Pecan Pie and challah mix at a southern Sabbath table in the Mississippi Delta, by Bill Aron

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Background Information

The new encyclopedia of Southern culture / Charles Reagan Wilson, general editor. See Volume 6: Ethnicity, in particular.
Davis Library:
F209 .N47 2006

Encyclopedia of religion in the South / edited by Samuel S. Hill and Charles H. Lippy
Davis Library Reference:
BR535 .E52 2005

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 Southern culture / Charles Reagan Wilson and William Ferris, coeditors
Davis Library Reference:
F209 .E53 1989

Jewish Life on Film

UNC's Media Resources Center owns many films dealing with various aspects of Jewish life.

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.

Jewish Life at UNC and Duke

The Carolina Story: A Virtual Museum of University History presents Jewish Life at Carolina, a collaborative digital project of The University Library and The UNC Center for the Study of the American South that highlights the history of Jews at UNC.

The Carolina Center for Jewish Studies brings together faculty and students from a variety of fields who are looking to develop a deeper understanding of Jewish history, culture and thought. The Center sponsors public events and lectures, in addition to regular courses at UNC.

The Center for Jewish Life at Duke offers cultural events. Watch the web site for listings.

Jewish Life at Duke lists events also.

Books

Search the UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries' Catalog

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

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E-Book Collections

Academic journal articles

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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.

Academic Search Premier
Abstracts & references for articles from more than 1,500 scholarly, trade & general publications, & references for The NY Times.

To find more databases related to the American South, go to the American South section of the E-Research Tools page.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

College of Charleston Jewish Heritage Collection
Jewish Heritage Collection documents the Jewish experience in South Carolina from colonial times to the present.

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

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

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.

WeJew History Channel