The Jewish Guide to the Internet

“The American Guild of Judaic Art is an international not-for-profit membership organization for those with interests in the Judaic arts and dedicated to the promotion of Jewish art and culture in society.” Its website provides a biographical list of member artists and samples of their work.

This site provides access to the the work of contemporary Israeli artists working in the media of photography, painting, sculpture, and jewelry. The site also provides information about museums and galleries in Israel.

From the Center for Jewish Art of the Hebrew University comes this index of art works, manuscripts and ritual objects from every period of Jewish history. The database is searchable and browsable by subject, origin, location, artist, community and collection.

You can search for images of Biblical scenes and characters using the simple or advanced search techniques on this site.

The Catalogue of Wall Paintings in Central and East European Synagogues represents one of the modules comprising the Bezalel Narkiss Index of Jewish Art. The Catalogue includes murals created within the framework of traditional Jewish folk culture . You can browse the database by subject, artist, origin, and collection.

Information about more than 20 contemporary Israeli artists who have studios in this artists colony in Jerusalem and samples of their work.

The Hebrew language website from the Tel Aviv Museum of Art allows a comprehensive search in various websites about Israeli art, including blogs, portals and galleries' websites. You can browse by type, institution and topic.

Displays of Israeli masterpieces and contemporary art from this Israeli gallery are accompanied by an annual online auction.

Created by Jono David, this searchable and browsable database contains more than 110,000 photographs of Jewish life in 116 countries on 6 continents. You can order copies of the photos from the photographer.

Browsable database of Israeli artists arranged by medium, along with current art activities and relevant links.

This database of Israeli artists, published by the Israel Museum, is searchable by keyword and browsable by the name of the artist. Brief biographical information is provided, and where possible, samples of their artwork.

A virtual museum of contemporary Israeli artists and writers.

This website, which features exhibits of Jerusalem artists, also includes a browsable database of Jerusalem artists.

Created by Jacob Richman, this is a database of free Jewish clip art that is searchable by topic and artist.

This site exhibits the paintings, watercolors, prints, sculpture and installations of 85 Jewish artists from Argentina, Bolivia. Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and Uruguay. A short biography accompanies the work of each artist. This is a non-commercial site with links to commercial ones.

A hypertext bibliography created by librarian Steve Bergson detailing the portrayal of Jews in comic books and comic strips.

Meaning “art” in Hebrew, Omanoot is a portal for showcasing Israeli artists in the areas of film, music, literature and the visual arts. Everything on the site is for sale.

Information about and online exhibits in archaeology, ritual objects, life cycle items, ethnology and Jewish history from this Tulsa Oklahoma Jewish art museum. The site also features Oklahoma Jewish history materials.

This Israeli based gallery sells classic and contemporary Israeli art and Judaica. The site includes an essay about the history of Jewish art and tips on caring for an art collection. Also of interest is the extensive material on the Pissarro family of artists represented by the Stern Gallery in London.

Created by Dr. Jo Milgrom, "offers you access to a digitized collection of artwork on biblical and Judaic subjects, lovingly gathered over decades. You can search by subject, period, artist, medium and textual location."