Resources for Researching Your Connecticut Jewish Ancestors
Below you will find resources in the following categories: Books, Cemeteries, Historical Societies, Jewish History in CT Links, and Museums . If you know if a link that is not on our list, please send it to us at [email protected]
Books About Early Jewish Life in Connecticut
Remembering The Old Neighborhood: Stories from Hartford’s North End https://jhsgh.org/product/remembering-the-old-neighborhood-stories-from-hartfords-north-end/
Connecticut Jewish History: Vol. 1, #1: Jews in Connecticut Politics
https://jhsgh.org/product/connecticut-jewish-history-vol-1-1-jews-in-connecticut-politics/
Images of America: Jewish Community of Hartford
https://jhsgh.org/product/images-of-america-jewish-community-of-hartford/
A Life of the Land Connectiut’s Jewish Farmers
https://jhsgh.org/product/a-life-of-the-land-connecticuts-jewish-farmers/
Honoring the Past: Building the Future, A History of the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford https://jhsgh.org/product/honoring-the-past-building-the-future/
A History of Jewish Connecticut: Mensches, Migrants and Mitzvahs (American Heritage https://www.amazon.com/History-Jewish-Connecticut-Mensches-Migrants/dp/1596299878
Jewish cemeteries of Five Counties of Connecticut. The Cohen/ Goldfarb Collection, Vol 2 https://heritagebooks.com/products/101-c0997
Jewish Cemeteries in Connecticut
CBSRZ CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
https://www.cbsrz.org/about/cemetery/
1. Rodfe Zedek Cemetery in Moodus
2. Beth Shalom Cemetery in Deep River
Cheshire Hillside Cemetery - Temple Beth David Section
https://www.hillsidecemeterycheshire.com/rulesandregulations.htm
Hartford Area
https://www.jewishhartford.org/jewish-cemeteries
Jewish Cemetery Association of Greater Waterbury
https://jcawaterbury.org/
Jewish Cemetery Association of Greater New Haven
https://www.jewishnewhaven.org/jewish-cemetery-association
New Haven Jewish Cemetery Database
https://newhaventorahcenter.org/
Robert E. Shure, Inc. Funeral Home Listing of Jewish Cemeteries
http://shurefuneralhome.com/cemeteries/
Temple Shalom’s Cemetery – Greenwich
https://www.templesholom.com/resources/cemetery
Temple Israel Cemetery – Westport
https://tiwestport.org/cemetery/
Jewish Historical Societies in Connecticut
The Jewish Historical Society of Fairfield County
https://jhsfc-ct.org
The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford (JHSGH) https://jhsgh.org/contact/#:~:text=The%20Jewish%20Historical%20Society%20of,to%20our%20part%20of%20Connecticut.
(Includes interesting books for sale)
The Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven
https://jewishhistorynh.org/
The Ethnic Heritage Center on the campus of Southern Connecticut State University has a Jewish section
https://ethnicheritagecenter.org/
Jewish History in CT Links
Archaeological Site In CT Yields Rare Snapshot Into Early Jewish Life In America (Connecticut Public Radio by Diane Orson, July 7, 2013)
https://www.ctpublic.org/arts-and-culture/2013-07-07/archaeological-site-in-ct-yields-rare-snapshot-into-early-jewish-life-in-america
Congregation B'nai Israel (Bridgeport, CT), Our Story
https://cbibpt.org/about/ourstory/
Connecticut Jewish Farmers (The Baron Hirsch Jewish Farmers Community)
https://thebaronhirschcommunity.org/jewish-farmers-in-connecticut/
From the American Scene: Colchester’s Yankee Jews (Commentary, July 1955)
https://www.commentary.org/articles/alexander-2/from-the-american-scene-colchesters-yankee-jews/
Jews in America: Jewish Rights in Early Connecticut
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jewish-rights-in-early-connecticut
Jews in Hartford: Making Their Presence Known
https://www.ctexplored.org/jews-in-hartford-making-their-presence-known/
Jewish Farming Communities in Connecticut in the 19th and 20th Centuries
https://connecticuthistory.org/jewish-farming-communities-in-connecticut-in-the-19th-and-20th-centuries/
The New England Hebrew Farmers of the Emanuel Society (Chesterfield, CT)
https://www.newenglandhebrewfarmers.org/
New England Jewish History Collaborative - Connecticut
https://www.nejhc.org/connecticut
Virtual Jewish World: Connecticut, USA
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/connecticut-jewish-history#google_vignette
https://www.ctpublic.org/arts-and-culture/2013-07-07/archaeological-site-in-ct-yields-rare-snapshot-into-early-jewish-life-in-america
Congregation B'nai Israel (Bridgeport, CT), Our Story
https://cbibpt.org/about/ourstory/
Connecticut Jewish Farmers (The Baron Hirsch Jewish Farmers Community)
https://thebaronhirschcommunity.org/jewish-farmers-in-connecticut/
From the American Scene: Colchester’s Yankee Jews (Commentary, July 1955)
https://www.commentary.org/articles/alexander-2/from-the-american-scene-colchesters-yankee-jews/
Jews in America: Jewish Rights in Early Connecticut
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jewish-rights-in-early-connecticut
Jews in Hartford: Making Their Presence Known
https://www.ctexplored.org/jews-in-hartford-making-their-presence-known/
Jewish Farming Communities in Connecticut in the 19th and 20th Centuries
https://connecticuthistory.org/jewish-farming-communities-in-connecticut-in-the-19th-and-20th-centuries/
The New England Hebrew Farmers of the Emanuel Society (Chesterfield, CT)
https://www.newenglandhebrewfarmers.org/
New England Jewish History Collaborative - Connecticut
https://www.nejhc.org/connecticut
Virtual Jewish World: Connecticut, USA
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/connecticut-jewish-history#google_vignette
