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Arab-Israeli conflict
Bible. O. T.
Hebrew language-Dictionaries
Hebrew language-Dictionaries-English
Hebrew language-Grammar
Hebrew literature, modern-History and criticism
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Israel-History
Jewish women
Jews (also by place, e.g.Israel, United States)
Jews, country of origin (e.g.Jews, American)
Talmud
Women in Judaism
Yiddish language-Dictionaries-English
Yiddish literature-History and criticism

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Periodical Indexes

Index to Articles in Jewish Studies (RAMBI) (1965 to present)
Reference Z 6367 .J62

RAMBI is a selective bibliography of articles in the various fields of Jewish Studies and in the study of Eretz Israel. Material listed is compiled from thousands of periodicals and from collections of articles in Hebrew, Yiddish, and European languages, mainly from the holdings of the Jewish National and University Library, a world center for research on the Jewish people and Eretz Israel. The main criterion for inclusion in the bibliography is that the article be based on scientific research, or contain important information for such research.

Index to Jewish Periodicals (1988 to present)
Reference Z 6367 .I5

An author and subject index to selected English language journals of general and scholarly interest.

ATLA Religion Database
1949 to present

An international database indexing citations in all scholarly fields of religion, produced by the American Theological Library Association.

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Reference Sources

Dictionaries

Even-Shoshan, Avraham.
Ha-Milon He-Hadash (1979)
Reference PJ4830 .E933 1979

Alcalay, Reuben.
Complete Hebrew-English Dictionary = Milon Ivri-Angli Shalem (1974)
Reference PJ4833 .A34 1974

Ashkenazi, Shemuel.
Ozar Rashe Tevot (1965)
Reference PJ4847 .A8

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Encyclopedias

Encyclopaedia Judaica
Reference DS 102.8 .E539(CD-ROM 1997)
Reference DS102.8 .E54 (Print 1971-72)

Includes the complete text of the original 16-volume edition of the Encyclopaedia Judaica, as well as the subsequent eight Yearbooks, and two Decennials, published in 1982 and 1992 respectively, plus selected updates. Many multimedia features, such as photographs, maps, tables and charts, film clips, slide shows, sound recordings, and music have enhanced the updated text. The print version is available in the Reference collection. The older Jewish Encyclopedia (12 volumes, 1901-1906) is now available electronically.

Talmudic Encyclopedia (1996-)
Reference BM500.5 .T35 1996

The Talmudic Encyclopedia (Encyclopedia Talmudit; Hebrew text) provides a comprehensive presentation of all Halakhic subjects dealt with in the Talmud and in post-Talmudic rabbinic literature, from the Gaonic Period down to the present day. The Encyclopedia presents the sources, reasonings, and variations of opinion relevant to each subject, as they are found in the entire gamut of this literature from its earliest periods down to the present time. It presents the principles, concepts, and terminology of Talmudic and Rabbinic literature, covering all subjects drawn from life and human conduct touched upon by the Halakah.

Universal Jewish Encyclopedia
Reference DS102.8 .U5

Produced in the late 1930's - early 1940's. Contains much information about Jews in American history, society and life.

Bar Ilan's Judaic Library
Reference BM501 .R47 2004

Contains a wide array of classic Judaic texts, in Hebrew, along with a user interface for accessing the texts. You can search all or part of the collection, or easily compare related texts on-screen (e.g. the Babylonian Talmud and Rashi's commentary on it). Among many others, this collection includes: the Hebrew Bible, various Bible commentaries, Mishnah, Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds, Rashi's commentary on talmud Bavli, halachic and aggadic Midrashim, and responsa from the 16th to 20th centuries.

Full-Text American Rabbinics
1890 to 1965

Full-text of Hebrew, Yiddish, and English books written by American rabbis which are out of print and/or circulation and were published between 1890 and 1965. The site (www.hebrewbooks.com) has six categories: Agadah, Hidushim, Derashot, Halakhah, Parshanut, and sheelot u-teshuvot.

Judaic Classics Library
Reference BM495 .J84 1995

Features a vast full-text library of Biblical, Talmudic, Halachic, and Aggadic literature.

Soncino classics collection.
Reference BM495 .S63 2001

The classic works of Judaism: the Talmud, Midrash rabbah, and Zohar are presented on one CD, in the original Hebrew and Aramaic, complete with the authoritative Soncino English translation.

Sol and Evelyn Henkind Talmud Text Databank issued by the Saul Lieberman Institute of Talmudic Research, JTS.
Reference BM499 .T35 2002

Includes textual witnesses of tractates of the Babylonian Talmud including full manuscripts, first printed editions, Cairo Geniza fragments and the Vilna edition.

Torah CD-ROM Library (ha-Taklitor ha-torani )
Reference BS1192 .T67 2001

Includes a huge assortment of classic Jewish texts with complete indexes and concordances. All texts are in Hebrew.

Forward

The online version of the Forward. Includes links to other Jewish periodicals (click on Media Links). Founded in 1897 as the Yiddish-language Jewish Daily Forward (or Forverts in Yiddish), today this weekly publication serves an English speaking audience. Complete backfile available on Microfilm 4067. 1994 to the present included in Ethnic NewsWatch.

ha-Arets

Online edition of the Hebrew daily newspaper

Jerusalem Post
CD ROM DS101 .J446 (Stacks)
Micfilm 3532

Online edition of the daily newspaper, with an archive of the past year's issues. Issues from October 1988 to January 1996 available on CD-ROM in the Stacks.. Issues from 1950 to 1988 are available on microfilm in the Woodruff Library. Issues from 1989 to the present are available on Lexis Nexis.

Kol Israel

Provides links to the Jerusalem Post, Jerusalem Report, ha-Arets English edition and other news sites.

At Emory

Institute for Jewish Studies
Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies
Holocaust Research Guide
Manuscript Sources for Jewish Studies
U.S. History Research Guide
Israel from the Palestine Mandate to the Present

Outside of Emory

This list contains selected Web resources; it is not comprehensive. These sites are not maintained by Emory University.

Jewish Virtual Library - a Bibliography of Web Sites
Web Sites for Jewish Studies
Jewish History Resource Center (Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History)