Judaic Studies
Provides recommended resources for Judaic Studies and highlights Judaica reference and special materials at the U-M Library and beyond.
- Starting points
- Judaica Special Collections
- Antisemitism / Judenfrage
- Art
- Bible
- Black Jews / Jews & Blacks
- Comics & Cartoonists
- Film / Cinema & Television
- Food / Cookbooks
- Genealogy
- Gender & Sexuality
- Holocaust
- Humor
- Judeo-Arabic
- Kabbalah
- Ladino / Sephardim
- Maps
- Michigan Jewry
- Mizrahim
- Modern Hebrew
- Music
- Photography
- Sports
- Talmud & Rabbinics
- Yiddish
- Related research guides
Romanization guidelines
Related research guides
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Hebrew Language and Literature (University of Illinois Library)Resources for learning and reading Hebrew
Newspapers
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Haaretz in Hebrew
Israeli newspaper founded in 1918, making it the longest running newspaper currently in print in Israel. It is published in both Hebrew and English. Among Israel's daily newspapers, Haaretz is considered the most influential and respected for both its news coverage and its commentary.
Institutions & organizations
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Academy of the Hebrew LanguageIs the world’s premiere institution for the Hebrew language, and in Israel, its decisions are binding on all governmental agencies.
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Institute for the translation of Hebrew LiteratureFounded in 1962 to acquaint foreign readers with the best of modern Hebrew literature.
Online tools
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DictaAnalytical tools for Hebrew texts, including vocalization.
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לוחות נטיית הפועל
An electronic table of verb conjugations, provided by the Academy of the Hebrew Language.
Recommended dictionaries
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Rav-Milim onlineIncludes 70,000 main entries covering all strata and styles of language, each with all of its inflectional forms, with clear explanations, sources and usage examples. Rav-Milim includes a complete Hebrew Language Laboratory that instantly analyzes each Hebrew word entered, even the most complex of forms, dissecting it into simple elements.
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Morfix DictionaryA free online Hebrew-English and English-Hebrew dictionary.
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Complete English-Hebrew Dictionary by Reuben Alcalay
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Milon Even-Shoshan (מלון אבן־שושן)
Publication Date: 2003The most comprehensive Hebrew-Hebrew dictionary. The revised and updated 2003 edition is the ultimate dictionary for both Contemporary and Biblical Hebrew. Available in print only. -
Modern English-Hebrew Dictionary by Avraham Zilkha
Publication Date: 2002Designed for easy use, speed and accuracy. Its 30,000 entries include many contemporary technical terms, recently coined Hebrew words, and translations for common idioms. -
Modern Hebrew-English Dictionary by Avraham Zilkha
Publication Date: 1989This dictionary was compiled with the intention of providing an up-to-date, easy to use, and inexpensive tool which would enable the student of the language to understand a modern Hebrew text. -
Rav milon: Multi dictionary: bilingual learners dictionary by Liorah Weinbach; Ednah Lauden; Miriam Shani.
Publication Date: 1993Features definitions and examples in Hebrew, language functions for interpersonal communication and a lexicon for special purposes. This multi dictionary is comprised of a wide range of entries, expressions and idioms, which reflect the multi-faceted linguistic inventory of modern Hebrew. -
לקסיקון הסלנג העברי והצבאי by עודד אחיאסף
Publication Date: 1993Lexicon of Hebrew and military slang. In Hebrew. Editor: Oded Aḥiʼasaf.
Encyclopedias
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Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics by Geoffrey Khan (Editor)
Publication Date: 2013Offers a systematic and comprehensive treatment of all aspects of the history and study of the Hebrew language from its earliest attested form to the present day. Associate editors: Shmuel Bolozky; Gary A. Rendsburg; Aaron D. Rubin; Ora R. Schwarzwald; Tamar Zewi; Steven E. Fassberg.
Databases & Lexicons
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Haifa Index to Hebrew Periodicals (IHP) = מפתח חיפה למאמרים [U-M credentials required]
A multi-disciplinary bibliographic indexing project covering articles from Hebrew periodicals and monographs. Includes contents in Hebrew, English, and other languages. -
The Historical Dictionary Project (Ma'agarim)
The paramount project of the Academy of the Hebrew Language is the Historical Dictionary; the creation of this enormous and most important enterprise was decided upon shortly after the Academy was established in 1953. -
Kotar Reference Library [U-M credentials required]
Kotar is an online library and digital work environment, a result of cooperation with the leading publishers in Israel. Its goal is to make leading academic works (reference books, encyclopedias, journals, etc.) published over the past half century in Hebrew and English, available to school students, teachers, and researchers. -
Modern Hebrew Literature - a Bio-Bibliographical Lexicon = לקסיקון הספרות העברית החדשה
An online bio-bibliographical lexicon of modern Hebrew literature. Compiled by Joseph Galron-Goldschläger. -
Project Ben-Yehuda
A volunteer-based free digital library expanding access to Hebrew Literature.
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RAMBI - Index of Articles on Jewish Studies
A selective bibliography of academic articles covering all of the fields of Jewish studies as well as the study of Eretz Israel and the State of Israel. RAMBI is based largely on the collections of the National Library. The articles listed in RAMBI are collected from thousands of journals, in print or electronic, from collections of articles and from offprints sent by researchers. -
Union List of Digitized Jewish Historic Newspapers, Periodicals and e-Journals
The list consists of one page for titles in Latin script (includes also some Cyrillic titles), and one page for Hebraic scripts (Hebrew, Yiddish and Ladino).
In print:
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Heksherim lexicon of Israeli authors
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Zisi Setaṿi, Yigʼal Shṿarts
Publication Date: 2014In Hebrew with English introduction. -
Otsar ha-sefer ha-ʻIvri : reshimat ha-sefarim she-nidpesu be-ot ʻIvrit me-reshit ha-defus ha-ʻIvri bi-shenat 229 (1469) ʻad shenat 623 (1863), by Yeshaʻyahu Ṿinograd.
Publication Date: 1993Thesaurus of the Hebrew book.
Journals
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Criticism and interpretation = Bikoret u-farshanut = ביקורת ופרשנות
Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Culture -
ha-Kiṿun mizraḥ = הכיוון מזרח :כתב עת לתרבות וספרות
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ha-ʻIvrit: rivʻon be-ʻinyane ha-lashon ha-ʻIvrit = העברית: רבעון בענייני הלשון העברית.
Intended for educated laypeople interested in the Hebrew language. First published in 1945, it only recently (2010) changed its name to Ha’Ivrit (previous title: Leshonenu la-ʻam). It continues to be a platform for issues relating to Hebrew in all its forms, styles and periods. The Academy’s decisions regarding punctuation, spelling, and grammar are published here in special editions. -
Hebrew studies: A journal devoted to the Hebrew language and literature
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Heliḳon = הליקון
Sidrah anṭologit le-shirah ʻakhshaṿit. -
Jerusalem studies in Hebrew literature = Meḥḳere Yerushalayim be-sifrut ʻIvrit = מחקרי ירושלים בספרות עברית
Published by the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Institute of Jewish Studies, Faculty of Humanities, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem -
Masorot = מסורות.
Studies in Language Traditions & Jewish Languages. -
Mikan, Journal for Hebrew literary studies = Mi-kan: ketav-ʻet le-ḥeḳer ha-sifrut ha-ʻIvrit
Publication Date: Began in 2000.Published by the Heksherim Research Institute for Jewish and Israeli Literature & Culture, Ben-Gurion University at the Negev. -
Moznayim = מאזנים
Also available online at: https://www.jstor.org/journal/moznaim and at http://www.hebrew-writers.org/ירחון-מאזנים -
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ʻIton 77 = עתון 77
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Ḳatarsis = קתרסיס
In Hebrew, summaries in English.
Textbooks
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Modern Hebrew for Beginners by Esther Raizen
Publication Date: 2016Modern Hebrew for Beginners--which is now revised and updated--and Modern Hebrew for Intermediate Students are the core of a multimedia program for the college-level Hebrew classroom developed at the University of Texas at Austin in the early 2000s. -
Modern Hebrew for Intermediate Students by Esther Raizen
Publication Date: 2016Modern Hebrew for Intermediate Students--which is now revised and updated--and Modern Hebrew for Beginners are the core of a multimedia program for the college-level Hebrew classroom developed at the University of Texas at Austin in the early 2000s. -
Routledge Introductory Course in Modern Hebrew
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Giore Etzion
Publication Date: 2019An integrated language course designed ideally for classroom-based learners. Adopting an eclectic approach, the course contains 90 lessons combining authentic texts, grammar explanations, and exercises with audiovisual materials to guide and support the student through the key skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening. -
Roots and Patterns: Hebrew morpho-syntax by Maya Arad
Publication Date: 2006This book is simultaneously a theoretical study in morphosyntax and an in-depth empirical study of Hebrew. Based on Hebrew data, the book defends the status of the root as a lexical and phonological unit and argues that roots, rather than verbs or nouns, are the primitives of word formation.
Easy Hebrew
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Gesher Ḳal
Series published by ha-Maḥlaḳah le-ḥinukh Yehudi Tsiyoni, ha-Sokhnut ha-Yehudi le-Erets Yiśraʾel.
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Gesher la-noʻar
Series published by ha-Maḥlaḳah le-ḥinukh Yehudi Tsiyoni, ha-Sokhnut ha-Yehudi le-Erets Yiśraʾel.
28 volumes available.
Special collections outside U-M
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Gnazim - Archive of Hebrew writersThe Gnazim Institute of the Hebrew Writers Association in Israel is the largest Hebrew literature archive in the world. More than 750 archival collections of writers, poets, essayists and playwrights from the late 19th century to the present, are preserved here.
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Hannah Senesh (National Library of Israel)In 2020, the National Library of Israel contacted the Senesh family and Ori and Mirit Eisen of Arizona, who generously agreed to help facilitate the transfer of the archive to the National Library. The archive includes, among other things, the manuscripts of her poems; personal diaries; extensive correspondence with her family and with others; photographs; personal documents; notebooks from the Agricultural School for Girls; the minutes of her trial in Budapest; as well as objects such as her suitcase, her typewriter and camera.
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Hebrew Literature ArchivesHoused at the Heksherim Research Institute for Jewish and Israeli Literature & Culture (Ben-Gurion University at the Negev), these growing archives already include the works of internationally renowned authors such as Amos Oz, Aharon Appelfeld, Yehuda Amichai, Ruth Almog, David Avidan, Yocheved Bat-Miriam, David Schutz and Nissim Aloni.
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Irwin T. and Shirley Holtzman Israeli literature collection (Michigan State University Libraries)Comprised of works from the earliest days of Statehood in 1948 up to the present, the Irwin T. Holtzman Israeli Literature collection features manuscripts of poetry and drama; posters advertising literary events; political cartoons and other original artwork; and Irwin Holtzman's extensive correspondence with many important Israeli literary figures, including Amos Oz, A.B. Yehoshua, Amalia Kahana-Carmon, and Yoram Kaniuk. It also includes published articles and essays, manuscripts, typescripts, bibliographies of Holtzman's extensive collection of Israeli literature, and other materials.
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The Israeli Cartoon Museum digital collection @ Harvard Library16,282 catalog results (accessed in April 2021)
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IsraPulp Collection (Arizona State University Library)Established in 2004, this is the only research collection of Hebrew popular literature. The collection encompasses almost two thousand rare books and serialized booklets, from the pre-State period (1928) to present day, representing a wide range of genres—from Westerns (some take place in Arizona) to detective stories, crime novels, science fiction, and children's books.
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Yehuda Amichai Papers (Yale University)Correspondence, manuscripts, journals, photographs, audio-visual material, printed material, and personal papers documenting the life and work of Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai (1924-2000).
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