• For the avid genealogist we have collected all of the records of the Bevis Marks Synagogue (the oldest Synagogue in England) available in print. We are one of the only libraries in the New York area to possess these records.
  
  
• For the individual interested in studying other cultures, we recommend Houman Sarshar's monumental work Esther's Children. This work not only explores various facets of Iranian Jewish history and culture, but it presents these details with a tremendous assemblage of illustrations that vividly bring to life the world of Jewish Iran.
  
  
• For those interested in learning more about the earliest Jewish community in North America from the time of its inception in New Amsterdam in 1654, one might want to consult Rabbi Marc D. Angel's Remnant of Israel. This book presents the story of America's oldest Synagogue, Congregation Shearith Israel, in an extremely knowledgeable and readable fashion. It is also beautifully illustrated throughout.
  
  
• Further investigation might lead one to examine Mordechai Arbell's stunning work entitled The Jewish Nation of the Caribbean. This work details the various cultures that sprang up in and around the Caribbean Sea from the time of their earliest settlement with the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors up to the present time. It is an excellent resource for the study of the early Sephardim in America.
  
  
• Another recent acquisition on the history of Jews in America is Joseph Heckelman's The First Jews in the New World. This work describes the earliest Sephardic Communities in America -- how they developed and how they impacted the world of colonial America.

• For those seeking information about Sephardim in the Holocaust, one might wish to take a look at the book, The Holocaust in Salonika, which was edited by Professor Steven Bowman and translated from Greek and Judeo/ Spanish by Isaac Benmayor. This work is made up of several eyewitness accounts of the events that befell the Jews of Salonika during the Holocaust and its aftermath. In A Liter of Soup and 60 Grams of Bread, the Diary of Prisoner 109565, author Heinz Kounio recounts his experiences in Auschwitz-Birkenau and sheds light on the subject of the virtual destruction of Greek Jewry.
  
  
• For the student of Sephardic legal traditions, we have the collected responsa of Ovadia Yoseph, as well as a complete 24 volume set of Yalkut Yoseph.

This is but a small portion of the books on Sephardic topics available in our library. Check out our online catalogue to find more information.