Charlotte Jewish Archives

The Charlotte Jewish Archives (CJA) are a collection of photographs, letters, brochures, scrapbooks, and other printed material documenting the history of the Charlotte Jewish community and Jewish life in the Charlotte area. They also include a small collection of artifacts such as a gym bag from the Amity Club (which existed before Shalom Park was built). One of the most important collections in the Archives is a set of oral history video interviews created under the asupices of the Charlotte Jewish Historical Society (now defunct). These items are housed within the Library in an environmentally controlled room. The CJA are primarily a research collection and material cannot be circulated because of risk of damage. Please contact the library at 704-944-6783 or email us at library@shalomcharlotte.org with specific questions about our archival collection or for information about making a donation of archival material.

The CJA committee, which operates under the auspices of the Levine-Sklut Judaic Library and Resource Center, directs the care of the CJA. Anyone interested in the Jewish history of Charlote is welcome to join the CJA committee. Please see our Programs/Activies page for the date of the next CJA committee meeting and for CJA program information.

To make a donation to the Charlotte Jewish Archives, please go to the Support Us menu, click on Contribute, then click on “Contribute to the Charlotte Jewish Archives.”

Samuel Wittkowsky’s Dry Goods Store at 8-10 W. Trade Street, Charlotte, 1890 Temple Israel in the Dilworth neighborhood, Charlotte, 1949

Alfred and Dannie Heineman

Other Archival and Historical Links:

Jewish Historical Foundation of North Carolina and the Down Home project - www.jhfnc.org
American Jewish Archives - www.americanjewisharchives.org
Jewish Tours of the Carolinas - www.jewishtourofthecarolinas.org
Jewish Women's Archive - www.jwa.org