Books and other Publications
Precious stones of the Jews of Curaçao : Curaçaon Jewry 1656-1957 Emmanuel, Isaac Samuel, Call Number: 972.9 86 EMM Pub. Info: New York : Bloch, 1957.
Kol Shearith Israel : cien años de vida judia en Panama, 1876-1976 = Kol Shearith Israel : a hundred years of Jewish life in Panama. Call Number: 909.04 KOL Pub. Info: Panama : Igmar, 1977.
Through the sands of time : a history of the Jewish community of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Cohen, Judah M., Call Number: 972.9 722 COH ISBN: 1584653418 (cloth : alk. paper) Pub. Info: Hanover : Brandeis University Press ; Lebanon, N.H. : Published by University Press of New England, c2004.
Jewish historical development in the Virgin Islands, 1665-1959. Paiewonsky, Isidor. Call Number: 972.9 722 PAI Pub. Info: Saint Thomas : [s.n.] 1959.
The girls they left behind : Curaçao's Jewish women in the nineteenth century / Goldish, Josette Capriles. Call Number: 972.9 86 GOL Pub. Info: [New York, N.Y.? : Brandeis University,] 2002.
The Jewish nation of the Caribbean : the Spanish-Portuguese Jewish settlements in the Caribbean and the Guianas / Arbell, Mordehay. Call Number: 972.9 ARB ISBN: 9652292796 (alk. paper) Pub. Info: Jerusalem, Israel ; New York : Gefen Pub., c2002.
Once Jews : stories of Caribbean Sephardim / Goldish, Josette C. Call Number: 972.9 GOL ISBN: 9781558764941 (pbk. : alk. paper) Pub. Info: Princeton, N.J. : Markus Wiener Publishers, c2009.
Jews of the Dutch Caribbean : exploring ethnic identity on Curacao / Benjamin, Alan Fredric. Call Number: 972.986 BEN ISBN: 0415274397 Pub. Info: London ; New York : Routledge, c2002.
History of the Jews of the Netherlands Antilles / Emmanuel, Isaac Samuel, Call Number: 972.9 86 EMM Pub. Info: Cincinnati : American Jewish Archives, 1970.
500 years in the Jewish Caribbean : the Spanish and Portuguese Jews in the West Indies / Ezratty, Harry A. Call Number: 972.9 EZR 2002 ISBN: 09422929187 Pub. Info: Baltimore, Md. ; San Juan, Puerto Rico, : Omni Arts, Inc., 2002.
A Short history of the Hebrew Congregation of St. Thomas : Congregation of Blessing and Peace and Loving Deeds = [K.K. Berakhah ve-shalom u-gemilut hasadim] / Call Number: 972.9 722 SHO 1983 Pub. Info: St. Thomas, V.I. : Hebrew Congregation of St. Thomas, c1983.
Jewish pirates of the Caribbean : how a generation of swashbuckling Jews carved out an empire in the new world in their quest for treasure, religious freedom--and revenge / Kritzler, Edward, Call Number: 972.9 KRI ISBN: 9780385513982 (hbk.) Pub. Info: New York : Doubleday, c2008.
Moses Levy of Florida : Jewish Utopian and antebellum reformer / Monaco, C. S., Call Number: 909.04 MON ISBN: 0807130958 (alk. paper) Pub. Info: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2005.
The Port Jews of Charlotte Amalia in 1803 / Caron, Aimery Call Number: 972.9 722 CAR Pub. Info: [St. Thomas, V.I. : unpublished], 2013. http://cgl.vi/pages/Caron/PortJews.pdf
The Jews of Spain : a history of the Sephardic experience / Gerber, Jane S. Call Number: 946 GER ISBN: 0029115736 Pub. Info: New York : Free Press, c1992.
Jewish pirates of the Caribbean : how a generation of swashbuckling Jews carved out an empire in the new world in their quest for treasure, religious freedom--and revenge / Kritzler, Edward, Call Number: 972.9 KRI ISBN: 9780385513982 (hbk.) Pub. Info: New York : Doubleday, c2008.
Transcript of 299 epitaphs from the Jewish Cemetry [i.e., Cemetery] in St. Thomas, W.I. : 1836-1916 ; with an index / Margolinsky, Jul. Call Number: 972.9 722 MAR Pub. Info: Copenhagen : [s.n.], 1957.
Sourcebook for Jewish genealogies and family histories / Zubatsky, David S., Call Number: 909.04 ZUB 1996 ISBN: 1886223033 Pub. Info: Teaneck, N.J. : Avotaynu, 1996.
Spanish and Portuguese Jews in the Caribbean and the Guianas : a bibliography / Arbell, Mordehay. Call Number: 972.9 ARB ISBN: 0916617521 Pub. Info: Providence, R.I. : The John Carter Brown Library ; New York, N.Y. : Interamericas, c1999.
The Jewish community of early colonial Nevis : a historical archaeological study / Terrell, Michelle M. Call Number: 972.973 TER ISBN: 0813027861 (alk. paper) Pub. Info: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2005.
Jews of the Dutch Caribbean : exploring ethnic identity on Curacao / Benjamin, Alan Fredric. Call Number: 972.986 BEN ISBN: 0415274397 Pub. Info: London ; New York : Routledge, c2002.
Monumental inscriptions in the burial ground of the Jewish synagogue at Bridgetown, Barbados / Shilstone, Eustace M. Call Number: 972.981 SHI Pub. Info: [n. p., 195-]
Jews and the American Revolution : Haym Salomon and others / Schwartz, Laurens R. Call Number: 909.04 SCH ISBN: 0899502202 (alk. paper) : Pub. Info: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c1987.
The ties that bind : a Virgin Islands story / Kean, Nadine Marchena Call Number: 972.9 722 KEA ISBN: 978-0-9860161-6-5 Pub. Info: [S.l. : s.n.], 2012.
Microfilms
Family History film #1001639, Birth records, 1786-1954, Virgin Islands (Danish West Indies)
Family History film #1012750, Nevis, West Indies: photographs and some translatiosn of old tombstones int eh cemetery at Nevis, 1684-1730
[Curaçao Jews : extracts from Family History film #38854] Call Number: 972.9 86 CUR
Other resources
Elisabeth Sharp Jewish Family Genealogies - 6 notebooks at Caribbean Genalogy Library
Maria Smith St. Thomas Cemetery database
Online resources
HaChayim HaYehudim Jewish Photo Library - St. Thomas Savan Cemetery
International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies - Caribbean
Mongui Maduro Library - Judaic collection
SephardicGen Resources - websites by Sephardic family name
The Jewish Virtual Library - Caribbean homepage
Henry Avi Ucko, Collection of writings about Dominican Republic Jewish history
To identify, preserve, and provide access to Caribbean genealogy, history, and cultural heritage information resources for the Virgin Islands and the Caribbean, and to promote and encourage their use for family history documentation, education, and scholarship.
