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JEWISH
HISTORY
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Early Modern Workshop |
| The Early Modern Workshop
presents Jewish history resources. The aim of the Early Modern Workshop was
to hold a series of workshops and conferences with the aim of defining the
characteristics of Jewish development in the early modern period. Due to the
series of workshops sources and papers have been published online. All
sources are in their original form with an English translation and
accompanied by explanatory notes by scholars. Selected lectures and
discussions of the sources are also available to view on the site.
Primary Sources: Workshops include 'Early modern Jewries', 'Jews and
urban spaces'.
Secondary Sources: Resources include 'Privilege and statue of Maria
Theresia for the Jews of Trieste', 'Letter from Jerusalem, Obadiah of
Bertinoro', 'Ordinance from the Pinkas of the Jewish community in Poznan'. |
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Institutional Affiliation |
Wesleyan University |
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Language(s) |
English |
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Level |
BA, MA, PhD, Scholarly |
Updated |
Frequently |
Multimedia |
None |
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Address |
http://www.earlymodern.org |
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Comments |
The site does plan to have monograph publications on it in
the future |
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Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives |
| Dedicated to the preservation of the religious,
organizational, economic, cultural, personal, social and family life of American
Jewry, this site features an overview of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center in
Ohio, a summary and inventory of the centre's collections, archive of the
American Jewish Studies journal, details on the centre's Fellowship program,
synagogue history and archives, and virtual tours of current exhibitions (125th
Anniversary of Hebrew Union College and Great Voices of Reform). Primary
Sources: Special collection of manuscripts and synagogue archives. Secondary
sources: Various articles from the most current American Jewish Studies
Journal.
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| Institutional
Affiliation |
Jacob
Rader Marcus Center located on the Cincinnati campus of the Hebrew Union
College - Jewish Institute of Religion |
| Language(s) |
English |
| Level |
PhD, Scholarly |
Updated |
Quarterly |
Multimedia |
None |
| Address
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http://huc.edu/aja/home.html |
| Comments |
Specifically for preserving the memory of the ‘American
Jewish Experience.’ |
| History
of the Jewish People |
| The internet version of Eli Bimbaum's book;
a timeline of Jewish historical events throughout the world from the year
68 to 1939. The site is indexed by year and alphabetically by subject
name and/or location. There is a short introduction by the Bimbaum outlining
his book and his purpose in creating this site. |
| Institutional
Affiliation |
Jewish
Agency for Israel |
| Language(s) |
English |
| Level |
A
level, BA, MA |
Updated |
Monthly |
Multimedia |
None |
| Address
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http://www.jewishhistory.org.il/ |
| Comments |
Bimbaum’s The History of
the Jewish People book published on the Internet.
Good time-line and updates. Introduction alone excellent:
accessible and readable.Good for
teachers of RE KS 1/4 at all level. Suitable and helpful.
Also for students of GCSE level RE and History, eminently
useful whether for facts or bibliographies. Bibliographies
could also be useful for English (See: Anne Frank)
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| Heritage:
Civilization and the Jews |
| Based upon the nine-part television series
by the same name, this site is more than a commercial for the DVD and Videos
of the series. Features interactive presentations, maps, historical documents,
atlas, and video clips in Real Player and Microsoft Media Player formats as
well as a historical timeline from 3100 BC to the present, links to web resources
listed by time-period, video resource guide in PDF format, and teaching resources
(lesson plans to used in conjunction with the video series). |
| Institutional
Affiliation |
PBS |
| Language(s) |
English |
| Level |
A level, BA,
MA |
Updated |
Infrequently |
Multimedia |
Interactive Maps, Video |
| Address
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http://www.pbs.org/wnet/heritage/index.html |
| Comments |
Excellent
tool for teaching - either teachers at Inset to prepare
for GCSE or A level RE - or History students at -A level:
the story behind the State of Israel. Helped by Abba
Eban's clear delivery. Lesson Plans.
All teachers in Primary or Secondary schools and pupils
of an adequate reading level
wanting better to understand of The Jewish Experience.
Superb as a course, but any section could be used separately
to highlight core issues in a particular Biblical or
Historical period.
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| Jerusalem
Archives |
| A source for documents which also houses a
large and extensive image gallery housed chronologically (from 1800 BC to
1967) with brief accompanying explanatory notes. Primary Sources: Image
gallery, documents from 954 BC to 1960 related to the history of Jerusalem. |
| Institutional
Affiliation |
Jerusalem
Archive |
| Language(s) |
English |
| Level |
BA,
MA |
Updated |
Infrequently |
Multimedia |
None |
| Address
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http://www.jerusalem-archives.org |
| Comments |
All
teachers in Primary or Secondary schools and pupils
of an adequate reading level wanting better
to understand more about The Jewish Experience. Superb
as a course, but any section could be used separately
to highlight core issues in a particular Biblical
or Historical period. |
| Dinur
Center for Research of Jewish History |
| Very useful for its lists of links on every
conceivable subject related to Jewish history. The site features a over 6000
links to websites in more than 30 categories dealing with Jewish History from
Archaeology to Zionism. These links are checked daily and dead links
are noted. Very short synopsis of regional projects on Romanian,
Dutch, Hungarian German, and Hispanic Jewry with contact telephone numbers
and email addresses. University lectures, conference, workshop and symposia
topics and dates. Dinur Center publications list and graduate studies funding
information. |
| Institutional
Affiliation |
The
Hebrew University (Jerusalem) |
| Language(s) |
English,
Hebrew |
| Level |
A level,
BA, MA |
Updated |
Daily |
Multimedia |
None |
| Address
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http://www.dinur.org |
| Comments |
A
resource centre. In addition, the
timeline section brought up some excellent photo
records, e.g. of Israel’s first Government (20th
Century), which could be valuable for teachers
of GCSE and A level History. |
| Sephardi
Connection |
| Cyber-Community built around the subject of
Sephardic Judaism and Sephardim, their history, culture, literatures, languages,
and genealogy. Offers forums on the above topics, message board, conference
information, numerous articles, an outline of major trends in Judaism, a short
article on conversion and the major controversies surrounding it, links
to virtual exhibitions related to Sephardic Judaism, a "book club"
list of titles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Hebrew.
NOTE: Password required to participate in forums. Registration is free. Secondary
Sources: French Jewry-A Panorama by D. Baranoux, Our Traditional Sephardi
Judaism by Houman Moussighi Kasgani and Arash Lalezary, Activism Rather
than Prayer and Payoff: Doña Gracia and Joseph Nasi Initiate a New Paradigm
in Jewish History by Dolores J. Sloan. |
| Institutional
Affiliation |
The
Sephardi Connection |
| Language(s) |
English, French,
German, Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew |
| Level |
BA, MA |
Updated |
Daily |
Multimedia |
None |
| Address
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http://spehardiconnect.com/ |
| Comments |
Interesting site.
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| Shakespeare
and Anti-Semitism |
| Designed as an introductory resource
for anyone who is interested in the nature of Elizabethan anti-Semitism, focusing
on how it is reflected in The Merchant of Venice. Includes an examination
of the historical context from the perspective of the history of Jews in Europe,
the image of Jewish persons in the theatre, and a textual analysis of the
play. Includes images associated with the period under examination. Primary
sources: Image gallery of actors in the role of Shylock and related images
of Jews in contemporary English prints and samples from Shakespeare's text.
Secondary Sources: List of further readings |
| Institutional
Affiliation |
York
University |
| Language(s) |
English |
| Level |
A level, BA,
MA, Scholarly |
Updated |
Infrequently |
Multimedia |
None |
| Address
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http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/7221/index.html |
| Comments |
Excellent
site in its very conception. Invaluable for all students
and teachers of English and Shakespeare from GCSE upwards;
also specifically for the study of ‘The Merchant of
Venice’. Expansive
investigation into all the ‘old chestnuts’. |
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Western Jewish History Centre |
| The Western Jewish History
Centre is 'the worlds largest repository of materials documenting the
contribution of Jews to the life, experience and history of the American
west up to the present'. The centre collects reference books, periodicals,
personal and family documents, institutional archives and art and artefacts
This website links and give information on these. Primary Sources:
Exhibitions include 'Houses and Housing: Portability in
Jewish Faith and Culture', 'If not now, When? 150 Years of Californian
Jewish Activism' , 'Modernism in
Israel: Works on Paper' and 'Revisions- Searching for the Ideal City'. |
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Institutional Affiliation |
The Magnes |
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Language(s) |
English |
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Level |
GCSE, A-level, BA, MA, PhD,
Scholarly |
Updated |
Frequently |
Multimedia |
None |
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Address |
http://magnes.org/collections/wjhc.html |
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Comments |
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Centre
for Jewish Studies, Department of Religions & Theology
University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
Web www.mucjs.org Tel 0161 2753614
Email cjs@man.ac.uk
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