Hebrew & Jewish Studies

Documents, pinkassim (registers) and other records of Jewish history from the Middle Ages to the present day.

Online platform which unites Jewish archival heritage held in hundreds of archives, libraries and museums across Europe.

Resources on the history and culture of East European Jewry.

Collection of information on Jewish women.

A born-digital community archive that focuses on queer Jewish theatre and the talented people behind it. Created by a UCL student.

Showcases collections from across the UK that tell the story of Jews and their experiences in Britain.

Interactive database of literature, art, and translated primary sources from biblical times to the 21st century. Free registration required.

Archival material of the Zionist movement.

Online version of David Tidhar's encyclopedia.

Repository of social research on European Jews since 1990.

Resources for study of the Holocaust.

Access to information on Holocaust-related archival material.

Testimony videos from survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust and other genocides.

Search collections of Holocaust records.

The Holocaust Encyclopedia and other online content.

Free online Hebrew dictionary.

Bio-bibliographical lexicon of modern Hebrew literature​.

Biographical dictionary of modern Yiddish literature, translated into English.

English-Yiddish Dictionary for the 21st Century.

A joint effort of four institutions with substantial Yiddish collections, the goal in this project is to create a full catalogue of Yiddish publications, with links to a digital copy where possible.

Open Access digital language archive sourced from hundreds of video-recorded interviews with survivors of the Holocaust.

Digital publication platform about Yiddish drama and performance, including original scholarship, theatre reviews, interviews, plot synopses, and translations from primary sources.

Resources on various Jewish languages.

Dictionary of the Aramaic language.

Biblical Hebrew, Aramaic and Syriac dictionaries.

Specialised tools for the study of the Hebrew text of the Hebrew Bible.

The latest historical and literary research on key people, places, and passages of the Bible.

Platform for Torah study informed by academic scholarship.

One-stop Tanakh study resource.

Research tool that connects primary texts with journal articles and book chapters on JSTOR that cite those texts.

Database dedicated to medieval Hebrew Bible manuscripts.

List of websites that aid in the study of Talmud.

Digitised virtual library of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Directory of digitised Jewish materials from libraries and other organisations worldwide.

Access to Jewish heritage content.

International collection of digitised Hebrew manuscripts.

Digitised collections of Hebrew codices, charters and scrolls. Currently unavailable due to cyber-attack.

Hebrew manuscripts from the Bodleian and Vatican Libraries.

Hebrew manuscripts from the University of Manchester Library.

Hebrew manuscripts from the Library of Congress.

Manuscripts from the Cairo Genizah.

A single access point to news, events and projects on the intersection of Jewish Studies and Digital Humanities.

Promotes productive links between the dynamic field of Jewish Studies in Europe and the Digital Humanities.

Jewish holiday calendars and Hebrew date converter.

Database of historical place names in languages written in Hebrew script.

Over 17,000 variant Hebrew spellings.

Gazetteer of Yiddish place names in Central and Eastern Europe.

Promotes the scholarly study of Jewish history and culture.

Promotes the study of Anglo-Jewish history.

Museum that tells the story of the history and heritage of Jews in Britain (currently online only).

Umbrella organisation for Europe representing the academic field of Jewish Studies.

Learned society and professional organisation whose mission is to advance research and teaching in Jewish Studies.

Online Jewish studies network.