These are the main works on Jewish history in Chicago. They formed the basis of our research.

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Culter, Irving.Chicago’s Jewish West Side. Images of America Series. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009. 

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Cutler, Irving. The Jews of Chicago: From Shtetl to Suburb. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1996.  

 

Meites, H. L., editor. The History of the Jews of Chicago. 1990 Facsimile Edition. Chicago: Chicago Historical Society of Illinois, 1924, 1990.

 

Packer, Robert A. Chicago’s Forgotten Synagogues. Images of America Series. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2007.

 

Roth, Walter. Everyday Historic Lives: Portraits from Chicago’s Jewish Past. Self-Published, 2016. 

 

For more information on specific synagogues, please see:

 

“Be a Part of Over 150 Years of History”.” Temple Sholom. Accessed November 8, 2019. http://www.sholomchicago.org/history/

 

Berman, Howard A., editor. Chicago Sinai Congregation: A Pictorial History. Chicago: Chicago Sinai Congregation, 1986.

 

ChicagoAncestors.org: Discover the Past by Address. Newberry Library. https://chicagoancestors.org/

 

“History.” Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel. Accessed November 8, 2019. https://www.asbi.org/history.html

 

Morris, Hank. “B’nai Zion, First Synagogue in Rogers Park.” Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society. Accessed October 29, 2019. https://rpwrhs.org/2014/08/04/bnai-zion-first-synagogue-in-rogers-park/

 

“Our Building & History.” KAM Isaiah Israel. Accessed November 7, 2019. https://www.kamii.org/history

 

“Our History.” About Us. Emanuel Congregation, Reform Jewish Synagogue. Accessed Nov. 7, 2019. https://www.emanuelcong.org/copy-of-history

 

“Our Unique History.” Central Synagogue of Chicago. Accessed November 8, 2019. https://www.centralchicago.org/history.html

 

Packer, Robert. Forgotten Synagogues: Doors of Redemption. Accessed November 8, 2019.http://www.forgottensynagogues.com/doors.asp

 

Weissberg, Victor and Sidney M. Helbraun. “Temple Beth-El: A Proud Tradition of Worship, Education and Community.” Courtesy of Temple Beth-El.

 

For more information on the history of Jewish settlement in Chicago, please see:

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“Chicago Jewish History,” Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago online, accessed 25 October 2019, https://www.juf.org/shalom_chicago/history.aspx

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Cutler, Irving. “Jews,” Encyclopedia of Chicago online, last modified 2005, http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/671.html

 

“The Jewish Community of Chicago.” Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot online, https://www.bh.org.il/jewish-community-chicago/

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Levine, Yitzchok. “Early History of Jews in Chicago.” JewishPress online, last modified February 1, 2017, https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/magazine/glimpses-ajh/early-history-of-jews-in-chicago/2017/02/01/

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Mazur, Edward. “Looking Back at Albany Park When it Was Jewish.” Chicago Jewish Historical Society 19, no. 1 (1990): http://chicagojewishhistory.org/media/931/Fall_1990.pdf

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Roth, Walter. “Meites History of Chicago Jews Best Way to Learn of Our Past.” Chicago Jewish Historical Society 19, no. 1 (1990): http://chicagojewishhistory.org/media/931/Fall_1990.pdf

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“Timeline of American Jewish History.” The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives online, http://americanjewisharchives.org/education/timeline.php

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“Virtual Jewish World: Chicago, Illinois,” Jewish Virtual Library online, accessed 25 October 2019,https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/chicago-2