INTERNET JEWISH RESOURCES FOR HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARIES

Created by Diane Romm--June 20, 2004

Last Updated--January 26, 2011

Your local public library has many resources for secular studies that you can access from home. 

Check here to see if your public library is listed. 

ANTI-SEMITISM

Antisemitism in the World Today-- http://www.axt.org.uk/

SICSA - Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism-- http://sicsa.huji.ac.il/

Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism-- http://www.tau.ac.il/Anti-Semitism/default.htm

The Pipeline of Hatred--http://www.conceptwizard.com/pipeline_of_hatred.html

ART

Israel Art Guide-- http://www.israelartguide.co.il

BASIC JUDAISM

Jew FAQ--http://www.jewfaq.org

Jewish Literacy from Aish HaTorah--http://aish.com/literacy/

Torah Scroll Online-- http://www.saad.org.il/elihu/

BIOGRAPHIES

International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame-- http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/Tables/LastNameSearch.htm

Biographies of Gedolim-- http://www.tzemachdovid.org/gedolim/

Torah Commentators-- http://www.torahproductions.com/commentators.html

NEW URL Biographies of Tzadikim-- http://www.nehora.com/pages/Tzadikim.html

Biographies of Gedolim--http://www.chaburas.org/

DICTIONARIES

Hebrew Abbreviations--http://library.princeton.edu/departments/tsd/katmandu/hebrew/open.html

Hebrew Acronyms and Abbreviations--http://www.abbreviations.com/browsecategory_R.asp?c=HEBREW

Dictionary of Hebrew Acronyms and Abbreviations -- http://www.kizur.co.il/home.php

NEW URL Glossary of Yiddish Expressions-- http://www.pass.to/glossary/Default.htm

Translation Israel Net-- http://translation.israel.net/dict.php3?lang=en

Yiddish Dictionary Online--http://www.yiddishdictionaryonline.com/

Morfix Hebrew Dictionary--http://milon.morfix.co.il/MorDictFirstPage.htm

Hebrew Aphorisms--http://lib.cet.ac.il/pages/glossary.asp?item=16

Hebrew Expressions--http://lib.cet.ac.il/pages/glossary.asp?item=21

Learn Hebrew Verbs--http://www.hebrew-verbs.co.il/

Hebrew-English, English-Hebrew Dictionaries-- http://www.babylon.com/define/106/Hebrew-Dictionary.html

NEW Jastrow Dictionary for Talmudic and Midrashic Literature-- http://www.tyndalearchive.com/tabs/jastrow/

 

DIVREI TORAH

Shamash Divrei Torah-- http://shamash.org/tanach/dvar.shtml

Bible quizzes from Jewish Bible Association-- http://www.jewishbible.org/bible-quizzes/

NEW URL Nehama Leibovitz's Iyunim and Gilyonot in English--http://www.jewishagency.org/JewishAgency/English/Jewish+Education/Compelling+Content/Jewish+Time/Jewish+Sources/Iyunum/

ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Jewish Virtual Library-- http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/

Jewish Encyclopedia-- http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/index.jsp

Jewish Encyclopedia in Russian-- http://www.eleven.co.il

Daat Encyclopedia in Hebrew-- http://www.daat.co.il/encyclopedia/index.asp

Wallapedia in Hebrew-- http://pedia.walla.co.il/

Ynet Encyclopedia in Hebrew (full text requires subscription)-- http://www.ynet.co.il/home/0,7340,L-1361,00.html

Encyclopedia of Jewish Wisdom-- http://www.jewish-wisdom.com/

NEW YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe -- http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org

NEW Encylopedia of the Founders and Builders of Israel -- http://www.tidhar.tourolib.org/

NEW Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia -- http://jwa.org/encyclopedia

GUIDANCE

NEW URL Hillel's Guide to Jewish Life on Campus-- http://www.hillel.org/HillelApps/JLOC/Search.aspx

NEW URL Directory of Jewish Camps and Scholarships-- http://www.jewishcamp.org/

Finding a Yeshiva in Israel--http://torah.org/programs/outsideinisrael.html

NEW Finding a Seminary in Israel -- http://www.seminarycentral.com

Birthright Israel--http://www.birthrightisrael.com

Crisis or Challenge: A Guide to Bereavement,  Stress, and Modern Day Terror-- http://www.crisis.org.il

NEW URL Programs in Israel--http://www.israelprograms.org/JewishAgency/English/Jewish+Education/Experiences+In+Israel

Directory of Jewish Day Schools in North America -- http://www.lookstein.org/school_database.htm

HALACHA

Halacha World Center-- http://www.halacha.net

Jewish Law-- http://www.jlaw.com

Index to Halachic Topics-- http://www.halachabrura.org/s-index.htm

Halacha Brura and Birur Halacha Institute-- http://www.halachabrura.org/

Shulchan Aruch in English--Orach Chayim and Yoreh De'ah--http://torah.org/advanced/shulchan-aruch/

Tshuvos.com--http://tshuvos.com/

HEBREW LITERATURE

Hebrew Literature-- http://www.benyehuda.org

Hebrew Poetry on the Net-- http://rongill.tripod.com/hebpoems.html

Poetry and Prose of Yehudah HaLevi-- http://www.angelfire.com/ct/halevi/index.html

Uri Zvi Greenberg-- http://www.uri-zvi-greenberg.org/

Bio-Bibliography of Modern Hebrew Literature--http://library.osu.edu/projects/hebrew-lexicon/index.htm

HOLOCAUST

Cybrary of the Holocaust-- http://remember.org/

Holocaust Chronicle-- http://www.holocaustchronicle.org

Faith During the Holocaust--http://zachor.michlalah.edu/english/

The Holocaust Resource Project-- http://www.holocaust.co.il

NEW YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe -- http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org

ISRAEL TODAY

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs-- http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA

Background Notes-- http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3581.htm

CIA World Factbook on Israel-- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/is.html

Government Gateway-- http://www.info.gov.il

Go Israel-- http://www.goisrael.com

Israel's National Parks—http://www.parks.org.il

NEW URL Jerusalem Mosaic-- http://www.snunit.k12.il/njeru/open_screen2.htm

Israel: A Country Study--http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/iltoc.html

JEWISH COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE

Jewish Communities of the World-- http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/commwjc.html

Kulanu-- http://www.kulanu.org

Centropa-- http://www.centropa.org

JEWISH HISTORY, GENERAL

Internet Jewish History Sourcebook-- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/jewishsbook.html

This Day in Jewish History--http://www.ou.org/about/judaism/bhyom/

Dinur Center for Jewish History-- http://www.dinur.org

NEW URL Haruth Communications Jewish History Site-- http://www.haruth.com/Jewish/JewishHistory.html

Academic Guide to Jewish History-- http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/jewishhistory/index.cfm

Jewish History Timeline-- http://www.jewishhistory.org.il/

Jewish Intellectual History Timeline--http://jewishintellectualtimeline.com/

Heritage:  Civilization and the Jews--http://www.pbs.org/wnet/heritage/

Center for Online Jewish Studies--http://www.cojs.org/

Histoire des Juifs--http://www.histoiredesjuifs.com/

JEWISH HISTORY, AMERICAN 

Jewish Heroes and Heroines in America-- http://www.fau.edu/library/brodytoc.htm

Jewish-American History of the 19^th Century-- http://www.jewish-history.com/Default.htm

Jewish American Hall of Fame-- http://www.amuseum.org/jahf/

From Haven to Home:  The Library of Congress Exhibit on Jewish Life in America--http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/haventohome/

Jews in America --http://www.jewsinamerica.org/

Noah Bee: Jewish Political Cartoons--http://www.nmajh.org/exhibitions/bee/index.htm

American Jewish Yearbooks--http://www.ajcarchives.org/main.php?GroupingId=40

American Jewish Heritage Portal --http://www.jewishheritage.gov/

NEW Database of Early American Jews -- http://www.loebjewishportraits.com/home.html
 

JEWISH HISTORY, ISRAELI

National Photo Collection-- http://147.237.72.31/topsrch/abcole.htm

Etzel:  The History of the Irgun-- http://www.etzel.org.il

Hagana-- http://www.hagana.co.il

First Photos of The Land of Israel--http://www.eretzyisroel.org/~dhershkowitz/

NEW URL The History of Israel and Zionism--http://www.jewishagency.org/JewishAgency/English/Jewish+Education/Compelling+Content/Eye+on+Israel

Presentation about the History of Israel--http://www.conceptwizard.com/conen/conflict_2.html

Palestine Facts--http://www.palestinefacts.org

NEW URL Zionist Library--http://webspace.webring.com/people/au/um_2382/

Fact and Fantasy in the Middle East by Samuel Katz--http://www.eretzyisroel.org/~samuel/

From Time Immemorial by Joan Peters--http://www.eretzyisroel.org/~peters/

Multimedia Timeline of Israeli History -- http://go.ynet.co.il/timeline/

NEW Toldot Yisrael: Eyewitness to 1948 -- http://www.toldotyisrael.org

NEW Encylopedia of the Founders and Builders of Israel -- http://www.tidhar.tourolib.org/

NEW Documentary Short Films about Israel Before and After 1948 -- http://www.forum-morim.org/video-moreset/

JEWISH TEXTS

Hypertext Versions of Jewish Classical Texts--http://kodesh.snunit.k12.il

Interactive Views of Classical Jewish Texts--http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/TalmudPage.html

Jewish Texts from Wikisource--http://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%94%D7%95%D7%93%D7%99

The Bar Ilan Responsa Project --  http://www.responsa.co.il

Otzar HaChochma -- http://www.otzar.biz/

TANACH

Navigating the Bible--http://bible.ort.org

Search the Torah and Rashi in English--http://aish.com/literacy/reference/Search_the_Chumash_with_Rashi_-_in_English.asp

Rashi in English-- http://www.rashiyomi.com

Search the Chumash--http://www.mnemotrix.com/texis/vtx/chumash

Megilat Esther in Transliteration-- http://sarec.ca/megilah/Purim.htm

Mikranet--http://mikranet.cet.ac.il/pages/frontpage.asp

Biblical Images Search Engine--http://www.tachash.org/texis/vtx/bibpic

Chumash Search Engine--http://www.tachash.org/texis/vtx/chumash

International Bible Contest--http://nachat.ipaper.co.il/

Bible Quiz Database--http://www.bible-quiz.co.il/

Tanach Navigator--http://www.tora.us.fm/tnk1/index.html

Biblical Atlas--http://lib.cet.ac.il/pages/atlasBible.asp

Bible Age-- http://www.bibleage.com/

Mikra Gesher -- http://mikragesher.org.il/

NEW Tanach with Rashi -- http://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/63255/jewish/The-Bible-with-Rashi.htm

TALMUD

Web Shas--http://www.aishdas.org/webshas/index.shtml

NEW URL Hamakor--http://www.hamakor.org/

E-daf.com-- http://www.e-daf.com/

Daf Yomi Advancement Forum-- http://dafyomi.shemayisrael.co.il/

Yerushalmi Online-- http://www.yerushalmionline.org/

Index to Commentaries on Aggadot of the Talmud-- http://www.halachabrura.org/a-index.htm

Meiri on Kiddushin-- http://www.rmbsh.com/

Maharsho-- http://www.maharsho.com/

Seforim Online-- http://www.seforimonline.org/

HebrewBooks.org--http://www.hebrewbooks.org

Geography of the Mishna--http://www.shechem.org/torah/geomishna/

Midrash Rabba--http://www.tsel.org/torah/midrashraba/index.html

Midrash Tanchuma--http://www.tsel.org/torah/tanhuma/index.html

Yalkut Shimoni--http://www.tsel.org/torah/yalkutsh/index.html

NEW Animated Talmud -- http://animatedtalmud.com/

RAMBAM

Index to Commentaries on the Mishneh Torah of the Rambam-- http://www.halachabrura.org/e-mavorambam.htm

Moreh Nevuchim--http://press.tau.ac.il/perplexed/toc.asp

JOURNAL AND NEWSPAPER INDEXES

RAMBI-- http://www.jnul.huji.ac.il/rambi/

NEW Historical Jewish Press -- http://www.jpress.org.il/view-english.asp 

Index to Hebrew Language Israeli Newspapers -- http://ariela.tau.ac.il/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b&local_base=szc01

RAMBISH: Hebrew Language Judaica articles -- http://www.rambish.org.il

MAPS

Maps of the Middle East-- http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east.html

Maps of Israel-- http://www.emap.co.il

Ancient Maps of Jerusalem-- http://www.jnul.huji.ac.il/maps-of-jerusalem/

MidEast Web Maps-- http://www.mideastweb.org/maps.htm

The Story of Israel in Maps--http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Facts+About+Israel/Israel+in+Maps/

NEW URL The Arab-Israeli Conflict in Maps--http://www.jafi.org.il/JewishAgency/English/Jewish+Education/Compelling+Content/Eye+on+Israel/Maps

Israel's Changing Borders--http://www.israelinsider.com/popup/aipac/changing_borders.htm

Eye on Israel--http://www.eyeonisrael.com

The Size of Israel--http://www.sizeofisrael.com/

MUSIC

Jewish Music Web Center-- http://www.jmwc.org/

Milken Archive-- http://www.milkenarchive.org

Jewish Theatre-- http://www.jewish-theatre.com/

Hebrew Songs--http://www.hebrewsongs.com/

Israeli Dance Database--http://www.israelidances.com/search.asp

NEW Zemer Reshet -- http://www.zemereshet.co.il/

NEWS FROM ISRAEL

Israeli News Now-- http://www.israelinewsnow.com

Israel News.net-- http://israelnews.net/

NEWSPAPERS

American Jewish Press Association-- http://www.ajpa.org/

PRAYER

Learners' Minyan-- http://www.webjew.org/

Guide to Blessings for Food--http://www.englishtorahtapes.com/blessings.htm

Virtual Cantor--http://www.virtualcantor.com

The Piyut Archive-- http://www.piyut.org.il/english/

PROFESSIONAL COLLECTION

JESNA:  Jewish Education Service of North America-- http://www.jesna.org

PEJE:  Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education-- http://www.peje.org/

Virtual Resource Center for Jewish Education--  http://www.lookstein.org/

Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York-- http://www.bjeny.org

Board of Jewish Education of Chicago-- http://www.bjechicago.org

Center for Jewish Education of Greater Baltimore-- http://www.cjebaltimore.org

Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles-- http://www.bjela.org

Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Boston-- http://www.bje.org/

Bureau of Jewish Education of San Francisco-- http://www.bjesf.org/

Auerbach Central Agency for Jewish Education of Philadelphia--http://www.acaje.org/

Jewish Education Center of Cleveland--http://www.jecc.org

Bronfman Jewish Education Centre of Montreal--http://www.bjec.org/

NEW URL Centre for Jewish Education of Toronto--http://cjetoronto.com

Agency for Jewish Education in San Diego--http://www.ajesd.org

Associated Talmud Torahs of Chicago -- http://www.att.org/

Solomon Schechter Day School Association-- http://www.ssdsa.org/

Ptach--http://www.ptach.org

Guide to Selected Jewish Online Resources-- http://www.nmmc.net/Guide/Links.html

E-chinuch-- http://www.chinuch.org/

Nurit Reshef-- http://www.ualberta.ca/~yreshef/nuritmenu.htm

Holocaust Teacher's Resource Guide--http://www.holocaust-trc.org/

AJL New Values Finder-- http://www.ajljewishvalues.org/index.htm

DataJem--http://www.datajem.com

NEW Smart Board Jewish Educational Database -- http://www.legacyheritage.org/SJED/

PROFESSIONAL MATERIALS IN HEBREW

Akhlah-- http://www.akhlah.com

Arachim-- http://www.arachim.org/

Daat-- http://www.daat.ac.il/

Navat Educational Library from Snunit-- http://navat.snunit.k12.il/

Amal Net-- http://www.amalnet.k12.il

Center for Technology in Education Library--http://lib.cet.ac.il/pages/frontpage.asp

Digital Library from the Ministry of Education--http://www.edugov.org.il/

 This site was created by Diane Romm for use by Avi Chai Bookshelf high school libraries