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| This file includes information about all libraries and archives that have substantial collections of Yizkor Books (i.e., more than 25). |
| Location | Name of Institution & Library/Archive |
Postal Address | E-mail address | Web site | Telephone # | Fax # | Chief Librarian/Archivist | No. of Yizkor Books | |
| Australia | Jewish Holocaust Museum & Research Center | 13 Selwyn Street , Elsternwick, Victoria 3185, Australia |
61-3-95281985 | 61-3-95283758 | Ursula Flicker | About 90 | |||
| Canada | Jewish Public Library | 1 Cummings Square 5151 Cote St. Catherine Road Montreal, Quebec H3W 1M6 |
reference@jplmontreal.org | http://www.jewishpubliclibrary.org | (514) 345-2627 | (514) 345-6477 | Librarian: Eddie Paul (# 3004) Archivist: Shannon Hodge (# 3015) | 600+ | |
| Canada | University of Toronto, John P. Robarts Research Library |
130 St. George Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A5 |
nadav.sharon@utoronto.ca | http://www.library.utoronto.ca | (416) 978-4319 | (416) 978-8227 | Dr. Barry Walfish, Judaica Specialist | 500+ | |
| France | Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine | 17, rue Geoffroy l'asnier 75004 Paris, France |
bibliotheque@memorial-cdjc.org | http://www.memorial-cdjc.org | 33142774472 | 33148871250 | Sara Halperyn Marcel Meslati |
About 200 | |
| Great Britain | British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections |
96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB England |
020-771-412-7332 | 020-771-412-7268 | 110+ | ||||
| Great Britain | Cambridge University Library | West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR England |
reference@lib.cam.ac.uk | http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk | 44-1223-333016 | 44-1223-333160 | Peter Fox | ||
| Great Britain | Finchley Synagogue, *Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain |
Kinloss Gardens, Finchley London N3 2SY England |
jgsgb@ort.org | http://www.jgsgb.ort.org/ | About 65 | ||||
| Great Britain | Institute of Jewish Studies, London School of Jewish Studies (Jews' College Library) |
Schaller House, 44a Albert Road London, NW4 2SJ England |
020-881-203-6427 | 020-881-203-6420 | |||||
| Great Britain | Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, *Leopold Muller Memorial Library |
Yarnton Manor, Yarnton, Oxfordshire OX5 1PY England |
muller.library@ochjs.ac.uk | nfo@wienerlibrary.co.uk khubschmann@wienerlibrary.co.uk |
http://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk | 020-7-636-7247 | Katharina Hübschmann | About 60 | |
| Israel | *Ahad Haam Library in “Shar Zion Public Library - Beit Ariela” |
25 Shderot Shaul Ha'Melech, Tel Aviv, Israel |
972-3-6910141 ext. 247 | 972-3-6919024 | Jochanan Arnon, Director Dani Nadav |
About 500 | |||
| Israel | *Bar-Ilan University Central Library, Hebrew Classification and Cataloging Dept. |
Ramat-Gan, Israel 52900 |
wilkda@mail.biu.ac.il | http://lib.biu.ac.il/ | 972-3-5318165 | 972-3-5349233 | Yaakov Aronson Eliza Bar-Magen |
About 420 | |
| Israel | Beit Lohamei Haghetaot | Ghetto Fighters' House, D.N Western Galilee, Israel 25220 |
dgy@gfh.org.il | http://www.gfh.org.il | 972-4-995-8080 (or 995-8023/4) | 972-4-995-8007 | Main Librarian - Dalia Assistant - Mikah |
About 500 | |
| Israel | *Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Zalman Aranne Central Library |
P. O. Box 653, 84105 Beer Sheva, Israel |
avner@bgumail.bgu.ac.il | https://in.bgu.ac.il/aranne/Pages/default.aspx | 972-8-6461413 972-8-6461411 |
972-8-6472940 | Avner Shmuelevitz | 300+ | |
| Israel | *Haifa University, Haifa University Library |
Mount Carmel, 31 905 Haifa, Israel |
hill@lib.haifa.ac.il or hope@lib.haifa.ac.il |
http://www-lib.haifa.ac.il | 972-04-8240529 972-04-8240285 |
972-04-8249146 972-04-8257753 |
Ms. Humi Rekem | 450+ | |
| Israel | Hebrew University, Givat Ram Campus, Jewish National and University Library |
P.O.B. 34165, Jerusalem, 91341 Israel |
sjaphet@vms.huji.ac.il | http://jnul.huji.ac.il | 972-2-6585004 | 972-2-6511771 | Prof. Sara Japhet, Director Elizabeth Friedman |
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| Israel | Hitachdut Yotzei Polin | 158 Dizengoff Street, Tel Aviv, 63461, Israel |
972-3-5225078 | 972-3-5236684 | 200+ | ||||
| Israel | Moadon Ha'Bund-Brith Avoda, The Kurski Library |
48 Kaliszer St. Tel Aviv, Israel |
972-3-517-6764 | Dina and Mendel Schein | 100+ | ||||
| Israel | Tel Aviv University, Sourasky Central Library |
P.O. Box 39038, Tel-Aviv 61390, Israel |
csimcha@taulib.tau.ac.il | https://cenlib.tau.ac.il/home | 972-3-6408747 | 972-3-6409598 | Simcha Zaharur | About 40 | |
| Israel | Yad LeZehava Institute for Holocaust Research (YZI) | PO Box 513 Kedumim, Israel 44856 |
a.bendov@yahoo.com | 972-52-5666240 | Meir Shilloh Avigdor Ben-Dov |
150+ | |||
| Israel | Yad Vashem Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority, Yad Vashem Library |
Har Hazikaron P. O. Box 3477 Jerusalem, 91034 Israel |
library@yadvashem.org.il | http://www.yad-vashem.org.il | 972-2-6443531 | 972-2-6443443 | Dr. Robert Rozett | 1040 | |
| US, California | * Hebrew Union College-JIR, Frances-Henry Library |
3077 University Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90007-3796 |
hhorowitz@huc.edu | http://www.huc.edu | (213) 749-3424 | (213) 749-1937 | Harvey P. Horowitz | 450+ | |
| US, California | Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust | 100 The Grove Dr Los Angeles, CA 90036 |
info@lamoth.org | http://lamoth.info/?p=collections/collections | (323) 651-3704 | (323) 843-9518 | |||
| US, California | * JFCS Holocaust Center | 2245 Post Street San Francisco, CA 94115 |
http://jfcsholocaustcenter.org/library-archives/yizkor-books/yizkor-book-list/ | (415) 449-3717 | |||||
| US, California | *Simon Wiesenthal Center, Simon Wiesenthal Center Library & Archives |
1399 S. Roxbury Drive Los Angeles, CA 90035-4709 |
library@wiesenthal.net | http://www.wiesenthal.com | (310) 772-7605 | (310) 277-6568 | Adaire J. Klein | 300 | |
| US, California | Stanford University, Green Library |
Stanford, CA 94305-6004 |
zbaker@stanford.edu | http://www.sul.stanford.edu | (650) 725-1054 | (650) 725-1068 | Zachary M. Baker, Reinhard Family Curator of Judaica and Hebraica Collections |
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| US, California | *UCLA, University Research Library |
P.O. Box 95175 Los Angeles, CA 90095 |
ecz5hir@mvs.oac.ucla.edu
or dhirsch@library.ucla.edu |
https://www.library.ucla.edu/ | (310) 825-2930 | (310) 206-4974 | David G. Hirsch, Middle East Bibliographer | ||
| US, California | *American Jewish University, Jack M. & Bell Ostrow Library |
15600 Mulholland Drive Los Angeles, CA 90077 |
(310) 476-9777 | (310) 476-5423 | Richard Burke | ||||
| US, California | University of Southern California Doheny Library 101-D |
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182 |
lsipe@usc.edu | (213) 740-2929 | (213) 740-9962 | Lynn Sipe (Mr.), Associate Dean for Collections |
140+ | ||
| US, Colorado | Yale University Library, Judaica Collection |
Sterling Memorial Library 120 High Street New Haven, CT 06520 |
nanette.stahl@yale.edu | http://www.library.yale.edu/judaica/site/collection/yizkorbooks.php | (203) 432-7207 | (203) 432-7231 | Bruce Kirschner | ||
| US, Connecticut | Yale University Library, Judaica Collection |
Sterling Memorial Library 120 High Street New Haven, CT 06520 |
nanette.stahl@yale.edu | http://www.library.yale.edu/judaica/site/collection/yizkorbooks.php | (203) 432-7207 | (203) 432-7231 | Dr. Nanette Stahl, Judaica Curator | ||
| US, District of Columbia | Jewish War Veterans, National Museum of American Jewish Military History |
1811 "R" Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009 |
(202) 265-6280 | (202) 462-3192 | Sandor Cohen | ||||
| US, District of Columbia | Library of Congress, The African and Middle Eastern Division |
101 Independence Ave. SE Thomas Jefferson Building, Room 220 Washington, D.C. 20540-4660 |
Finding Aid for Yizkor Books : http://www.loc.gov/rr/amed/ | (202) 707-5422 | (202) 707-1724 | Michael W. Grunberger | |||
| US, District of Columbia | U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum | 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW Washington, D.C. 20024-2162 |
http://library.ushmm.org | (202) 479-9717 | (202) 479-9726 | Mark Ziomek, Director of the Library | 460 | ||
| US, Florida | * Florida Atlantic University, S.E. Wimberly Library Fraiberg Judaica Collections |
S.E. Wimberly Library Florida Atlantic University 777 Glades Road Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991 |
LYSCA@fau.edu | http://www.library.fau.edu/depts/spc/spc/rarebooks_yiskorbooks.htm | (561) 297-3787 | (561) 297-2189 | Ellen Randolph, Rare Books Librarian |
450+ | |
| US, Florida | *University of Florida, Price Library of Judaica | 1504 Norman Hall PO Box 117051 University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 |
judaica@mail.uflib.ufl.edu | http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/ | (352) 392-0308 | (352) 392-4789 | Robert Singerman, Jewish Studies Bibliographer | 450+ | |
| US, Illinois | Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, Brill Family Resource Center |
9603 Woods Dr. Skokie, IL 60077 |
library@ilhmec.org | http://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org | (847) 967-4800 (847) 967-4805 (direct) |
(847) 967-4804 | Chief Librarian/Archivist, Lillian Polus Gerstner |
About 43 | |
| US, Illinois | Hebrew Theological College, Saul Silber Memorial Library |
7135 N. Carpenter Road Skokie, IL 60077 |
ssmlhtc@nslsilus.org or ssmlhtc@htcnet.edu |
http://www.htcnet.edu | (847) 982-2500 | (847) 674-6381 | About 350 | ||
| US, Illinois | Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, Asher Library (includes Chicago Jewish Archives) |
618 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605 |
asherlib@spertus.edu | https://www.spertus.edu | (312) 322-1749 | (312) 922-0455 | Glenn Ferdman,Director; Joy Kingsolver, Archivist |
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| US, Indiana | *Allen County Public Library | Post Office Box 2270 Fort Wayne, IN 46801 |
Genealogy@ACPL.Info | http://www.acpl.lib.in.us | 260-421-1225 | Curt B. Witcher | 200+ | ||
| US, Maryland | *Baltimore Hebrew University, Joseph Meyerhoff Library |
5800 Park Heights Ave. Baltimore, MD 21215 |
bhulib@clark.net | (410) 578-6936 | Elaine Mael and Barbara Salit-Mischel | ||||
| US, Maryland | Jewish Museum of Maryland | 15 Lloyd Street Baltimore, MD 21202 |
http://www.jewishmuseummd.org | (410) 732-6400 | (410) 732-6451 | Robin Waldman | |||
| US, Massachusetts | *Boston Public Library | 700 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02117 |
http://www.bpl.org/ | (617) 536-5400 | |||||
| US, Massachusetts | *Brandeis University, Goldfarb Library |
P.O. Box 9110 Waltham, MA 02254-9110 |
cutter@binah.cc.brandeis.edu | https://www.clarku.edu/library/ | 508-793-8897 | 508-793-8827 | Gwen Arthur/Mott Linn | 40 | |
| US, Massachusetts | *Harvard University, Widener Library |
Harvard Yard Cambridge, MA 02138 |
http://hcl.harvard.edu/widener/ | (617) 495-2411 | |||||
| US, Michigan | Holocaust Memorial Center, Zekelman Family Campus |
28123 Orchard Lake Road Farmington hills, MI 48334 |
info@holocaustcenter.org
or feiga.weiss@holocaustcenter.org |
http://www.holocaustcenter.org | (248) 553-2400 ext 16 or (248) 553-2834 |
(248) 553-2433 | Feiga Weiss | 1400+ (Yizkor books are on site and non-circulating) | |
| US, Missouri | St. Louis County Library, Special Collections Department |
1640 South Lindbergh, St. Louis, MO 63131 |
jloving@slcl.org | http://webpac.slcl.org/ | (314) 994-3300 ext 208 | (314) 994-9411 ext 279 | Joyce Loving, Manager, Special Collections |
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| US, New York | Columbia University Libraries, Butler Library |
535 W. 114th Street, New York, NY 10027 |
unlandhe@columbia.edu | http://library.columbia.edu/content/libraryweb/indiv/global/jewishstudies.html | (212) 854-3995 | (212) 854-3834 | Frank H. Unlandherm, Jewish Studies Librarian |
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| US, New York | *Cornell University, Olin Library |
504 Olin Library Ithaca, NY 14853 |
ybs1@cornell.edu | (607) 255-6086 | (607) 255-9346 | Yoram Szekely | 450 | ||
| US, New York | *Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion, Klau Library |
1 W. 4th Street, New York, NY 10012-1186 |
(212) 674-5300, Ext. 258 (for questions about holdings) |
(212) 533-0129 Attn: Library |
Philip E. Miller, Chief Librarian | ||||
| US, New York | *Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Library |
3080 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 |
marabinowitz@jtsa.edu | (212) 678-8075 | (212) 678-8998 | Dr. Mayer E. Rabinowitz | |||
| US, New York | Leo Baeck Institute | 129 E. 73rd Street, New York, NY 10021 |
(212) 744-6400 | (212) 988-1305 | Julia Bock - Library Frank Mecklenburg - Archives |
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| US, New York | Museum of Jewish Heritage, A Living Memorial to the Holocaust |
343 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10173 |
(212) 687-9141 | (212) 473-9847 | Esther Brumberg and Bonnie Gurewitsch | About 170 | |||
| US, New York | *New York Public Library, Jewish Division |
42nd Street & Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10018-2788 |
freidus@nypl.org | https://www.nypl.org/collections/nypl-recommendations/guides/yizkorbooks | (212) 930-0971 | (212) 642-0141 | Michael Terry | +650 | |
| US, New York | *Yeshiva University, Mendel Gottesman Library |
500 W. 185th Street, New York, NY 10033 |
(212) 960-5382 | (212) 960-0066 | |||||
| US, New York | *YIVO Institute for Jewish Research | 15 W 16th St, New York NY 10011 |
archives@yivo.cjh.org | http://yivoarchives.org | (212) 246-6080 | (212) 292-1892 | Lyudmila Sholokhova Chief Librarian/Archivist |
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| US, Ohio | Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion Klau Library |
3101 Clifton Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45220-2488 |
(513) 221-1875 | (513) 221-0519 | Dr. David J. Gilner | ||||
| US, Ohio | Ohio State University Libraries | 308 Main Library 1858 Neil Ave. Columbus, OH 43210 |
galron.1@Osu.edu | http://www.lib.ohio-state.edu/ | (614) 292-3362 | (614) 292-1918 | Joseph Galron-Goldschlager, Associate Professor, Hebraica & Jewish Studies Librarian |
700+ | |
| US, Oregon | *Congregation Neveh Shalom, Feldstein Library |
2900 SW Peaceful Lane, Portland, OR 97201 |
https://nevehshalom.org/feldstein-library/ | 503-246-8831 | 503-246-7553 | Hilde Jacob | 120+ | ||
| US, Pennsylvania | Gratz College, Tuttleman Library |
Old York Road & Melrose Avenue, Melrose Park, PA 19126 |
(215) 635-7300 | (215) 635-7320 | Rebecca Landau, Director, Tuttleman Library |
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| US, Pennsylvania | Reconstruction Rabbinical College, Library |
Church Road & Greenwood Ave., Wyndmoor, PA 19095 |
(215) 576-0800 | (215) 576-6143 | Elie Wise, Director of Library Services |
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| US, Pennsylvania | University of Pennsylvania, Center for Judaic Studies Library |
3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 |
ruthrin@pobox.upenn.edu | http://www.library.upenn.edu | (215) 573-4167 | (215) 898-0559 Attn: Ruth Rin | Ruth A. Rin, Hebraica Cataloger & Bibliographer |
About 175 | |
| US, Tennessee | Jewish Federation of Nashville, Middle Tennessee Library & Archives |
801 Percy Warner Blvd. Nashville, TN 37205 |
(615) 356-3242, Ext. 255 | (615) 352-0056 | Mrs. Lee Haas | ||||
| US, Texas | University of Texas at Austin Perry-Castaneda Library |
P. O. Box P Austin, TX 78713 |
nahman@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 495-4250 | (512) 495-4296 | Nathan Snyder | About 250 | ||
| US, Texas | Laurie and Milton Boniuk Library of Holocaust Museum Houston | 5401 Caroline; Houston, Texas 77004 |
library@hmh.org | https://hmh.org/library | (713) 527-1610 | (713) 527-1652 | Joel Bangilan, Librarian | 200 |
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