The internet contains a wealth of information on Judaism and here are just a few tips on important, interesting and reliable sources. We can assume no responsibility for the contents of the websites on this list.
www.zentralratdjuden.de – the page of the Central Council of Jews in Germany; under “Members” you can find information on regional associations and local communities and also some links to their own websites
www.liberale-juden.de – the Union of Progressive Jews is the umbrella organisation of liberal Jewish communities
www.juedische-allgemeine.de – the traditional and informative “Jüdische Allgemeine Wochenzeitung”.
www.hagalil.com – a free information portal with news, texts, chat and much more on Jewish life today
www.talmud.de – information on Jewish life past and present, religion and culture, literature and current controversial debate
http://www.juedisches-leben.net/glossar/ – here you can look up important terms
From our museum work
Hier there is an archive of all issues of our museum journal “Schalom” since 2011.
https://www.facebook.com/juedischesmuseumwestfalen – short messages on events and activities at the Museum, links to current media reports.
www.heimatkunde-jmw.de – our portal on “”Westphalian Jews and their Neighbours”.
www.juedisches-leben.net – “Stories” from three regions are told – Lublin, Groningen and Westphalia: biographies, the story of a street or a building, a certain community or institution.
www.eisendrath-stories.net – highlights of a family migration from Dorsten to Chicago
Zeitzeugen und Vermittlungsarbeit. Survivors and Mediation: Experiences and perspectives at memorial sites in Westphalia. A conference report by Anna Gomoluch and Norbert Reichling (2011)
www.jmw-dorsten.de/files/jmw-handreichung-angekommen.pdf – Material and didactic proposals on the subject of Jewish immigration 1990-2010
Svetlana Jebrak:Wege der Ankunft. At the opening of the exhibition “Angekommen?” Lebenswege jüdischer Einwanderer” in Dorsten on 21 February 2010
Norbert Reichling: Das Beispiel Jüdisches Museum (Dorsten) (Ways of integration – migration and identity. Ways of integration – migration and identity. The example Jewish Museum of Westphalia)
Norbert Reichling: ” …wenn wir nur an unsere Kinder denken, es war ein richtiger Schritt.“ Jewish Immigration since 1990 – new Judaism in the Ruhr Region too
Anke Klapsing-Reich: Jüdische Gemeinden in Westfalen – (Jewish Communities in Westphalia) Reports from 1990-1992 and 2002-2005
Jüdisches Leben in Europa. A conference report by Andrea Löw and Norbert Reichling (2005)
Christa und Ewald Setzer: Südwall 13 – eine Recherche über die Geschichte unseres Altbaus in der NS-Zeit (2013)
And more useful information
Allgemeine Informationen zum Judentum
www.jci.co.il/index.php?cmd=judaism – information platform of the Joseph-Carlbach Institute at the Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel, with a glossary, explanation of Jewish holidays etc.
www.judentum.de/juden-in-deutschland/alltag/alltag.htm – the entertaining and informative pictogram exhibition “Zeichen des Alltags” provides unconventional information on present-day Jewish life in Germany
www.zwst.org – the Central Welfare Office for Jews in Germany is responsible for the social work of Jewish communities and co-ordination of youth work and also provides statistical information
Jüdische Institutionen und Organisationen
www.netzwerk-juedischer-frauen.de – a Jewish women’s forum for contacts, reflection, education, promotion of young talents and representation of interests
www.jungundjuedisch.de – the youth organisation of the liberal Jews with a self-portrayal, invitations, reports and links to local groups
www.ohel-hachidusch.org – a German branch of the “Jewish Renewal” movement
www.alefbet.de/ – a platform for Jewish religious education in the German language
www.abraham-geiger-kolleg.de – the first liberal rabbinical seminary in Continental Europe since the Shoah
www.rabbinerseminar.de – orthodox rabbinical seminary in Berlin (founded in 1873, reopened in 2009)
www.zacharias-frankel-college.de – conservative rabbinical seminary in Berlin (since 2013)
Presse und Zeitschriften – früher und heute
http://juedischerundschau.de – an independent Jewish monthly newspaper
jewish-voice-from-germany.de/ – English-language newspaper on Jewish life in Germany today
www.compactmemory.de/ – online archive of Jewish periodicals
https://archive.org/details/aufbau – digital archive of the “Aufbau” newspaper (1934-2004)
www.tribuene-verlag.de – a periodical on understanding Judaism
www.jpost.com – brings you the Jerusalem Post (English)
www.haaretz.com – the daily (English) internet version of the Israeli newspaper “Ha’aretz”
Jüdische Geschichte
www.synagogen.info – an interactive database on the history of 2000 German synagogues (incl. virtual reconstructions of 15 synagogues destroyed by the Nazis)
www.juedischeliteraturwestfalen.de – the “Jewish authors in Westphalia” project with information on more than 600 authors
www.lbi.org/digibaeck/ – nearly 75% of the archives of the Leo Baeck Institute have been digitalized
sammlungen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/freimann/ – digital Judaica collection of Frankfurt/Main University library
www.stbib-koeln.de/judaica – “Germania Judaica”, the Cologne library on the history of German Judaism
steinheim-institut.de/cgi-bin/epidat – data bank on Jewish tombstone epigraphy
www.vor-dem-holocaust.de/ – internet portal on everyday life of Jewish people in Hesse
Pädagogisches
Orientierungshilfe 2011 – Teaching German-Jewish history. A guide for schools and adult education
www.annefrank.de/ – the Anne Frank Zentrum (Berlin) with material, seminars and courses for young people and adults
www.fritz-bauer-institut.de – studies the history and impact of the National Socialist mass crimes – with research, educational projects, classroom materials
www.lernen-aus-der-geschichte.de – a page on projects on the subjects of National Socialism, Holocaust, World War II and history of the GDR – with newsletters, materials, events and information on courses
Jüdische Museen
www.jmberlin.de – Jewish Museum Berlin
www.centrumjudaicum.de/ – New Synagogue Berlin Foundation – Centrum Judaicum
www.juedischesmuseum.de – Jewish Museum Frankfurt /Main
www.juedisches-museum.org – Jewish Museum Franconia – including an excellent list of links to other Jewish museums in Germany and the whole of Europe
www.juedisches-museum-muenchen.de – the Jewish Museum Munich
www.alte-synagoge-wuppertal.de/ – Jewish Museum for the Bergische Land
www.jhm.nl – the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam
www.jmw.at – Jewish Museum Vienna
www.jm-hohenems.at – Jewish Museum Hohenems
www.bh.org.il – „Beth Hatefutsoth“, the Tel Aviv Nahum Goldmann Museum on the history of the Jewish Diaspora
www.juedischeliteraturwestfalen.de/data/downloads/keller.pdf – Manfred Keller, Jüdische Gedenkstätten in Westfalen (Jewish Memorial sites in Westphalia)
Lokal- und Regionalgeschichten
https://de.dariah.eu/web-app-orte-juedischer-geschichte – a web app to localize places of Jewish history
www.westfaelische-geschichte.de/tex83 – Diethard Aschoff, Zur Geschichte der Juden in Westfalen (On the History of Jews in Westphalia)
www.stolpersteine-dorsten.de– documentation on the stumbling stones laid in Dorsten
www.gegen-vergessen-borken.de/ – students from 3 Borken schools tell the stories of 30 Jewish families in Borken (Westphalia)
www.european-migration.de/euromig/hf/miriam/miriatex.htm – a walking tour of Herford looking at the history of Jewish life in the town
www.ass.schulnetz.hamm.de/index.php/schulprojekte/historische-projekte/128-spuren-juden-in-hamm – a class of the Albert Schweitzer School in Hamm with the project of a walking tour of the town “Traces: Jews in Hamm”
www.westfaelische-geschichte.de – an internet portal on Westphalian history with data bases and various search options
www.heimatverein-wulfen.de/Geschichtsgruppe.html – history group of the Heimatverein Wulfen 1922 e.v. (Local History Association Wulfen)
http://library.fes.de/jportal/servlets/…/afs-1983-023.pdf – Helmut Berding, Die Emanzipation der Juden im Königreich Westfalen 1807-1813 (The Emancipation of the Jews in the Kingdom of Westphalia 1807-1813)
Gedenkstätten und Erinnerungsinitiativen
www.ns-gedenkstaetten.de/nrw – the information centre of the North Rhine-Westphalian memorials– including many sites of Jewish history
www.gedenkstaettenforum.de – a portal on the work of German memorial sites including a daily press review, events, discussion forums, new publications
www.annefrank.org – the homepage of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam
http://www.yad-vashem.org.il – the (English) page of the Yad Vashem Remembrance Centre in Israel
Forschung
www.uni-heidelberg.de/institute/sonst/aj/index.html – Central Archives on the Research of the History of Jews in Germany
www.igdj-hh.de – since 1966 the Institute for the History of German Jews (IGdJ) has been dedicated to the history of German-Jewish history
http://egora.uni-muenster.de/ijd/ – Institutum Judaicum Delitzschianum at the University of Münster
www.steinheim-institut.de – Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institute at the University of Duisburg-Essen
www.dubnow.de – Simon Dubnow Institute for Jewish History and Culture at Leipzig University
www.jgk.geschichte.uni-muenchen.de/index.html – Department for Jewish History and Culture at Munich University
www.mmz-potsdam.de/ – Moses Mendelssohn Institute at Potsdam University
www.zentrum-juedische-studien.de/ – Centre for Jewish Studies Berlin-Brandenburg
http://zfa.kgw.tu-berlin.de/ – Centre for Research on Antisemistism, Technical University Berlin
www.ifz-muenchen.de/aktuelles/themen/zentrum-fuer-holocaust-studien/ – Center for Holocaust Studies at the Institute for Contemporary History
www.its-arolsen.org – ITS – International Tracing Service, Bad Arolsen, with archives, research, online resources and education
Israel
www.israel.de – information from the Israeli embassy in Berlin
www.knesset.gov.il/main/eng/home.asp – takes you to the (English) internet page of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament
www.keren-hayesod.de – The United Israel Appeal helps further the national priorities of the State of Israel, rescues Jews from places where their lives are in peril encouraging aliyah and absorbing new immigrants
www.irgun-jeckes.org – The Association of Israelis of Central European Origin
www.goethe.de/ins/il/lp/kul/mag/dsi/hai/de10247645.htm – German-Speaking Jewry Heritage Museum Tefen, Galilee
www.diak.org – German-Israeli working group, a forum for a “balanced discussion of the Middle East conflict particularly for peace forces in Israel and Palestine.”
www.israel-nachrichten.org/ – an online magazine, updated daily
Interreligiöses
www.deutscher-koordinierungsrat.de/ – Deutscher Koordinierungs-Rat der Gesellschaften für Christlich-Jüdische Zusammenarbeit
www.jcrelations.net/de/ – Artikel, Rezensionen, Berichte, offizielle Erklärungen sowie Studien- und Forschungsmaterialien zum jüdisch-christlichen Verhältnis
www.ekd.de/international/judentum/index.html – Texte zum Thema „Christen und Juden“ aus protestantischer Sicht