The story of the Israel-Cherezli family intertwines with the
life of the Jews in Eretz
Many institutions and individuals have taken on themselves to document the Jewish plight and the history of the Jewish people. One aspect of this research is the trend to document places, events and relationships among the people, also known as genealogy. This page provides links to genealogy-related work done by others which is available on the Internet.
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Jewish Genealogy |
JewishGen®, Inc. is the primary internet source connecting researchers of Jewish genealogy worldwide. Its most popular components are the JewishGen Discussion Group, the JewishGen Family Finder (a database of 300,000 surnames and towns), the comprehensive directory of InfoFiles, ShtetLinks for over 200 communities, and a variety of databases such as the ShtetlSeeker and Jewish Records Indexing-Poland. JewishGen's online Family Tree of the Jewish People contains data on over two million people |
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Jews of |
In 1948 subsequent to the Arab-Israeli War and wars in 1956, 1967, and 1973, Jews from Egypt had to leave and they settled in different countries, USA, Israel, England, France, Italy, Brazil, etc. This site aims to document their immigration and their adaptation in the host countries, and to enable a collective history of the Egyptian Jewish community. Founder and Editor : Victor D. Sanua, Ph.D |
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Egyptian Jewish
Identities
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Communitarians, Nationalisms, Nostalgias - A superb
article by Joel Beinin about the Jews of Egypt as published in SEHR,
volume 5, issue 1: Contested Polities |
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Sephardic Jewish |
Foundation for the
Advancement of Sephardic Studies and Culture
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The most comprehensive site devoted to the heritage of the
Sephardic Jews. For nearly 40
years the Foundation has been dedicated to preserving and promoting the
complex and centuries-old culture of the Sephardic communities of Turkey,
Greece, the Balkans, Europe and the U.S. Emigration, and the devastation of
the Holocaust, have combined to weaken historic communities which had
resisted assimilation, where Ladino, the Sephardic language, was used
continuously and unique cultural traditions were practiced. This site provides valuable Sephardic Oriented, Educational and Academic Papers, Articles and other Resources |
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Early Hebrew
Newspapers in Eretz Israel
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The aim of this site is to provide open access to images
of the major titles of the early Hebrew press (19th and early 20th century).
These newspapers contain a wealth of primary material on Diaspora and Halevanon
(1863-1886) 770 issues, approx. 7,200 pages. |
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Hebrew
Date Converter
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Converts Gregorian dates to Jewish Dates and vice versa |
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Behind the Name
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The etymology and history of first names |
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The Farhi Family
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The site covers the Farhi families from the 12th century to today. Also shown are the genealogy trees of the families (ancestors and descendants) if any of their member married a Farhi woman. |
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Jacques Hassoun
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Bibliography of Jacques Hassoun (1936-1999) |