HIST 451: Historiography - Martin: Databases and Archives

The American Jewish Archives collects, preserves, and makes available for research, materials on the history of Jews and Jewish communities in the Western Hemisphere, including data of a political, economic, social, cultural, and religious nature.

For over thirty years the Center has carried out a comprehensive program documenting Jewish art all over the globe, encompassing all facets of Jewish visual art. Work is performed in five sections: Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts, Sacred and Ritual Objects, Ancient Jewish Art, Modern Jewish Art, as well as Jewish Ritual Architecture.

So far the Center has documented in 41 countries, from India in the east to the USA in the west. Special attention was given to the remnants left after the havoc of WWII and the Communist regimes in Europe. Collapse and ruin are the fate of hundreds of synagogues in Eastern Europe and of thousands others worldwide. The Center also documents Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, dispersed in libraries all over the world and ritual objects in museums and private collections.

The Center for Jewish History in New York City illuminates history, culture, and heritage. The Center provides a collaborative home for five partner organizations; the partners’ archives comprise the world’s largest and most comprehensive archive of the modern Jewish experience outside of Israel. The collections span a thousand years, with more than 5 miles of archival documents (in dozens of languages and alphabet systems), more than 500,000 volumes, as well as thousands of artworks, textiles, ritual objects, recordings, films, and photographs.

The Center’s experts are leaders in unlocking archival material for a wide audience through the latest practices in digitization, library science, and public education. As one of the world’s foremost research institutions, the Center offers fellowships, a wide array of exhibitions, symposia, conferences and lectures.

Daniel Elazar’s writings – his clarity of thought and perspective – have touched many people. Those who read his work often come away feeling that they have learned something new and valuable.

Today’s new electronic information technologies allow anyone in the world to learn and benefit from the treasury of Daniel Elazar’s thought via the Internet. The Daniel Elazar On-Line Library, part of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs website, offer full-text versions of many of his writings, as a lasting memorial to the ideas he pioneered.

UC San Diego Library research guide to Online Primary Sources for Jewish Studies.

H-Holocaust exists so scholars of the Holocaust / Shoah can communicate with each other using this innovative and exciting new technology.

We are especially interested in reaching college teachers of history who already have, or plan to teach courses on the Holocaust. H-Holocaust will actively solicit syllabi, reading lists, term paper guides, ideas on films and slides, and tips and comments that will be of use to the teacher who wants to add a single lecture, or an entire course.

The Holocaust History Project is a free archive of documents, photographs, recordings, videos and essays regarding the Holocaust, including direct refutation of Holocaust-denial.

Jewish history sources from the Fordham sourcebook project

This page is a subset of texts derived from the three major online Sourcebooks listed below, along with added texts and web site indicators. For more contextual information, for instance about Western imperialism, the Islamic world, or the history of a given period, check out these web sites.
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Medieval Jewish Section
Internet Modern History Sourcebook

The Jewish Heritage Society is an independent scholarly institution for the development and coordination of research in history and culture of the Jewish people in the Russian Empire and the USSR, and documenting the Jewish historical legacy.

The Jewish History Resource Center is a project of the Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History. Over 6000 links to websites in more than 30 categories dealing with Jewish History were visited by our team and have been found to be of value to those interested in Jewish History.

The mission of the Center is to gather faculty, students, and visiting academics for research and debate across the wide scholarly landscape of Jewish Studies.

Links to hundreds of documents, images, and maps posted by The American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

The online source edition highlights central aspects of local, regional, and general German‐Jewish history providing approximately 150 digitized key documents. We consider Hamburg to be a “magnifying lens”; with reference to a tangible example, special features and characteristics will be illustrated. The source edition will be bilingual (German/ English) and mainly aimed at students and researchers, but also at schools and a general, interested, non‐professional audience. The selected sources will thereby serve as a “key” to trace major developments and central issues of German‐ Jewish history with reference to close‐by examples. German‐Jewish history is looked on within the context of general history.

This exhibit presents a portfolio of a hundred photographs and documents from the JLC Collection. The text has been adapted from an article by JLC archivist Gail Malmgreen, originally published in Labor's Heritage (October 1991). The exhibit's seven pictorial sections take the viewer on a chronological journey, from the origins of the JLC, through its anti-Nazi activity of the 1930s, to early rescue efforts and wartime assistance to the anti-Nazi Underground, and then examines three aspects of postwar aid and reconstruction. A final section offers a bibliography of resources for further study.

Leo Baeck Institute Jerusalem promotes and encourages the study of the history and culture of Jews in Germany and Central Europe in various disciplines. Publications and activities involved both cultural and artistic creation of prominent Jews who were active in this space and the development history of the Jewish society in general - questions relating to life in the community and Jewish religious, social processes, cultural, political, economic, gender issues and relations of Jews with their surroundings non-Jews in this region and other Jewish communities in the world.

University Library at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign research guide for Polish-Jewish Studies

The Simon Wiesenthal Center is a global human rights organization researching the Holocaust and hate in a historic and contemporary context. The Center confronts anti-Semitism, hate and terrorism, promotes human rights and dignity, stands with Israel, defends the safety of Jews worldwide, and teaches the lessons of the Holocaust for future generations.

Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, is the ultimate source for Holocaust education, documentation and research. From the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem, Yad Vashem's integrated approach incorporates meaningful educational initiatives, groundbreaking research and inspirational exhibits.

Home of the largest collection of Holocaust primary documentation in North America... A world-renowned library and archive of Jewish history and culture... An educational organization with online and on-site courses and the world’s oldest intensive Yiddish language program… Presenter of acclaimed exhibitions, public concerts and lectures... The only prewar Jewish cultural institution to have survived the Holocaust and a leader in training generations of Jewish Studies scholars.