From searching for a name to writing your family's Great Book — the complete tour of the platform.
From the corpus of manuscripts and academic research, Zakhor composes a true encyclopaedic work devoted to your family — which the community can then correct and enrich, chapter after chapter.
Where to begin
Whether you are searching for a name, wish to read freely or to inscribe your family, everything begins here.
The heart of Zakhor
Each family has its record: spelling variants of the name across languages, origins, notable figures, and its Great Book.
A complete repertory, filterable by category (Sephardi, Ashkenazi, Maghrebi…).
An encyclopaedic work written for each lineage, enriched by the community.
All lineages in a single overall alphabetical index.
The native-born and those expelled in 1492: the great categories of families.
A visual entryway into the lineages.
Discovering one's lineage in an accessible and playful way.
Preserving and transmitting your family's memories.
Test your knowledge of the families and their names.
The written heritage
A corpus of manuscripts and documents, readable through two perspectives: living memory and historical analysis.
The grand narrative
From Antiquity to the present day: 58 centuries told, objects, journeys, and translations.
The thread of the history of the Jewish people, at a glance.
58 centuries, one page per century.
The material treasures of the heritage: ritual, archaeological, artistic.
Thematic itineraries through Memory.
Translated texts and comparative studies.
A space for reading the foundational texts.
Put your knowledge of history to the test.
The people & the places
The great figures century by century, and the sacred and diasporic geography of the Jewish people.
Your contribution
Zakhor is a living library: each document, photo, or testimony you deposit enriches the shared Memory.
The project
The mission, the ecosystem and the life of the collective.
A few minutes are enough to open your lineage's Great Book.
