Ynet has an article (Hebrew) about digitized collections of Hebrew books, e.g. Otzar ha-Ḥochma, Hebrew Books, Bar-Ilan, etc. The article addresses how this might affect the culture of the book in traditional Jewish learning and issues which may arise regarding reading digital books on Shabbat. My teacher SW thought about this issue over a decade [...]
The Blidner Center for the Study of Jewish Life at Rutgers University is offering a number of courses in Jewish Studies free online. The courses include The Bible and History by Gary A. Rendsburg and Introduction to Rabbinic Literature by Azzan Yadin. Information about the courses can be found here.
There is a nice web site that has the entire Tanakh online. It offers a number of nice features, with or without vocalization, with or without cantellation, etc. It can be found here. (hat tip)
The Journal for the Study of Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewry is available online. There are a number of interesting articles by such scholars as Moshe Idel, Zvi Zohar, and Morris Fairrstein.
By chance I stumbled upon an Israel web site that might be of interest. It is called Kotar, not to be confused with Cotar from Bar-Ilan U., and for a subscription fee it offers access to digital copies of many high-quality Israeli books. A list can be found here. Is anybody familiar with it? For [...]
I wanted to give a shout-out to Jewish Ideas Daily. It is a new website which is trying to combine aggregation of quality web-based material along with some original writing. Jewish Ideas Daily is a one-stop source of opinion and insight, of deliberation and analysis, of reflection, discovery, stimulation, and delight: the best that has [...]
Here are some online resources for the study of Jewish liturgy and prayer: 1. Tzvee Zahavy’s website has an excellent collections of articles, books, a bibliography, and syllabuses. 2. The Beurei Hatefila Institute offers a very large selection of source sheets and resources for the study of Jewish liturgy. 3. The Prayer in Rabbinic Literature [...]
I am not sure if this is old and I just never noticed it, but the JNUL seems to have a new web page which has links to many of the important MSS and early printed editions that they have on their website in one place.
It seems that Otzar ha-Hochma knows no rest. It was apparently a typo. See here for a previous round of criticism.
Copied almost in toto from Ancient Hebrew Poetry. Read this bio of Abraham Shmuelof whose recordings of the Tanakh are linked to below. Talk about someone who changed directions in life. The Very Best Online Resources for Students of Biblical Hebrew: Five resources are particularly useful. (1) The best online edition of the Hebrew Bible [...]
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