The Utah Jewish Historical Society, formerly the Utah Jewish Genealogical Society, is a non-profit organization, founded in 2002, renamed and repurposed in 2025. Membership is open to anyone with interest in Jewish historical or genealogical research without regard to race, religion, or ethnic identification. We welcome all people of Jewish heritage and ancestry — those identifying as Jews and those who practice other faiths or no faith.
The Objectives of the UJHS are:
- To research Utah’s Jewish history and Utah’s Jewish family history.
- To locate, protect, and preserve public and private Jewish historical and genealogical records in Utah and to make such records available to Society members and the public.
- To publish historical and genealogical information and to encourage the publication of worthy materials in the field of Jewish historical research in Utah.
- To promote an interest in Utah’s Jewish history and to encourage interested persons to pursue and preserve their own genealogical information.