Articles

*ATLA/ATLAS Religion Database: Biblical studies and world religions; citations and partial/full text in journals (1949–present)

Biblical Archaeology Society: Biblical Archaeology Review, plus journals and essays from the Biblical Archaeology Society (1975–present)

*Journal Locator (EBSCO A–Z): Access to full-text periodicals by journal title

*Old Testament Abstracts: Summaries of biblical studies articles and essays in European languages

RAMBI (Reshimat Ma'amarim be-Mada'ei ha-Yahadut): Index of scholarly articles on Jewish studies in several languages; primarily citations

Books

Aleppo Codex: Oldest and most complete Hebrew Bible

*Bar-Ilan Responsa Project: Searchable texts of Hebrew Bible, commentaries, other Rabbinic works

Early Jewish Writings: Texts of Bible, Apocrypha, Pseudipigrapha, etc.

*eBook Collection (ebrary): More than 7,000 eBooks in religion, philosophy, classics

e-Sword Bibles: Various downloadable Bibles

ETANA—Core Texts: Texts in Ancient Near Eastern Archives

Internet Sacred Text Archive—Judaism: Includes early and later texts of Jewish interest

Maagar Sifrut ha-Kodesh: Bible and Rabbinic texts

Mechon Mamre: Hebrew and English texts for the study of Bible and Rabbinics

NETS: New English translation of the Septuagint

Online Books Page—Bible: Books about the Bible, hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Library

Online Critical Pseudepigrapha: Critical texts of the Old Testament, Pseudepigrapha, and related literature

Princeton Bibles: The Bible in various languages

Rashi [Solomon ben Isaac, 1041–1105] on humash and the entire Bible

Dissertations

DART-Europe E-theses Portal: Access to full-text research theses from universities sourced from European countries

*ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Dissertations in the humanities and social sciences: full text since late 1990s; citations only for earlier dissertations

Reference

Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

*Rav Milim: Comprehensive Hebrew–English/English–Hebrew dictionary

Tyndale Archive of Biblical Studies: Full-text searchable dictionaries, including Jastrow, Coptic, and Syriac dictionaries, and an Arabic Lexicon

Other Resources

Abzu: Guide to networked open-access data relevant to the study and public presentation of the Ancient Near East and the ancient Mediterranean world

Biblos: Concordances, lexicons, timelines, and other tools for Bible study

Early Jewish Writings: Texts of Bible, Apocrypha, Pseudipigrapha, etc.

Emanuel Tov's Electronic Resources Relevant to the Textual Criticism of Hebrew Scripture

Hadashot Arkiologiyot: Reports in Hebrew on archaeological surveys done in Israel

Hirsch Torah commentary: Annotated index encompassing all of the Hirsch Torah commentary from Bereshit/Genesis through Devarim/Deuteronomy; includes approximately 19,000 entries, all in Rich Text (RTF) and Adobe Portable Document (PDF) formats

Internet Sacred Text Archive—Judaism: Includes both early and later texts of Jewish interest

The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago: Various resources, including catalog of collection and new acquisitions list

Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature: Various resources, including bibliography of articles on the Dead Sea Scrolls

Articles

Daat: Daat Center for Jewish Studies and Humanities

HebrewBooks.org/journals

*Journal Locator (EBSCO A–Z): Access to full-text periodicals by journal title

RAMBI (Reshimat Ma'amarim be-Mada'ei ha-Yahadut): Index of scholarly articles on Jewish studies in several languages; primarily citations

RaMBISH—Index of articles in Yeshivah journals

Books

*Bar-Ilan Responsa Project: Searchable texts of Hebrew Bible, commentaries, other Rabbinic works

Dissertations

DART-Europe E-theses Portal: Access to full-text research theses from universities sourced from European countries

*ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Dissertations in the humanities and social sciences: full text since late 1990s; citations only for earlier dissertations

Reference

Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

*Maagarim: The Hebrew Language Historical Dictionary

*Rav Milim: Comprehensive Hebrew–English / English–Hebrew dictionary

Tyndale Archive of Biblical Studies: Full-text searchable dictionaries, including Jastrow, Coptic, and Syriac dictionaries, and an Arabic Lexicon

Other Resources

Cambridge Taylor-Schechter Genizah Unit: includes a brief bibliography of published work relating to the Collection; GOLD: the Genizah On-Line Database, containing searchable catalogue databases and over 1200 annotated manuscript images; History in Fragments: A Genizah Centenary Exhibition, containing descriptions and images of manuscripts; the Maimonides Exhibition, containing images, descriptions, and translations of Maimonides autograph manuscripts, and related contemporary manuscripts; and news about the Unit.

COTAR: Full-text database of articles on halakhic topics from Torah periodicals and books published from 1970–2003

Database of Prayer in Rabbinic Literature: Developing interactive database enables retrieval of sources according to liturgical categories and settings, historical strata of rabbinic literature, specific book or person(s) named in a tradition, subject categories

Digital Dead Sea Scrolls: The Israel Museum's Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Project allows users to examine and explore ancient manuscripts from Second Temple times at a level of detail never before possible. Developed in partnership with Google, the website gives users access to searchable, fast-loading, high-resolution images of the scrolls, as well as short explanatory videos and background information on the texts and their history; includes the oldest known biblical manuscripts in existence and offers critical insight into Jewish society in the Land of Israel during the Second Temple Period, the time of the birth of Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism; five complete scrolls accessible to date

Early Christian Writings: Information and translations for the New Testament, Apocrypha, Gnostics, etc.

Early Church Fathers: Early Chuch Fathers series

Early Jewish Writings: Texts of Bible, Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, etc.

Halachabrura.org: Indices to secondary literature on RaMBaM Mishneh Torah and on Aggadah in Talmud Bavli and links to full text of over 2800 sefarim

Internet Sacred Text Archive—Judaism: Includes both early and later texts of Jewish interest

Lieberman Institute - The Sol and Evelyn Henkind Talmud Text Online Databank: Digitally integrates virtually all primary textual witnesses of the Babylonian Talmud

Midrashic Units in the Mishnah: Database translates and explains all explicit biblical interpretations found in the Mishnah except for those in tractate Avot

TalmudPage: Interactive page of Talmud that explains structure of Vilna edition for novices.

Talmud Tractate/Chapter Finder: Helps users determine tractate and chapter number for any chaper of Talmud for which they only know the title

The Koran: English (searchable)

Resources

Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany: Includes section on looted art and cultural property

David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies: Teaches the history and lessons of America's response to the Holocaust, through scholarly research, public events, publications, and educational programs

Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University: collection of over 4,400 videotaped interviews with witnesses and survivors of the Holocaust

Ghetto Fighters' House (museum and study center in Israel): Searchable online archives and digital museum on the Holocaust and Jewish resistance

H-Holocaust Discussion Network: On-line discussion list for Holocaust scholars; archived and searchable by non members

Holocaust Chronology (PBS): timeline summarizing Holocaust timeline, including US reaction to the events

Holocaust History: General site with digitized primary source documents and digitized published books (including Nurnberg Trials); includes large Q&A section

Holocaust Survivors and Remembrance Project: "Forget You Not": Holocaust primer with emphasis on images; serves to document the experiences of survivors and victims

Jewish History Resource Center: Project of the Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History at the Hebrew University of Jerusale; extensive and well-organized webliography of Holocaust resources

Kindertransport: Includes primary resources (writings by children who had been on the kindertransports) and bibliographies of printed materials

Neveragain.Org: Detailed, day by day, year by year timeline of the Holocaust

Nizkor Project: Site dedicated to countering Holocaust denial; most useful for archived documents including the transcripts of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg and the Eichmann Trial

Remember.org: Forum for contributors (survivors, liberators, historians, and teachers ) to connect and share research resources and stories through art, photography, painting, audio/video, and remembrance; includes full-text materials for students, teachers, and scholars; primary source documents (interview, pamphlets by survivors, liberators, perpetrators, rescuers, and bystanders)

Simon Wiesenthal Center: International Jewish human rights organization; museum of tolerance, library, archives; online resources for teachers

Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism: Major bibliographic resource; also includes selected full-text academic articles.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Vast, constantly updated site; frequently changing exhibitions; huge photo archive and oral testimony file; educational resources for students, teachers, scholars; includes Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies collections and archives and Holocaust Survivors and Victims resource center

Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism: Major bibliographic resource; also includes selected full-text academic articles

Yad Vashem: World Center for Holocaust Research, Documentation, Education and Commemoration; includes "Pages of Testimony" documenting 4 million victims individually; testimony submitted by survivors and other relatives, acquaintances or friends and the International Institute for Holocaust Research for the development and coordination of international research; planning and undertaking of scholarly projects; organization of symposia, conferences, and seminars; fostering of cooperative projects among research institutions; financial and academic support for scholars and students of the Holocaust; MA, PhD and postdoctoral fellowships; publishing of academic research, documentation, conference anthologies, diaries, memoirs, and albums about the Holocaust

Resources

Articles

*Index to Hebrew Periodicals: Citations to articles from Hebrew magazines, journals, and newspapers published in Israel, primarily after 1977

*Index to Jewish Periodicals: Magazines and journals in English; primarily citations

*Journal Locator (EBSCO A–Z): Access to full-text periodicals by journal title

*JSTOR: Scholarly journals in the arts and humanities in European languages; full text

*Project Muse: Scholarly journals in the humanities, arts, and social sciences, 1990s–current; full text

RAMBI (Reshimat Ma'amarim be-Mada'ei ha-Yahadut): Index of scholarly articles on Jewish studies in several languages; primarily citations

Books

*eBook Collection (EBSCOhost): eBooks in Jewish studies, 1996–2001*

Dissertations

DART-Europe E-theses Portal: Access to full-text research theses from universities sourced from European countries

*ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Dissertations in the humanities and social sciences: full text since late 1990s; citations only for earlier dissertations

Reference

*Encyclopaedia Judaica: Second edition (2007 update of original 1971 edition)

Jewish Encyclopedia: Unedited contents of the encyclopedia originally published in New York, 1901–1906

Other Resources

Art History Research Centre: Art history resources on the web

Art Museum Network: Guide to over 37,000 museums

Artcyclopedia: Art resource includes museum listings and links to scanned art

David and Fela Shapell Family Digitization Project Ketubbot Collection: Images of Jewish marriage contracts from public and private collections around the world; searchable by country of origin, current location, and year

Israel Museum: Search the Israel Museum's collection of art and archaeology from biblical times to the present

Jewish Historical Museum: Searchable site to view the museum's extensive collection online

The Jewish Museum (London): Searchable site to view the museum's extensive collection online

The Jewish Museum (New York): Searchable site to view over 2,500 images from the museum's collection online

Jewish Museums & Museum Resources Worldwide: Provided by the National Museum of Jewish History

The Jewish Theological Seminary: Selection of online illuminated medieval manuscripts from The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary

The Judah L. Magnes Museum: Searchable site to view the museum's extensive collection online

Passover Through Archaeology and Rare Documents: Teaching site from JTS with images from rare Hebrew manuscripts and printed books pertaining to the holiday of Passover

New York Public Library Digital Gallery: Collection of over 450,000 images, including Hebrew manuscripts

American Jewish World Service: Includes a searchable database on1foot of Jewish texts on social justice, and other educational/curricular materials promoting global justice; advocacy skill-building guides

The Aging Process—Late Life: Traditional Jewish texts; educational activities for teens and adults; provocative questions for discussion; from the Jewish Agency

Anti-Semitism and Xenophobia Today: Analytical reports on anti-Semitism on a country-by-country basis; produced by the London think tank Institute for Jewish Policy Research

Association of Religion Data Archives: Quantitative data (worldwide and local) available for downloading according to user's specifications

Berman Jewish Policy Archive: Comprehensive collection of full-text articles and research papers on all Jewish community issues. Key topics: "Jewish communal life, education, identity, religion and spirituality, social activism, demographic trends, leadership, and organizational development"

Bibliography of Sources on Sexual and Domestic Violence in the Jewish Community: From the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse

Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University: Full-text publications in the area of Jewish communal service

Directory of Domestic Violence Services: Domestic violence resource directory, by state and service type

Giving Wisely: Online directory of Israeli nonprofit and philanthropic organizations; includes selected articles and bibliography on philanthropy

Hiddur: The Center for Aging and Judaism: Produced by the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Hiddur prepares rabbis to engage and serve Jewish seniors. Includes Gearing Up For the Age Wave: A Guide for Synagogues and Sacred Seasons: Jewish Spiritual Resources for Elders—a kit allowing lay and Gentile group leaders to provide Jewish spiritual programming at long-term care facilities

Institute for Jewish and Community Research: An independent think tank researching religious prejudice, Jewish philanthropy, and demography

Israel Government Portal

Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics: Provides data and reports

Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs: A public policy research institute focusing on international and local political affairs, Israeli security, Middle Eastern affairs. Full-text articles and chapters of books, audio, and video

Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically Dependent Persons, and Significant Others (JACS): Includes scholarly articles, personal stories, directory of local chapters, and more

Jewish Communal Service Association of North America: Professional association for Jewish communal service professionals; job listings; tables of contents of the Journal of Jewish Communal Service

Jewish Council for Public Affairs: Policy Compendium: Full-text compendium of policies adopted by the JCPA

The Jewish Federations of North America: Umbrella organization representing 400 independent Jewish communities; covers all aspects of current Jewish philanthropy; provides a directory of local federations

Jewish Law: Full-text scholarly articles on topics at the intersection of halakhah, Jewish issues, and secular law; U.S. state statutes concerning Jewish issues; U.S. case law summaries concerning Jewish issues

Jewish Perspective on Spirituality and the Elderly: Content from MyJewishLearning.com

Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health: A pastoral care educational center sponsored by Reform Judaism, focusing on health care, healing, and spirituality

Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger: Includes Jewish and secular resources related to Jewish poverty and ending that poverty

National Association of Jewish Chaplains: Includes current issue of Kol Korei, the quarterly newsletter; articles and job listings available to members only

National Center for Jewish Healing: Resources for the spiritual needs of Jews living with illness, loss, and other significant life challenges; directory of Jewish healing centers; best-practices document; Jewish texts and prayers appropriate for specific situations

North American Jewish Databank: Source for U.S. Jewish demographic data and reports, both national and local

Resource Gallery at the Center for Leadership Initiatives: Library of full-text articles on practical aspects of Jewish nonprofit management, including leadership and facilitation

Sassoon International Center for the Study of Anti-Semitism: Selected full-text articles; audio recordings of conferences; access to the Posen comprehensive bibliography on anti-Semitism, Hebrew University

Social Science Research Network: Award-winning mega-site of abstracts (of both forthcoming and working papers) and completed research in many social science disciplines, inlcuding leadership, social insurance, philanthropy, and law; some with Jewish content

Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism: Includes: "authoritative database of antisemitic manifestations worldwide," with a detailed description of each incident; annual reports, worldwide and by country, with statistics and analysis; full-text articles and books reviews in the Research Topics section; produced by Tel Aviv University

Tzedek Resource Guide: Resources on Jewish values and social justice, including links to full-text documents, educational materials and action opportunities

Articles

*ATLA/ATLAS Religion Database: Biblical studies and world religions; citations and partial/full text in journals (1949–present)

ERIC: Education Resources Information Center: Citations, abstracts, or full text of journal articles, books, conference papers, technical reports, and policy papers on education (1960–present)

*Index to Hebrew Periodicals: Citations to articles from Hebrew magazines, journals, and newspapers published in Israel, primarily after 1977

*Index to Jewish Periodicals: Magazines and journals in English; primarily citations

*Journal Locator (EBSCO A–Z): Access to full-text periodicals by journal title

RAMBI (Reshimat Ma'amarim be-Mada'ei ha-Yahadut): Index of scholarly articles on Jewish subjects in several languages; primarily citations

Books

ERIC: Education Resources Information Center: Citations, abstracts, or full text of journal articles, books, conference papers, technical reports, and policy papers on education (1960–present)

Dissertations

DART-Europe E-theses Portal: Access to full-text research theses from universities sourced from European countries

*ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Dissertations in the humanities and social sciences: full text since late 1990s; citations only for earlier dissertations

Reference

*Encyclopaedia Judaica: Second edition (2007 update of original 1971 edition)

Jewish Encyclopedia: Unedited contents of the encyclopedia originally published in New York, 1901–1906

Other Resources

Many of these websites provide current reports, newsletters, lesson plans, survey results, and analysis

Auerbach Central Agency for Jewish Education

The AVI CHAI Foundation

Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York

Center for Jewish Educational Technology: website of the Israeli Center for Educational Technology; has a Hebrew interface and an English interface; focuses on development of state-of-the-art textbooks and digital content, establishment of rich websites using top-of-the-line technologies, paving new ways in professional development for educational staff, and creating online environments and tools for assessment and evaluation

Center for Jewish History: Combined collections of five major institutions of Jewish scholarship, history, and art: the American Jewish Historical Society, the American Sephardi Federation, the Leo Baeck Institute, the Yeshiva University Museum, and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University: Full text publications in the area of Jewish education

Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education (CAJE)

DataJEM: Database of Jewish educational materials, with focused search option allowing specificity by subject, material type, audience, usage setting, and language

Jewish Education Service of North America

*Lookstein Center for Jewish Education

Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education

Melton Centre for Jewish Education (Hebrew University)

Melton Research Center for Jewish Education: Standards and Benchmarks (The Jewish Theological Seminary)

NESS: Nurturing Excellence in Synagogue Schools

Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education

PELIE: Partnership for Effective [Jewish] Learning and Innovative Education

RAVSAK: The Jewish Community Day School Network

Solomon Schechter Day School Association

*Sources for the History of Jewish Education (JEDU) (Also available on CD-ROM)

United Synagogue for Conservative Judaism: Education

1654 Society: New York, New York

American Jewish Archives

American Jewish Historical Society

Americans of Jewish Descent

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Archives

Ancestry.com

Avotaynu

Beit Hatfutsot

Center for Jewish History

EllisIsland.org

Emigrant Ships

FamilySeach.org

International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies

JewishData.com

JewishGen.org

Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain

Jewish Genealogical Society: New York, New York

Jewish Link

Jewish Orphanages in the United States

Jewish Portraits Database

Jewish Records Indexing: Poland

Loebtouro.org: Newport, Rhode Island

MikvehIsrael.org; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Routes to Roots Foundation: Eastern Europe

SephardicGen.com

Trinity Wall Street

Yad Vashem

Articles

*ATLA/ATLAS Religion Database: Biblical studies and world religions; citations and partial/full text in journals (1949–present)

Compact Memory: Prewar Jewish periodicals published in Germany

Exilpresse Digital. Deutsche Exilzeitschriften 1933–1945 (German Press in Exile): Scholarly articles in Jewish studies, plus index to other subjects

HebrewBooks.org/journals

*Index to Hebrew Periodicals: Citations to articles from more than 1,000 Hebrew magazines, journals, and newspapers published in Israel, primarily after 1977

*Index to Jewish Periodicals: Magazines and journals in English

Index to Yiddish Periodicals: Bibliographical database of materials published in the Yiddish press; under the auspices of the Yiddish Department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in cooperation with the Jewish National and University Library

*Journal Locator (EBSCO A–Z): Access to full-text periodicals by journal title

*JSTOR: Scholarly journals in the arts and humanities in European languages; full text

The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies

*Project Muse: Scholarly journals in the humanities, arts, and social sciences, 1990s–current; full text

RAMBI (Reshimat Ma'amarim be-Mada'ei ha-Yahadut): Index of scholarly articles on Jewish subjects in several languages; primarily citations

Books

*eBook Collection (ebrary): More than 7,000 eBooks in religion, philosophy, classics

*eBook Collection (EBSCOhost): eBooks in Jewish studies, 1996–2001

ETANA—Core Texts: Texts in Ancient Near Eastern Archives

HebrewBooks.org: Classic Hebrew books for free download; searchable by subject

Yizkor Books: Holocaust memorial books from the New York Public Library

Dissertations

DART-Europe E-theses Portal: Access to full-text research theses from universities sourced from European countries

*ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Dissertations in the humanities and social sciences: full text since late 1990s; citations only for earlier dissertations

Newspapers

Compact Memory: Prewar Jewish periodicals published in Germany

*Custom Newspapers: Full text articles from a selection of newspapers

Early Hebrew Newspapers: Hebrew newspapers from 1850 to the early twentieth century, from the Jewish National Library

Exilpresse digital. Deutsche Exilzeitschriften 1933–1945 (German Press in Exile): Scholarly articles in Jewish studies, plus index to other subjects

Historical Jewish Press: Full text of selected Jewish newspapers published in the Yeshuv, Europe, Arab lands, and Israel from mid-1800s to late 1900s; in Hebrew, English, French, and Judeo-Arabic

Index to Hebrew Israeli Newspapers: Computerized key of the daily press (edited directory Euro Zion—Beit Ariela), beginning May 1933

*National Newspaper Index: Citations of articles in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and Christian Science Monitor (1980–present)

*New York State Newspapers: Fifteen papers, including the New York Times and New York Post

Reference

Academic Guide to Jewish History: Print and online resources in all areas of Jewish History

Bibliography of Antisemitism—SICSA: Comprehensive bibliography on the subject of anti-Semitism

*Encyclopaedia Judaica: Second edition (2007 update of original 1971 edition)

*Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World: academic reference literature on the Jews of Muslim lands, particularly in the late medieval, early modern and modern periods

Encyclopedia of the Pioneers and Builders of Israel: Hebrew-language biographical source for approximately 6,000 people

Jewish Encyclopedia: Unedited contents of the encyclopedia originally published in New York, 1901–1906

*Maagarim: The Hebrew Language Historical Dictionary

Other Resources

Academic Guide to Jewish History: Print and online resources in all areas of Jewish History

Center for Jewish History: Combined collections of five major institutions of Jewish scholarship, history, and art: the American Jewish Historical Society, the American Sephardi Federation, the Leo Baeck Institute, the Yeshiva University Museum, and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

Central Zionist Archives: Official archives of the Zionist movement (English/Hebrew)

Digital Scriptorium: Union catalog of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts

Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History: Links to various Jewish history categories; includes primary sources, index by time period, type of resource, relation to the academic world

Internet Jewish History Sourcebook: Jewish historical texts from biblical times to the modern State of Israel; directory of additional Jewish history links

Nizkor: Site intended for educational purposes to teach about the Holocaust and to combat hatred

Yad Vashem: World center for documentation, research, education, and commemoration of the Holocaust

Yivoencyclopedia.org: complete picture of the history and culture of Jews in Eastern Europe from the beginnings of their settlement in the region to the present

Articles

*ATLA/ATLAS Religion Database: Biblical studies and world religions; citations and partial/full text in journals (1949–present)

*Index to Hebrew Periodicals: Citations to articles from more than 1,000 Hebrew magazines, journals, and newspapers published in Israel, primarily after 1977

*Index to Jewish Periodicals: Magazines and journals in English; primarily citations

Index to Yiddish Periodicals: Bibliographical database of materials published in the Yiddish press; under the auspices of the Yiddish Department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in cooperation with the Jewish National and University Library

*Journal Locator (EBSCO A–Z): Access to full-text periodicals by journal title

*JSTOR: Scholarly journals in the arts and humanities in European languages; full text

*Project Muse: Scholarly journals in the humanities, arts, and, social sciences, 1990s–current; full text

Books

*eBook Collection (ebrary): More than 7,000 eBooks in religion, philosophy, classics

*eBook Collection (EBSCOhost): eBooks in Jewish studies, 1996–2001

Digitized Ladino Library: Ladino books and select manuscripts

Yiddish Book Center: Free access to the full texts of out-of-print Yiddish titles

Yiddish Prints: Eight hundred Yiddish books from Frankfurt University Library

Dissertations

DART-Europe E-theses Portal: Access to full-text research theses from universities sourced from European countries

*ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Dissertations in the humanities and social sciences: full text since late 1990s; citations only for earlier dissertations

Reference

Other Resources

All About Jewish Theatre: Platform for Jewish and Israeli theater and performing-arts practitioners

Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature

The Internet Archive: Free access digital library searchable by subject, media type, etc.

Jewish Language Research Website: a resource for the field of Jewish languages and linguistics

Legends of the Jews: Louis Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews Volumes I–IV

Medieval Hebrew Poetry: Hebrew poetry composed primarily from the 4th to the 18th centuries

Mendele: Forum for Yiddish language and literature and links to other Yiddish websites

National Center for Jewish Film: Motion picture archive, distributor and resource center housing the largest, most comprehensive collection of Jewish-themed film and video in the world

Piyut Archive: Archive of piyyutim and melodies

Project Ben Yehuda: Classics of Hebrew literature: poetry and prose, essays, and more; in Hebrew

Yiddish Sources: Comprehensive source of information for those interested in using Yiddish materials in their research; arranged by reference, research, and events

Yivoencyclopedia.org: complete picture of the history and culture of Jews in Eastern Europe from the beginnings of their settlement in the region to the present

Resources

Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University: Full text publications in the area of the Jewish lifecycle

*eBook Collection (ebrary): More than 7,000 eBooks in religion, philosophy, classics

Hebrew/Jewish Names: By gender, historical period, and other categories

Hebrew, Yiddish, and Aramaic Biblical Names: Search for names and meanings

Jewish Calendar Tools

Jewish Lifecycle: From the Jewish Agency for Israel

Jewish Living and Learning: From the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism

Lifecycle materials: Rituals, practices, issues, and concerns that stem from a particular time or event in a person or a family's life; from the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance

Lifecycles: Jewish customs and laws for major lifecycle events, from education to parenting to sex, as reconceived in modern times; from My Jewish Learning

Mikvah Directory and Calendar

Minyan Locator

Secular Jewish Ceremonies: For cultural Jews, their partners, and their families; from the Society for Humanistic Judaism

Social Services Directory: The New York Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services

Zmanim: Instant worldwide times

Articles

*ATLA/ATLAS Religion Database: Scholarly index of articles on religious studies (all religions) includes selected full-text articles and many citations to articles on Jewish music; relevant subject headings: music, Jewish; synagogue music; Judaism–liturgy

Cantors.org: The Cantors Assempbly, the Conservative Movement's professional association of hazzanim; includes selected volumes of the Journal of Synagogue Music and Proceedings of the Cantors Assembly

Hazzanut Online: Cantorial scores, MIDI sound, biographies, background articles; emphasis on Dutch hazzanut

*Index to Jewish Periodicals: Magazines and journals in English

*Journal Locator (EBSCO A–Z): Access to full-text periodicals by journal title

Piyut Archive: Archive of piyyutim and melodies

RAMBI (Reshimat Ma'amarim be-Mada'ei ha-Yahadut): The best source for citations of scholarly articles on Jewish music; relevant subject headings: hazzan, hazzanut; liturgy and prayer; music

Books

Chazzanut Online: Cantorial scores, MIDI sound, biographies, background articles; emphasis on Dutch hazzanut

Shulmusic.org: Scores of liturgical music and MIDI sound

Dissertations

Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology: From Indiana University's Center for the History of Music Theory and Literature

*ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Dissertations in the humanities and social sciences: full text since late 1990s; citations only for earlier dissertations

Reference

Hebrew and Yiddish Song Indexes (The National Library of Israel's Catalog): Premiere resource for locating scores of songs in collections. At "Select Library," choose "Music Center" for Hebrew or Yiddish songs index.

Jewish Music Research Centre: Thesaurus of Jewish Music: Major database documenting oral and written musical traditions of global Jewish communities

Other Resources

Hazzanut Online: Cantorial scores, MIDI sound, biographies, background articles; emphasis on Dutch hazzanut

Dartmouth Jewish Sound Archive: Includes all types of music, in eight languages

Freedman Jewish Sound Archive Catalog: Outstanding catalog of Yiddish music; searchable by composer, author, title, first line, subject, genre, and style

Hava Nashira: Website for song leaders, including lists of recordings and songbooks

Jewish Music Web Center: Includes guide, "Starting Research in Jewish Music Research," and more

JTS Music Archives: Collections of cantors, composers, musicologists, teachers, and collectors of Jewish music from The Jewish Theological Seminary

Judaica Sound Archives: Massive catalog and selected audio of Jewish music; emphasis on pre-1950 Yiddish and U.S. recordings

JMI Keynote Jewish Music Library Database: Produced by the Jewish Music Institute at the University of London; database of recorded and notated music

Milken Archive of American Jewish Music: Aims to record, preserve, and distribute a vast cross-section of outstanding pieces of American Jewish music from the past 350 years

National Sound Archives: Hebrew University Library's digitized audio of music from Israel and Jewish communities worldwide

Shulmusic.org: A repository of mostly Ashkenazi Jewish liturgical music

Tara: Jewish music publisher

Transcontinental Music: Jewish music publisher

VirtualCantor: Digital recordings of daily, Shabbat, and holiday nusah

Zam'ru: The Jewish choral music database; includes list of recorded songs with ten types of indices

Zemereshet: project

Zemerl: Interactive database of Jewish songs

Articles

*ATLA/ATLAS Religion Database: Biblical studies and world religions; citations and partial/full text in journals (1949–present)

*Index to Hebrew Periodicals: Citations to articles from more than 1,000 Hebrew magazines, journals, and newspapers published in Israel, primarily after 1977

*Index to Jewish Periodicals: Magazines and journals in English

*Journal Locator (EBSCO A–Z): Access to full-text periodicals by journal title

*JSTOR: Scholarly journals in the arts and humanities in European languages; full text

LEKKET: Online database of selected articles in Jewish Studies (World Union of Jewish Studies)

Malmad: Journals from Malmad Center for Digital Services; Hebrew

RAMBI (Reshimat Ma'amarim be-Mada'ei ha-Yahadut): Index of scholarly articles on Jewish subjects in several languages; primarily citations

RaMBISH—Index of articles in Yeshivah journals

Books

*eBook Collection (ebrary): More than 7,000 eBooks in religion, philosophy, classics

*eBook Collection (EBSCOhost): eBooks in Jewish studies, 1996–2001

Google Hebrew Books: Access to Hebrew books published in Israel

HathiTrust Digital Library: Full-text access to books published before 1923

HebrewBooks.org: Classic Hebrew books for free download; searchable by subject

Dissertations

DART-Europe E-theses Portal: Access to full-text research theses from universities sourced from European countries

*ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Dissertations in the humanities and social sciences: full text since late 1990s; citations only for earlier dissertations

University of Haifa Dissertations and Theses (Hebrew)

Reference

*Bibliography of the Hebrew Book (Mifal Ha-Bibliografiyah): Hebrew books printed 1473–1960, with biographies of authors

*Encyclopaedia Judaica: Second edition (2007 update of original 1971 edition)

*Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World: Academic reference literature on the Jews of Muslim lands, particularly in the late medieval, early modern and modern periods

Jewish Encyclopedia: Unedited contents of the encyclopedia originally published in New York, 1901–1906

Jewish Virtual Library: Most comprehensive online Jewish encyclopedia in the world, covering everything from anti-Semitism to Zionism

Kiryat Sefer: National bibliography of the State of Israel, beginning 1993 (See JNUL Library for earlier data)

Morfix: Free access Hebrew–English/English–Hebrew dictionary

Nivonkhon Ivri: List of Hebrew idioms with explanations

*Rav Milim: Comprehensive Hebrew–English/English–Hebrew dictionary

Other Resources

Berman Jewish Policy Archive: Open access to a growing library of 4,000+ policy-relevant documents from leading authors, journals, and organizations

Calendar Converter: Monthly Jewish calendar and ability to convert dates between Jewish and Gregorian calendars (English/Russian)

The Center for Jewish History: Combined collections of five major institutions of Jewish scholarship, history, and art: the American Jewish Historical Society, the American Sephardi Federation, the Leo Baeck Institute, the Yeshiva University Museum, and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

Daat: Daat Center for Jewish studies and humanities

European Jewish Studies: Directory of Jewish Studies in Europe from the European Association for Jewish Studies

The Internet Archive: Free access digital library searchable by subject, media type, etc.

Jewish Link: Jewish genealogy links

The Jewish National and University Library (JNUL)

Jewish Women: A comprehensive historical encyclopedia; biographies, thematic essays, photographs and illustrations on a wide range of Jewish women through the centuries

JTA Archive: Original reporting of events spanning Jewish experience, much of it not covered by the mainstream media; includes articles reported from Europe between 1937 and 1945 that document the Holocaust on a daily basis, articles documenting the experience of Russian Jews throughout the Communist era, coverage of life in then-Palestine before the new state was inaugurated etc.

LGBT Jewish Heroes: Poster series of Jewish LGBT changemakers

National Center for Jewish Film: Motion picture archive, distributor, and resource center housing the largest, most comprehensive collection of Jewish-themed film and video in the world

Religion Compass: Peer-reviewed surveys of the most important research and current thinking from across the entire discipline

Repositories of Primary Sources - Israel and the Near East: Updated listing of websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar

Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive: Full-length films on Jewish topics divided into categories including Jewish communities, the Holocaust, and the State of Israel

United States Holocaust Museum: Registry of Jewish Holocaust survivors with search capabilities

Weizmann Center for Study of Zionism at Tel Aviv University: Devoted to advancing scholarly research of the Zionist idea, the Zionist movement, the Yishuv (Jewish community in Palestine), and the State of Israel from a multidisciplinary approach and critical perspective, the center publishes two semiannual academic journals: Israel: Studies in Zionism and the State of Israel—History, Society, Culture (Hebrew) and The Journal of Israeli History: Politics, Society, Culture

Yad Ben-Zvi: Founded for the purpose of studying documents, manuscripts, and printed material relating to the history, communal life, and culture of Jewish communities under Islam and in other countries of the Middle East and Asia; for initiating and supporting research on these subjects; and for publishing monographs and texts reflecting the history and cultural activity of these communities

Yad Tabenkin: The Research and Documentation Center of the kibbutz movement offers a scholarship fund for research; it also publishes a yearbook and other selected works, including some by kibbutz members, the labor movement, and from the academic world

Resources

Annotated Bibliography and Guide to Archival Resources on the History of Jewish Women in America: Compiled by Phyllis Holman Weisbard

Bibliography of Sources on Sexual and Domestic Violence in the Jewish Community: Resources from the Minnesota Center on Violence and Abuse

Directory of Domestic Violence Resources: Compiled by Jewish Women International

*eBook Collection (ebrary): More than 7,000 eBooks in religion, philosophy, classics

Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies at Penn: An interdisciplinary program at the University of Pennsylvania that provides intellectual opportunities to explore the role of gender in human affairs

Hadassah-Brandeis Institute: The "Publications" section includes full-text scholarly articles and research bibliographies

Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA): Aims to expand the spiritual, ritual, intellectual, and political opportunities for women within the framework of halakha; includes "Publications" and "Online Library" sections

Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia: Comprehensive scholarly work; includes biographical and thematic articles

Jewish Women's Archive: Aims to chronicle and transmit the rich legacy of Jewish women and their contributions to their families and communities; includes research tools, digitized issues of The American Jewess, curriculum resources, oral history tools, etc.

Jewish Women's Studies, The Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History: Hebrew University's searchable database annotated with key words; primary sources arranged by historical time periods

Kolot Women's and Gender Study Center at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College: Offers insights and innovative practices from the study of gender and Judaism to Jews across denominations

Lilith Magazine: "Independent, Jewish & frankly feminist"

Ma'yan: Site advocates for a Jewish community fully inclusive of women; research section includes reports, articles, white papers, and more

Nashim: Scholarly journal of Jewish women's studies and gender issues

Women and Gender Studies and Issues: A gateway to resources on Jewish women, including domestic violence and LGBT resources in the Jewish community

Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal: An academic, refereed journal published exclusively on the Internet and devoted to scholarly debate on gender-related issues in Judaism

Women's League for Conservative Judaism: Synagogue-based women's organization and an active arm of the Conservative/Masorti Movement; provides services toward education, religious observance, and resources for sisterhoods