Learn more about Jewish communities around the world by exploring these suggested resources:

Books Available in the Asher Library

• The Beta Israel in Ethiopia and Israel: Studies on Ethiopian Jews. Tudor Parfitt and Emanuela Trevisan Semi Eds. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 1999.
  
• The Jewish Communities of Southeastern Europe: From the Fifteenth Century to the End to World War II. Ed. I.K. Hassiotis. Thessaloniki: Institute for Balkan Studies, 1997.
• The Jewish Communities of the World: A Contemporary Guide. New York: Facts on File: Macmillan for Institute of Jewish Affairs, 1989.
• Port Jews: Jewish Communities in Cosmopolitan Maritime Trading Centres, 1550—1950.  Ed. David Cesarani. London: Frank Cass, 2002.
• Benbassa, Esther. The Jews of the Balkans: The Judeo—Spanish Community, 15th to 20th Centuries.   Oxford;   Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell, 1995.
• Benbassa, Esther. Sephardi Jewry: A History of the Judeo-Spanish Community, 14th—20th Centuries. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999.
• Elazar, Daniel Judah. Jewish Communities in Frontier Societies—Argentina, Australia, and South Africa. New York : Holmes & Meier, 1983.
• Elazar, Daniel Judah. The Jewish Communities of Scandinavia—Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1984.
• Endelman, Todd M. The Jews of Britain, 1656 to 2000. Berkeley, Calif.: University ofCalifornia Press, 2002.
• Hyman, Paula. The Jews of Modern France. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998.
• Roland, Joan G. The Jewish Communities of India: Identity in a Colonial Era.  New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction, 1998.

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• Bene Israel (India)
• Bene Ephraim (Andhra Pradesh)
• Bene Menashe (Northeast India)
• Beta Israel (Ethiopia)
• Khazars (Volga—Caucasus region)
• Mountain Jews (Azerbaijan and Daghestan)
• search by town, region, or country

Spertus Digital Resources

• Read a brief essay on World Jewish Communities by Dr. Byron Sherwin, Distinguished Service Professor and Director of Doctoral Programs at Spertus.

Resources on the Web

• American Jewish Yearbook — Each edition has demographic information and essays on select Jewish communities around the world.