Jewish Studies Subject Directories

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• Academic Guide to Jewish History - Directory. Can search, browse print & scholarly links (gateways, indexes, encyclopedias & biographies, libraries & archives, indexes & bibliographes, primary documents, journals).



• Academic Jewish Studies Internet Directory - Can search, browse 480 links to academic associations, libraries, archives, universities, research institutes, other (journals, databases, Hebrew tools, gateways, syllabi & teaching materials, etc.). Includes Jewish Studies Books of Choice.



• American Jewish History Internet Resources - Directory. Can browse links to centers, societies, organizations; museums & virtual exhibits; research libraries & archives, universities, Judaic studies; general links to Jewish culture, religion, genealogy. Journals, Newspapers, Magazines, and Listserv



• Anne Frank Internet Guide, The - Directory. Can browse links in 8 categories (organizations; life, diary, background; biographies; education & exhibitions; articles; ebooks; media).



• Best of History Web Sites - Directory. Can search, browse over 10,000 links to history sites & hundreds of K-12 lesson plans, teacher guides, activities, games, quizzes, etc.



• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - Jewish - Directory. Can browse 550 links in 15 categories



• eJewish.info - Directory. Can search, browse over 5,400 ranked links in 12 categories (communities, culture, education, genealogy, history, news & media, Talmud Torah, Zionism, etc.).



• Frum Side of the Web, The - An Orthodox directory. Can browse links in 16 areas (Divrei Torah on the Parshios, etc.).



• GeneaLand - Directory. Can search, browse over 19,000 links in 18 categories (archives, associations, histories, etc.).



• HaReshima - Directory. Can search, browse links to Jewish & Israeli sites in 15 categories (business, culture, Jewish study, women, organizations, holidays, congregations & communities, Kosher, media, medical, etc.).



• Haruth Communications - Directory. Has links in over 60 categories (Kabbalah; women; Kosher; communities; cooking; film; history; music; museums, galleries, collections; newspapers [U.S. & international];Torah study; Yiddish, etc.).



• History On-Line - Directory. Can search, browse over 40,000 citations of books, journal articles; 3,300 citations of U.K. theses back to 1993, etc.; university lecturers & research; evaluated links.



• Internet Jewish History Sourcebook - Directory. Can browse links (articles, reviews, music, sites, etc.). Links to Byzantium, the Internet Ancient History Sourcebook, Internet Global History Sourcebook, Internet History of Science Sourcebook, Internet Islamic History Sourcebook, Internet Medieval Sourcebook, Internet Modern History Sourcebook, Internet Women's History Sourcebook, etc.



• Internet Medieval Sourcebook - Directory. Can browse links (primary documents, maps, etc.) on Medieval Jewish life, etc. Links to Byzantium, the Internet Ancient History Sourcebook, Internet Global History Sourcebook, Internet History of Science Sourcebook, Internet Islamic History Sourcebook, Internet Jewish History Sourcebook, Internet Modern History Sourcebook, Internet Women's History Sourcebook, etc.



• Jewish History Resource Center, The - Directory. Can browse over 4,000 links in 25 categories (periods & topics [art, etc.], resources, academic, tools. Includes online texts & documents, Hebrew University Dissertations; Holocaust study resources; The State of Israel; a Zionism Index, etc.



• Jewish Music WebCenter - Directory. Can search, browse links (festivals, performing groups, reviews, etc.). Has academic resources (over 90 biographies, etc.).



• Jewish Resource Page - Directory. Can browse 200 links in 16 categories (Holocaust, etc.).



• Jewish Studies Resources - Directory. Can browse links to research indexes/databases (Rambi, Dayan Center, etc.), libraries/archives/research centers, Jewish Web sites (history, Bible, e-texts, gateways, etc.), Israel (universities, politics, study programs, etc.), news & listservs (Haaretz, Jerusalem Post, etc.), displaying Hebrew script & sifrei kodesh, etc.



• Jewish Web Index - Directory. Can search, browse thousands of links by country; on genealogy, the Holocaust, cooking, Sephardi, Yiddish, etc.



• Jewish.com Jewish Links - Directory. Can search, browse over 7,000 non-commercial links (arts & culture, city guides, education, holidays, organizations, Torah, etc.).



• Jewish.net - Directory. Can search, browse 3,600 links in 31 categories (arts & entertainment, education, communities, famous Jews, holidays, Israel, Kabbalah, communities, news & media, organizations, Yiddish, etc.).



• Jewishnet - Directory. Can search, browse over 100,000 links in over 20 categories (education; genealogy; Holocaust & anti-semitism; newspapers, radio, TV; organizations; museums, music; Talmud, Torah & observance; Hebrew & Yiddish; Jewish food; etc.).



• Judaism and Jewish Resources - Directory. Has over 500 links in 30 categories (libraries, Holocaust, Israel, communities, organizations, etc.).



• Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies, The - Directory. Can search, browse links to essays, bibliographies, etexts, etc., in 40 categories (archaeology, arts a& architecture, history, Latin, manuscripts, music, philosophy & theology, religious history, sciences, etc.). Covers the British Isles, Anglo-Saxon, France, Germany, Iberia, Italy, Judiasm, Scandinavia.



• Literature of the Holocaust - Directory. Can search, browse links to archives, classes, essays, news articles, reviews, bibliographies, etc.



• Louis Kessler's Jewish Genealogy Links - Directory. Can browse links in 9 categories, mostly to subsets of major Jewish genealogy sites.



• Nu - Directory. Can search, browse links in 15 categories (Israel, education [libraries, museums, etc.], Holocaust & Antisemitism, communities & life, news & information, culture & entertainment [art, film, music, etc.], Judaism online, Jewish gastronomy, etc.).



• Philo of Alexandria Page, The - Directory. Can browse links to etexts, articles, research projects, etc.



• refoyls yidish veb-bletl - Directory. Can browse links to resources (dictionary, etc.), etexts, etc.



• SABRAnet - Directory. Can browse links about & from Israel. Has news, forums, chat, a link to Radio Israel, etc.



• Shamash's Jewish Links - Can search, browse 3,200 links in 20 categories (communities, synagogue & temple, education, organizations, etc.).



• Snunit - Directory. Can search, browse K-12 links to Hebrew sites for private teachers.



• Torahnet Page, The - Directory. Can browse links to Torah & Talmud study opportunities via the Web & email.



• USGenWeb Project. The - Directory. Can browse links to genealogical resources in every city, county, state in the U.S.



• Walla - Directory. Can search, browse links to Israeli resources (news, food, communities, studies, music, etc.). In Hebrew.



• Yehud.com - Directory. Can search, browse links in 18 categories (antisemitism, arts & culture, community, education, food, holidays, Holocaust, Israel, news & media, organizations, reference, synagogues, etc.).



• YIDDISH sources in historical research - Can browse links in 9 categories (archives & libraries, academic institutions, bibliographies, journals, mailing lists, conferences, learning Yiddish, antiquariats, people) & by 11 themes (history [language, literary, music, theatre, cinema], communities/shtetl life, press & media, Jews & the Left, Yizkor bikher education, scientific literature).