Cultural | Religion | SocialOnly online Jewish Museum London A banner of the London Jewish Bakers Union, front and reverse sides, 1984.126 • Jewish Museum London The Jewish Museum London is a public museum, with an archive collection of historic Jewish cultural, social and religious items. Archive Description The museum’s archive holds photographs, oral histories and paper ephemera which contain memoirs, personal letters and documents as well as minute books of Jewish charities and ledgers of businesses. Among the highlights are photographs of the Jews’ Free School in the early 20th century, a medieval charter forbidding the lease of land to Jews and a circumcision and marriage register going back to the late 1700s. The Museum’s own institutional archive gives an insight into the Museum’s history since its beginnings in Bloomsbury in 1932. Access Information The archive is not open to the public, and special access must be requested from the Museum’s curation team by email: curation@jewishmuseum.org.uk. Online Accessibility The museum’s collection catalogue is available online along with online exhibitions showcasing items from the museum’s wider holdings. https://jewishmuseum.org.uk/ London Jewish Bakers Union banner London Jewish Bakers Union banner • The Jewish Museum, London Yiddish Typewriter Yiddish Typewriter belonging to the playwright Abish Meisels Sukkot in the Jewish Orphanage, Norwood Children from the Jewish Orphanage, Norwood, celebrate Sukkot • Jewish Museum London
Family History | Jewish LifeOnly online Hesped.org Hesped.org is an online archive collecting material on Jewish funerals and mourning customs. Archive Description Hesped.org is a growing collection of eulogies (hespedim) delivered at Jewish funerals and during the traditional seven day mourning period (the shiva), as well as during some stone settings. It was created to collect the stories of ordinary and extraordinary lives through this unique and powerful medium. The archive hopes to expand its collection and is currently collecting hespedim. More information on collection policies can be found on their website, and the archive can be contacted by emailing contact@hesped.org. Online Accessibility The archive can be found online, accessible for free, and with a built in search function. https://hesped.org
Communal Records | Family History | Historical Documents | Jewish LifeOnly online We Were There Too British Jews in the First World War – We Were There Too is a digital project created to capture, save and share the story of Britain’s Jews in the First World War Project Description We Were There Too celebrates the lives of both Jewish soldiers and citizens on the home front, providing historical context to key events and centering on the Jewish experience of the period. The archive is active and adding material on a weekly basis. It includes some 2,500 personal records and 90 History Windows which relate different aspects of British Jewish life at this time. The site also hosts some 50 collections from Institutions and private collections, with in excess of 15,000 images. Digital Accessibility The project is fully available online, for free, with searchable collections including the only open, digital source of the 1922 Jewish Book of Honour, as well as records and personal accounts of Jewish combatants in the First World War. For more information the archive can be contacted by emailing cntactus@jewfww.uk https://www.jewsfww.uk
Family History | Holocaust | ImmigrationOnly online AJR Refugee Voices AJR Refugee Voices is a digital archive created by the Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR) and holds Holocaust survivor and refugee testimony. Archive Description AJR Refugee Voices is the Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR)’s groundbreaking Holocaust testimony collection of 250 filmed interviews with Jewish survivors & refugees from Nazi Europe who rebuilt their lives in Great Britain. The archive contains video interviews, written transcripts and summaries, historical photos, documents and other artefacts. You can see photos, documents and videos from the archive via their Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts. Access Information The archive is available to the public and can be accessed in full at the following partner institutions: The Wiener Holocaust Library The Brotherton Library Special Collections, University of Leeds German Historical Institute London The Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust Studies, University of Leicester The Albert Sloman Library, University of Essex Hartley Library Special Collections, The University of Southampton Interview summaries, photos and documents are also available on the AJR Refugee Voices website. For more information about accessing the collection you can contact the archive on their website. Online Accessibility A searchable catalogue of the interviews can be found on the AJR Refugee Voices Website. The website also holds information about the history of the archive, background information about the interviews, and teaching resources. https://www.ajrrefugeevoices.org.uk
Family History | Holocaust | Jewish Life | Middle Eastern JewryOnly online Sephardi Voices UK Sephardi Voices UK is a video and image archive held in the British Library. Its collection of interviews covers topics around family history, Middle Eastern Jewry, and Holocaust testimonies. Archive Description Sephardi Voices UK documents stories of childhood, displacement, migration, exile, and resettlement and brings to life the vibrant Jewish communities left behind, the journeys of migration and the rich culture and tradition of Sephardi/Mizrahi Jews. The archive works to enable families and communities to connect with their past and celebrate their heritage, and for researchers and the general public to gain a unique window into the lives of Jewish communities which have been severely depleted or no longer exist. To date Sephardi Voices UK has interviewed 105 people from more than fifteen different countries including Iraq, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, and Iran – each with their own unique story. Access Information The archive can be accessed at the British Library and new readers are required to register with the library for access. Information on this process can be found on the British Library website. For more information on visiting and using the archive, you can contact Sephardi Voices UK on its website or email directly at info@sephardivoices.org.uk. Online Accessibility Parts of Sephardi Voices UK archive are available online on the website, and the full collection can explored using the British Library’s online catalogue. Street Address British Library96 Euston RoadLondonNW1 2DB https://www.sephardivoices.org.uk