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18th- and 19th-century Jewish communal registers (pinkasim in Hebrew) obtained by special agreement with the Russian State Library.

The Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague, Czech Republic. See the "About" tab for details.

Details of four yizkor books and one communal history featured in Project Zikaron. See the "About" tab for details.

Documents associated with Rabbi Shimen Eisenberg, whose 2nd volume of memoirs was transcribed for Project Zikaron. See the "About" tab for details.

The manuscript of volume three of Avraham Shlomo Melamed's memoirs, which is included in Project Zikaron. See the "About" tab for details.

Three photographs of European Jews taken in the early 1910s. See the "About" tab for details.

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Ellis Island, USA (2)

40°42' N,74°02' W

Nearby Localities and Map
- New York, New York, USA 2 miles / 3 km
- Jersey City, New Jersey, USA 2 miles / 3 km
- Maspeth (part of Queens), New York, USA 3 miles / 5 km
- Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem (MTJ), Manhattan, New York, USA 3 miles / 5 km
- Brooklyn, New York, New York, USA 3 miles / 5 km
- Hoboken, New Jersey, USA 4 miles / 6 km
- Williamsburg 1 (part of Brooklyn), New York, USA 4 miles / 6 km
- Union City 1, New Jersey, USA 5 miles / 8 km
- Flatbush (part of Brooklyn), New York, USA 5 miles / 8 km
- Bayonne 2, New Jersey, USA 5 miles / 8 km
- 770 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York, New York, USA 5 miles / 8 km
- Boro Park (Borough Park) (part of Brooklyn), New York, USA 5 miles / 8 km
- Kearny, New Jersey, USA 6 miles / 10 km
- Crown Heights (part of Brooklyn), New York, USA 6 miles / 10 km
- Bay Ridge (part of Brooklyn), New York, USA 6 miles / 10 km
- Union Hill, New Jersey, USA 6 miles / 10 km
- West New York, New Jersey, USA 6 miles / 10 km
- Long Island City (part of Queens), New York, USA 6 miles / 10 km
- Manhattan 1, New York, New York, USA 7 miles / 11 km
- Midwood (part of Brooklyn), New York, USA 7 miles / 11 km
- North Bergen, New Jersey, USA 7 miles / 11 km
- Fort Wadsworth (part of Staten Island), New York, USA 7 miles / 11 km
- Sunnyside (part of Queens), New York, USA 7 miles / 11 km
- Harrison 1, New Jersey, USA 7 miles / 11 km
- Newark 1, New Jersey, USA 7 miles / 11 km
- Bensonhurst (part of Brooklyn), New York, USA 7 miles / 11 km
- Astoria 1 (part of Queens), New York, USA 8 miles / 13 km
- Mir Yeshiva-Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York, New York, USA 8 miles / 13 km
- Harlem (part of Manhattan), New York, New York, USA 8 miles / 13 km
- Woodside (part of Queens), New York, USA 8 miles / 13 km
- Brownsville 1 (part of Brooklyn), New York, USA 8 miles / 13 km
- Glendale 2 (part of Queens), New York, USA 8 miles / 13 km
- Middle Village, New York, USA 8 miles / 13 km
- Lyndhurst, New Jersey, USA 8 miles / 13 km
- Elmhurst, New York, USA 8 miles / 13 km
- Seagate (part of Brooklyn), New York, USA 8 miles / 13 km
- Cliffside Park, New Jersey, USA 8 miles / 13 km
- Jackson Heights (part of Queens), New York, USA 9 miles / 14 km
- Springfield-Belmont (Springfield) (part of Newark), New Jersey 9 miles / 14 km
- Elizabeth (Elizabethtown), New Jersey, USA 9 miles / 14 km
- Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), Manhattan, New York, USA 9 miles / 14 km
- Rutherford, New Jersey, USA 9 miles / 14 km
- Brighton Beach (part of Brooklyn), New York, USA 9 miles / 14 km
- LeFrak City (part of Queens), New York, USA 9 miles / 14 km
- Rego Park (part of Queens), New York, USA 9 miles / 14 km
- Corona 2 (part of Queens), New York, USA 9 miles / 14 km
- Queens, New York, New York, USA 9 miles / 14 km
- Forest Hills (part of Queens), New York, USA 10 miles / 16 km
- Woodhaven, New York, USA 10 miles / 16 km
- Ozone Park, New York, USA 10 miles / 16 km
- Belleville 1, New Jersey, USA 10 miles / 16 km
- Elizabethport (part of Elizabeth), New Jersey, USA 10 miles / 16 km
- Nutley, New Jersey, USA 10 miles / 16 km
- Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, USA 10 miles / 16 km
- Hillside, New Jersey, USA 10 miles / 16 km
- Kew Gardens (part of Queens), New York, USA 10 miles / 16 km
- Richmond Hill 1 (part of Queens), New York, USA 10 miles / 16 km
- Palisades Park, New Jersey, USA 11 miles / 18 km
- Washington Heights (part of Manhattan), New York, New York, USA 11 miles / 18 km
- East Orange, New Jersey, USA 11 miles / 18 km
- Irvington, New Jersey, USA 11 miles / 18 km
- Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA 11 miles / 18 km
- Howard Beach (part of Queens), New York, USA 11 miles / 18 km
- Staten Island, New York, New York, USA 11 miles / 18 km
- Glen Ridge, New Jersey, USA 11 miles / 18 km
- Passaic, New Jersey, USA 11 miles / 18 km
- Bloomfield 1, New Jersey, USA 11 miles / 18 km
- Briarwood (part of Queens), New York, USA 11 miles / 18 km
- Linden, New Jersey, USA 11 miles / 18 km
- Kew Gardens Hills (part of Queens), New York, USA 12 miles / 19 km
- Yeshiva University (Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary), Manhattan, New York, New York, USA 12 miles / 19 km
- Leonia, New Jersey, USA 12 miles / 19 km
- Orange-2, New Jersey, USA 12 miles / 19 km
- Bronx, New York, New York, USA 12 miles / 19 km
- Jamaica 2 (part of Queens), New York, USA 12 miles / 19 km
- Union Township (Union), New Jersey, USA 12 miles / 19 km
- Maplewood 1, New Jersey, USA 12 miles / 19 km
- Roselle, New Jersey, USA 12 miles / 19 km
- Montclair, New Jersey, USA 13 miles / 21 km
- Belle Harbor (part of Queens), New York, USA 13 miles / 21 km
- South Orange, New Jersey, USA 13 miles / 21 km
- Teaneck, New Jersey, USA 13 miles / 21 km
- Hackensack, New Jersey, USA 13 miles / 21 km
- Neponsit, New York, USA 13 miles / 21 km
- Whitestone, New York, USA 13 miles / 21 km
- Flushing (part of Queens), New York, USA 13 miles / 21 km
- Englewood, New Jersey, USA 13 miles / 21 km
- Garfield 1, New Jersey, USA 13 miles / 21 km
- Rockaway Park (part of Queens), New York, USA 13 miles / 21 km
- Carteret, New Jersey, USA 13 miles / 21 km
- Fresh Meadows (part of Queens), New York, USA 13 miles / 21 km
- Clifton, New Jersey, USA 13 miles / 21 km
- West Orange, New Jersey, USA 14 miles / 23 km
- West Englewood (part of Teaneck), New Jersey, USA 14 miles / 23 km
- Maywood 2, New Jersey, USA 14 miles / 23 km
- Rockaway 1 (part of Queens), New York, USA 14 miles / 23 km
- Jaimaica Estate (part of Queens), New York, USA 14 miles / 23 km
- Holliswood, New York, USA 14 miles / 23 km
- Rochelle Park, New Jersey, USA 14 miles / 23 km
- Cranford, New Jersey, USA 14 miles / 23 km
- Elmwood Park (East Paterson), New Jersey, USA 14 miles / 23 km
- Verona 2, New Jersey, USA 15 miles / 24 km
- Arverne (part of Queens), New York, USA 15 miles / 24 km
- Avenel (part of Woodbridge), New Jersey, USA 15 miles / 24 km
- Bayside (part of Queens), New York, USA 15 miles / 24 km
- Cedar Grove 1, New Jersey, USA 15 miles / 24 km
- Edgemere (part of Queens), New York, USA 15 miles / 24 km
- Rahway, New Jersey, USA 15 miles / 24 km
- Laurelton, New York, USA 15 miles / 24 km
- Millburn, New Jersey, USA 15 miles / 24 km
- Bergenfield, New Jersey, USA 15 miles / 24 km
- riverdaleRiverdale (part of Bronx), New York, USA 15 miles / 24 km
- Paterson, New Jersey, USA 15 miles / 24 km
- Douglaston, New York, USA 16 miles / 26 km
- Little Neck, New York, USA 16 miles / 26 km
- Clark, New Jersey, USA 16 miles / 26 km
- Tenafly, New Jersey, USA 16 miles / 26 km
- Springfield Township 1 (Springfield), New Jersey, USA 16 miles / 26 km
- Queens Village (part of Queens), New York, USA 16 miles / 26 km
- Short Hills, New Jersey, USA 16 miles / 26 km
- Inwood, New York, USA 16 miles / 26 km
- Woodbridge 2, New Jersey, USA 16 miles / 26 km
- Rosedale, New York, USA 16 miles / 26 km
- River Edge, New Jersey, USA 16 miles / 26 km
- New Milford 2, New Jersey, USA 16 miles / 26 km
- Far Rockaway (part of Queens), New York, USA 16 miles / 26 km
- Colonia, New Jersey, USA 16 miles / 26 km
- Cedarhurst, New York, USA 16 miles / 26 km
- Fair Lawn, New Jersey, USA 17 miles / 27 km
- Livingston, New Jersey, USA 17 miles / 27 km
- Great Neck, New York, USA 17 miles / 27 km
- Lawrence 2, New York, USA 17 miles / 27 km
- North Woodmere (part of Hempstead), New York, USA 17 miles / 27 km
- Westfield 2, New Jersey, USA 17 miles / 27 km
- Lake Success, New York, USA 17 miles / 27 km
- Woodmere, New York, USA 17 miles / 27 km
- Paramus, New Jersey, USA 17 miles / 27 km
- West Caldwell, New Jersey, USA 17 miles / 27 km
- Elmont, New York, USA 17 miles / 27 km
- Iselin, New Jersey, USA 17 miles / 27 km
- Floral Park, New York, USA 17 miles / 27 km
- Summit, New Jersey, USA 17 miles / 27 km
- Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA 18 miles / 29 km
- Valley Stream, New York, USA 18 miles / 29 km
- Kings Point (part of North Hempstead), New York, USA 18 miles / 29 km
- Atlantic Beach (part of Queens), New York, USA 18 miles / 29 km
- Hewlett, New York, USA 18 miles / 29 km
- Scotch Plains, New Jersey, USA 18 miles / 29 km
- Fords, New Jersey, USA 18 miles / 29 km
- Mount Vernon 1, New York, USA 18 miles / 29 km
- Franklin Square, New York, USA 18 miles / 29 km
- Woodsburgh (part of Hempstead), New York, USA 18 miles / 29 km
- Pelham Manor (part of Pelham), New York, USA 18 miles / 29 km
- Emerson, New Jersey, USA 18 miles / 29 km
- New Hyde Park, New York, USA 18 miles / 29 km
- Closter, New Jersey, USA 19 miles / 31 km
- Yonkers, New York, USA 19 miles / 31 km
- Manhasset, New York, USA 19 miles / 31 km
- Fairfield 2, New Jersey, USA 19 miles / 31 km
- Glen Rock, New Jersey, USA 19 miles / 31 km
- Bronxville, New York, USA 19 miles / 31 km
- Pelham, New York, USA 19 miles / 31 km
- Malverne, New York, USA 19 miles / 31 km
- Lynbrook, New York, USA 19 miles / 31 km
- Alpine, New Jersey, USA 19 miles / 31 km
- Pine Brook, New Jersey, USA 19 miles / 31 km
- East Rockaway, New York, USA 20 miles / 32 km
- Sands Point, New York, USA 20 miles / 32 km
- Westwood 2, New Jersey, USA 20 miles / 32 km
- New Rochelle, New York, USA 20 miles / 32 km
- Long Beach 2, New York, USA 20 miles / 32 km
- Ridgewood, New Jersey, USA 20 miles / 32 km
- West Hempstead, New York, USA 20 miles / 32 km
- Garden City 1, New York, USA 20 miles / 32 km
- Metuchen, New Jersey, USA 20 miles / 32 km
- Madison 3, New Jersey, USA 20 miles / 32 km
- Plainfield, New Jersey, USA 20 miles / 32 km
- Port Washington, New York, USA 21 miles / 34 km
- Tuckahoe, New York, USA 21 miles / 34 km
- Wayne 1, New Jersey, USA 21 miles / 34 km
- Rockville Centre, New York, USA 21 miles / 34 km
- Aberdeen 2, New Jersey, USA 21 miles / 34 km
- Roslyn, New York, USA 21 miles / 34 km
- Mineola, New York, USA 21 miles / 34 km
- Island Park (part of Hempstead), New York, USA 21 miles / 34 km
- Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, USA 21 miles / 34 km
- Oceanside, New York, USA 21 miles / 34 km
- Roslyn Heights, New York, USA 22 miles / 35 km
- Hempstead 1, New York, USA 22 miles / 35 km
- Larchmont, New York, USA 22 miles / 35 km
- River Vale, New Jersey, USA 22 miles / 35 km
- Baldwin, New York, USA 22 miles / 35 km
- East Hills, New York, USA 22 miles / 35 km
- South Plainfield, New Jersey, USA 22 miles / 35 km
- Matawan, New Jersey, USA 22 miles / 35 km
- Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey, USA 22 miles / 35 km
- Edison, New Jersey, USA 22 miles / 35 km
- Greenvale (North Roslyn), New York, USA 22 miles / 35 km
- Roslyn Harbor, New York, USA 22 miles / 35 km
- Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA 22 miles / 35 km
- Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, USA 22 miles / 35 km
- Waldwick, New jersey, USA 22 miles / 35 km
- Sayreville, New Jersey, USA 23 miles / 37 km
- Parlin, New Jersey, USA 23 miles / 37 km
- Palisades (Sneden's Landing), New York, USA 23 miles / 37 km
- Stelton, New Jersey, USA 23 miles / 37 km
- Park Ridge 2, New Jersey, USA 23 miles / 37 km
- Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, USA 23 miles / 37 km
- Rumson, New Jersey, USA 23 miles / 37 km
- Parsippany, New Jersey, USA 23 miles / 37 km
- Lido Beach, New York, USA 23 miles / 37 km
- Mamaroneck, New York, USA 23 miles / 37 km
- Old Westbury, New York, USA 23 miles / 37 km
- Uniondale 2, New York, USA 24 miles / 39 km
- Boonton, New Jersey, USA 24 miles / 39 km
- Freeport, New York, USA 24 miles / 39 km
- Westbury, New York, USA 24 miles / 39 km
- Red Bank, New Jersey, USA 24 miles / 39 km
- Morganville, New Jersey, USA 24 miles / 39 km
- Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, USA 25 miles / 40 km
- Scarsdale, New York, USA 25 miles / 40 km
- Morristown, New Jersey, USA 25 miles / 40 km
- Orangeburg 1, New York, USA 25 miles / 40 km
- Glen Cove, New York, USA 25 miles / 40 km
- Highland Park 1, New Jersey, USA 25 miles / 40 km
- South River, New Jersey, USA 25 miles / 40 km
- Oakland 2, New Jersey, USA 25 miles / 40 km
- East Meadow, New York, USA 25 miles / 40 km
- Pearl River, New York, USA 25 miles / 40 km
- Shrewsbury, New Jersey, USA 25 miles / 40 km
- Merrick, New York, USA 25 miles / 40 km
- Old Bridge, New Jersey, USA 26 miles / 42 km
- Brookville 1 (part of Oyster Bay), New York, USA 26 miles / 42 km
- Warren 3, New Jersey, USA 26 miles / 42 km
- New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA 26 miles / 42 km
- Ramsey, New Jersey, USA 26 miles / 42 km
- North Bellmore, New York, USA 26 miles / 42 km
- Bellmore, New York, USA 26 miles / 42 km
- Oceanport, New Jersey, USA 27 miles / 43 km
- Harrison 2, New York, USA 27 miles / 43 km
- Marlboro 1, New Jersey, USA 27 miles / 43 km
- Tarrytown, New York, USA 27 miles / 43 km
- Rye, New York, USA 27 miles / 43 km
- Jericho 2 (part of Oyster Bay), New York, USA 27 miles / 43 km
- Levittown 1, New York, USA 27 miles / 43 km
- Wantagh, New York, USA 27 miles / 43 km
- Hicksville, New York, USA 27 miles / 43 km
- Somerset 1, New Jersey, USA 28 miles / 45 km
- Spring Valley, New York, USA 28 miles / 45 km
- Nanuet, New York, USA 28 miles / 45 km
- Long Branch, New Jersey, USA 28 miles / 45 km
- Bound Brook, New Jersey, USA 28 miles / 45 km
- Seaford (part of Hempstead), New York, USA 28 miles / 45 km
- East Brunswick, New Jersey, USA 28 miles / 45 km
- Suffern, New York, USA 28 miles / 45 km
- Port Chester, New York, USA 28 miles / 45 km
- Spotswood, New Jersey, USA 28 miles / 45 km
- Oyster Bay, New York, USA 28 miles / 45 km
- Mendham Township (Mendham), New Jersey, USA 28 miles / 45 km
- Nyack, New York, USA 28 miles / 45 km
- Upper Nyack, New York, USA 28 miles / 45 km
- Purchase (part of Harrison), New York, USA 28 miles / 45 km
- West Long Branch, New Jersey, USA 29 miles / 47 km
- Rockaway 2, New Jersey, USA 29 miles / 47 km
- Plainedge (part of Oyster Bay), New York, USA 29 miles / 47 km
- Monsey, New York, USA 29 miles / 47 km
- West End, New Jersey, USA 29 miles / 47 km
- Bethpage, New York, USA 29 miles / 47 km
- Syosset, New York, USA 29 miles / 47 km
- North Brunswick, New Jersey, USA 29 miles / 47 km
- Plainview, New York, USA 29 miles / 47 km
- Valhalla (part of Mount Pleasant), New York, USA 30 miles / 48 km
- Hillburn (Woodburn), New York, USA 30 miles / 48 km
- Massapequa, New York, USA 30 miles / 48 km
- Oakhurst, New Jersey, USA 30 miles / 48 km
- New Square (Shikun Skver), New York, USA 30 miles / 48 km
- Elberon, New Jersey, USA 30 miles / 48 km
- Tinton Falls, New Jersey, USA 30 miles / 48 km
- Hawthorne 1 (part of Mount Pleasant), New York, USA 30 miles / 48 km
- Ringwood, New Jersey, USA 30 miles / 48 km
- Mount Freedom (part of Randolph), New Jersey, USA 30 miles / 48 km
- Bridgewater 1, New Jersey, USA 31 miles / 50 km
- Randolph 4, New Jersey, USA 31 miles / 50 km
- Farmingdale 2, New York, USA 31 miles / 50 km
- Dover 3, New Jersey, USA 31 miles / 50 km
- Woodbury 2, New York, USA 31 miles / 50 km
- Old Bethpage, New York, USA 31 miles / 50 km
- Ocean Township (Ocean), New Jersey, USA 31 miles / 50 km
- Somerville 2, New Jersey, USA 31 miles / 50 km
- Deal, New Jersey, USA 31 miles / 50 km
- Deal Park, New Jersey, USA 31 miles / 50 km
- New City, New York, USA 31 miles / 50 km
- Greenwich, Connecticut, USA 32 miles / 51 km
- Briarcliff Manor, New York, USA 32 miles / 51 km
- Jamesburg, New Jersey, USA 32 miles / 51 km
- Amityville, New York, USA 32 miles / 51 km
- Cold Spring Harbor (part of Huntington), New York, USA 33 miles / 53 km
- Pleasantville 2 (part of Mount Pleasant), New York, USA 33 miles / 53 km
- Englishtown, New Jersey, USA 33 miles / 53 km
- Mahwah, New Jersey, USA 33 miles / 53 km
- Manalapan Township (Manalapan), New Jersey, USA 33 miles / 53 km
- Pomona 1, New York, USA 33 miles / 53 km
- Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA 33 miles / 53 km
- South Brunswick, New Jersey, USA 34 miles / 55 km
- Ossining, New York, USA 34 miles / 55 km
- Melville 1, New York, USA 34 miles / 55 km
- Succasunna, New Jersey, USA 34 miles / 55 km
- Kendall Park, New Jersey, USA 34 miles / 55 km
- Bradley Beach, New Jersey, USA 35 miles / 56 km
- Thiells (part of Haverstraw), New York, USA 35 miles / 56 km
- Armonk, New York, USA 35 miles / 56 km
- Ledgewood, New Jersey, USA 35 miles / 56 km
- Huntington Station (part of Huntington), New York, USA 35 miles / 56 km
- Haverstraw, New York, USA 35 miles / 56 km
- Monmouth Junction, New Jersey, USA 35 miles / 56 km
- Lindenhurst, New York, USA 35 miles / 56 km

Memories of an American Jew (1932) ( Autobiographies )
Cowen, Philip (1853-1943)
My Life in Your Hands ([1984]) ( Autobiographies )
Gartenberg, Leo (1906-1990)

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