Selected Resources for: Jewish Studies
 | Subject Librarian: Susan Gangl E-Mail: s-gang@tc.umn.edu Subject Description:Study of Jewish culture, history, literature, languages and religion. |
Abstracts and Indexes
* Premier Resources *Index to Jewish Periodicals   An index on Jewish history, activity and thought. This database provides a comprehensive guide to English-language articles, book reviews, and feature stories in more than 160 journals devoted to Jewish affairs. Most references are not found in standard periodical literature guides. Index to Jewish Periodicals is intended for students of Jewish thought and others interested in contemporary Jewish and Middle Eastern affairs. [more information] [  Add To myLibrary!] |
| RAMBI [electronic resource] "RAMBI - The Index of Articles on Jewish Studies - is a selective bibliography of articles in the various fields of Jewish studies and in the study of Eretz Israel. Articles are in English in Hebrew, Yiddish, and European languages, and are based scientific research, or contain important information for such research. Coverage is from 1966 to the present. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject Indexes
| ATLA Religion Database ATLA lists journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. Some listings link to full text of articles. More about ATLA [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Catalogue de l'Ecole Biblique et Archeologique Francaise (Catalogue of the French Biblical and Archaeological School of Jerusalem) This CD Rom contains a database referencing more than 115,000 volumes and articles in 400 active periodicals specializing in biblical studies, Near Eastern archeology, and ancient Middle Eastern languages and literature; Some articles are available full text online (search MNCAT by journal title) SEE ALSO the ONLINE version at http://www.ebaf.edu:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| PAIS International Use this index for broad coverage of social science issues worldwide. Includes articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, and book chapters. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Indexes, Other
| Index of Articles Relative to Jewish History and Literature Published in Periodicals, from 1665 to 1900 Augmented edition with an introduction and edited list of abbreviations by Zosa Szajkowski Wilson Library Reference DS102.95 .S3x 1972 [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Catalogs and Bibliographies
Bibliographies| International Bibliography of Jewish History and Thought Wilson Library Reference DS102.95 .I57x 1984 English and Hebrew At head of title: Rothberg School for Overseas Students, Hebrew University, Dor Hemschech Institutes, World Zionist Organization. Includes index. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Israel and the West Bank and Gaza Strip Print edition Wilson Library Reference DS102.95 .B43x 1994 Non-Circulating [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Jewish Woman, 1900-1985: a Bibliography Wilson Library Quarto HQ1172 .C3x 1987 Regular Loan [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Judaica Americana : a bibliography of publications to 1900 Andersen Library Immigration History E184.J5 S487x 1990 Wilson Library Reference E184.J5 S487x 1990 Non-Circulating vol 1 Chronological file 1676-1889 -- vol 2 Chronological file 1890-1990/ Union list of nineteenth-century Jewish serials published in the United States, index/ Includes bibliographical references. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Judaica Americana: an annotated bibliography of publications from 1960 to 1990 Wilson Library Reference E184.J5 K167x 1995 [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Schocken Guide to Jewish books: where to start reading about Jewish history, literature, culture, and religion Wilson Library Reference DS102.95 .S289x 1992 [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Catalogs
| Guide to Jewish history sources in the History Library of the Western Reserve Historical Society Andersen Library Immigration History Quarto Z6373.U5 W47 1983 [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Jewish Holocaust: an annotated guide to books in English Wilson Reference D810 .J4 B56x 1995 Note also research guide on Holocaust Studies (also listed at the end of this page). [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
General Reference Sources
Atlases & Maps| Atlas of Modern Jewish History Wilson Library Borchert Map Folio G1030 .F6513 1990 Regular Loan Wilson Library Reference Folio G1030 .F6513 1990 Non-Circulating [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Dent Atlas of Jewish History Wilson Library Reference G1030 .G45 1993b In Process [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Illustrated Atlas of Jewish Civilization, The Wilson Library Borchert Map Quarto G1030 .B25x 1990 Regular Loan [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Biographical Sources
| American Jewish Biographies Wilson Library Reference E184.J5 A38 1982 [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Dictionary of Jewish Biography Wilson Library Reference DS115 .C57 2005 Non-Circulating [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Fifty Key Jewish Thinkers Wilson Library Reference BM750 .C57 1997
Isaac Abrabanel (1437-1508) -- Abraham ibn Daud (1110-1180) -- Ahad Ha-Am (1856-1927) -- Joseph Albo (1380-1445) -- Baal Shem Tov (1700-1760) -- Leo Baeck (1873-1956) -- Bahya ibn Pakuda (1050-1120) -- Eliezer Berkovits (1900-1992) -- Dov Ber Borochov (1881-1917) -- Martin Buber (1878-1965) -- Arthur A Cohen (1928-1986) -- Hermann Cohen (1842-1918) -- Dov Baer of Mezhirich (1710-1772) -- Emil Fackenheim (born 1917) -- Solomon Formstecher (1808-1888) -- Abraham Geiger (1810-1875) -- Gersonides (1288-1344) -- Aharon David Gordon (1856-1922) -- Heinrich Graetz (1817-1891) -- Hasdai Crescas (1340-1412) -- Theodor Herzl (1860-1904) -- Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972) -- Moses Hess (1812-1875) -- Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808-1888) -- Samuel Hirsch (1815-1889) -- Vladimir Jabotinsky (1880-1940) -- Judah Halevi (1075-1141) -- Zevi Hirsch Kalischer (1795-1874) -- Mordecai Kaplan (1881-1983) -- Abraham Isaac Kook (1865-1935) -- Isaac Luria (1534-1572) --
Moses Hayyim Luzzatto (1707-1746) -- Solomon Maimon (1753-1800) -- Maimonides (1135-1204) -- Ignaz Maybaum (1897-1976) -- Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786) -- Claude Montefiore (1858-1938) -- Nahman of Bratslav (1772-1811) -- Nahmanides (1194-1270) -- Philo (20 BCE-50) -- Leon Pinsker (1821-1891) -- Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929) -- Richard Rubenstein (b. 1924) -- Saadiah ben Joseph Gaon (882-942) -- Solomon ibn Gabirol (1020-1057) -- Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) -- Solomon Ludwig Steinheim (1789-1866) -- Hayyim Vital (1542-1620) -- Elie Wiesel (born 1928) -- Sherwin Wine (born 1928).
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| Jewish Women in Historical Perspective Wilson BM729 .W6 J49 1998 (circulating) [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Reform Judaism in America : a biographical dictionary and sourcebook Wilson Library Reference BM750 .R39 1993 [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| World Biographical Information System Online (WBIS Online) This is the electronic, cumulative edition of the 34 national biographical archives published on microfiche by the KG Saur Company. This includes the Jüdisches Biographisches Archiv. To limit the search to this archive, use the Biographical Search tab in the database, and go to the Archive box and click Browse. Set the Browse menu to "juedisches biographisches archiv" and fill in any other search boxes that you wish to search.
WBIS provides digitized facsimiles of the sources, and the combined archive covers ca. four million people from the 4th century BCE to the present. |
Chronologies
| Jews in America, 1621-1977 : a chronology & fact book, The Wilson Library Reference E184.J5 S572 1978 The Jews in America; a chronology.--Selected documents of American Jewry.--Appendices: Estimated American Jewish population by state. Bibliographical notes and materials on American Jewish history. Summary Jewish calendar. American Jewish civic organizations. American newspapers & periodicals by state. Note Includes bibliographical references and index. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Dictionaries
| Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion Wilson Reference BM50 .O94 1997 [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Encyclopedias
| Blackwell Companion to Jewish Culture Wilson Library Reference Quarto DS102.8 .B46 1989 [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Encyclopaedia Judaica This is the 22-volume print version; an online version is also available to U of M students, staff faculty and campus visitors to the libraries. http://www.lib.umn.edu/get/judaica [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Encyclopaedia Judaica (online) This online resource is an updated edition of this lauded work on Judaism features more than 21,000 entries on Jewish life, culture, history, and religion, written by Israeli, American and European subject specialists. This is the online version; (a 2007 print version is also available, located in Wilson Library Reference Quarto DS102.8 .E496 2007) [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish Culture Wilson Library Reference DS102.8 .E56 2005 [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Jewish Communities of the World : a contemporary guide Wilson Library Reference DS143 .J45 1989 [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Jewish Virtual Library An online encyclopedia about Jewish history and current affairs, including Israel, U.S.-Israel relations, the Holocaust, anti-Semitism and Judaism. Note also the Related Research Guide on the Holocaust listed at the end of this page. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia Andersen Immigration and History Research Center Quarto DS115.2 J49 1997 Wilson Reference Quarto DS115.2 J49 1997 "Annotated bibliography and guide to archival resources on thehistory of Jewish women in America. Includes bibliographical references and index." [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Medieval Jewish Civilization : an Encyclopedia Previously listed as Encyclopedia of Medieval Jewish Civilization
Wilson Library Reference Quarto DS124 .M386 2003 |
General Reference Works
| Bar Ilan's Judaic library Searchable database: Judaic library and Responsa and Encyclopedia Talmudit. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Oxford Reference Online This resource brings together 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works - containing well over 60,000 pages - into a single cross-searchable resource.
Includes Concise Companion to the Jewish Religion
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| The Book of Customs [electronic resource] : a complete handbook for the Jewish year Contents Introduction : a discovery -- A welcome from 1593 -- Custom and law -- Fundamentals of prayer -- The days of the week -- Sabbath -- The conclusion of Sabbath -- Rosh Hodesh -- The month of Nisan -- The month of Iyar -- The month of Sivan -- The month of Tamuz -- The month of Av -- The month of Elul -- The month of Tishrei -- The month of Heshvan -- The month of Kislev -- The month of Tevet -- The month of Shevat -- The month(s) of Adar -- Wedding -- Circumcision -- Bar and bat mitzvah -- Death and mourning. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Internet Resources
Gateways & Megasites| Center for Jewish History includes links to bibliographies of archival collections, plus Web exhibitions, and more Contained within the initial catalog are diverse and eclectic digital materials that represent the unique strengths of each of the Center's five Partners
Examples range from the American Sephardi Federation's collection of French engravings, to the American Jewish Historical Society's Lower East Side Photograph Collection, to the Leo Baeck Institute's Collection of German Decrees from the 16th and 17th Century, to the YIVO Institute's rare Hebrew and Yiddish books and children's books, to the Yeshiva University Museum's Abe Grubère collection of fashion designs from the 1940's and 1950's. |
| Internet Jewish History Sourcebook From Fordham University. "The Internet History Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use." [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Judaism and Jewish Resources This web site, the work of Andrew Tannenbaum, is one of the most complete directories of links to Jewish resources on the web, covering several hundred sites. The page is frequently updated. Related sites not found here can be found in one of the other catalogs to which this page offers easy access. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Wikipedia: Judaism Portal See the right sidebar for a detailed menu of links [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Internet Directory
| Academic Jewish Studies Internet Directory This site justifiably bills itself as a prime gateway to online library catalogs, specialized databases, and other resources relating to Jewish studies. It has six categories ranging from associations to research at universities to archives to libraries, etc. Noteworthy among the databases is RAMBI - Index of Articles in Jewish Studies, available via Telnet connections from the website. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Search Engines
| American Jewish Committee Archives SERIAL ARCHIVE LISTINGS for the American Jewish Year Book American Jewish Year Book is an annual publication with "information and analysis about the American Jewish community, Jewish demography, Jewish history, and Jewish life worldwide", according to the publisher, the American Jewish Committee. Publication History American Jewish Year Book began publication in 1899. It is still published today. Persistent Archives of Complete Issues * 1899-2005: The [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Web Sites
| Hebrew Calendar Hebcal Interactive Jewish Calendar * Generate a calendar of Jewish holidays for any year 0001-9999 * Customize candle lighting times to your zip code, city, or latitude/longitude * Torah readings for Israel and Diaspora * Export to Palm, Outlook, and iCal Hebrew Date Converter * Convert between Hebrew and Gregorian dates * See date in Hebrew font 1-Click Shabbat Candle Lighting Times * Shabbat candle lighting times and Torah Readings, updated weekly * Subscribe by Email | Add Shabbat times to your synagogue website * Mac OS X Dashboard Widget by Mark Saper Jewish Holidays * Dates for the next few years and special Torah readings Yahrzeit, Birthday, and Anniversary Calendar * Generate a list of Yahrzeit (memorial) and Yizkor dates, or Hebrew Birthdays and Anniversaries Torah Readings * Aliyah-by-aliyah breakdown for weekly parshiyot [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Periodical and Newspaper subscriptions
Journal Titles| Jewish Serials of the World : a research bibliography of secondary sources Wilson Library Reference PN5650 .S56x 1986 [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
News Sources
| Jewish Newspapers and Periodicals on Microfilm Wilson Library Reference PN4888.J48 H4x 1957 [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Joseph Jacobs Directory of the Jewish Press in America, The Wilson Library Reference PN5650 .J67x 1990 [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Primary Source Materials
Archival Materials| VHA Visual History Archive With a collection of nearly 52,000 video testimonies in 32 languages and from 56 countries, the USC Shoah Foundation Institute's archive is the largest visual history archive in the world. The Institute interviewed Jewish survivors, homosexual survivors, Jehovah's Witness survivors, liberators and liberation witnesses, political prisoners, rescuers and aid providers, Roma and Sinti survivors (Gypsy), survivors of Eugenics policies, and war crimes trials participants. Developed by the USC Shoah Foundation for Visual History and Education Presented by the University of Minnesota Libraries and the University of Minnesota Office of Information Technology. Recommended Web browsers Windows: Internet Explorer; Mac: Safari [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Societies, Agencies, and Organizations
Official Agency & Organization Websites| Jewish Book Council "The Jewish Book Council is a not-for-profit organization devoted exclusively to the promotion of Jewish-interest literature. Through an ever-growing list of projects and programs, the Jewish Book Council serves as a catalyst for the writing, publication, distribution, reading and public awareness of books that reflect the rich variety of the Jewish experience." -- JBC home page [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Statistics and Data
Data Resources| North American Jewish Data Bank The North American Jewish Data Bank is the central repository of social scientific studies of North American Jewry. The Data Bank's primary functions are to (1) acquire, archive, and disseminate quantitative data sets and reports, both contemporary and historical and (2) encourage utilization of the archive through training and provide information about methods for studying Jewish communities. Our goal is to aid in understanding North American Jewish communities, and to improve the quality and utilization of research conducted about North American Jewry. We hold the National Jewish Population Surveys of 1971, 1990 and 2000-01, about 100 local Jewish community studies, and are working to acquire other surveys of American Jews. The Data Bank is the sole distributor of the NJPS 2000-01 dataset and has a large collection of related material. The North American Jewish Data Bank is a collaborative project of United Jewish Communities and the University of Connecticut's Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life and Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
University of Minnesota
Related U of M Web Sites| Jewish Studies Librarian (UM-TC) Blog News and links about library resources about Jewish studies. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Library Information
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