Research Resources:
Subject Research Guides:
Jewish Studies:
Selected Internet Resources
Academic Guide to Jewish History: Major Print & Internet Scholarly Sources.
A recently completed collaborative project of North American librarians.
American Jewish Historical Society.
Basic
information about American Jewish historical and genealogical research;
a bibliography of suggested reading; information on Society publications;
and links and listings for other American Jewish historical societies and
academic programs.
Compact Memory: Internetarchiv jüdischer Periodika.
Growing
collection of digitized German language Jewish serials, currently ca. 25 titles.
Facts About
Israel. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel)
A virtual encyclopedia of Judaism, covering topics including history, education, politics, culture, economy, society, land and people, health, and science.
A Garment Worker's Legacy: The Joe Fishstein Collection of Yiddish Poetry
(McGill University)
An online exhibit with browsable catalog for 2300 titles.
The collector was born in Kalarash, Bessarabia and lived most of his life in the
Bronx.
Hebrew WWW Guide (Yamada Language Center: University of Oregon)
A collection of links related to the
Hebrew language and computers, including online courses, software libraries, electronic translation programs, and information about reading and writing Hebrew over the Internet.
Historic Hebrew Newspapers.
Provides free access to page images of a growing number of early Hebrew language newspapers, starting with three from 1856 to 1911, indexed by date and issue, with partial author and subject indexing as well.
Internet
Jewish History Sourcebook. (Fordham University)
A collection of links
to online texts providing information on the people of Israel, the emergence
of Judaism, the Jewish Middle Ages, and Jewish Life since the Enlightenment] A collection of links to online texts providing information on the people of Israel, the emergence of Judaism, the Jewish Middle Ages, and Jewish Life since the Enlightenment.
Jewish Communities of the World.
A virtual source book of basic information on Jewish people in different cultures around the world. Searchable by region and country, and in an alphabetical listing.A virtual source book of basic information on Jewish people in different cultures around the world. Searchable by region and country, and in an alphabetical listing.
Jewish History Resource Center. (The Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem )
A well-organized and very large compilation of
academic resource and research information.
Jewish Language Research Website.
Lists of scholars, descriptions of "over a dozen Jewish languages," bibliography, computing guide, lists.
Jewish Studies Network and H-Judaic.
An electronic discussion group concerning Judaica and the academic study and discussion of Judaism ancient, medieval, and modern. Discussion logs, reviews, articles, syllabi.
Jewish Womens Archive.
Archival documents and photographs on the lives of notable Jewish women are currently available. A database of material on Jewish women in archives across the country is being developed.
Jewish Virtual Library.
Formerly named JSOURCE, includes a "Library" with many scholarly texts
and documents and a realistic "Virtual Israel Experience".
Kabbalah: "Bnei Baruch" - World Center for Kabbalah Studies.
Large collection of texts in the Kabbalah tradition. Warning: If the
live audio feed interferes with your ability to load the text, try
another browser.
National Yiddish Book Center.
Founded by Aaron Lansky in
1980 and dedicated to the preservation of Yiddish. The Stephen Spielberg Yiddish Library seeks to
digitize, and make available for purchase through a database mounted here, 1.5 million Yiddish
books.
Yiddish Prints: Jiddische Drucke.
Online collection of 800 Yiddish books at the City and University Library in Frankfurt am Main.
