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Jewish Americans/Judaica

American Jewish Desk Reference. American Jewish Historical Society. New York: Random House, 1999.

CALL NUMBER: Ref E 184.35 .A44 1999

American Jewish year book. Philadelphia: American Jewish Committee
v. 1- 1899/1900-

CALL NUMBER: Ref E 184 .J5 A6 Index -- v1-50

Bacharach, Jere L., 1938-
A Middle East studies handbook. Seattle: University of Washington Press, c1984.

CALL NUMBER: Ref DS 61 .B3 1984

The Blackwell companion to Jewish culture: from the eighteenth century to the present. Edited by Glenda Abramson; advisory editors, Dovid Katz et al. Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Mass., USA: Blackwell Reference, 1989.

CALL NUMBER: Ref DS 102.8 .B46 1989

Encyclopedia of Judaism. Edited by Jacob Neusner, Alan J. Avery-Peck, William Scott Green. New York: Continuum, c1999.

CALL NUMBER: Ref BM 50 .E63 1999 -- v.1-3

Encyclopedia of the modern Middle East. Edited by Reeva S. Simon, Philip Mattar, Richard W. Bulliet. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, c1996.

CALL NUMBER: Ref DS 43 .E53 1996 -- v.1-4

Encyclopaedia Judaica. Jerusalem: Encyclopaedia Judaica; New York: Macmillan, 1971-72.

CALL NUMBER: Ref DS 102.8 .E496 -- v.1-16

Encyclopedia of the Holocaust. Israel Gutman, editor in chief. New York : Macmillan, c1990.

CALL NUMBER: Ref D 804.3 .E53 1990 -- v1-4

Encyclopedia of the modern Middle East. Edited by Reeva S. Simon, Philip Mattar, Richard W. Bulliet. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, c1996.

CALL NUMBER: Ref DS 43 .E53 1996 -- v.1-4

Jewish-American history and culture: an encyclopedia. Edited by Jack Fischel and Sanford Pinsker. New York: Garland, 1992.

CALL NUMBER: Ref E 184 .J5 J48 1992

Jewish women in America : an historical encyclopedia. Edited by Paula E. Hyman and Deborah Dash Moore. New York: Routledge, 1997, c1998.

CALL NUMBER: Ref DS115.2 .J49 -- v.1-2

Middle East contemporary survey.
New York, Holmes & Meier.
v. 1- 1976/77-

CALL NUMBER: Ref DS 62.8 .M53

New encyclopedia of Zionism and Israel. Geoffrey Wigoder, editor in chief. Madison, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; London; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses, c1994.

CALL NUMBER: Ref DS 149 .N56 1994 -- v.1-2

Dictionaries

Fischel, Jack.
Historical dictionary of the Holocaust. Jack R. Fischel. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1999.

CALL NUMBER: D 804.25 .F57  1999

Historical dictionary of Palestine. Nafez Y. Nazzal and Laila A. Nazzal. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1997.

CALL NUMBER: DS 102.8 .N397  1997

Edelheit, Abraham J.
History of the Holocaust: a handbook and dictionary. Abraham J. Edelheit & Hershel Edelheit. Boulder: Westview Press, 1994.

CALL NUMBER: D 804.3 .E33 1994

Ziring, Lawrence, 1928-
The Middle East: a political dictionary. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1992. Rev. ed. of: The Middle East political dictionary. c1984.

Political geography and geopolitics, Islam, Ethnicity and political culture, Political parties and movements, Israelis and Palestinians, Diplomacy, Conflict.

CALL NUMBER: Ref DS 61 .Z58 1992

Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion. Editors in chief R.J. Zwi Werblowsky, Geoffrey Wigoder. New York : Oxford University Press, 1997

CALL NUMBER: Ref BM 50 .O94 1997 

Bibliographies and Research Guides

Bryson, Thomas A., 1931-
United States/Middle East diplomatic relations, 1784-1978: an annotated bibliography. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1979.

CALL NUMBER: Ref Bibliog DS 63.2 .U5 B79

Atlases

Historical atlas of the Holocaust. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. New York: MacMillan Pub., c1995.

Contents: Europe before the war; The Holocaust in Eastern Europe; Nazi extermination camps; The Holocaust in Western Europe; The Holocaust in Central Europe; The Holocaust in Southern Europe and Hungary; Rescue and Jewish armed resistance; Death marches and liberation; Postwar.

CALL NUMBER: Ref G 1797.21 .E29 H5 1995

The Cambridge atlas of the Middle East and North Africa. Edited by Gerald Blake, John Dewdney, Jonathan Mitchell. Cambridge: Cambridgeshire; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987.

CALL NUMBER: Ref Atlas G 2205 .C3 1987

Biographical Sources

American Jewish biographies. New York, N.Y.: Facts on File, c1982.

CALL NUMBER: Ref E 184 .J5 A511 1982

Shimoni, Yaacov, 1915-
The Biographical dictionary of the Middle East. New York: Facts on File, c1991.

CALL NUMBER: Ref DS 62.4 .S53 1991

Organizations and Associations

Links to Organizations, Associations and Societies:

• Union College Multicultural Resource Center
• World Jewish Organizations
• The Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL)
• The Congress of Secular Jewish Organizations
• Council of Jewish Federations
• American Jewish Committee
• American Jewish Historical Society

SOURCES OF RESEARCH MATERIALS: BOOKS

Books -- Online Catalog

The Online Catalog is a computerized listing of this library's materials--books, government documents, and sound recordings.

Click on any of the following to choose a method of searching:

Keyword Searching

The Online Catalog may also be searched by keyword using combinations of terms for more precise search results.

Link to a more extensive listing of "multicultural" subject headings

THE VIRTUAL LIBRARY

Relevant World-Wide Web Sites for Research on Jewish Americans and Judaica

• National Museum of American Jewish History Exhibitions
  Digital versions of a variety of current and permanent exhibitions at the National Museum of American Jewish History. One highlight is Creating American Jews, a permanent exhibition opened in September 1998, which explores Jewish identity in the United States.

• H-Judaic WWW Site
  This Jewish Studies network is one of the oldest Internet projects in the humanities, initially operating under the name He'Asif, starting in 1987. Now called H-Judaic, the network also incorporates an earlier effort known as the Judaica list at Tel Aviv University and the University of Minnesota, and the Jewish Studies Judaica eJournal newsletter published on the Shamash server.
  Address:http://h-net2.msu.edu/~judaic/"

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• Center for Jewish Studies
  The Center for Jewish Studies at the City University of New York Graduate School conducts research, organizes conferences, and produces publications. Focusing largely on the modern period, the Center writes, analyzes, and helps to shape the collective biography of the Jewish people in the contemporary world.
  Address:http://web.gc.cuny.edu/dept/cjstu/center.htm

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• The Ultimate Jewish/Israel Link Launcher
  Over 4600 links to Politics, Judaism, Culture, People, History, Business, Academia, and Organizations. Searchable keyword index.
  Address:http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~jsu/launcher.html

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• Jewish Culture & History
  extensive collection of images, sound files and annotated links to Jewish web sites throughout the world.
  Address:http://www.igc.apc.org/ddickerson/judaica.html

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• Simon Wiesenthal Center
  Includes materials on the Holocaust, twentieth-century genocides, antisemitism, racism, and
  related issues;  Page One radio, featuring contemporary Jewish news; Multimedia Learning Center, with
  a comprehensive resource on the Holocaust and World War II, with over 3,000 text files, and tens of thousands of photos, etc.
  Address:http://www.wiesenthal.com/

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• Judaica Resources
  Provided by Northwestern University Library with links to Judaism & Jewish Resources, Major Judaica Library Web Pages, Hebrew, Holocaust, and News Resources.
  Address:http://www.library.nwu.edu/resources/judaica/

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• Jewish Communication Network
  Daily News Updates from world-wide news sources; Events, links to relevant web sites, Forums, Newstand, and more.
  Address:http://www.jcn18.com/

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• Jewish/Israel Index - Education
  As part of a much larger site categorized by subject, including more than 2500 Jewish/Israel links, the Education page has links to Programs, Scholarship & Grant Information, Associations, Societies & Organizations, and numerous additional educational resources.
  Address:http://www.maven.co.il/subjects/idx174.htm

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• Judaism & Jewish Resources
  Links to Jewish Studies, Organizations, Webs & Gopher Central Services, FTP Archives, News & Media, Mailing Lists, Holocaust sites, and more.
  Address:http://shamash.org/trb/judaism.html

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• The Dead Sea Scrolls
  The exhibit at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., describes the historical context of the scrolls and the Qumran community from whence they may have originated; it also relates the story of their discovery 2,000 years later.
  Address:http://sunsite.unc.edu/expo/deadsea.scrolls.exhibit/intro.html

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• Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  The Internet web site of the Israel Foreign Ministry, established and maintained by its Information Division, is designed to provide you with basic information about the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, recent developments in Israel, and a general background about various facets of Israeli government and life.
  Address:http://www.israel.org/

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• Jewishnet: Global Jewish Information Network
  Links to Israeli & Jewish Mailing Lists, WWW Homepages - Israeli & Jewish, Gopher sites of Jewish Interest, Jewish Interest Libraries, FTP sites, and Jewish Educational Resources.
  Address:http://jewishnet.net/

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• Jewish Studies Resources
  Courtesy of Princeton University, this page links to Princeton Resources, Jewish Web Sites, Online Databases, Library Catalogs and International Jewish Research Institutions and Associations.
  Address:http://www.princeton.edu/~pressman/jewish.html

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• Jewish American Literature Research
  This site is devoted to contemporary Jewish American authors, designed primarily for researchers in Jewish American Literature, it also includes material that will interest both the common reader and the academician.
  Address:http://www.ngc.peachnet.edu/Academic/Arts_Let/LangLit/dproyal/jewish.htm

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Electronic Texts and Electronic Journals

Links to Electronic Texts:

• On-line Books Page
• Digital Genizah
• Alex: A Catalog of Electronic Texts on the Internet
• E-text Archives
• On-line Gedenkbuch
• Project Genesis
• Shamash Tanach Directory
• The Tanakh in Hebrew Script
• Southwest Jewish Archives

Links to Electronic Journals:

• Tikkun Magazine
• Jewish Studies Judaica eJournal
• Jewish Exponent
• Jerusalem Post
• A. Engler's Jewish News Links
• Bridges:A journal for jewish feminists and our friends
• Forward
• Jewish Post of New York
• Ioudaios Review
• American Jewish History
• The Jerusalem Report
• The New Middle East Magazine
• Jewish Chronicle
• The Jewish Review

SOURCES OF RESEARCH MATERIALS: PERIODICALS

Scholarly Periodical Indexes and Abstracts

HISTORICAL ABSTRACTS

Abstracts of articles on world history, excluding the U.S. and Canada.

Index to Jewish periodicals.
Cleveland Heights: Index to Jewish Periodicals
v. 1- June/Aug. 1963-

CALL NUMBER: Ref Bibliog Z 6367 .I5

Joel, Issachar, 1900-
Reshimat ma'amarim be-mada'e ha-yahadut.
Added title page title: Index of articles on Jewish studies
Jerusalem: Kiryat Sefer.
1966-

CALL NUMBER: Ref Bibliog Z 6367 .J62

Schaffer Library Periodicals

• American Jewish archives
• American Jewish historical quarterly -- UC has 1963-1977/78
• American Jewish history
• Commentary
• Contemporary Jewry
• East European Jewish affairs
• Israel Studies
• Jerusalem Post -- newspaper
• Jewish social studies
• Judaism
• Middle East Contemporary Survey
• The Middle East journal
• Middle East policy
• Middle East review
• Middle Eastern studies
• Modern Judaism
• Near East/North Africa report -- microfiche -- PrEx 7.13: -- Gov. Doc.
• Near East report
• Near East/South Asia report -- microfiche -- PrEx 7.20: -- Gov. Doc.
• Studies in contemporary Jewry
• Survey of Jewish affairs -- UC has 1989-1991
• The Jewish World -- newspaper -- UC has current 6 months only
• United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. Daily report: Middle East & North Africa -- microfiche

STATISTICAL SOURCES

American Jewish Year Book. New York: American Jewish Committee.

Includes articles on the characteristics and activities of the Jewish community in the U.S. and elsewhere. Annual statistical features include U.S. (by state and selected city) and world Jewish population figures.

CALL NUMBER: SRI Microfiche Library: A2050-1 (Microforms Area)

Linfield, H. S. (Harry Sebee), 1889-
Statistics of Jews and Jewish organizations; histoircal review of ten censuses, 1850-1937. San Francisco: R. & E. Research Associates, 1970

CALL NUMBER: REF E184.J5 L715 1970

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