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[Jewish Studies] Welcome to Fathom's special learning center, Jewish Studies: History, Culture and Religion. Follow the links on this page to learn from leading experts about the diverse and rich history of the Jewish people, the religious, philosophical and political movements that shaped Jewish history, and the cultural achievements of Jews in the modern world.

Choose a subtopic and discover a wide selection of free seminars, articles, features and lectures from experts in the Fathom consortium, including Columbia University, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the University of Michigan. Browse thousands of reference entries, book recommendations and links for further resources on studying Jewish history and Judaism.

Whether you are Jewish or non-Jewish, this learning center will enable you to enrich your understanding of the Jewish experience and introduce you to current debates on topics ranging from the state of American Jewry to the Holocaust to Zionism.

In his introduction to the learning center, Michael Terry, chief librarian in the Dorot Jewish Division at The New York Public Library's Humanities and Social Sciences Library, considers the pleasure of learning in light of the sources of Judaism.

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[An Introduction to Hebrew Manuscripts] An Introduction to Hebrew Manuscripts
From: The New York Public Library

In this visually-rich seminar, four experts introduce the physical and cultural characteristics of the Hebrew manuscript books of the Middle Ages and reflect on the kind of information that they reveal. Throughout, the scholars show how Hebrew manuscripts reflect regional variations in materials, culture and religious sensibility, and they consider how scribal practices and literary tastes evolved over the centuries as manuscripts were produced.



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Poland's Century: War, Communism and Anti-SemitismFREE When Jews Were GIs: World War II and the Remaking of American JewryFREE
 
 
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[Judaica at the V&A: Hanukkah Lamps] Judaica at the V&A: Hanukkah Lamps
From: The Victoria and Albert Museum

The first objects of Judaica in the Victoria & Albert's collections were purchased before the establishment of the Museum itself; indeed, many items in the collection were bought before the establishment of any Jewish museums in the world. Here, Marilyn Greene takes a tour through the V&A galleries to look at Hanukkah lamps from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. more...

 
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Jewish in America Preserving a Genuine Sense of Tragedy and Moral Outrage About All Genocides
Doing Nothing: UK Policy Towards the Jews in 1938 Christian Magic and Jewish Mysticism in Renaissance Europe
 
 
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
[Being Israeli] Being Israeli
By: Gershon Shafir and Yoed Peled [Cambridge University Press, Paperback]

This penetrating and timely study by two well-known scholars offers a theoretically informed account of the political sociology of Israel. The argument is set in its historical context as the authors trace Israel's development from the beginning of Zionist settlement in Palestine in the early 1880s to the Oslo accords in 1993, and finally to the recent Palestinian uprising. Against this background, they speculate on the idea of citizenship and what it means to be the citizen of a fragmented and ideologically divided society. more...
 
 
REFERENCE
Articles selected from Fathom's reference shelf to help you learn more about some of the significant people, terms, and themes related to Jewish studies.

Judaism
The Columbia Encyclopedia (6th Edition)


Maccabees
The Columbia Encyclopedia (6th edition)


Israel
The Columbia Encyclopedia (6th edition)
 
 
SELECTED COURSES AND SEMINARS
Websites from Fathom's member institutions that offer in-depth resources and archived materials relating to Jewish studies.

The Jewish Theological Seminary
from: The Jewish Theological Seminary


Center for Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia University
from: Columbia University


The Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago
from: The University of Chicago


YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
from: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research


The New York Public Library Dorot Jewish Division
from: The New York Public Library
 
 
 
 
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