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Country: IL
Name of institution (English): The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People
Name of institution (official language of the state): הארכיון המרכזי לתולדות העם היהודי (The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People)
Language of name of institution: heb
Contact information: postal address: Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91010
Contact information: phone number: 00972 2-6586249
Contact information: web address: http://cahjp.nli.org.il/
Contact information: email: cahjp@nli.org.il
Reference number: LMA-London
Type of reference number: Call number
Title (official language of the state): London Metropolitan Archives - Copied Material
Language of title: eng
Creator / accumulator: The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People
Date note: 17th century/20th century
Language(s): eng; heb; por
Type of material: Textual Material
Scope and content: This collection holds copied materials from the London Metropolitan Archives. It contains numerous documents from the Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Synagogue, Bevis Marks. Aside from numerous account books and ledgers, this documentation also includes bylaws and regulations, namely, an abstract of the bylaws of the Hebra, the first book of Ascamot and the revised Ascamot, dating from 1752. It also contains copies of the United Synagogue of London registers, including birth, marriage, and death registers.
Archival history: The CAHJP holds papers of numerous international, national and local organizations and over 300 private collections from the 16th to the 20th centuries from all over the world. It contains about 6,000 linear metres of documents, records and files (60,000,000 pages of documentation); 1,600 archives of communities, organizations and individuals; 18,000,000 frames of microfilmed documents; 2000 lists and inventories of documents and files concerning Jews, held in other archives; 15,000 photographs of Jewish personalities and sites; 8,000 printed statutes, reports, leaflets, posters and handbills; 1,200,000 newspaper clippings on various subjects; 15,000 books and publications on Jewish history.; (source: EHRI)
Administrative / Biographical history: The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP) were established in 1939. They hold the archives of hundreds of Jewish communities, as well as of local, national and international Jewish organizations and the private collections of many outstanding Jewish personalities. The Archives now hold the most extensive collection of documents, pinkassim (registers) and other records of Jewish history from the Middle Ages to the present day. The Board of Directors is composed of representatives of the Government of Israel, The Historical Society of Israel, The Jewish Agency for Israel, The Israeli Academy of Sciences and Humanities, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv University and Bar-Ilan University. On January 30 2013. The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People and the National Library of Israel (NLI) signed an agreement to implement a merger between the Archives and the Library. By joining the Library the Archives will be able to avail themselves of the Library’s resources and facilities to gain access to more and more repositories of Jewish archival material and to make the contents of their vast holdings more available to a wider public.; (source: EHRI)
Access points: locations: London (United Kingdom)
Access points: persons, families: Abenatar Pimentel, David; Abudiente, Rohyel; Aguilar, Isaac; Aguilar, Ephraim de; Álvares Pereira, Jacob (Jacob Pereira de Lima, Gabriel de Lima); Barrow, Jacob; Brandon, Gabriel Israel; Chaves, Joseph Hisquiau de; Costa Alvarenga, Isaac da; Costa Alvarenga, Samuel da; Costa, Isaac da; Costa, Jacob de David da; Costa, Joseph de Jacob da; Dias Arias, Moseh; Dias Fernandes, Daniel; Dias Fernandes, Joseph; Fernandes Nunes, Isaac; Fernandes Nunes, Jacob; Fonseca, Abraham da; Franco, Abraham Moseh; Franco, Benjamin; Franco, David; Franco, Jacob Moses; Franco, Moses de Jacob; Franco, Raphael; Franco Nunes, Abraham; Furtado, Isaac R.; Gomes Serra, Jacob; Gomes Serra, Phineas; Gonzales, Jacob; Henriques, Joseph Israel; Henriquez de Mesquita, Moseh; Hisquiau Mendes, Selomo de Moseh; Israel Bernal, Jacob; Israel Nunes, Isaac; Israel Nunes, Moseh; Israel Penso, David; Jesurun Alvares, Isaac; Jesurun Alvares, Jacob de Ishac; Jesurun Mendes, Isaac; Jessurun Rodrigues, Jacob; Lara, Benjamin; Levi Sonsino, Jacob; Levi Sonsino, Naftali; Levy, Moses Isaac; Levy Ximenes, Abraham; Lindo, Eliau; Lindo, Moseh de Eliau; Liz, Abraham de; Lopes de Brito, Abraham; Lopes Pereira, David; Lousada, Jacob Baruh; Medina, Moseh de; Medina, Selomoh de; Mendes, Menaseh; Mendes da Costa, Abraham David; Mendes da Costa, Abraham De Moseh; Mendes da Costa, Benjamin; Mendes da Costa, Isaac; Mendes da Costa, Jacob de Moses; Mendes de Castro, Joseph; Mendes da Costa, Joshua; Mendes da Costa, Hananel; Mendes da Costa, Moses; Mendes Machado, Abraham; Mendes Pacheco, Benjamin; Mendes Pereira, Abraham; Mendes Seixas, Daniel; Mocatta, Jacob; Montefiore, Joseph de Moseh; Osorio, Jacob; Pereira, Aharon; Pereyra, Moseh de Abraham; Porto, Abraham de; Rebello de Mendonça, Ishac; Rodrigues Mogadouro, Isaac; Rodrigues Portello, Isaac; Samuda, Jacob; Silva, Moseh de; Suasso, Jacob Israel; Supino, David; Supino, Haim; Supino, Jeudah de Selomon; Telles da Costa, Joseph; Vaz Martines, Abraham; Veiga, Jahacob da; Ximenes Cardozo, David
Access points: corporate bodies: Congregation Sha'ar Hashamayim (London)
Access points: subject terms: Sephardim in Great Britain; Aid and relief; Assimilation, acculturation; Circumcision; Education; Herem and excommunication; Jewish cemetery; Jewish daily life and religious practices; Jewish ministers; Kashrut; Ketubot; Rabbis; Synagogues; 17th century; 18th century; 19th century; 20th century
Access points: document types: Jewish community records
Access, restrictions: The collection can be accessed in a reading room and in rooms with microfilm readers. Digital copies of some records are available online:; https://www.nli.org.il/en/archives/NNL_CAHJP990047749020205171/NLI
Links to finding aids: https://www.nli.org.il/en/archives/NNL_CAHJP990047749020205171/NLI
Existence and location of originals: Spanish and Portuguese Jews Congregation
Author of the description: Joana Rodrigues, 2023

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הארכיון המרכזי לתולדות העם היהודי (The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People)