Library Collections - American Jewish Historical Society

The American Jewish Historical Society general library collection consists of approximately 50,000 volumes, including both books and serials (journals and periodicals). Some of the major topics represented in the library collection are American Jewish intellectual, political and economic life; Jewish participation in the visual and performing arts; the geographic origins of American Jewry; Jewish immigration to North, South, and Central America and the Caribbean; gender relations and family structure in American Jewish life; anti-Semitism; regional and local histories; and Zionism. The library supports the archival collections.