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American Jewish Yearbook

Print Copy: Judaica Ref E184 .J5 A55

North American Jewish Data Bank

The central repository of social scientific studies of North American Jewry. Primary functions are to (1) acquire, archive, and disseminate quantitative data sets and reports, both contemporary and historical and (2) encourage utilization of the archive through training and provide information about methods for studying Jewish communities. Our goal is to aid in understanding North American Jewish communities, and to improve the quality and utilization of research conducted about North American Jewry.

Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia

Judaica Ref DS115.2 .J49 1998

Concise Dictionary of American Jewish Biography

Judaica Ref E184 .J5 C653 1994

American Jewish Archives

American Jewish History Internet Resources

Encyclopedia of the Holocaust

Judaica Ref D804 .E53 1990

Bibliography on Holocaust Literature -- Edelheit

Judaica Ref Z6374 .H6 B48 1986 and supplements

Yizkor Books Online (New York Public Library)

SICSA -- Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism

Dedicated to an independent, non-political approach to the accumulation and dissemination of knowledge necessary for understanding the phenomenon of antisemitism. The Center engages in research on antisemitism throughout the ages, focusing on relations between Jews and non-Jews, particularly in situations of tension and crisis.

JewishGen: The Home of Jewish Genealogy

Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia

Judaica Ref DS115.2 .J49 1998

A Bibliography of Works on Jewish Women’s History with References to Works on Jewish Gender Studies, Jewish Masculinity, and Jewish Sexuality (Felicia Herman)

Judaica Ref HQ1172 .H48 1998

There are a number of bilbligraphies on this subject in the same call number range in Judaica Reference

Women's Studies International

The multi-language bibliography of Jewish law (Rakover)

Judaica Ref BM520.65 .R28 1990

There are other bibliographies in the same call number range in Judaica Reference

See also:

Judaica Text Resources: Rabbinics

New Encyclopedia of Zionism and Israel

Judaica Ref DS149 .N56 1994

DataJEM

Jewish Education Materials (for classroom or group use)

Yiddish Studies

See the separate guide created by Judith Pinnolis