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Jewish Scholarship

    • Rambi
      A selective bibliography of articles in the various fields of Jewish studies and in the study of Eretz Israel. Material listed in Rambi is compiled from thousands of periodicals and from collections of articles - in Hebrew, Yiddish, and European languages.

    • Jstor
      A digital archive of over one thousand academic journals and other scholarly content.

    • North American Jewish Data Bank
      The central repository of social scientific studies of North American Jewry.

General Scholarship

    • Policy Archive
      An innovative, new digital archive of global, non-partisan public policy research.

    • Social Science Research Network
      The SSRN is composed of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences. The eLibrary consists of an Abstract Database containing abstracts on over 250,100 scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers and an Electronic Paper Collection currently containing over 206,000 downloadable full text documents in Adobe Acrobat pdf format.

    • WorldCat
      The world's largest network of library content and services, lets you search the collections of libraries in your community and thousands more around the world.

Jewish Learning

    • Jewish Virtual Library
      The Jewish Virtual Library is the most comprehensive online Jewish encyclopedia in the world, covering everything from anti-Semitism to Zionism. So far, more than 13,000 articles and 6,000 photographs and maps have been integrated into the site. The Library has 13 wings: History, Women, The Holocaust, Travel, Israel & The States, Maps, Politics, Biography, Israel, Religion, Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress, Vital Statistics and Reference.

    • The Jewish Museum
      The Jewish Museum is the preeminent museum in the United States devoted exclusively to 4,000 years of art and Jewish culture. Founded in 1904 with just 26 donated objects, the Museum has grown a thousand-fold, and its collections now comprise 27,000 items, ranging from archaeological artifacts to works by today's cutting-edge artists.

Jewish Media

    • Jewcy
      JEWCY is an online media outlet/blog, social network, and brand devoted to helping Jews and their peers expand the meaning of community by presenting a spectrum of voices, content, and discussion.

    • Lilith Magazine
      LILITH magazine charts Jewish women's lives, featuring award-winning investigative reports, new rituals and celebrations, first-person accounts both contemporary and historical, entertainment reviews, fiction and poetry, art and photography.

    • Jew School
      Offering the latest and greatest from the bleeding edge of Jewish cultural and communal life, Jew School's more than just a weblog. It is an ever-expanding network of websites, projects, and events which promote critical thought and provide engagement opportunities for disenfranchised Jews alienated -- and bored to death -- by the Jewish mainstream. It pries Judaism from the lifeless fingers of the Jewish establishment and serves it up to the public with the insistence, "This belongs to you."

    • Haaretz
      An independent daily newspaper with a broadly liberal outlook both on domestic issues and on international affairs.

    • YNet News
      The English-language sister-site to Ynet, Israel's largest and most popular news and content website, and part of the prominent Yedioth Media Group.

    • The Jerusalem Post
      Israel's best-selling English Daily and most-read English Website.

    • Canadian Jewish News
      The Canadian Jewish News is Canada's largest weekly Jewish newspaper. It is an independent community newspaper which prides itself on being a forum for diverse points of view on subjects of interest and relevance to the Jewish community.

    • The Jewish Daily Forward
      Launched as a Yiddish-language daily newspaper on April 22, 1897, today's Forward is once again becoming what its parent publication was nearly a century ago: a trusted guide to the varieties of Jewish experience.

    • The New York Jewish Week
      An independent community newspaper, the largest and most respected Jewish newspaper in America, that seeks to build and strengthen Jewish community while championing an aggressive and independent press, supportive of, but not beholden to, the organized Jewish community.

    • The Jewish Press
      The Jewish Press is the largest independent weekly Jewish newspaper in the United States, championing Torah values and ideals from a centrist or Modern Orthodox perspective.

    • Jewish News of Greater Phoenix

    • Commentary
      America's premier monthly magazine of opinion and a pivotal voice in American intellectual life.

    • Rosner's Domain
      Rosner's Domain is a website, edited and written by Shmuel Rosner, dedicated to reporting and opining on the US, the Middle East, Israel and the Jewish world. It has become an influential and distinct voice in the US, quoted in major publications and serving as a reliable source for those interested in the complicated relations and between the US, the Mideast, Israel and the Jewish world.

    • JVoices
      With the goal of injecting progressive Jewish values into today’s Jewish and non-Jewish media landscape, JVoices publishes contributors from all over the world, not just talking about, but also embodying what we know to be the vastness of Jewish life.

    • JDub Records
      JDub is a not-for-profit record and event production company for innovative Jewish music, community, and cross-cultural dialogue founded in December 2002. JDub has grown into an internationally recognized brand and has introduced proud Jewish voices squarely into mainstream culture, offering young adults opportunities to connect with their Judaism in the secular world in which they live.

National Jewish Organizations

    • JESNA
      JESNA equips communities and institutions with the knowledge and know-how they need in order to deliver engaging, high quality Jewish education.

    • Advancing Women Professionals and the Jewish Community
      The mission of AWP is to promote the leadership of women professionals within Jewish institutions at the national and local levels. The purposes of the project are twofold: first, to leverage the talents of women professionals on behalf of the Jewish community and second, to be a catalyst for change, helping Jewish organizations design more effective and fulfilling work environments.

    • American Jewish Historical Society
      Provides access to more than 20 million documents and 50,000 books, photographs, art and artifacts that reflect the history of the Jewish presence in the United States from 1654 to the present, including the first American book published in Hebrew and the handwritten original of Emma Lazarus' The New Colossus.

    • JCC Association
      JCC Association is the continental umbrella organization for the Jewish Community Center Movement, which includes more than 350 JCCs, YM-YWHAs, and camp sites in the U.S. and Canada. JCC Association offers a wide range of services and resources to help its affiliates to provide educational, cultural, social, Jewish identity-building, and recreational programs for people of all ages and backgrounds.

    • Foundation for Jewish Camp
      The Foundation for Jewish Camp unifies and galvanizes the field of Jewish overnight camp and significantly increases the number of children participating in transformative summers at Jewish camp. Through strategic partnerships on local and national levels, FJC raises the profile of nonprofit Jewish camp and serves as a central resource for parents and organizations alike.

    • ROI
      ROI is a global community of outstandingly creative individuals who have a personal vision about how to make the Jewish world a better place. Built around intensive networking and skill-building activities in Jerusalem and the Diaspora that are continued online, ROI enhances its members' ability to re-create community in their own image.

    • Jewish Federations of North America
      The Jewish Federations of North America represents 157 Jewish Federations and 400 Network communities, which raise and distribute more than $3 billion annually for social welfare, social services and educational needs. The Federation movement, collectively among the top 10 charities on the continent, protects and enhances the well-being of Jews worldwide through the values of tikkun olam (repairing the world), tzedakah (charity and social justice) and Torah (Jewish learning).

Regional Jewish Organizations

    • Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
      One of the largest not-for-profit social welfare institutions in Illinois and the central address of Chicago's Jewish community, JUF provides critical resources that bring food, refuge, health care, education and emergency assistance to 300,000 Chicagoans of all faiths and two million Jews around the world. JUF/Federation funds a network of nearly 70 agencies and programs that care for people at every stage of life, regardless of the ability to pay.

Political Advocacy

    • J Street
      J Street was founded to change the dynamics of American politics and policy on Israel and the Middle East. We believe the security and future of Israel as the democratic home of the Jewish people depend on rapidly achieving a two-state solution and regional comprehensive peace. Our mission is to promote meaningful American leadership to achieve peace and security in the Middle East and to broaden the debate on these issues nationally and in the Jewish community.

    • Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA)
      The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs is an independent non-profit institute for policy research and education. It aims to engage in and provide resources for rigorous analysis of the issues being exploited by Israel's adversaries who question Israel legal rights.

Jewish Post-Secondary Education

    • Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
      HUC-JIR serves as the educational and intellectual center of Reform Judaism. In addition to its academic programs and religious programs, it creates and provides access to a wealth of resources, including scholarly journals, archival, and museum resources.

Jewish Religious Sites

    • Torah.org Project Genesis
      Project Genesis promotes further Jewish education about our Jewish roots, as represented in Jewish sources in the belief that this is the best way to restore self-respect, self-confidence, and an interest in our own continuity, among modern Jewish collegiates and unaffiliated Jews worldwide. It works to establish a strong Jewish identity, expand Jewish knowledge, and encourage its participants to become more involved with Judaism and the Jewish community.

    • Kashrut.com
      Links to home pages containing Kosher Food information in cities of interest to travelers, and other information useful to the Kosher traveler: list of mislabeled consumer products; Newly Certified Consumer Products and product clarifications; Zemanim (Halachic time of day) Calculator etc. Includes links to sites with information about kashrus, Divrai Torah and General Jewish Interest. Answers questions, complex or simple, theoretical or practical. Products, Kitchen preparation, etc.