AMST 253: Mamas and Matriarchs:

A Social History of Jewish Women in America

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Introduction to Library Research

Manuscripts Research Tutorial

Background Information

Jewish women in America: An historical encyclopedia / edited by Paula E. Hyman and Deborah Dash Moore
Davis Library Reference
DS115.2 .J49 1998

Encyclopedia of American Jewish history / Stephen H. Norwood and Eunice G. Pollack, editors.
Davis Library Reference
E184.35 .E53 2008

Jewish Life on Film

UNC's Media Resources Center owns many films dealing with various aspects of Jewish life. View the list of Jewish films, or search with FilmFinder.

The National Center for Jewish Film houses the largest, most comprehensive collection of Jewish-themed film and video in the world.

North Carolina Hillel also has a Jewish Heritage Video Collection.

Possible Events to Attend

Carolina Center for Jewish Studies Public Events

North Carolina Jewish Studies Lecture Series

North Carolina Hillel Events

Jewish Life at Carolina, an exhibit of The Carolina Story: A Virtual Museum of University History

Jewish Life at Duke
See Calendar of Events

Center for Jewish Studies at Duke

Books 

Search the UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries' Catalog

 Example of an academic book (at least the catalog record for one)

Academic journal articles 

 Example of an academic journal article (click on PDF Full Text link to view)

GenderWatch
A collection of international journals, magazines, newsletters, and conference proceedings devoted to women's and gender issues.

Women's Studies International
Covers the core literature of the women's studies field with links to full text.

America, History and Life
An index for North American history consisting of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations & book reviews.

Project Muse
Provides access to articles from several journals that deal with aspects of Judaism in America, including the American South.

ATLA Religion Database
Find citations and link to articles on religion.

RAMBI: Index of articles on Jewish studies
Find citations for articles on Jewish studies.

JSTOR
JSTOR provides an image archive of important scholarly journal literature in nearly all the humanities and social sciences disciplines, international and foreign areas studies, and many of the sciences.

Photos, audio recordings, and primary documents  

Documenting the American South
Digitized materials, including photos, in a variety of subjects relating to Southern history and culture.

North American Women's Letters and Diaries
Over 1000 diaries written by American and Canadian women. Click on simple search on the left side of the page, then search for "Jewish" in the Subject Headings box.

Jewish Women's Archive
Uncovering, chronicling, and transmitting the rich history of American Jewish women.

Jewish Women's Archive photos on Flickr Commons
The JWA's photostream on Flickr. Many of the images have no copyright restrictions.

Pittsburgh and Beyond: The Experience of the Jewish Community
The National Council of Jewish Women, Pittsburgh Section Oral History Project at the University of Pittsburgh features over 500 interviews conducted between 1968 and 2001.

Art & Rememberance: The Fabric Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz
Holocaust survivor, Esther Nisenthal Krinitz turned her stories into a narrated series of fabric art pictures.

Jewish Heritage Foundation of North Carolina
An independent statewide organization dedicated to preserving, sharing, and celebrating Jewish culture and artistry.

Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life
The Institute of Southern Jewish Life's Digital Archive Project presents a history of Jewish communities in Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana. More states will be added in the future.

Judaica Sound Archives at Florida Atlantic University
The JSA collects, preserves, and digitizes Judaica sounds recordings.

Southern Historical Collection
Journals, photographs, letters, videos, oral histories, and other primary documents relating to Southern life in the past and present.

Southern Oral History Program
Wilson Library has this collection, which can be searched by topic. Over 4000 oral histories are available, 500 of which are online.

Southern Folklife Collection
Manuscripts, images, audio, and texts about folklife in the South.

UNC's Digital Collections
UNC's libraries have digitized many collections of photographs, exhibits, and artifacts. Most deal with life in the South, throughout various eras.

Syllabus

Syllabus

Assignment Resources

Resources Homepage

Jewish Research Resources

Annotated Bibliography and Guide to Archival Resources on the History of Jewish Women in America
By Phyllis Holman Weisbard

Book Review Guidelines (.doc)

E-Reserves readings

Class Assignments

Bread Givers of Hester Street paper (.doc)

Yentl's Revenge Review (.doc)

Yentl's Revenge example paper (.doc)

Jewish Women's Happening Reaction Paper (.doc)

"Create-a-Class" Proposal Form (.doc)

"Create-a-Class" Term Paper Assignment (.doc)

Defining Judaism

Jewish Virtual Library

Judaism 101
An online encyclopedia of Judaism, covering Jewish beliefs, people, places, things, language, scripture, holidays, practices and customs

My Jewish Learning
A transdenominational website of Jewish information

Writing Resources

Dr. Ferris's Book Review Guidelines (.doc)

Dr. Ferris's Essay Writing Guide (.doc)

Dr. Ferris's Guide to Writing Jewishly (.doc)

UNC-Chapel Hill's Writing Center

OWL: Online Writing Lab from Purdue University

Style Guide

Avoiding passive voice:
Active and Passive Voice
Verb Tenses
Passive Voice

Citing 

Citing Information Tutorial