France
Item
Country
IL
Name of institution (English)
The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Contact information: postal address
Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91010
Contact information: phone number
00972 2-6586249
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
cahjp@nli.org.il
Reference number
F
Type of reference number
Call number
Title (English)
France
Title (official language of the state)
France
Language of title
eng
Creator / accumulator
The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People
Date note
bulk: 18th century/19th century
Language(s)
fra
Extent
387 storage units
Type of material
Textual Material
Scope and content
This collection comprises material related to French Jewry, in particular material of the Consistoire Central and local consistories of Algeria, Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille, Moselle, Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin, Paris and Vesoul, concerning relations with the authorities, elections and censuses, finances, ritual matters, cemeteries, education and charitable organizations. It also includes assorted documents concerning the reorganization of the Jewish community structure under Napoleon (1806), documents and newspapers concerning the Damascus and Dreyfus Affairs, community collections from Avignon, Bayonne, Biesheim, Bordeaux, Carpentras, Cavaillon, Metz, Nancy, Paris and Strasbourg, as well as individual documents from other communities.
Some of these documents are related to Sephardim in France, in particular, the sub-collections on the Jewish communities of Bayonne and Bordeaux (described individually), and other scattered materials, such as a collection of correspondence regarding the Jews banished from Spain (F-284) and copies of judgments concerning Jews (Avignon, Portuguese or 'Jews'), 1757-1950 (F-310).
Some of these documents are related to Sephardim in France, in particular, the sub-collections on the Jewish communities of Bayonne and Bordeaux (described individually), and other scattered materials, such as a collection of correspondence regarding the Jews banished from Spain (F-284) and copies of judgments concerning Jews (Avignon, Portuguese or 'Jews'), 1757-1950 (F-310).
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.
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.
Access points: locations
Access points: corporate bodies
Access points: subject terms
Access points: document types
Access, restrictions
The collection can be accessed in a reading room and in rooms with microfilm readers.
Links to finding aids
Author of the description
Joana Rodrigues, 2023
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