Alsace and Lorraine; Jewish Communities Collection

Records of the Consistoire Central des Israélites de France, as well as of the local consistories for the departments of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin (Alsace) and Moselle and Meurthe-et-Moselle (Lorraine), in Strasbourg, Colmar, Metz and Nancy, including minutes, tax-lists, lists of rabbis, cantors, and notables, censuses of Jewish communities, and correspondence.

Records of 139 Jewish communities in Alsace and Lorraine, predominantly from the nineteenth century, including: correspondence of these communities, their rabbis, and consistories, with the state authorities and the departmental consistories; decrees and legislation of the state authorities; financial documents and records; material relating to the religious activities of the communities, including liturgy and kashrut; legal and financial documents of the communities; material on yeshivoth, seminaries, and other Jewish education, communal and general elections, synagogue construction, welfare institutions and activities, and other communal organizations.

Personal papers of Jews from these communities, including marriage and engagement contracts; wills and testaments; genealogies, family histories, and genealogical documents; educational documents and papers; legal and financial documents; business papers of the banker Jacob Moch of Hagenau.