Community-Level and National Jewish Historical Societies in the United States and Abroad
The following is a listing of local Jewish historical societies in North America and national Jewish historical societies overseas. It is compiled and maintained by the American Jewish Historical Society. For a list of organizations dedicated to Jewish genealogy, see the Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies.
Any additions, corrections, questions or comments about this listing are welcome. If you know of an historical society that is not included, or the Web address (URL) of an historical society that is already included in this list without a link to its Web site, please email us. Be sure to include your name, email and postal address as well as the Jewish historical society's name, postal and email address, telephone and fax numbers (if known) for the organization.
| Australia |
Australian
Jewish Historical Society NSW 2008 |
|---|---|
| Brazil | Arquivo Historico Judaico Brasileiro Rua Severino Sao Paulo BRAZIL |
| Canada | The
Association for Canadian Jewish Studies Jewish
Historical Society of Western Canada Jewish Historical
Society of British Columbia Ottawa Jewish Archives |
| England | Jewish
Historical Society of England 33 Seymour Place London W1H 5AP ENGLAND email: jhse@dircon.co.uk phone: 020 7723 5852 |
| Israel | History Society of Israel PO Box 4179 Jerusalem 91041 ISRAEL |
| Arizona | Arizona
Jewish Historical Society Leona
G. and David A. Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives Jewish Historical Society of Southern Arizona |
| California | Jewish Historical Society of Southern California Jewish Historical Society of San Diego San Francisco Bay Area Jewish Historical Society Western
Jewish History Center / Judah L. Magnes Museum |
| Colorado | Rocky
Mountain Jewish Historical Society |
| Connecticut | Jewish Historical Society of Greater Bridgeport Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Jewish
Historical Society of Greater New Haven Jewish Historical Society of Lower Fairfield County Jewish Historical Society of Waterbury |
| Delaware | Jewish
Historical Society of Delaware 505 Market Street Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 655-6232 email:jhsdel@yahoo.com |
| District of Columbia | Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington 600 I Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 (202) 789-0900 Fax: (202) 789-0485 email: info@jhsgw.org |
| Florida | Jewish Historical Society of South Florida, Inc. 4200 Biscayne Boulevard Miami, FL 33137 |
| Georgia | Southern
Jewish Historical Society PO Box 5024 Atlanta, GA 30302 email: info@jewishsouth.org |
| Illinois | Chicago
Jewish Archives Chicago Jewish Historical Society |
| Indiana | Indiana Jewish Historical Society (260)459-6862 email: indiana.jhs@verizon.net |
| Iowa | Iowa Jewish Historical Society 910 Polk Boulevard Des Moines, IA 50312 (515) 277-6321 email: ijhs@dmjfed.org |
| Kansas | Heart of America Jewish Historical Society 9648 Walmer Lane Overland Park, KS 66212 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana Jewish Historical Society Temple Sinai 6227 St. Charles Avenue New Orleans, LA 70118 |
| Maryland | Jewish Museum
of Maryland Jewish Historical Society of Annapolis, Maryland, Inc. |
| Massachusetts | Berkshire Jewish Archives Council Jewish Historical Society of the
North Shore |
| Michigan | Jewish Historical Society of Michigan 6600 West Maple Road West Bloomfield, MI 48322-3003 email: JHSofMichigan@msn.com (248) 432-5600 x2517 |
| Minnesota | Jewish
Historical Society of the Upper Midwest |
| Mississippi | Museum
of the Southern Jewish Experience PO Box 16528 Jackson, MS 39236-0528 (601) 362-6357 email: information@msje.org |
| Missouri | St. Louis Jewish Archives Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library 12 Millstone Campus Drive St. Louis, MO 63146 (314) 432-0020 |
| Nebraska | Nebraska Jewish Historical Society 333 South 132nd Street Omaha, NB 68154 (402) 334-6442 email: njhs@jewishomaha.org |
| New Jersey | Jewish Historical Society of North Jersey Jewish
Historical Society of MetroWest Trenton Jewish Historical Society Jewish
Historical Society of Central Jersey |
| New Mexico | New
Mexico Jewish Historical Society 5520 Wyoming Blvd., NE Albuquerque NM 87109 (505) 348-4471 email: scholder@earthlink.net |
| New York | Orthodox Jewish Archives of Agudath Israel 84 William Street New York, NY 10038 (212) 797-9000 |
| North Carolina | Charlotte
Jewish Historical Society Contact: Sam Eneman P.O. Box 13574 Charlotte, NC 28270 (704) 366-5007 fax: (704) 365-4507 email: enemansj@charweb.org Jewish Heritage Foundation of North Carolina |
| North Dakota | North Dakota Jewish Historical Project PO Box 2431 Fargo, ND 58102 |
| Ohio | American Jewish
Archives Columbus Jewish
Historical Society |
| Oregon | Oregon Jewish Genealogical and Historical Society Mittleman Jewish Community Center 6651 SW Capitol Highway Portland, OR 97219 (503) 245-5196 |
| Pennsylvania | Rauh Jewish Archives of the Heinz History Center of
Western Pennsylvania National
Museum of American Jewish History |
| Rhode Island |
The Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association
Touro Synagogue Foundation |
| South Carolina | Jewish
Historical Society of South Carolina Jewish Studies College of Charleston Charleston, SC 29424 (843) 953-5682 email: jhssc@cofc.edu |
| Tennessee | Archives of the Jewish Federation of Nashville and Midddle
Tennesse Jewish Historical Society of Memphis and the Mid-South |
| Texas | Dallas
Jewish Historical Society Texas
Jewish Historical Society Galveston County Jewish Historical Association |
| Virginia | Peninsula Jewish Historical Society 25 Stratford Road Newport News, VA 23601 |
| Washington | Washington State
Jewish Historical Society 2031 Third Avenue Seattle, WA 98121 (206) 774 2277 email: info@wsjhs.org |
| Wisconsin | Wisconsin Jewish Archives State Historical Society Society of Wisconsin 816 State Street Madison, WI 53706 (608) 264-6460 |