Julian Preisler

Julian H. Preisler is an independent researcher, author, genealogist, and documentarian with a background in historic preservation and archives administration. His areas of expertise include American synagogue history and architecture, American Jewish community history, and Jewish genealogy research. His most recent books include The Synagogues of Central & Western Pennsylvania and Jewish West Virginia. Originally from Detroit, Mr. Preisler resides in the West Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC...See more

Julian H. Preisler is an independent researcher, author, genealogist, and documentarian with a background in historic preservation and archives administration. His areas of expertise include American synagogue history and architecture, American Jewish community history, and Jewish genealogy research. His most recent books include The Synagogues of Central & Western Pennsylvania and Jewish West Virginia. Originally from Detroit, Mr. Preisler resides in the West Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC. He is the son of Holocaust survivors from Germany and the former Czechoslovakia, and has had a love of architecture and Jewish history since he was young. See less