Challenge and Change: History of the Jews in America
Links to Personalities-General
Americans of Jewish Descent by Malcolm Stern
http://198.30.183.7/aja/FAJF/intro.html
When it first appeared in 1960, Malcolm Stern's Americans of Jewish Descent marked a milestone in the study of American Jewish genealogy. The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives is proud to make the latest edition of this classic text available online.
The Crime Library
http://www.crimelibrary.com/about/
The Crime Library is a collection of more than 600 nonfiction feature stories on major crimes, criminals, trials, forensics and criminal profiling by prominent writers. Court TV, a joint venture of AOL-Time Warner and Liberty Media Inc., purchased the Crime Library in September 2000. Read about some of the more famous Jewish gangsters: Meyer Lansky:Mastermind of the Mob; Bugsy Siegel; Dutch Schultz:Beer Baron of the Bronx; Murder, Inc.
Famous Jews Interactive
http://www.yahoodi.com
Famous Jews Interactive is one of the most entertaining and accurate resource of its kind, created by the Center for Ethnic Jewish Studies in Ramat Aviv, Israel and volunteers. Why 'interactive'? Because YOU add new names . Searching for names of famous Jews with a specific occupation or talent? They have that too. Come and browse the categories and look around.
Jewhoo
http://www.jewhoo.com/
Jewhoo is a site that celebrates the Jewish contribution to civilization and identifies itself as "on the way to being a Jewish biographical encyclopedia". Famous Jewish or "part" Jewish persons, in a wide variety of fields, are organized by category. You can search for a person by entering his/her name in the search engine. Or you can simply click on a category and enjoy yourself by reading the material on the people in the category. Follow the search instructions posted near the search engine.
Jewish Movies & Talent
http://www.cinerhama.com/jewish.html
This site contains lists of Jewish movies and Jewish actors as well as a history of The History of Jewish Cinema.
Jewish Nobel Prize Laureates
http://www.science.co.il/Nobel.asp
The Israel Science and Technology website contains the national database and directory of science and technology related sites in Israel. The site also includes sections on Jewish scientists and students in the Diaspora. Great section on Jewish Laureates of the Nobel Prize in the Sciences, complete with bibliographies. For a listing, mark options and press OK
JewishSports.com
http://www.jewishsports.com
JewishSports.com is a publication of Jewish Family & Life! , a non-profit multimedia publishing firm with numerous websites and print publications to its credit. JFL! is currently one of the largest producer of original online Jewish content. Read profiles and recollections of Jewish sports figures from the United States as well as from around the world, such as History of Jews in Boxing.
Jewish Stars in Texas by Hollace Ava Weiner
http://www.jewishstarsintexas.com/
Yes, there are Jews in Texas. There always have been, from the Alamo to the Astrodome. Lone Star rabbis, like many early Texas settlers, were mavericks, unsuited for staid congregations elsewhere. In Texas, these nonconformist rabbis got involved in everything from Governor Pa Ferguson's impeachment to LBJ's inauguration. They fought the Klu Klux Klan, launched symphonies and charities, and blessed the hogs and horses at the stock show. You can read a highlight of each chapter of the Jewish Stars in Texas by Hollace Ava Weiner to glimpse into the early Jewish life in Texas.
Jews in America
http://www.jewsinamerica.com
This site, edited by Louis O. Schwartz, offers an online exhibit of famous American Jews. In the coming months, this site will present a factual history of the contributions that Jews have made to this country from Columbus' time to the present.
Jews In Sports Online
http://jewsinsports.org/
Jews In Sports Online tells the largely under appreciated story of Jewish athletes, from the famous to the unknown. The American Jewish Historical Society presents this digital archival record of the proud legacy of Jewish athletes, and how each one's accomplishments in the world of sports reflected on his or her particular society and era. See Jewish Major Leaguers.
Miriam's Cup: A New Ritual for the Passover Seder
This web site, Miriam's Cup, introduces a new ritual for the Passover seder. Its purpose is to honor the role of Miriam the Prophetess in the Exodus and to highlight the contributions of women to Jewish culture, past and present. Of particular interest is the biographies of several Jewish American Women, click on any of the names for more information: Letty Cottin Pogrebin; Henrietta Szold; Ruth Gruber; Emma Lazarus; Golda Meir; Bella Abzug.
Sonnet Central- Emma Lazarus
Sonnet Central is an archive of English sonnets, commentary, and relevant web links and a forum for poets to share and discuss their own work. Sonnets are grouped by period. All of the sonnets included (as well as most of those that are linked) are modernized texts for the general reader and are not presented for purposes of scholarly work. Of particular interest is the collection of the works of Emma Lazarus, who is mentioned in Unit 5, chapter 13 (click on her name to view her poems). For more information about the Statue of Liberty, this information is provided by the National Park Service. For Emma Lazarus' 2 volume works of poems, click Poems Of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1; Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 2 (Jewish poems: Translations); these free online books are from the Project Gutenberg web site.
Unpacking on the Prairie: Jewish Women in the Upper Midwest
http://jewishwomenexhibit.org/
This site explores Jewish women's experiences in unpacking, rearranging, and remodeling their heritage in the Upper Midwest. It also relates how their female descendants redefined that legacy in order to create a more egalitarian community...Learn about Jewish women and the things that they carried, preserved, and changed in the new place they came to call home. Sections include: The Journey ; Life Inside the Jewish Home ; Life Outside the Jewish Home. From the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest .
Who Knew It's By a Jew?
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/culture/Music/AmericanJewishMusicTO/AmericanJewishSongs.htm
Many of the best-known American songs have been written by Jews--including many Christmas songs. This list was compiled by Joshua Jacobson. Dr. Joshua Jacobson is Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at Northeastern University and a Visiting Professor of Jewish Music at Hebrew College. He is also the founder and director of the Zamir Chorale of Boston, a world-renowned ensemble, specializing in Hebrew music. The following was adapted with permission from a course Jacobson taught for Hebrew College Online.
