Find Youngstown-related resources here.
Jewish Digital Collections and Jewish Study Guides
Curated by Dianne Romm and wonderfully extensive. This will be a great first-stop for students looking for primary (and also secondary) sources on an array of topics related to Jewish studies.
NY Public Library Resource Page (Excellent!)
Online resources broken down by topics: American Jewish History, Arts and Culture, Genealogy, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Holocaust, Israel, Judaism, and World Jewish History.
JewishGen
Resource for genealogical research, including local histories.
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia Judaica
Excellent first stop for information on a wide range of topics in Jewish history and culture
Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women
YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe
Jewish Culture and History, Additional
My Jewish Learning
Popular site; not all articles of academic merit but can provide orientation
HebCal
Hebrew date converter
Jewish Languages
Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages
Free online courses in a number of rare Jewish languages
Bibliographies
Bibliography Bank, Association of Jewish Libraries
Primary Sources
American Jewish Committee Archives
Documents, Films, Audio, and more, including American Jewish Yearbook, 1899-2008
Historical Jewish Press via National Library of Israel
Access to Jewish periodicals and newspapers
Internet Jewish History Sourcebook
Jewish texts from different historical periods
Jewish Heritage Collection at the College of Charleston
Jewish life in South Carolina and the US south
Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization
Jewish cultural texts from different periods and places
Sefaria
Bible and rabbinic sources, searchable with significant translation
Film
Centropa
Jewish history and memory primarily from Central and Eastern Europe + images, etc.
Film Archive of the Jewish Film Institute
Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive
Largest collection of Jewish documentary films in the world
Sound
Dartmouth Jewish Sound Archive
Recorded Sound Archives via Florida Atlantic University, Jewish-studies collection
Images
Holy Land Digital Image Collections via University of Pennsylvania
Online Academic Journals
AJS Perspectives, Association for Jewish Studies
In Geveb A journal of Yiddish Studies
Podcasts
Adventures in Jewish Studies via Association for Jewish Studies
Judaism Unbound, Jewish-studies collection
New Book Network: Jewish Studies
Center for Jewish History
The Center for Jewish History comprises five institutions, each with many resources available online.
- American Jewish Historical Society
- American Sephardi Federation
- Leo Baeck Institute
- Yeshiva University Museum
- YIVO Institute for Jewish Research