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Following are selected links to websites that relate to Southwest
Jewish history, Crypto-Judaic studies, and synagogues.
Tucson and Arizona sites
Hillel The University of Arizona's Hillel
Center, Arizona
State University's Hillel Center
Jewish Federation
of Southern Arizona and its
Synagogues of Southern Arizona page.
Jewish News of Greater
Phoenix and its page listing Valley
Congregations.
Kulanu in the Southwest,
our local Kulanu chapter, holds monthly meetings on a variety of
interesting topics.
Shema
Arizona: The Arizona Jewish Historical Society Oral History Project
Sixty-three oral histories conducted by the Arizona Jewish Historical
Society provide a valuable and unique resource for understanding
how American Jews in the early 20th century pulled up roots, continued
a tradition of migration, and became western Jews.
Related Web Sites in the U. S. West
Center For Judaic Studies At The University
Of Denver
The Dallas Virtual Jewish Community
Center Home Page and the Dallas
Jewish Historical Society
El Paso (Texas)
Holocaust Museum and Study Center
HALAPID: The Society for the Study of Crypto Judaic Studies Website:
You will find many informative articles as well as membership information in the Society.
"Harriet Rochlin, author
and lecturer wants to tell you about Jewish Roots in the West and
related topics..."
Jewish Bulletin of Northern California
Kulanu, "All Of Us", is an
organization which reflects the community of interests of individuals
of varied backgrounds and religious practices dedicated to finding
and assisting lost and dispersed remnants of the Jewish people.
The Link: New Mexico's
Jewish Newspaper
New Mexico Jewish Historical
Society Also, see its "Links"
page for a healthy list of links to related Web sites, including
genealogy sites.
Stories Untold: Jewish
Pioneer Women, 1865-1915. "The exhibition consists of a nine
mixed media works on large canvases by contemporary Santa Fe artist
Andrea Kalinowski. The stories of Jewish pioneer women's lives on
the American Western frontier are told in works that combine digital
technology and traditional quilt designs with texts and photographs."
Jewish Genealogy Websites
National and International Sites on Judaism and
Jewish Resources
American Jewish Historical Society
(AJHS) "to foster awareness and appreciation of the American
Jewish heritage and to serve as a national scholarly resource for
research through the collection, preservation and dissemination
of materials relating to American Jewish history."
American Jewish Archives, Hebrew
Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion.
Creating the Synagogue Archives by, Kevin Proffitt describes:
Authorization and Support, Collection Policy and Appraisal, Physical
Facilities and Supplies, Organization and Procedures, Preservation
and Conservation, and Access, Reference and Security.
BSZNet "The Virtual
Center of the Worldwide Sephardic Jewish Community." This website
is hosted by B'Nei Shaare Zion Congregation which is the largest
Sephardic congregation in America.
Israel Direct:
Shopping for Jewish and Israeli
gifts
Assorted Jewish items & Jewish gifts
from Yarmulklip.
Israel Science and Technology
Homepage: "This web site aims to provide an organized listing
of science and technology related sites in Israel, and science related
national events and international conferences. The site has been
designed to allow rapid and uncluttered display of the requested
information." Examples of resources at this web site are:
Jewish Nobel Prize winners, Jewish
scientists, Jewish
Student Organizations in the USA, and Jewish
Student Organizations in the Diaspora.
Jewish
Resource Links (Geocities) This
is a large list linking to general Jewish resources, Holocaust information
sites, resources from universities, publications, Hebrew/Yiddish
Information, and genealogy.
Dartmouth Jewish
Sound Archive: "You will find here a rich array of recordings, some
of them rare, dating back as far as 1904. Our database includes sound
files, graphics of record labels, and details of the recordings and their
contents."
Jewish Studies Network
(JSN): an affiliate of Hebrew College and Shamash. "With over
2000 subscribers worldwide, JSN is the premier electronic
source concerning Judaica and the academic study and discussion of Judaism
ancient, mediaeval, and modern. All services of JSN are provided free of
charge."
Judaica Music Rescue
Project at Florida Atlantic University. "The FAU Judaica Music Rescue
Project is dedicated to finding, archiving, restoring and digitizing all
the Jewish music that has been recorded on 78-rpm phonograph records. It
began in the spring of 2002 with a collection of about 1,000 vintage
78-rpm recordings of Jewish music. Today, the collection exceeds 6,000,
making it one of the largest collections of vintage Jewish music in the
country."
Kulanu's
Anthology of Jewish and Israel Related Resource
SAUDADES: Portuguese Sephardic
History Saudades offers the opportunity to subscribe to the
Saudades-Sefarad Forum
Shamash: The Jewish Internet's
Museums and Exhibitions site.
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