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Alternate name(s): Eretz Yisrael, British Mandate of Palestine (part of)

Genealogy

Source Resource Language Comments
Geni Geni-Israel ג'ני-ישראל
English
0
אנציקלופדיה לחלוצי הישוב ובוניו
(Encyclopedia of the Founders and Builders of Israel)
Web Site
Search in Hebrew or English, Content only in Hebrew.
Hebrew
0
ארכיון המדינה
(Israel State Archives)
Web Site, Facebook
Hebrew, English
0
הארכיון הציוני המרכזי
(Central Zionist Archives)
Web Site, Facebook, YouTube
Hebrew, English
0
שורשים משפחתיים
(Tapuz family roots forum)
Web Site
Hebrew
0
Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP) Web Site
English
0
Israel Genealogical Society (IGS) Web Site, Facebook
Hebrew
0
Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) Web Site, Facebook, Twitter
English
1
MyHeritage Avelim - Israeli Obituaries
Mourning notices, obituaries and Shivah notices from Israel.
Hebrew
0
MyHeritage Eretz Israel Telephone Directory, 1944
3 volumes covering Jerusalem and the South, Jaffa Tel-Aviv the West, and Haifa and the North.
English
0
MyHeritage Mandatory Palestine Naturalization Applications, 1937-1947
English
0
SephardicGen Resources: Israel
English
0
The Montefiore Censuses
(Searchable database of censuses taken of the Jewish community in 1839, 1840, 1849, 1855, 1866 and 1875 in Eretz Yisrael)
Web Site
English
0

History

Source Resource Language Comments
Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History Archaeological Excavations Relating to Jewish History
English
0
Israel Archives Network
(A list of over 450 archives in Israel)
List of Archives in Israel
English
0
Wikipedia History of the Jews and Judaism in the Land of Israel
English
0

Cemeteries

Source Resource Language Comments
GRAVEZ
(Web site and app with over a million graves in Israel photographed and indexed.)
Web Site
Hebrew, English
2
IAJGS International Jewish Cemetery Project Israel & the Territories
English
0
Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) Burial Societies in Israel
English
0
MyHeritage BillionGraves Gravestone Database
Contains photographs of all gravestones in Israel as of 2018
English, Hebrew
0
MyHeritage Hevron and Adivi Cemeteries, Israel
Includes gravestones and memorials from 2 small cemeteries in Israel:
- Hevron cemetery in Admot Yishai
- Adivi cemetery in Ashkelon, near old municipal cemetery
English
0

Holocaust

Source Resource Language Comments
בית לוחמי הגטאות
(Ghetto Fighters' House)
Web Site, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube
Hebrew, English
0
יד ושם
(Yad Vashem)
Web Site, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube
Hebrew, English
0
EHRI Portal Israel
English
0

Military

Source Resource Language Comments
ארכיון צה"ל ומערכת הביטחון
(IDF & Defense Establishment Archives)
Web Site, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube
Hebrew, English
0
יזכור: אתר ההנצחה לחללי מערכות ישראל
(Izkor: Commemoration Site of Fallen Defense and Security Forces of Israel)
Web Site
Hebrew, English
0

Newspapers

Source Resource Language Comments
Historical Jewish Press "Aherout" (Haherut, Jerusalem)
Paper with representation from both Sephardi and Ashkenazi Jewish communities during the late Ottoman period
Hebrew
0
Historical Jewish Press Al HaMishmar
Hebrew daily representing haKibbutz haArtzi, and for a time the Mapam party
Hebrew
0
Historical Jewish Press Ashnav
Clandestine Hebrew bi-weekly published by the Haganah
Hebrew
0
Historical Jewish Press Ba-Ma'aracha
Hebrew monthly representing the Sephardi community in Jerusalem
Hebrew
0
Historical Jewish Press Davar
Official paper of the Histadrut labor federation
Hebrew
0
Historical Jewish Press Doar Hayom
Hebrew daily
Hebrew
0
Historical Jewish Press Emda
Socialist Hebrew monthly
Hebrew
0
Historical Jewish Press Ha-Levanon
Hebrew paper published at times in Jerusalem, as well as Paris, Mainz and London
Hebrew
0
Historical Jewish Press Ha-Mashkif
Revisionist-Zionist Hebrew daily
Hebrew
0
Historical Jewish Press Ha-Po’eel Ha-Tsa’air
Official paper of HaPoel HaTsair, then Mapai, and eventually Labor
Hebrew
0
Historical Jewish Press Ha-Tzofeh
Official paper of the Mizrachi religious Zionist movement
Hebrew
0
Historical Jewish Press Ha-Zvi
Hebrew daily published by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
Hebrew
0
Historical Jewish Press Haahdouth
Official paper of Poale Zion, published weekly in Jerusalem
Hebrew
0
Historical Jewish Press Haam
Revisionist-Zionist Hebrew daily
Hebrew
0
Historical Jewish Press Habazeleth
Hebrew weekly aligned with the old Yishuv Hasidic community
Hebrew
0
Historical Jewish Press HaBoker
General-Zionist Hebrew daily published in Tel Aviv
Hebrew
0
Historical Jewish Press Hameasef
Religious journal published in Jerusalem
Hebrew
0
Historical Jewish Press HaMedina
Daily Hebrew paper published in July and August 1948
Hebrew
0
Historical Jewish Press Hashkafa
Hebrew weekly published by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
Hebrew
0
Historical Jewish Press HaYarden
Revisionist-Zionist Hebrew daily
Hebrew
0
Historical Jewish Press Hazaphon
Revisionist-Zionist Hebrew weekly paper, focused on Haifa and the northern region
Hebrew
0
Historical Jewish Press Hazit Haam
Official paper of the extremist Brit Habirionim group
Hebrew
0
Historical Jewish Press Hed Ha-Mizrach
Paper representing the Sephardi and Mizrachi communities
Hebrew
0
Historical Jewish Press Herut
Hebrew daily representing the Herut movement
Hebrew
0
Historical Jewish Press Judea and Jerusalem
Hebrew bi-weekly
Hebrew
0
Historical Jewish Press Kol HaAm
Official paper of the Communist party in Israel
Hebrew
0
Historical Jewish Press Lebns-fragn
Yiddish monthly published in Tel Aviv
Yiddish
0
Historical Jewish Press Maariv
Hebrew daily
Hebrew
0
Historical Jewish Press Moria
Haredi paper representing the Old Yishuv community
Hebrew
0
Historical Jewish Press Palestine Bulletin
First English daily in British Mandate Palestine
English
0
Historical Jewish Press Shearim
Official paper of the Poalei Agudat Israel party
Hebrew
0
Historical Jewish Press The Palestine Post
English daily that continues today as the Jerusalem Post
English
0
Historical Jewish Press Yom Hamedina
Special edition publish on Israel's independence day by several publishers
Hebrew
0
Leo Baeck Institute Alon laoleh
Newsletter for German-speaking Jews immigrating to kibbutzim Givat Brenner and Ein Harod.
German
0
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