Judaic Studies: More Resources

The mission of the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education is to interpret the Oregon Jewish experience, explore the lessons of the Holocaust and foster intercultural conversations. Located in Northwest Portland, the OJMCHE makes its extensive collection of documents, photographs, artifacts and other archival data available to the public.

The Jewish Studies Network, an affiliate of Hebrew College and Shamash, is part of H-Net.

A Web directory of resources related to Judaism, Jewish life, and Israel.

Information on this site is provided to encourage collaboration among scholars in the field of Jewish linguistics; to provide information and bibliographic references for linguists and Jewish studies scholars who wish to incorporate Jewish languages into their research; and to to provide an introduction to Jewish languages for the general public.

The purpose of AJL's New Jewish Valuesfinder is to identify the Jewish values found in contemporary Jewish children's books. The free database allows you to search by author, title, subject, or by a particular value.

The first database of Yiddish literature on the Internet, containing about 800 valuable Yiddish books, most of which were printed in West, Central and Eastern Europe. The publication dates of the books range from the mid-16th century to the beginning of the 20th century. The collection includes women's bibles, liturgy, practical guide books, science and education, works on religious customs, legends, chronicles, and translations of other texts--a project of the Frankfurt University Library.

Association for Jewish Studies is a learned society and professional organization that seeks to promote, maintain, and improve teaching, research, and related endeavors in Jewish Studies in colleges, universities, and other institutions of higher learning.

The mission of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland is to assure the building and strengthening of the Jewish community locally, nationally, overseas, and in Israel, in accordance with Jewish values.

Research in East European Jewish Studies; Yiddish language, literature and folklore; and the American Jewish immigrant experience.

(from the Central Buraeu of Statistics of Israel)