B&F: Jewish Genealogy and More

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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