The BPL Archives holds one of the most extensive collections in existence documenting Jewish history and life in Birmingham and Alabama.  

Collections Available Online

Birmingham Jewish Federation Oral History Interviews

Knesseth Israel Oral History Interviews

Temple Emanu-el Scrapbooks  

Collections Available in the Archives

Jewish History and Life

Suggested Reading

A Century of Jewish Life in Dixie: The Birmingham Experience by Mark H. Elovitz

Rabbi Morris Newfield of Birmingham by Mark Cowett

Samuel Ullman and "Youth": The Life, The Legacy by Margaret Armbrester

In the Shadow of Hitler: Alabama’s Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust by Dan J. Puckett