Judaica Libraries and Archives on the Web

United States

• American Jewish Archives - Presents information on the history, publications, and scholarly activities of the Archives. Includes brief descriptions of hundreds of archival-manuscript collections in ten categories: personal and family papers, Reform Judaism, local organizations, national organizations, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, synagogues, women, rabbis, Cincinnati Jewry, and the Holocaust. Detailed finding aids are available for some of these collections.
  
• American Jewish Historical Society - Library | Archives | Photographic Collections - General information on the holdings of the Society, as well as policies for the use of research materials.
  
• Arizona State University - Hayden Library - Judaica Collection
  
• The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies of The Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Guide to Jewish Manuscript and Microfilm Collections - Brief descriptions of manuscript collections, some including photographs. Serials held on microfilm are listed as well.
  
• Baltimore Hebrew University - Joseph Meyerhoff Library | Online Catalog - A brief overview of the library's collection.
  
• Brandeis University Libraries | LOUIS Online Catalog (WWW)
  
• Bureau of Jewish Education of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties - Jewish Community Library | Online Catalog
  
• Burns Archive - Judaica Collection - An archive of historic vintage photographs located in New York City. The Judaica Collection includes images of people, villages and rituals of Eastern European and North African cultures.
  
• Chabad - Lubavitch Library - A detailed history of the library, with information on the collection. Eight library exhibitions, four with graphical images, are included. | English Catalog | French Catalog | German Catalog | Italian Catalog | Russian Catalog
  
• College of Charleston - Robert Scott Small Library - Special Collections - Jewish Heritage Collection
  
• Columbia University Library - Jewish Studies Library Collections
  
• Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York - Ivan M. Stettenheim Library
  
• Cornell University - School of Industrial and Labor Relations - Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives - Martin P. Catherwood Library - Guide to the International Workers Order Records, 1927-1956 - Includes records of the Jewish Peoples Fraternal Order, as well as other records concerning Jewish activities
  
• Emory University - Robert W. Woodruff Library - Special Collections & Archives - Sol Singer Collection of Philatelic Judaica
  
• Florida Atlantic University Libraries - Molly S. Fraiberg Judaica Collections | Joseph & Mary Savetsky Collection of Yiddish Resources
  
• The George Washington University - Gelman Library - I. Edward Kiev Collection
  
• Gratz College - Tuttleman Library - A description of the collection and services offered.
  
• Harvard University - Widener Library - Judaica Collections
  
• Hebrew College - Rae and Joseph Gann Library | Online Catalog
  
• Hebrew Theological College - Saul Silber Memorial Library
  
• Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion - Libraries | United States Libraries Combined Catalog
  
  • Klau Library - Cincinnati
    
  • Klau Library - New York
    
  • Frances-Henry Library - Los Angeles
    
  • S. Zalman & Ayala Abramov Library - Jerusalem | Catalog - Hebrew | Catalog - English
    
• Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania - Rauh Jewish Archives
  
• Holocaust Memorial Center - Library-Archive - Located in metropolitan Detroit.
  
• Indiana Historical Society - William Henry Smith Memorial Library - Manuscript Collections - Ethnic History - Jewish Materials
  
• Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles | Online Catalog
  
• Jewish Federation of Omaha - Kripke Jewish Federation Library | Catalog
  
• Jewish Heritage Video Collection - An online guide to video collections held by many libraries and Jewish organizations across the United States.
  
• Jewish Historical Society of Delaware - Archives
  
• Jewish Theological Seminary of America - Library | Online Catalog
  
• Jewish Women's Archive - A virtual archive of sources and information on Jewish women. Features online exhibits on Rebecca Gratz, Lillian Wald, and Molly Picon.
  
• Judah L. Magnes Museum - includes the Western Jewish History Center and the Harry and Dorothy Blumenthal Rare Book and Manuscript Library
  
• Leo Baeck Institute - Library | Archives | Master Catalog
  
• Library of Congress - African and Middle Eastern Division - Hebraic Section
  
• Minnesota Historical Society - Manuscripts Collection - Jewish Records
  
• New York Public Library - Humanities and Social Sciences Library - Dorot Jewish Division
  
• New York University - Bobst Library - Tamiment Institute Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives - Guide to Yiddish-Speaking Labor and Radical Movements
  
• Ohio State University Libraries - Hebrew and Jewish Studies Library
  
• Oregon Jewish Museum - Library and Archive
  
• Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center
  
• Princeton University Library - Jewish Studies Resources
  
• Reconstructionist Rabbinical College - Goldyne Savad Library Center - The Mordecai M. Kaplan Library and Archives | Catalog
  
• Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library of St. Louis, Missouri
  
• Laura and Alvin Siegal College of Judaic Studies - The Aaron Garber Library | Alternate Library Website | Online Catalog
  
• Simon Wiesenthal Center - Library and Archives
  
• Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies - Norman & Helen Asher Library | Online Catalog - Information on collections, which include the Chicago Jewish Archives
  
• Stanford University Libraries - Hebraica and Judaica Collections
  
• Truman Presidential Museum & Library - Archives - Subject Guide to Jewish Refugees, the Recognition of Israel and U.S.-Israeli Relations
  
• Tulane University - Howard-Tilton Memorial Library - Special Collections - Manuscripts Department - Southern Jewish Archives
  
• United Jewish Communities of MetroWest New Jersey - Waldor Memorial Library | Online Catalog
  
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  
  • Library | Query the Library holdings | Online Catalog
    
  • Archives | Search the Archives holdings | Search the Archives' Finding Aids
    
  • Photo Archives | Query the Photo Archives holdings
    
  • Query the Archives and Photo Archives data together
    
• University of Arizona - The Leona G. and David A. Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives
  
• University of California-Berkeley
  
  • Library - Judaica Collections
    
  • Boalt Hall School of Law - Garret W. McEnerney Law Library - Robbins Collection - Jewish Law
    
• University of California-Los Angeles Libraries
  
  • Jewish Studies Collections
    
  • Special Collections - Hebraica & Judaica
    
• University of Chicago Library
  
  • Judaica and Hebraica
    
  • Department of Special Collections - Ludwig Rosenberger Library of Judaica - Includes information about Ludwig Rosenberger and the collection, as well as an exhibition catalogue with annotated listings of some of the collection's holdings.
    
• University of Denver - Penrose Library - Special Collections/Archives - Ira M. Beck Memorial Archives - The Beck Archives focus on the Jewish history and experience of the Rocky Mountain West. Additional information on the Beck Archives appears on the website of the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society.
  
• University of Florida - George A. Smathers Libraries - Price Library of Judaica
  
• The University of Judaism - Ostrow Library | Online Catalog
  
• University of Maryland - University of Maryland Libraries - S. L. and Eileen Shneiderman Collection of Yiddish Books
  
• University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth - University Library - Archives and Special Collections - Manuscript Collections - Archives of the Center for Jewish Culture
  
• University of Michigan - Graduate Library - Judaica and Hebraica Collection
  
• University of Minnesota - Elmer L. Andersen Library - The Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
  
• University of Pennsylvania
  
  • Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library | Online Catalog
    
  • Annenberg Rare Book & Manuscript Library - Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text & Image - Robert and Molly Freedman Jewish Music Archive
    
• University of Pittsburgh - Archives of Industrial Society - Guide to Jewish Records
  
• University of Southern California - Feuchtwanger Memorial Library | Feuchtwanger Archive
  
• University of Utah - Marriott Library - Manuscripts Division - Jewish Archives
  
• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - Milwaukee Urban Archives - Jewish-American Collections
  
• Vanderbilt University - The Divinity Library - The Mary and Harry Zimmerman Judaica Collection including The Glatzer Collection
  
• Western Reserve Historical Society - Cleveland Jewish Archives | Online Catalog
  
• The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum - The Ida Pearle and Joseph Cuba Archives and Genealogical Center
  
• Yale University
  
  • Sterling Memorial Library - Judaica Collection
    
  • Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
    
• Yeshiva University Libraries
  
  • Mendel Gottesman Library of Hebraica/Judaica | YULIS Online Catalog
    
  • Yeshiva University Special Collections - Includes Archives, Rare Books & Manuscripts, and the Sephardic Reference Room
    
• YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
  
  • Archives & Library Introduction
    
  • Archives
    
  • Library
    
  • Catalog
    

Canada

• Albert and Temmy Latner Jewish Public Library of Toronto
  
• Canadian Jewish Congress - National Archives and Reference Centre | French version
  
• Canadian Jewish Virtual Museum and Archives
  
• Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver - Isaac Waldman Jewish Public Library
  
• Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada - Archives
  
• Jewish Public Library - Montreal | Online Catalog
  
• Library and Archives Canada - Jacob M. Lowy Collection | French version - Includes the Incunabula, Hebraica & Judaica Exhibition Catalogue, with several images, in both English and French.
  
• McGill University
  
  • McLennan-Redpath Library - Jewish Studies collection
    
  • Department of Rare Books and Special Collections - Joe Fishstein Yiddish Poetry Collection
    
• Ontario Jewish Archives
  
• University of Toronto ­ Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library ­ Hebraica and Judaica
  

Curacao

• Mongui Maduro Biblioteka - Judaica Collection - A listing of the library's Judaica collection alphabetically by author or title, along with listings of specialized works including periodicals, almanacs, and birth, marriage, and death registers. The site also includes images of a few pages from some Judaica documents (scroll down after connecting via the link).
  

Austria

• Juedisches Museum Hohenems - Archives and Library | English version
  
• Juedisches Museum Wien | Bibliothek | Archiv
  
• Universitaet Wien - Fachbibliothek fuer Judaistik
  

Czech Republic

• Jewish Museum in Prague - Library | English version | Online Catalog (Czech) | Online Catalog (English)
  

Denmark

• Det Kongelige Bibliotek - Orientalia and Judaica | English version
  

England

• British Library - Oriental and India Office Collections - Hebrew Collections
  
• Cambridge University Library - The Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit
  
• Leeds Library and Information Services - Special Collections - Porton Collection - Scroll down to the Porton Collection heading
  
• Leeds University Library
  
  • Special Collections - Printed Books - Roth Collection - Scroll down to the Roth Collection, Judaica books collected by Jewish historian Dr. Cecil Roth
    
  • Special Collections - Manuscripts - Semitic Studies - Roth Collection - Scroll down to the Roth Collection, Judaica collected by Jewish historian Dr. Cecil Roth
    
• Leo Baeck College - Library | Catalog
  
• Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies - The Leopold Muller Memorial Library
  
• The Rothschild Archive
  
• University College London - Library
  
  • Jewish Studies Library - The Arnold Mishcon Reading Room
    
  • Manuscripts & Rare Books Room - Jewish Collections
    
• University of London - The School of Oriental and African Studies - Library - Judaica & Near East Collection
  
• University of Manchester - The John Rylands University Library - Special Collections - Jewish, Near Eastern and Oriental Studies - Among many resources, of special note are the Hebrew manuscript collection, the Moses Gaster collection, the Haskalah collection, and the Marmorstein collection.
  
• University of Oxford
  
  • Bodleian Library - Department of Oriental Collections
    
  • Bodleian Library - Department of Oriental Collections - Oriental Institute Library - Jewish Studies Collection - Scroll down to the Jewish Studies Collection.
    
• University of Southampton Libraries - Special Collections
  
  • Holdings - Descriptions of the holdings of the Special Collections, including The Parkes Library, a printed collection that includes substantial material on Jewish Communities, Palestine and Zionism, Jewish-Christian Relations, and Anti-Semitism; and the Jewish Archives, with numerous manuscript collections relating to Anglo-Jewry and relations between the Jews and other peoples.
    
  • Guide to the Archive and Manuscript Collections - Offers the option of searching or browsing the guide. Links are provided to more information on the contents of each folder. Many of the folders contain Jewish-related information or records.
    
• University of Sussex - Centre for German-Jewish Studies - Archives
  
• The Wiener Library
  

Finland

• Helsinki University Library - Hebraica Collection | English version - To see scanned copies of 17 Hebraica titles, enter the search term 'Hebraica' in the library's database.
  

France

• Alliance Israelite Universelle - Bibliotheque et les Archives
  
• Bibliotheque Medem
  
• Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine
  
  • Bibliotheque | English version
    
  • Archives | English version
    
  • Phototheque | English version
    

Germany

• Die Deutsche Bibliothek (Leipzig) - Anne-Frank-Shoah-Bibliothek
  
• Dr.-Erich-Bloch-und-Lebenheim-Bibliothek Der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde Konstanz K.d.oe.R. | Online Catalog
  
• Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen - Institutum Judaicum ­ Bibliothek
  
• Germania Judaica: Koelner Bibliothek zur Geschichte des deutschen Judentums
  
• Hochschule fuer Juedische Studien ­ Bibliothek | Online Catalog
  
• Institut fuer die Geschichte der deutschen Juden - Bibliothek
  
• Das Juedische Museum Westfalen - Bibliothek
  
• Juedisches Museum Berlin - Bibliothek | English version | Archiv | English version | Online Catalog
  
• Martin-Luther-Universitaet Halle-Wittenberg - Seminar fuer Judaistik/Juedische Studien ­ Bibliothek
  
• Neue Synagoge Berlin - Centrum Judaicum - Archiv | English version - Includes an inventory of the collection in both German and English.
  
• Das Salomon Ludwig Steinheim-Institut fuer deutsch-juedische Geschichte an der Gerhard Mercator Universitaet Duisburg
  
  • Daniel J. Cohen Bibliothek
  • Das Gidal-Bildarchiv
    
  • Das Goldstein-Fotoarchiv
    
• Simon-Dubnow-Institut fuer juedische Geschichte und Kultur an der Universitaet Leipzig - Bibliothek | English version | Online Catalog (German)
  
• Stadt- und Universitaetsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main - Hebraica- und Judaica-Sammlung | English version
  
• Universitaet Potsdam - Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum fuer Europaeisch-Juedische Studien - Bibliothek
  
• Zentralarchiv zur Erforschung der Geschichte der Juden in Deutschland | English version
  

Hungary

• Hungarian Academy of Sciences - Library - The Oriental Collection - The Kaufmann Collection
  

Italy

• Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea | Biblioteca | Archivio
  
• Jewish Community of Venice - Renato Maestro Library and Archives
  
• The Medici Archive Project - Jewish History, Religion & Culture
  
• Archivio delle tradizioni e del costume Ebraici "Benvenuto e Alessandro Terracini" - The Terracini Archives in Torino, Italy.
  

Latvia

• University of Latvia - Center for Judaic Studies - Reading Room | English version
  

Netherlands

• Amsterdam University Library - Department of Judaica and Hebraica - Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana - Includes scanned images of texts and books from the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana collection, dating from 1290-1985, in the Treasures of Jewish Booklore section. | English version
  
• International Institute of Social History - The Yiddish Collection
  
• Joods Historisch Museum - Resource Centre | Resource Centre - Additional Information | Catalog | English version | Additional Information (English version) | Catalog (English version)
  
• Leiden University Library - Oriental Department - Hebrew books and manuscripts
  

Russia

• Petersburg Institute for Jewish Studies - Library
  

Sweden

• Uppsala University - University Library - Special Collections - Jewish Culture and History | English version
  

Switzerland

• Israelitische Gemeinde Basel - Karger-Bibliothek
  
• Israelitischen Cultusgemeindein Zurich - Die Bibliothek
  
• Zentralbibliothek Zurich - Hebraistik und Judaistik - Includes the Heidenheim Collection
  

Argentina

• Seminario Rabinico Latinoamericano Marshall T. Meyer - Biblioteca | English version - scroll down to the section on the library
  

Australia

• Makor Jewish Community Library
  
• Monash University - Matheson Library - The Laura and Israel Kipen Judaica Collection, including the Giligich Yiddish Collection
  
• University of Sydney - Fisher Library - Rare Books & Special Collections - Archive of Australian Judaica
  

New Zealand

• New Zealand Jewish Archives
  

South Africa

• University of Cape Town - Jewish Studies Library
  

Israel

• The Aviezer Yellin Archives of Jewish Education in Israel and the Diaspora
  
• Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center - Babylonian Jewry Research Institute - Library | Photograph Archives | Collections
  
• The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People
  
• Central Zionist Archives | Guide to the Holdings
  
• Ghetto Fighters' House: Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Heritage Museum
  
  • Library | English version
    
  • Archives | Archive Search Page - Hebrew | English version | Archive Search Page - English
    
• The Jabotinsky Institute in Israel - Library and Archives | Hebrew version
  
• Jewish National and University Library | Online Catalog (Web) | Online Catalog (Telnet)
  
• Leo Baeck Institute Jerusalem - Library | Archives
  
• Tel Aviv University - The Wiener Library
  
• The Yad Ben-Zvi Library | English version
  
• Yad Vashem - The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority
  
  • Library
    
  • Archives | About the record groups | List of record groups
    
  • Film and Photo Department
    

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  About this page: I created this page to serve as a one-stop reference to the web pages of research-level Judaica collections in libraries and archives. It is my hope that people of all faiths will find this page a helpful resource for learning more about Judaica collections and the cultural institutions which house them, as well as Jewish culture, history, and literature. If you have comments, suggestions, or questions about this page, please e-mail me. Thank you, and enjoy! - Ethan Starr

  This page was last updated on August 8, 2005.
  

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