Travels Through Jewish History

In the previous post , I introduced the issue of naming conventions.  In this post I discuss how information about Spanish Naming Convention...

Introduction Jews in the American colonies were often known by several names that they used depending on the circumstances: a Hebrew nam...

As I said in my last post, I have been working on a paper on houses owned by Jews in the American colonies.  I am mainly interested in what ...

There are several Jewish families who can be found in the colonial records of many of the port towns of the Atlantic World.  One of these ...

If you have been to the colonial Jewish synagogues in Curaçao, Barbados, or Suriname , or the (Old or New) Jewish Cemeteries in Curaçao, y...

I have been thinking lately about Rabbi's houses in colonial America, in part because I will be speaking about early American Jewish ...

The Jewish Atlantic World Database has over 3,000 photos of gravestones .  Most of these are Jewish gravestones, though there are also s...

The Jewish Atlantic World Database is now open and free to use! In the collection, you will find over 5,000 images related to Jewish life i...