Ben Zvi Institute (http://ybz.org.il/eng/eng-index.html)
Named after Israel's second president, Izhak Ben Zvi, the Ben Zvi Institute
is ‘an independent non-profit organization chartered by the Knesset,' which
focuses on ‘the history of the Land of Israel and the heritage of Sephardi
and Eastern Jewry.'
Beth Hatefutsoth: The Nahum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora Museum of
the Jewish People
(http://www.bh.org.il/)
‘Beth Hatefutsoth, the Nahum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora conveys
the story of the Jewish people from the time of their expulsion from the Land
of Israel 2,500 years ago to the present.' The site includes access to
a selection of virtual exhibits.
Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com)
From the Electronic Library, searching the Encyclopedia.com by country provides
numerous narrative articles on its history, culture, politics.
IlMuseums.com (http://www.ilmuseums.com/)
Searchable by category and region, ‘ilMuseums.com is the biggest and the
fullest source of information about Israel museums and about their exhibitions
both in Internet and in published editions. Data base of the site includes information
about all museums of the country on three languages: Hebrew, English and Russian.'
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (http://www.imj.org.il/)
The Israel Museum is Israel's premier cultural institution, with holdings
ranging from Judaica and Hebraica to Israeli and international art. A collection
of Dead Sea Scrolls is housed in the Museum's Shrine of the Book.
Open
Directory Portal Page on Judaism (http://dmoz.org/Society/Religion%5Fand%5FSpirituality/Judaism/)
The Open Directory Projects portal page on Judaism offers hundreds of citations
on various aspects of Judaism, and links to sites that contain the complete Hebrew
and English texts of the Bible and other texts.
RecipeSource (http://www.recipesource.com/)
A search under ‘Jewish' in RecipeSource, the website of SOAR: The
Searchable Online Archive of Recipes, yields more than 250 traditional Jewish
recipes in English, including many from Israel.
United Nations (http://www.un.org)
Using the search capabilities of the official site of the United Nations provides
articles, reports, etc. in several languages on all aspects of the initiatives
and mission of that organization as well as on the contemporary life, culture,
society, international relations, etc. of all the countries and peoples of the
world.
Yad Vashem: The Holocaust 'Martyrs and
Heroes' Remembrance Authority (http://www.yad-vashem.org.il/)
Yad Vashem's ‘principal missions are commemoration and documentation
of the events of the Holocaust, collection, examination, and publication of testimonies
to the Holocaust, the collection and memorialization of the names of Holocaust
victims, and research and education.' The site includes access to online
exhibitions, information on conferences, as well as publications and Holocaust
educational materials.
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