The Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe has launched two major — and freely accessible — online portals to support research into Jewish archives and Judaica objects: Yerusha and Judaica Index.
They form part of the Foundation’s commitment to ensure digital resources on Jewish cultural heritage.
Yerusha.eu
An online catalogue providing extensive information on European Jewish archival heritage.
It features more than 12,000 in-depth archival descriptions from 700 European archives, libraries, and museums in 27 countries, giving researchers access to a wealth of archival records covering all major subjects of Jewish history.
The database describes Jewish and Jewish-related collections from a wide range of holding institutions across Europe, from Jewish communities to national state archives.
Yerusha is a continuing collaborative project, established a decade ago by Dr Gabor Kadar, and it continues to engage academics and heritage institutions around the world.
For more information visit yerusha.eu or contact yerusha@rothschildfoundation.eu
JudaicaIndex.org
A comprehensive inventory of 200 types of Jewish ritual objects usually found in synagogues or Jewish homes around the world which are used for holidays, lifecycle events, and other religious practices.
Each individual object page includes a brief description of the item and its use, curated images of such objects from more than 50 collections, references to collections and online catalogues, a specialised bibliography, a video, and navigation options that encourage both targeted research and discovery.
There is a multi-lingual search function available in 15 languages (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Greek, Russian, Hebrew, Arabic, Ladino, and Yiddish). Users can search by object name or keyword, and the entries will be regularly enriched and updated.
The Index is designed as a tool for researchers, museum and heritage professionals, academics and students, and anybody interested in Judaica from all over the world.
The Judaica Index was conceived and developed by Dr. Brigitte Sion, museum grants manager at the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe.
For more information visit judaicaindex.org or contact judaicaindex@rothschildfoundation.eu
Click here to access both portals from the Foundation web site