Observed arrival · 2026-09-05

Kehilot: Yizkor Books Made Searchable

yadkehilot.com Observed source

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A public portal turning Jewish memorial books into searchable histories of communities, families, places, institutions, and events.

Landing page captured for the 2026-09-05 issue.

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Kehilot organizes three Polish community pilots around named Yizkor books: Sefer Lukow, Byalisṭoḳer yizker bukh, and Sefer Sokolkah. Its described workflow preserves the original wording while applying OCR and linking mentions of people, families, places, institutions, and events to source passages. The homepage says visitors can read without an account and presents search, guided paths, questions, and translation as routes through the material. It also says hundreds of additional books remain in archives.

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