Citizendia

The Jewish Virtual Library is an online encyclopedia published by the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE). An encyclopedia (or '''encyclopædia''') is a comprehensive written Compendium that contains Information on either all branches of Knowledge It was established in 1993 (at an alternate address) and is a comprehensive Web site covering Israel, the Jewish people and Jewish culture. [1] It has received awards from Britannica, US Today, and the Jewish Agency. The Encyclopædia Britannica is a general English-language encyclopaedia published by Encyclopædia Britannica Inc The Jewish Agency for Israel (Hebrew הסוכנות היהודית לארץ ישראל HaSochnut HaYehudit L'Eretz Yisra'el) also known as the Sochnut or JAFI [2]

It includes more than 13,000 articles and 6,000 photographs and maps[3] related to Jewish history, Israel, U. Jewish history is the History of the Jewish people, faith, and culture. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. S. -Israel relations, the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, and Judaism. The Holocaust (from the Greek el ''ὁλόκαυστον'' (el-Latn holókauston holos, "completely" and kaustos, "burnt" also known as Antisemitism (alternatively spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism; also rarely known as judeophobia) is the Prejudice against or hostility Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut In May 2008 Google listed the site as having about 15,400 page[6] and about 6,170 images. [7]

The site has 13 sections[4]:

Each of these branches contains numerous subcategories. The Holocaust (from the Greek el ''ὁλόκαυστον'' (el-Latn holókauston holos, "completely" and kaustos, "burnt" also known as For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. The Library of Congress is the De facto National library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress For example the Religion category includes the complete text of the Tanakh as well as excerpts from other Jewish holy books, descriptions of Jewish holidays, as well as descriptions of the relations between Jews, Christians, and Muslims. See also Old testament, Septuagint, Targum, Peshitta The Tanakh (תַּנַ"ךְ (taˈnax or; also Tenakh or Tenak is For the Gregorian dates of Jewish Holidays see Jewish holidays 2000-2050. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion

The library also includes a chronicle of the state of the Jewish population in every country where they exist in significant numbers. There is also a description of the state of relations between Israel and almost every other consequential nation in the world.

The AICE is a non-profit 501(c)(3), non-partisan organization established "to strengthen the U. 501(c is a provision of the United States Internal Revenue Code ( listing 28 types of Non-profit organizations exempt from some federal S. -Israel relationship by emphasizing the fundamentals of the alliance. " The American Library Association described the site as "easily accessible, [with] balanced information". [5]

The Executive Director is Mitchell G. Bard. Mitchell Geoffrey Bard is an American foreign policy analyst who specializes in U

Notability

In addition to praise from the American Library Association,[6] Jewish Virtual Library is referenced by PBS[7] and is listed as reference by academic libraries including PennState[8], Michigan State University[9], University of Washington[10], King's College London[11], The Center for Holocaust, Genocide & Peace Studies at the University of Nevada[12] and many others. The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the

External links

References

  1. ^ Karen Evans, Jewish Virtual Library at the Internet Reviews Archive, American Library Association, Oct 2002
  2. ^ Awards page at Jewish Virtual Library
  3. ^ Michigan State University Library [1]
  4. ^ Jewish Virtual Library main index
  5. ^ Karen Evans, Jewish Virtual Library at the Internet Reviews Archive, American Library Association, Oct 2002
  6. ^ Karen Evans, Jewish Virtual Library at the Internet Reviews Archive, American Library Association, Oct 2002
  7. ^ THE JEWISH AMERICANS, at PBS
  8. ^ Holocaust and Jewish Studies[2]
  9. ^ Connect to "Jewish Virtual Library" [3]
  10. ^ Middle East History Web Sites, University of Washington Libraries[4]
  11. ^ Theology and Religious Studies resources, King's College London, [5]
  12. ^ Center Links, Center for Holocaust, Genocide & Peace Studies, University of Nevada at Reno
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