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• A Short History of the Jews in Greece

  http://www.greecetravel.com/jewishhistory
  Nikos Stavrolakis essay on the Jewish presence in Greece from ancient times until the Nazi occupation.

• About Jewish Women's History

  http://womenshistory.about.com/msubjewish.htm
  Historical and religious contributions of Jewish women from ancient times to more recent.

• American Jewish Historical Society

  http://www.ajhs.org/
  Site is mostly about the organization but also includes some sources and historical material on American Jewry.

• Beyond the Pale: The History of Jews in Russia

  http://www.friends-partners.org/partners/beyond-the-pale/
  An in-depth, illustrated history of Jews in Russia.

• Electronic Emporium for Jewish History

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eejh/
  Forum for the scholarly and general discussion of Jewish culture and history in Eastern Europe from ancient times to the present.

• History of Greek Jewish Community

  http://members.tripod.com/gulnbla/
  The Jewish presence in Greece goes back to 400 B.C. History of Thessalonica Community. The Rise and Decimation of Greek Judaism.

• Internet Jewish History Sourcebook

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/jewishsbook.asp
  Links to sources of Jewish history on the internet.

• Jewish Encyclopedia: United States

  http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=32&letter=U
  Article traces the history and social conditions of Jewish people and settlements in the USA through the end of the 19th century.

• Jewish Soldiers of the German, Austro-Hungarian Empires

  http://judischequandry.tripod.com/
  Information on Jewish soldiers who served the German, and Austro-Hungarian Empires from 1788 to the Great War.

• Jewish Virtual Library

  http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/
  Encyclopedia of Jewish history and culture covering everything from anti-Semitism to Zionism. Includes a glossary, bibliography, biographies,articles, virtual Israel tour, and original documents.

• Jewish-American Hall of Fame

  http://amuseum.org/jahf/
  A virtual tour through five hundred years of Jewish-American history. Features events and people from the Jews who helped Columbus to Barbra Streisand.

• Jewish-American History on the Web

  http://www.jewish-history.com/
  Letters, diaries, journals and periodicals documenting the Jewish-American experience in the Civil War and the Wild West.

• Jews in America: Our Story

  http://www.jewsinamerica.org/
  Artifacts, essays, and videos dedicated to the first 350 years of Jewish life in the United States of America.

• Mayn Zikhroynes: The memoirs of Yekheskel Kotik

  http://www.onforeignsoil.com/kotik.htm
  Originally published in Yiddish, Kotik's memoirs describe Jewish life in late Tsarist Russia.

• Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience

  http://www.isjl.org/museum.html
  Interprets, documents, and preserves the tradition of Jewish life in the South.

• Russian Jews Descended from Khazars?

  http://www.khazaria.com/khazar-diaspora.html
  Kevin Alan Brook reassesses arguments about Semitic vs. Turkic ancestry and finds traces of both.

• Shalom Online

  http://www.shalom2.20m.com/
  Contains information about the diaspora, Kerala Jews, and assorted Judaic precepts.

• The Khazars

  http://www.khazaria.com/
  Resource for Turkic and Jewish History in Russia and Ukraine.

• The Khazars

  http://www.imninalu.net/Khazars.htm
  Essay on the Khazarian Jews and their contributions to European Jewry.

• The Occident and American Jewish Advocate

  http://theoccident.com/
  Electronic archive and search engine of the 19th century Jewish-American journal, published in Philadelphia by Isaac Leeser from 1843-1868.

• Visas For Life

  http://www.rongreene.com/Sug.html
  The story of Chiune Sugihara, an obscure World War II diplomat who saved more than 10,000 Jews.

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