The Jewish Communities Database
ANU - Museum of the Jewish People Jewish Communities Database is one of the richest collections of Jewish community culture in the world.
Over the past four decades, ANU - Museum of the Jewish People
has collected an astounding array of facts, figures, anecdotes, narratives, and cultural descriptions from over over 3,000 Jewish communities, past and present.
The database includes historical, geographic and demographic data about various communities, vanished, existing, revived and new. The database spans six continents, from the farthest reaches of the Pacific to the cold mountains of Asia and nearly everything in between. Some of the community stories date back 3500 years.
Jewish Spotlight – the Jews of Ethiopia
Photos, history, luminaries and the etymology and meaning of Jewish family names from Ethiopia.
Seeing the Voices – The National Project for the Documentation of Jews of Arab Lands and Iran
“Seeing the Voices” is a national project for the documentation of the glorious heritage of Jews of Arab lands and Iran. The project’s goal is to speak out the untold story of Jews from Arab lands and Iran, therefore to strengthen their heritage, which is part of the foundations of the versatile Israeli culture.
Photos, documents and articles reviewing the history and heritage of the Jews in Austria since the middle ages.
Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic
A website focused on the history and heritage of the Jewish communities on the territory of the Czech Republic. The historic regions of Bohemia and Moravia were home for numerous Jewish communities already in early medieval times. Short histories of almost 200 communities along with visual documentation, biographies of famous Jews who either were born or activated in these territories, and a timeline of Jewish history provide an insight into past turbulent times but also into a significant and long-lasting Jewish creativity and an invaluable and diverse heritage.
A Visual & Historical Record of Synagogues from Around the World – 360° panoramas of Jewish Culture
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