Encylopaedia Judaica Online EditionA Gift from Richard Kammerman, P.C.
Sharon and Richard Kammerman
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To access the Encyclopaedia Judaica, contact aliza.orent@shalomaustin.org or (512) 735-8030 for the password, then click here.
Please note that the password is only available to members of Austin's Jewish Community.
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The Jewish Community Association of Austin is proud to offer public access to the all-new second edition of the Encyclopaedia Judaica, thanks to a generous donation from Sharon and Richard Kammerman. The print edition will be housed temporarily in the JCAA's Corporate Offices in the Westpark complex off Mopac and Steck until the opening of a new Judaic Library Resource Center on the Dell Jewish Community Campus as part of future expansion efforts. The Encyclopaedia Judaica is also now available online, and can be accessed by following the instructions below.
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About the Encyclopaedia
The landmark Encyclopaedia Judaica has been lauded as the standard work on Judaism and as the first and final research authority in any Judaic library since it was first published in the early 1970s. It provides an exhaustive overview of Jewish life and knowledge from the origins of Judaism to the contemporary State of Israel, from rabbinic law codes to modern Yiddish literature, from mystical Kabbalah to Zionism. The new edition of the Encyclopaedia Judaica includes more than 22,000 signed entries on Jewish life, culture, history, and religion. More than half the articles from the 1970s edition have been completely rewritten, and more than 2,500 brand-new entries have been added, many focusing on subject areas—such as gender issues and Holocaust studies—that were just beginning to emerge when the first edition was published.
The encyclopedia is an excellent resource for serious research as well as for personal education. The online version includes thousands of links that allow users to seamlessly navigate from article to article, reaping the rewards of the most up-to-date twenty-first-century technology along with the very best worldwide Judaic scholarship.
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