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Chapter 4: Our Matriarchs and Patriarchs

Internet Jewish History Sourcebook (Fordham University)
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/jewishsbook.html

The Jewish History Resource Center at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem
http://jewishhistory.huji.ac.il

The Jewish Virtual Library: Ancient Jewish History
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/jewhist.html

The Jewish Virtual Library: Timeline for the History of Judaism
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/timeline.html

My Jewish Learning
http://www.myjewishlearning.com

Chapter 5: Becoming a People: Moses and the Exodus

Hebrew Peoples In Egypt: The Invasion of the Hyksos
http://www.mystae.com/restricted/streams/thera/hapiru.html

Institute for Biblical and Scientific Studies: Biblical Archaeology:
Evidence of the Exodus from Egypt
http://www.bibleandscience.com/archaeology/exodus.htm

Institute for Biblical and Scientific Studies: History—Egypt
http://www.bibleandscience.com/history/egyptian.htm

My Jewish Learning
http://www.myjewishlearning.com

Pesach: Remember the Ladies
http://www.rjca.org/ladies.html

Internet Jewish History Sourcebook (Fordham University)
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/jewishsbook.html

The Jewish History Resource Center at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem Biblical Studies: The Chronology of Egypt and Israel
http://biblicalstudies.qldwide.net.au/chronology_of_egypt_and_israel.html

The Jewish Virtual Library: Ancient Jewish History
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Judaism/jewhist.html

The Jewish Virtual Library: Timeline for the History of Judaism
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/History/timeline.html

Chapter 6: Judges, Kings, and Prophets

Bible History Online: Ancient Israel History (links)
http://www.bible-history.com/

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: The Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History—The Jewish History Resource Center, Historical Maps and Atlases
http://jewishhistory.huji.ac.il/

Internet Jewish History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/jewishsbook.html

The Jewish Virtual Library: Ancient Jewish History
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Judaism/jewhist.html

The Jewish Virtual Library: Before the Common Era Maps
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Judaism/jewhist.html

The Jewish Virtual Library: Timeline for the History of Judaism
http://www.usisrael.org/jsource/History/timeline.html

Kings of Israel and Judah
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0197620.html

My Jewish Learning
http://www.myjewishlearning.com

CD-ROM

"Daniel," Microsoft ® Encarta ® 98 Encyclopedia. © 1993–1997 Microsoft Corporation.

"Malachi," Microsoft ® Encarta ® 98 Encyclopedia. © 1993–1997 Microsoft Corporation.

Chapter 7: Exile: The Destruction of the First Temple

Ancient History Sourcebook: Accounts of the Campaign of Sennacherib,
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/701sennach.html

Bible History Online: Ancient Israel History
http://www.biblehistory.com

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: The Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History: The Jewish History Resource Center—Historical Maps and Atlases
http://jewishhistory.huji.ac.il

Internet Jewish History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/jewishsbook.html

The Jewish Encyclopedia
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/

The Jewish Virtual Library: Ancient Jewish History
http://www.usisrael.org/jsource/Judaism/jewhist.html

The Jewish Virtual Library: Before the Common Era Maps
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/bcemaptoc.html

The Jewish Virtual Library: Timeline for the History of Judaism
http://www.usisrael.org/jsource/History/timeline.html

Kings of Israel and Judah
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0197620.html

My Jewish Learning
http://www.myjewishlearning.com

Chapter 8: Hellenism and Hasmoneans

Bible History Online: Ancient Israel History
http://www.biblehistory.com

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: The Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History: The Jewish History Resource Center—Historical Maps and Atlases
http://jewishhistory.huji.ac.il/

Internet Jewish History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/jewishsbook.html

The Jewish Virtual Library: Ancient Jewish History
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Judaism/jewhist.html

The Jewish Virtual Library: Before the Common Era Maps
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/bcemaptoc.html

The Jewish Virtual Library: Timeline for the History of Judaism
http://www.usisrael.org/jsource/History/timeline.html

Kings of Israel and Judah
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0197620.html

My Jewish Learning
http://www.myjewishlearning.com

333–168 BCE—Hellenistic Influence and Conquest
http://www.jerusalem-archives.org/period1/1-12.html

167–143 BCE—War Against Greece—H.anukkah
http://www.jerusalem-archives.org/period1/1-13.html

142–75 BCE—Hasmonean Independence and Conflict
http://www.jerusalem-archives.org/period1/1-13.html

76–67 BCE—Salome Alexandra
http://www.jerusalem-archives.org/period1/1-15.html

Chapter 9: End of an Era: The Last Years of the Second Temple Period

Bible History Online: Ancient Israel History (links)
http://www.biblehistory.com/

Flavius Josephus
http://www.livius.org/jo-jz/josephus/josephus.htm

Great Leaders of Our People: Rabbi Yoh.anan ben Zakkai
http://www.ou.org/about/judaism/rabbis/zakkai.htm

Hillel
http://www.ou.org/about/judaism/hillel.htm

Internet Jewish History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/jewishsbook.html

The Jewish Virtual Library: Ancient Jewish History
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Judaism/jewhist.html

The Jewish Virtual Library: The Dead Sea Scrolls
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/deadsea.html

The Jewish Virtual Library: Timeline for the History of Judaism
http://www.usisrael.org/jsource/History/timeline.html

Judaism After the Babylonian Exile (c. 538 BCE – 70 CE)
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org

King Herod the Great
http://www.livius.org/he-hg/herodians/herod_the_great01.html

Scrolls from the Dead Sea: The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/scrolls/toc.html

Shammai
http://www.ou.org/about/judaism/shammai.htm

Chapter 10: The Rabbinic Period

The Book of Principles: The Ethical Classic Pirkei Avot with a Discussion Guide for Modern Issues
http://mentsh.com/pirkei_avot.html

Hillel
http://www.ou.org/about/judaism/hillel.htm

Jerusalem Talmud
http://www.answers.com/topic/jerusalem-talmud

The Oral Law
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/Oral_Law.html

Shammai
http://www.ou.org/about/judaism/shammai.htm

Talmud/Mishnah/Gemara
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/talmud_&_mishna.html

Chapter 11: The Greater Jewish Diaspora

The Cairo Geniza
http://www.jewishgates.com/file.asp?File_ID=70

Fourth Council of Toledo: On the Keeping of Slaves, 633
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/633Toledo.html

My Jewish Learning
http://www.myjewishlearning.com

The Roman Empire at Its Greatest Extent
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~vandersp/Courses/maps/basicmap.html

Solomon Schechter: President of JTS and one of the Founders of Conservative Judaism
http://www.jewishgates.com/file.asp?File_ID=357

Chapter 12: Jews in the Muslim World

Islam 101
http://www.islam101.com/dawah/islam_explained.html

Jewish History Sourcebook:
Islam and the Jews: The Pact of Umar, ninth century CE
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/jews-umar.html

Medieval Sourcebook: Pact of Umar, seventh century
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/pact-umar.html

My Jewish Learning
http://www.myjewishlearning.com

Prophet Muhammad
http://www.muhammad.net/

Chapter 13: Jewish-Gentile Relations in Medieval Christian

My Jewish Learning
http://www.myjewishlearning.com

Chapter 14: Codes and Commentaries: Jewish Learning in the Middle Ages

Codes of Jewish Law
http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Halacha#Codes_of_Jewish_law

The Electronic Torah Warehouse
http://www.eparsha.com/

Exhibition from the 2001–02 Fellows of the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/cajs/revealed/revealed-med-det13.html

Jewish Virtual Library: Rabbi Gershom ben Yehudah (c. 960–1028)
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/RabbenuGershom.html

Kolel: The Adult Centre for Liberal Jewish Learning
http://www.kolel.org/pages/glossary/R.html

My Jewish Learning
http://www.myjewishlearning.com

Other Commentaries
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/TalmudMap/OtherComs.html#Gershom

Rabbi Isaac Alfasi (1013–1103)
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Alfasi.html

The Rambam: A Brief Biography
http://www.chabad.org/library/article.asp?AID=107769

Webshas: Learning Online
http://aishdas.org/webshas/

Who Was Rashi?
http://www.rashisdaughters.com/rashi.html

Chapter 15: Jewish Life in Spain

Al-Andalus—encyclopedia article about al-Andalus
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Al-Andalus

The Edict of Expulsion of the Jews—1492 Spain
http://www.sephardicstudies.org/decree.html

Hidden Jews of New Mexico
http://nanrubin.com/html/hidden.html

Medieval Sourcebook: Abraham Ibn Daud: On Samuel Ha-Nagid, Vizier of Granada, 993–d. after 1056
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/Ha-nagid.html

My Jewish Learning
http://www.myjewishlearning.com

Samuel Ha-Nagid
http://www.humanistictexts.org/samuel.htm

Society for Crypto Judaic Studies
http://www.cryptojews.com/

Spanish Inquisition: Information From Answers.com
http://www.answers.com/topic/spanish-inquisition

Spanish Inquisition
http://jmgainor.homestead.com/files/PU/Inq/si.htm

Visigoth—encyclopedia article about Visigoth
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/visigoth

Chapter 16: Jews in the Ottoman Empire

Alkalai, Judah (1798–1878)
http://www.jafi.org.il/education/100/people/BIOS/alkalai.html

Economic History of Turkey
http://www2.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/turkey.htm

Isaac ben Solomon Luria
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Luria.html

JewishEncyclopedia.com—Damascus Affair
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=22&letter=D

Judaism 101—Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism
http://www.jewfaq.org/kabbalah.htm

The Life of Ottoman Jews
http://www.mersina.com/lib/turkish_jews/history/life.htm

Mamluks
http://i-cias.com/e.o/mamluks.htm

The Maps of Ottoman Empire
http://www.ottomansouvenir.com/General/maps_of_ottoman_empire.htm

MSN Encarta—Ottoman Empire
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761553949/Ottoman_Empire.html

My Jewish Learning
http://www.myjewishlearning.com

New Finding on Doña Gracia Nasi
http://www.sefarad.org/publication/lm/049/html/page46.html

Old Sephardic Ephemera
http://isfsp.org/e.html

The Ottoman Empire
http://www.ottomansouvenir.com/img/Maps/Ottoman_Empire_Map_1359-1856.jpg

The Ottoman Period
http://jeru.huji.ac.il/eh1.htm

Ottoman Rule (1517–1917)
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/Ottoman.html

The Damascus Blood Libel
http://www.ourjerusalem.com/history/story/history20020124.html

A Short History of the Jews of Greece: Ancient Times to the 1940s
http://www.greecetravel.com/jewishhistory/ancient.html

Chapter 17: Eastern European Jewry

Bogdan Zinovi Chmielnicki, in Jewish Encyclopedia.com
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=469&letter=c

Council of Four Lands
http://www.answers.com/topic/council-of-four-lands

The Council of the Four Lands
http://www.jewishgates.com/file.asp?File_ID=52

An Introduction to the History of Khazaria
http://www.khazaria.com/khazar-history.html

My Jewish Learning
http://www.myjewishlearning.com

CD-ROM

Encyclopaedia Judaica—CD-ROM

Edition, Judaica Multimedia (Israel) Ltd.

Chapter 18: Shabbetai Tzvi, False Messiah

Dönmeh West—The Neo-Sabbatean Collective of the Internet
http://www.donmeh-west.com/

My Jewish Learning
http://www.myjewishlearning.com

Oriental Zionism of Arab-born Jews, One thousand years before Theodor Herzl
http://www.eretzyisroel.org/~peters/oriental.html

Samuel Pepys Diary February 1666 complete
http://www.pepys.info/1666/1666feb.html

Shabbetai Tzvi
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~slocks/asym/zevi.html

A Short History of the Jews of Greece: Ancient Times to the 1940s.
http://www.greecetravel.com/jewishhistory/ancient.html

Chapter 19: H.asidism and Other Religious Developments

H.asidim and Mitnagdim
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/hasidim_&_mitnagdim.html

My Jewish Learning
http://www.myjewishlearning.com

The Vilna Gaon—Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/vilnagaon.html

Chapter 20: Emancipation for the Jews of Europe

Emancipation
http://urj.org/worship/letuslearn/emancipation

Jewish Encyclopedia
http://jewishencyclopedia.com

Jewish Virtual Library
http://jewishvirtuallibrary.org

My Jewish Learning
http://www.myjewishlearning.com

Napoleon and Jewish Emancipation
http://www.jbuff.com/c070104.htm

Chapter 21: Jewish Enlightenment and Religious Responses to Emancipation

Conservative Judaism
http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/

The Haskalah by Shira Schoenberg
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/Haskalah.html

My Jewish Learning
http://www.myjewishlearning.com

The Origins of Reform Judaism
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/The_Origins_of_Reform_Judaism.html

Samson Raphael Hirsch, by Avi Hein
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Hirsch.html

CD-ROM

Encyclopaedia Judaica—CD-ROM Edition, Judaica Multimedia (Israel) Ltd.

Chapter 22: Jewish Life in Eastern Europe

The Cantonist Decree
http://home.nyc.rr.com/sverdlov/laws.html

Crash Course in Jewish History Part 56—Pale of Settlement, by Ken Spiro
http://www.aish.com/literacy/jewishhistory/Crash_Course_in_Jewish_History_Part_56_-_Pale_of_Settlement.asp

Crash Course in Jewish History Part 57—the Czars and the Jews, by Ken Spiro
http://www.aish.com/literacy/jewishhistory/Crash_Course_in_Jewish_History_Part_57_-_The_Czars_and_the_Jews.asp

My Jewish Learning
http://www.myjewishlearning.com

The Pale of Settlement, by Alden Oreck
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/pale.html

Chapter 23: Early Zionism and the Yishuv

Ah.ad Ha'am
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/ahad_haam.html

My Jewish Learning
http://www.myjewishlearning.com

New Aliyah—Modern Zionist Aliyot (1882–1948)
http://www.jafi.org.il/education/100/concepts/aliyah3.html

Rav Abraham Kook
http://www.jewishgates.com/file.asp?File_ID=319

Theodor (Binyamin Ze'ev) Herzl
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Herzl.html

World Zionist Organization
http://www.wzo.org.il

"A Longing to Return to the Land of Israel"
http://www.angelfire.com/ct/halevi/halevi-poem2.html

Chapter 24: Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust

House of the Wannsee Conference: Memorial and Education Site, Berlin
http://www.ghwk.de/index.htm

Jewish Resistance
http://www.ushmm.org/

Kristallnacht
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/kristallnacht.html

Nuremberg Laws
http://www.mtsu.edu/~baustin/nurmlaw2.html

Oscar Schindler
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/schindler.html

Raoul Wallenberg
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/wallenberg.html

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
www.ushmm.org

The Wannsee Conference and the "Final Solution"
http://www.ushmm.org/

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
http://www.ushmm.org/

Wings of Witness
www.wingsofwitness.org

Chapter 25: State of Israel

The Balfour Declaration
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/balfour.html

The Balfour Declaration—Commentary
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/balfour_commentary.html

The Haganah
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/haganah.html

The Irgun
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/irguntoc.html

My Jewish Learning
http://www.myjewishlearning.com

The 1936 Riots
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/riots36.html

The Peel Commission
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/peel.html

Other Media

Exodus (1960), MGM. Available on DVD

Chapter 26: Jews in the Northeast and Canada

American Jewish Archives
http://www.Americanjewisharchives.com

American Jewish Historical Society
http://www.ajhs.org

Central Conference of American Rabbis
www.ccarnet.org

Henry Street Settlement House
www.henrystreet.org

MGM Studios
www.mgm.com

Monticello—The Levy's at Monticello
http://www.monticello.org

"The Virtual Jewish History Tour: Canada"
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/canada.html

Chapter 27: Southern Jews

American Jewish Archives
http://www.Americanjewisharchives.com

American Jewish Historical Society
http://www.ajhs.org

Jewish-American History on the Web
http://www.jewish-history.com

Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience
http://www.msje.org

National Museum of American Jewish History
http://www.nmajh.org

Chapter 28: Jews of the West

Levi Strauss & Co. Founder Biography
http://www.levistrauss.com

National Jewish Medical and Research Center: History and Mission
http://www.nationaljewish.org

Chapter 29: Jewish Religious Life in Twentieth-Century America

H.abad
http://www.chabad.org

Jewish Reconstructionist Federation
http://www.jrf.org

Jewish Renewal—Aleph
www.aleph.org

Moment Magazine
http://www.momentmag.com

My Jewish Learning
http://www.myjewishlearning.com

Tikkun Magazine
http://www.tikkun.org