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A to Z of Jewish Australia on the Internet

http://www.join.org.au/a-to-z.htm

Links to over 100 websites, including community and social organizations, synagogues and congregations, archives, colleges, and other organizations and institutions.

Author: Jewish Ozzies' Inter.Net (join@tmx.mhs.oz.au)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Judaism

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

Academic Jewish Studies Internet Directory

http://www.uni-duisburg.de/FB1/JStudien/judaica.htm

"The Academic Jewish Studies Internet Directory is the prime gateway to high quality resources for the study of Judaism, including access to online library catalogs and to databases like 'RAMBI Index of Articles in Jewish Studies'." Links to academic associations, research institutes, Jewish studies departments at universities, libraries and archives, and other internet resources.

Author: Jewish Studies Dept., University of Duisburg

Subjects:

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

All-Kosher Index™

http://www.kosher.co.il/

"A comprehensive database of everything Kosher." Highlights of this site include a worldwide database of Kosher restaurants, companies, factories, and products; an international Kosher restaurant guide; and a directory of Kashrut authorities (each listing includes the authority's Kosher sign and contact information). The Kosher Times, UKA's Kashrut magazine, is also available here. Finally, there is a worldwide listing of Mikvaot, which includes name, address, and contact information.

Author: United Kashrut Authority (rabbiakiva@kosher.co.il)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Restaurants

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

Keywords: Kosher; Kashrut; Kashruth; Mikvah; Mikvaos

Calendar of Jewish Holidays

http://bnaibrith.org/caln.html

This Calendar gives the English Calendar dates for traditional Jewish Holidays for 1996-2006. A short description of each holiday is also provided. This page will only be legible if your browser supports tables.

Author: B'nai B'rith, Washington, D.C. (internet@bnaibrith.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Judaism

Reference--Calendars

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

Keywords: Jewish Holidays

The Ethiopian Jewry Home Page

http://www.cais.com:80/nacoej/index.html

This site includes information about Ehiopian Jews still living in Ethiopia as well as in Israel, America, and other parts of the world. Feautures include a slide show, a history of Ehiopian Jewry, a map of Jewish communities in Ethiopia, and recipes from Ethiopian Jewish Cuisine.

Author: The North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry (NACOEJ) (NACOEJ@aol.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Judaism

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

Keywords: Ethiopia; Jews; Beta Israel; Falasha

FAQ: Kosher Food (rec.food.cuisine.jewish)

http://www.cyber-kitchen.com/rfcj/kosherfaq.htm

Frequently Asked Questions - Kosher Foods explains what constitutes kosher foods; includes a glossary of non-English terms, and lists of Internet resources, commercial resources, restaurants, etc.

Author: rec.food.cuisine.jewish (rfcj-board@qwikweb.net)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

A Glossary of Yiddish Expressions

http://www.ariga.com/yiddish/

A listing of Yiddish words and phrases, along with their English translations. Search the glossary for a Yiddish or English word, or browse the entire list.

Author: Michael Fein (yiddishkeit@pass.to)

Subjects:

Reference--Dictionaries--Translation

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

The History of the Jewish People

http://www.Jewishhistory.org.il/

A general overview of the history of Jewish people, begining in 69 CE. "The aims of this site are: to create an easy-to-use overview of information which would be readily available for the student and the layman; to provide the reader with a general picture of the world at different times and its impact on Jewish history; and to ignite some interest or fascination with one of the characters you will meet and to encourage further study." The site consists of a century-by-century timeline of events and information about Jews and non-Jews who affected Jewish history. An alphabetical index of names is included (each name points to the years that contain information about that person).

Author: Eli Birnbaum (elibir@jafi.org.il)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Judaism

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

Keywords: Religious history

The Holocaust Chronicle

http://www.holocaustchronicle.org/

"The Holocaust Chronicle Web site contains every word and a generous selection of images from the companion book of the same title. Whether you browse this Web site, page through it, or search for specific, cross-referenced information, you'll find dramatic information grounded in rock-solid scholarship, complemented by a wealth of images; generous, fact-filled captions; hundreds of sidebar essays focusing on significant people, events, and issues; dozens of useful maps; and an exclusive timeline of Holocaust-related events spanning the years 1000 B.C. through 1999."

Author: Publications International, Ltd.

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--Europe--World War II

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

Keywords: Anti-Semitism; Hitler; Germany; Nazi

Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI)

http://www.jafi.org.il/

Resources for the global Jewish community. Daily news and updated information on tourism in Israel. Includes a comprehensive set of Jewish-related sites at http://www.jewishsites.org/ and a monthly magazine, The MagNet.

Author: Jewish Agency for Israel (office@jafi.org.il)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Judaism

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

Keywords: Hebrew; Israel

Jewish American Literature Research Homepage

http://www.ngc.peachnet.edu/Academic/Arts_Let/LangLit/dproyal/jewish.htm

"This is a web site devoted to contemporary Jewish American authors. It was designed primarily for researchers in Jewish American Literature, but it includes material that will interest both the common reader and the academician." Parts of this site are under construction, but the bibliography is good and helpful for those interested in doing further research in this field.

Author: Derek Royal (dproyal@ngcsu.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Authors

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

Jewish Cooking in America with Joan Nathan

http://www.pbs.org/mpt/jewishcooking/

Based upon Joan Nathan's books and televion show, this site aims to explain the origins and reasons behind Jewish foods and holiday customs associated with them. It also includes recipes, ways to order books and videos and helpful cooking hints. Joan Nathan is a highly respected author and chef both in and out of the Jewish community. This site reflects that.

Author: Joan Nathan

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

Keywords: kosher; recipes

JewishGen: The Home of Jewish Genealogy

http://www.jewishgen.org/

Jewish genealogical information and contacts. Includes databases of meetings, Websites, families and publications, plus a FAQ and other useful information.

Author: JewishGen, Inc. (webmasters@mail.jewishgen.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Judaism

Reference--Genealogy

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

Keywords: Jewish

Jews in the Civil War

http://www.jewish-history.com/civilwar.htm

This site looks at the Jewish experience during the Civil War, on both the Union and Confederate sides. It contains a collection of letters, first person accounts, biographies, photos, and excerpts from historical documents, along with links to related Websites.

Author:

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Wars--Civil War

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

Keywords: Civil War; Jews

JNUL Kettubot Database

http://jnul.huji.ac.il/dl/ketubbot/

"The Jewish National and University Library's unparalleled collection of ketubbot is one of the largest in the world (over 1200 items). It contains ketubbot from dozens of different countries, covering a time period of over 900 years and is a major resource for research in Jewish history, law and art. For over 2000 years Jewish law has required that every husband present his wife, at the time of their marriage, with a marriage contract or ketubbah, guaranteeing the wife's financial rights in case of the husband's death or divorce. Over generations, various local customs found their way into the legal text of the ketubbah and ketubbah decorations reflected the Jewish art of each locality and period. Ketubbot are therefore a rich source of material on Jewish history, customs and art. The fact that, as legal documents, ketubbot always contain exact dates and place names allows their absolute identification with specific communities and periods." Users can browse the collection by country, or use the search facility.

Author: Jewish National and University Library

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Judaism

Reference--Genealogy

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

Keywords: Weddings; Wedding contract; Marriage

Judaism 101

http://www.jewfaq.org/

"Judaism 101 is an online encyclopedia of Judaism, covering Jewish beliefs, people, places, things, language, scripture, practices and customs. My goal in creating this web site is to make freely available a wide variety of basic, general information about Judaism, written from a traditional perspective in plain English." A version using frames and Javascript is also available.

Author: Tracey Rich (webmaster@jewfaq.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Judaism

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

Keywords: Jewish Encyclopedia

Judaism and Jewish Resources

http://shamash.org/trb/judaism.html

The Judaism and Jewish Resources site is extrodinarily comprehensive, with informative links to sites in Israel and in the United States. It contains information on libraries, museums, art, archaeology, and the Hebrew and Yiddish languages, as well as Israeli culture and government, U.S. agencies in Israel, and several mailing lists.

Author: Andrew Tannenbaum (trb@shamash.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Judaism

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

The Khazaria Information Center

http://www.khazaria.com/

"The Khazaria Information Center provides essays, illustrations, photographs, bibliographies, and book recommendations onKhazarian history. The Khazar kingdom was a medieval world power that stayed independent from both Christian Byzantium and Muslim Persia. It was a major trading emporium and industrial center and many of its people were engaged in agriculture and fishing. Offers texts in English, Spanish, French, and Russian. 14-chapter bibliography with listings in Hungarian, English, French, Hebrew, Russian, Italian, Polish, and many other languages."

Author: Kevin Alan Brook

Subjects:

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

Keywords: Jews; Khazars; Turkic; Judaism; Volga; Russia; Ukraine

Kosher Express Recipes

http://www.marketnet.com/mktnet/kosher/recipes/

Collection of high holiday recipes; Passover main dishes, breakfast and dessert recipes. The site has links to Passover usenet archives and Kosher resources.

Author: MarketNet, Inc. (kosher@marketnet.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

Keywords: Jewish; Kosher; Recipes

Koshernic

http://www.koshernic.com/

"Koshernic is a searchable database of kosher restaurantsaround the world. It provides reviews, ratings, maps and drivingdirections. It is fully searchable by location, keyword, Hashgacha,cuisine, etc."

Author: Koshernic Ltd. (contact@koshernic.cjb.net)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Restaurants

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

Keywords: Kosher; Kashrut

KosherQuest

http://www.kosherquest.org/

"KosherQuest is the Web site of the Kosher Information Bureau. It is the most comprehensive Web site regarding Kashrus in the world. KosherQuest ... provides an outstanding resource for the Kosher consumer listing over 30,000 products that are reliably certified as Kosher. Product search is only one of many features of this site. The Web site is designed with a magazine format, and has articles that are updated regularly. Besides feature articles, KosherQuest has a Kosher update/alert section, listing new products and changes in Kashrus status of products; a recipe section; an ask the Rabbi section, listing questions answered by Rabbi Eliezer Eidlitz."

Author: Kosher Information Bureau (bhrebbe@pacbell.net)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Judaism

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

National Museum of American Jewish History

http://www.nmajh.org/

The National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadephia offers a view of "American Jews in the social, cultural, economic and political life" of the United States. View descriptions and photographs of current and past exhibits or check out the site's "three side-by-side timelines of American history, American Jewish history, and World Jewish history."

Author: National Museum of American Jewish History (nmajh@nmajh.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

Shakespeare and Anti-Semitism: The Question of Shylock

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/7221/

"This page is designed as an introductory resource for anyone who is interested in the nature of Elizabethan anti-semitism: both in its historical context and, in particular, how it is reflected and embodied in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice." It also contains historical documentation and explanation of the blood libel myth. It also includes helpful timelines.

Author: Grant Stirling (gstirling@geocities.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Authors--Shakespeare

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Judaism

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

Keywords: Jewish history; Elizabethan literature; blood libel; Jewish

Virtual Chanukah

http://www.virtualchanukah.com/

History, stories, games, recipes and more relating to the Jewish festival.

Author: American Friends of Lubavitch

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Judaism

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

Zipple: The Jewish SuperSite

http://www.zipple.com/

A site with news stories, magazine-type articles, and reference sources related to the Jewish cultural and business community. Site channels include education, religion, history, people and cultures, news and politics, and more.

Author:

Subjects:

Reference--News & Current Events

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

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