Online Resources Jewish Studies „Corona Service“

Due to the COVID-19 epidemic, research institutions, archives and libraries were closed and many still offer only a limited service. The Special Information Service for Jewish Studies initially collected information on digital resources through its Twitter account which is presented here in a structured manner.

This list does not claim to be complete, we are happy to receive references to further resources at
info@jewishstudies.de.

Status: February 2021

Contents

1. General information
2. Journals – freely accessible or via the SIS
3. Digital collections
4. Digital editions and Projects
5. Blogs
6. Podcasts
7. Museums and Memorials online
8. Online courses and videos

1. General information

• The Digital Collections with the Hebraica & Judaica holdings of the Frankfurt University Library
  http://sammlungen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/judaica
• FID Jewish Studies Portal
  jewishstudies.de/en
• Licenses by the FID Jewish Studies - free registration for researchers of Jewish Studies and adjacent
  https://juedische-studien.fid-lizenzen.de
• freely accessible resources at JSTOR
  https://about.jstor.org/oa-and-free/
• On the open access platform Muse, numerous publishers make their digital offers temporarily available to the public
  https://about.muse.jhu.edu/resources/freeresourcescovid19/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=freeaccess
• Schusterman Center for Israel Studies Research Guide
  https://guides.library.brandeis.edu/schusterman_home

2. Journals – freely accessible or via the SIS

Open Access

• Medaon. Journal for Jewish Life in Research and Education (Articles in German & English)
  https://www.medaon.de/en/
• PaRDeS – Journal of the (German) Association for Jewish Studies
  http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-series-364
• Quest. Issue in Contemporary Jewish History
  https://www.quest-cdecjournal.it/about-this-journal/
• Tradition. A Journal of Modern Orthodox Thought (except for the most recent one all issues are freely accessible)
  https://traditiononline.org/archives/
• Religions. Open Access Journal
  https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions
• American Jewish Archive Journal
  http://americanjewisharchives.org/publications/journal/
• Selection of Jewish press of Switzerland, partly freely accessible
  https://collections.afz.ethz.ch/

Licenses by the FID Jewish Studies

After free registration for researchers based in Germany engaged in research in Jewish Studies & Israel Studies

• JSTOR Complete Jewish Studies Collection
  https://juedische-studien.fid-lizenzen.de/angebote/nlproduct.2016-11-17.5929917788
• Journal of Ancient Judaism (2019)
  https://juedische-studien.fid-lizenzen.de/angebote/nlproduct.2019-09-20.2424001832

3. Digital collections

• The Judaica Collection, University Library Frankfurt am Main
  http://sammlungen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/judaica
• Digital Collection of the National Library of Israel
  https://web.nli.org.il/sites/NLI/English/digitallibrary/dlib/Pages/default.aspx
• Ktiv. Database for digitized Hebrew manuscripts worldwide
  https://web.nli.org.il/sites/nlis/en/manuscript
• Europeana - contains the Judaica Europeana (Digital Jewish Cultural Heritage Europe)
  https://www.europeana.eu/en
• Digital collection of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France with many Hebraica and Judaica
  gallica.bnf.fr
• Library of the Alliance Israélite Universelle
  https://www.bibliotheque-numerique-aiu.org/
• Hebrew Books
  http://www.hebrewbooks.org
• DigiBaeck – Digital Collection of the Leo Baeck Institute New York/Berlin
  https://www.lbi.org/collections/digibaeck/
• YIVO Books
  http://yivolibrarybooks.org/
• The Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Online Collections
  https://vilnacollections.yivo.org/
• Yiddish Book Center
  https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/
• Jewish Theological Seminary
  https://digitalcollections.jtsa.edu/
• Michelle Chesner, Columbia University Library, published on Twitter a list of useful information for Jewish Studies
  https://twitter.com/hchesner
• The Moscow State Yiddish Theater Collection at the Blavatnik Archive Foundation
  https://www.blavatnikarchive.org/collection/2
• Digital Library of the Middle East
  https://dlmenetwork.org/library
• Poetic Textures Else Lasker-Schüler Archives by the Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach & online presentation via YouTube
  https://www.laskerschuelerarchives.org/
  https://youtu.be/JbLnHaIPA80
• Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, free access after registration
  https://www.posenlibrary.com/
• Digital copies of central archive for researching the history of the Jews in Germany
  https://zentralarchiv-juden.de/digitalisate/digitalisate-des-zentralarchivs/
• Arolsen Archives – International Center on Nazi Persecution
  https://arolsen-archives.org/en/search-explore/search-online-archive/

4. Digital editions and Projects

• Sefaria - Online edition of Tanach, Talmud and Jewish commentary literature
  sefaria.org
• Key documents on German-Jewish history including online exhibitions (Sources in German, Descriptions in German & English)
  https://jewish-history-online.net/
• de – Jüdisches Leben heute (German)
  https://www.talmud.de
• Yahad.net - A Jewish Heritage Network Project – Platform for Pesach with collection of digitally available Haggadot
  https://yahad.net/
• Mapping modern Jewish cultures by Shachar Pinsker – online project about the development of Modern Jewish Cultures in the urban environment
  https://richbrew.org/
  
• “Roman Mafteach: Distant Reading in the Hebrew Novel, Risks and Chances” New project of the Literary Lab at Ben Gurion University
  https://www.lit-lab.bgu.ac.il/the-hebrew-novel

5. Blogs

• The Librarians / HaSafranim – Blog of the National Library of Israel
  https://blog.nli.org.il/en/ (English)
  https://blog.nli.org.il (Hebrew)
• Jewish Philosophy Place – Blog by Zachary Braiterman (Syracuse University)
  https://jewishphilosophyplace.com
• The Seforim Blog – All About Seforim, New and Old, and Jewish Bibliography
  https://seforimblog.com/about/
• Footprints: Jewish Books through Time and Place – Blog about the project
  https://edblogs.columbia.edu/footprints/
• Knowledge in Circulation– Blog about a research project on esoteric knowledge in early modern Jewish manuscripts
  https://esknowcirc.hypotheses.org
• Yiddish Song of the Week
  https://yiddishsong.wordpress.com
• Lehrhaus – Orthodox Blog Project
  https://thelehrhaus.com/
• Torah.com - Blog about the Torah and its topics
  https://www.thetorah.com/

→ for blogs run by museums see 7

6. Podcasts

General introductory podcasts of public service broadcasters

• "Aus der Jüdischen Welt" - Deutschlandfunk Kultur every Friday on air &available as podcast (German)
  https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/aus-der-juedischen-welt.1078.de.html
• hr2 kultur „Jüdische Welt“ (German)
  https://www.hr2.de/podcasts/juedische-welt/index.html
• wdr5 radio programme Tiefenblick with 4 episodes on „Juden und Judentum“ (German)
  https://www1.wdr.de/radio/wdr5/sendungen/tiefenblick/juden-und-judentum-102.html
• Lectures by Prof. Dr. Samuel Salzborn on topics from the political science and social science via Spotify (German)
  https://open.spotify.com/show/1cjUnM4bDG2bPrrumZ32E4
• „Let’s talk sisters!“ – Podcast of the Jewish Museum Augsburg (German)
  https://jmaugsburg.de/onlineangebote/podcast/

Podcasts from the Jewish Studies

• "Jüdische Geschichte" by and with Daniel Mahla from the Department of Jewish History and Culture at Ludwig Maximilians-University Munich (German)
  https://www.jgk.geschichte.uni-muenchen.de/podcast/index.html
• Jewish History Matters FM by and with Jason Lustig
  https://www.jewishhistory.fm/
• AJS Adventure in Jewish Studies Podcast series
  https://associationforjewishstudies.org/publications-research/adventures-in-jewish-studies-podcast
• Podcast of the Jewish Women’s Archive
  https://jwa.org/podcasts/canwetalk
• Podcast of the Hebrew Union College
  https://collegecommons.huc.edu/bully-pulpit/
• “What’s New? What’s Next? Jewish Studies in the time of pandemic” Podcast by POLIN Museum
  https://polin.pl/en/podcasts-geop-whats-new-whats-next
• “In Times Gone By” Podcast by Australian Jewish Historical Society
  https://www.ajhs.com.au/podcast/
• “Jüdische Geschichte Kompakt“ Podcast by the Institute for the History of the German Jews (Institut für die Geschichte der deutschen Juden, IGdJ) (German)
  https://juedischegeschichtekompakt.podigee.io/
• “Schon immer Tachles“ Podcast by the Central Council of Jews in Germany (German)
  https://www.zentralratderjuden.de/aktuelle-meldung/artikel/news/schon-immer-tachles-podcast/
• New books in Jewish Studies from The New Books Network
  https://open.spotify.com/show/06g6JT823XfuuEPtnV8C2d

• "Jewish Questions: Anti-Semitism" Podcast by UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies
  https://open.spotify.com/show/7o4NW5sVnn6Ugmg6dl4lIa

Podcasts from the Israel Studies

• Podcast of the Israel Studies Seminar of the University of Oxford
  https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/israel-studies-seminar
• „Mekka und Jerusalem“ – A podcast on Jewish-Muslim relations, by and with Johannes Becke and Frederek Musall, Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg (German)
  https://www.hfjs.eu/mekka_jerusalem/start.html
• Israel Hour Radio on air and as podcast
  https://www.myisraelimusic.com/podcast-2/
• Tel Aviv Review Podcast by TLV1 – Scientific reviews and discussions
  https://tlv1.fm/podcasts/tel-aviv-review-show/
• Weekly Podcast from Ha‘aretz
  https://www.haaretz.co.il/digital/podcast/weekly
• השעה הבינלאומית – כאן עולמי International Hour by Radio Kan
  https://www.kan.org.il/podcast/program.aspx/?progId=2058
• גם כן תרבות – Podcast on society and culture by Radio Kan
  https://www.kan.org.il/podcast/program.aspx/?progid=11
• עושים פוליטיקה – Political podcast by and with Daphna Liel
  https://www.ranlevi.com/osim_politica/
• Podcasts by Israel Democracy Institute
  https://en.idi.org.il/podcasts/
• “Israel in Depth“ Podcast by Younes & Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies at University of California, Los Angeles
  https://www.international.ucla.edu/israel/israelindepthpodcasts/

7. Museums and Memorials online

• Anne Frank Day 2021 “A Glance at History“ (12. May) (German)
  https://www.annefranktag.de/
• Google Arts & Culture – virtual exhibitions & object shows
  • Jewish Museum Berlin, Jewish Museum Frankfurt, Jewish Museum Wien, Jewish Museum New York, Jewish Museum London
    https://artsandculture.google.com/search/partner?q=Jewish%20museum
  • Israel Museum
    https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/the-israel-museum-jerusalem/iQEu5-RzOm82-A
• Object database & online showcase Jewish Museum Berlin (German)
  https://objekte.jmberlin.de/
  https://www.jmberlin.de/en/online-projects
• Facebook Live Talks on objects, other videos & blog of the Jewish Museum London
  https://www.facebook.com/pg/JewishMuseumLDN/videos/?ref=page_internal
  https://jewishmuseum.org.uk/category/learning-news/
• Blog & online showcase Jewish Museum Frankfurt (German)
  https://www.juedischesmuseum.de/blog/
  https://www.facebook.com/juedischesmuseumffm/
• Audio and video tours of the Jewish Museum New York
  https://tours.thejewishmuseum.org/
• Audio tours of the Topographie des Terrors Berlin (German)
  https://www.topographie.de/en/topography-of-terror/
• Online resources Jewish Museum Rendsburg (German)
  https://jmrd.de/
• Virtual comic exhibition of 12 Israeli artists
  https://www.imaj.be/expo-bd/
• “Exploring Sephardic Life Cycle Customs“ Online Exhibition by the Sephardic Studies Program at University of Washington
  http://jewishstudies.washington.edu/omeka/
• The Anne Frank House Online
  https://www.annefrank.org/en/museum/web-and-digital/
• Digital Experience of Jewish Vienna by Jewish Museum Vienna
  http://www.jmw.at/de/blog/juedisches-wien-digital-erleben
• “Topography of violence - Antisemitic violence in Germany 1930-38” by the Jewish Museum Berlin
  https://www.jmberlin.de/topographie-gewalt/#/en/info
• 3-D tours of the Jewish Culture Museum Augsburg-Swabia
  https://jmaugsburg.de/onlineangebote/3d-touren/

Do-it-yourself ideas not only for children

• Shadow show of the Jewish Museum Frankfurt (German)
  https://www.juedischesmuseum.de/blog/schattenspiel-gegen-corona/
• Painting templates & activities for children of the Israel Museum
  https://www.imj.org.il/en/events/museum-closed-come

Online resources of memorial sites

• #LichterGegenDunkelheit – Gemeinsame Initiative der Gedenkstätten (German)
  https://www.lichter-gegen-dunkelheit.de
• Virtual commemoration of the Dachau concentration camp memorial (German)
  https://www.kz-gedenkstaette-dachau.de/en/veranstaltungen/
• Facebook page of the Dachau concentration camp memorial site with live tours (German)
  https://www.facebook.com/pg/DachauMemorial/videos/?ref=page_internal
• Digital memorial of the Arolsen Archives
  https://arolsen-archives.org/en/learn-participate/interactive-archive/everynamecounts/

8. Online courses and videos

• AJS Webinar Archive
  https://associationforjewishstudies.org/professional-development/webinars/past-webinars
• YIVO Facebook Live Talks
  https://www.facebook.com/YIVOInstitute/posts/3302756563090682
• YIVO’s Shine Online Educational Series
  https://yivo.org/shine
• Yad Vashem online courses on the Holocaust and Antisemitism
  https://www.yadvashem.org/education/online-courses.html
• Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies on Youtube
  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiVHixhCcFsc6r1E9F_fCaQ
• Center for Jewish History on Youtube
  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG-AeN6L-1INwOABRWVaUrA
• Leo Baeck Institute New York on Youtube
  https://www.youtube.com/user/leobaeckinstitute
• Barry Wimpfheimer’s (Northwestern University) “Introduction to Judaism” online course
  https://sites.northwestern.edu/introductiontojudaism/
• Video series by Zev Eleff, Lecturer for Jewish History at Touro College
  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjb5IepgAsSc9MvDZvAP5vg
• Rabbi J.C. Soussan's (Frankfurt/Main) Shiurim on Facebook (German)
  https://www.facebook.com/pg/Rabbiner-J-C-Soussan-825115870854382/videos/?ref=page_internal
• Advanced training by Bildungsstätte Anne Frank (German)
  https://www.bs-anne-frank.de/erwachsenenbildung/
• The Cairo Geniza in the Digital Age: Webinar with Marina Rustow
  https://youtu.be/2PygDkjnB08
• Virtual Classrooms by Jewish Museum London
  https://jewishmuseum.org.uk/virtual-classrooms/
• National Library of Israel on Youtube
  https://www.youtube.com/user/NLI2010/about
• Video lectures from the Holocaust Studies at Western Galilee College
  https://english.wgalil.ac.il/research/research-centers/holocaust-research/lectures-videos/
• “Meet the Author“ online series by the Association for Canadian Jewish Studies Presents
  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnGhxjLo1IsdINyuWcFNN5g
• YouTube channel of the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies incl. the SIMS / Katz Center Lecture Series
  https://www.youtube.com/user/SchoenbergInstitute/
• Series of lectures by Hebrew Union College
  http://huc.edu/huc-connect-2021-calendar-view#month
• Virtual reading room by the National Library Israel
  https://live-events.nli.org.il/
• Martin Buber-Professur Frankfurt on Youtube
  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3nXa7GsCUKLklTuMI5S-oA/featured