Jews in California have a long and rich history. You can find information on many aspects of this history at the HUC libraries.

You can check our catalog for many of these resources.

To Find ...	Search by ...
Jews as a group	Do a Browse/subject search with the format Jews--State--City or region for example: Jews California Los Angeles Jews California Los Angeles County Jews California Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Jews California Pasadena
Smaller groups	Do a Browse/subject search under a group name or designation for example: Sephardim California Los Angeles Jews, Iranian California Los Angeles
Individuals	Do a Browse/subject search under the person's name (lastname, first) for example: Zeldin, Isaiah Or search by profession for example: Rabbis California Los Angeles
Congregations	Do a Browse/subject search under the congregations name for example: Wilshire Boulevard Temple Many congregational newsletters are available on microfilm through the American Jewish Periodical Center (AJPC)

Journal Articles

The library has a large collection of journals. To find articles within these journals, search one of these databases: Index to Jewish Periodicals, (from HUC computers or the Jewish Studies Portal) or RAMBI

Websites

News Sources
Jewish Journal
Jewish Community Chronicle (archive)
Jewish Observer
LA Times The historical LA Times is available through the LA Public Library

Community Organizations
Search the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles
or the Jewish Federation of Greater Long Beach and West Orange County

Regional Studies at the North American Jewish Databank
There are several studies available for the Los Angeles area as well as many other California cities.
http://www.jewishdatabank.org/community.asp

While the Library thinks that these sites are useful, their content is not under our control and may express views that are not shared by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.

If you have any further questions about finding information on this, or any other topic, ask your local HUC-JIR librarian or email us using the form on the campus library homepage.