://www.imninalu.net/Khazars.htm
Essay on the Khazarian Jews and their contributions to European Jewry.

Saudades: Portuguese-Sephardic History - http://www.saudades.org
This site explores the connection between the Portuguese and Jewish people telling the story of the shared history.

The Hebrews: Age of the Patriarchs - http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/HEBREWS/PATRIARC.HTM
Historical and geographical background of the Patriarchs.

Jews in America: Our Story - http://www.jewsinamerica.org
Artifacts, essays, and videos dedicated to the first 350 years of Jewish life in the United States of America.

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