בס״ד Landsmanshften Research in Avrohom A. Krauss [email protected]

Landsmanshaften in Israel (updated)

Association of Former Residents and Descendants of Kalisz and Vicinity Tel: 03-534-4544 Email: [email protected] http://www.kalisz.org.il/Default.aspx

Association of Former Residents of China P.O. Box 29786 61297 Tel: 03-517-1997 Email: [email protected] http://www.jewsofchina.org/organization.asp?DBID=1&LNGID=1

Association of Latvian and Estonian Jews at Kibbutz Shefayim Hod Hasharon Shefayim 60990 Tel: 09-959-6532; Fax: 955-2848 Email: [email protected] Inventory of Archival holdings: http://www.jewishgen.org/Courland/data_by_sources.htm#shefayim

Association of Lithuanian Jews in Israel King David Blvd 1 Tel Aviv 64953 Tel: 03-696-4812; Fax: 03-695-4821 Email: [email protected] http://www.lithuanianjews.org.il/HTMLs/article_list4.aspx?C2014=13971&BSP=690&BSS6=13971

Association of Next Generation Polish Jewry Kvutzat L”G St 4 44373 Tel: 09-767-2052; Fax: 09-767-1794 Email: [email protected] http://www.zchor.org/townspeople/moreshet.htm

Association of Polish Jews in Israel 158 Dizingoff St. Tel Aviv 63461 Tel: 03-522-5078; Fax: 03-523-6684 http://www.zchor.org/hitachdut-old.htm

Gombin Landsmanschaft Gombiner House (Beit Gombin) Hagolan St. 34 Tel Aviv http://www.zchor.org/indexgom.htm Gombin Jewish Historical Society: http://www.gombinsociety.org/

Organization of Former Jewish Residents of Bialystok and its Surroundings in Israel (Israeli Landsmanschaft Vaad) The Hall of Bialystok Kiryat Bialystok Yehud 56210 Tel: 03-536-0037; Jakob Kagan, chairman: 052-5243896 Email: [email protected] http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/bialystok.htm

Organization of Former Jewish Residents of Mlawa and surrounding area http://www.zchor.org/INDMLAWA.HTM

Organization of Former Jewish Residents of Plock http://www.zchor.org/INDPLOCK.HTM

Organization of Former Jewish Residents of Radom and surrounding area Beit Radom Hamasger St. 68/70 Tel Aviv 67217 Tel: Chaim Kincler, Chairman, 03-561-8704 http://www.zchor.org/radom/radom.htm

Organization of Former Residents of Lodz in Israel Kaplan St. 17 (Room 607) Tel Aviv Tel: 03-524-1833; Fax: 03-524-8137; Lea Cohen,Web-manager: Tel: 052-520-9250 Email: [email protected]; Lea Cohen: [email protected] http://www.lodz-israel.co.il/text/org-eng.html http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/lodz/landsman.htm

Zchor.org: http://www.zchor.org/ Email: Ada Holtzman: [email protected]; [email protected]

Repositories

Beit Hatefutzot- The Museum of the Jewish people Jewish Communities Tel Aviv University (Matatia Gate 2) Klausner St. (in Ramat Aviv ) P.O. Box 39359 Tel Aviv 6139202 Tel: 03-745-7808; Fax: 03-745-7811 Email: [email protected] http://www.bh.org.il/databases/jewish-communities/

Beit Lohamei Haghetaot (Ghetto Fighters' House museum) Highway 4 Between Aco (Acre) and Naharia D.N. Western Galilee 25220 Tel: 04-995-8080; Fax: 04-995-8007 http://gfh.org.il/eng/

Central Zionist Archives 4 Zalman Shazar Ave. P.O. Box 92 Jerusalem 91920 Tel. 02-620-4800; Fax: 02-620-4837 Email: [email protected] http://www.zionistarchives.org.il/en/Pages/Default.aspx

Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP) The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Edmond J. Safra Campus Giv'at Ram Hi Tech Village ¾ Jerusalem Tel: 02-658-6249; Fax: 02-653-5426 http://cahjp.huji.ac.il/

Chamber of the Holocaust Mount Zion (across the street from King David's Tomb) P.O. Box 6429 Jerusalem 91053 Tel: 02-671-06841; Fax: 02-671-7116

Ginzach Kiddush Hashem HaRav Meltzer 15 (3rd Floor) Tel: 03-570-3018; 03-579-5589; Fax: 03-578-7442 http://www.ganzach.org.il/

Jerusalem Municipality Historical Archives Safra Square, Building Number 1 P.O. Box 775 Jerusalem 91007 Tel: 02-629-7899; Fax: 02-629-6133 https://www.jerusalem.muni.il/en/Jerusalem/CityHall/Pages/CityArchive.aspx

Kolel Chibas Jerusalem (Kollel Galicia) 120 Meah Shearim St. Jerusalem Tel: 02-628-8016; Fax: 02-628-5575 Email (U.S.A. office): [email protected] http://www.chibasjerusalem.com/index.php Israel Pikholtz: http://www.pikholz.org/KGal/Cabinet.html

Leo Baeck Institute Jerusalem Bustenai St. 33 Jerusalem 9322928 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 8298 Jerusalem 9108201 http://leobaeck.org/ Memorial Museum of Hungarian Speaking Jewry Kikar Haazmaut P.O. Box 1168 Safed 13111 Tel: 04-692-5881; Fax: 04-692-3880 Email: [email protected] http://www.hjm.org.il/?leftframe=menueng.html&mainframe=/main.aspx/En

National Library of Israel The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Edmond J. Safra Campus Giv'at Ram P.O. Box 39105 Jerusalem Tel: 074-733-6336; Fax: 074-733-6122 http://web.nli.org.il/sites/nli/english/Pages/default.aspx

Yad Vashem Library Har Hazikaron (Mount of Remembrance) P.O.B 3477 Jerusalem 9103401 Tel: 02-644-3530; Fax: 02-644-3669 Email: [email protected] http://db.yadvashem.org/library/search.html?language=en Valley of the Communities: http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/communities/mir/communities_valley.asp

JewishGen KehillaLinks http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Poland.html

Zchor.org: We Remember Destroyed Communities http://www.zchor.org/hitachdut.htm

Landsmanshaften in Israel (dated)

JewishGen InfoFiles- Miscellaneous-About Landsmanshaften Records: Part II: Directory of Landmanschaften Organizations (Israel): http://www.jewishgen.org/InfoFiles/landshaf.html

Sallyann Amdur Sack, PhD and the Israel Genealogical Society,“Appendix O: Landsmanshaften in Israel,” A Guide to Jewish Genealogical Research in Israel, Revised Edition (Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu, Inc., 1995) pp. 214-223.

Soundex of Landsmanschaften in Israel, International Seminar on Jewish Genealogy, (Jerusalem: Israel Genealogical Society, 1984).

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