The Eventov Archives of the Association of Immigrants from the former Yugoslavia in Israel

Arkhiyon ha-merkazi le-toldot ha-ʻam ha-Yehudi 

The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP) [Arkhiyon ha-merkazi le-toldot ha-ʻam ha-Yehudi] were established in 1939. They hold the archives of hundreds of Jewish communities, as well as of local, national and international Jewish organizations and the private collections of many outstanding Jewish personalities. The Archives now hold the most extensive collection of documents, pinkassim (registers) and other records of Jewish history from the Middle Ages to the present day. The Board of Directors is composed of representatives of the Government of Israel, The Historical Society of Israel, The Jewish Agency for Israel, The Israeli Academy of Sciences and Humanities, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv University and Bar-Ilan University. On January 30, 2013 The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People and the National Library of Israel (NLI) signed an agreement to implement a merger between the Archives and the Library. [see: http://cahjp.huji.ac.il/] 

The Eventov Archives of the Association of Immigrants from the former Yugoslavia in Israel 

133,107 digital images, JPEG 135 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm 

Contains documentation about Jewish communities in Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and Slovenia. Three major categories are communal and Zionist entities, papers and notes on subjects of Jewish concern, and personal papers. These include correspondence, memoirs, photocopies of official documents, and other ephemera. The collection also includes files on prominent personages, social affairs, and Jewish participation in the partisan movement during World War II, as well as notes on archeological sites of the first through the third centuries and materials on the medieval site of Čelarevo. 

Arrangement is thematic.The collection is organized by card catalog that was also microfilmed as part of the microfilming project (film reels #1-7). The card catalog is arranged in three series: 1. Communal and Zionist entities; 2. Papers and notes on subjects of Jewish concern; 3. Personal files (including ketubot, diplomas and genealogical data). Users should first consult the microfilmed card catalog and then the inventory in order to link the individual file number to the corresponding film reel.