Amazing Resource on Jewish Women
August 11th 2009 13:21
"What do Gertrude Berg and Gertrude Stein have in common? Hannah Greenbaum Solomon and Hannah Arendt? The Biblical Ruth and Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
Here's one answer: They all appear in Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia.
The Jewish Women's Archive recently launched an online version of this amazing resource (edited by Professors Paula E. Hyman of Yale University and Dalia Ofer of Hebrew University of Jerusalem). The articles are typically signed by their authors.
The encyclopedia is searchable, and contains a subject index ranging from activists to zoology. I was surprised not to see an entry for computers or technology, but the encyclopedia is regularly updated, so there's hope that more entries will be added. Like other online encyclopedias, the Jewish Women's Archive is browsable by time period and its front page contains featured articles to spark your interest.
As an example of the article quality, the following is the opening of the entry on Judith Resnik:
The article continues quite a bit and has a (too) brief bibliography at its end. There's an option to post comments to entries, which is unfortunately underutilized.
I'd love to hear your thoughts about Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia ] . Do you find it more useful than Wikipedia? Do you like its specificity?
Here's one answer: They all appear in Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia.
The Jewish Women's Archive recently launched an online version of this amazing resource (edited by Professors Paula E. Hyman of Yale University and Dalia Ofer of Hebrew University of Jerusalem). The articles are typically signed by their authors.
The encyclopedia is searchable, and contains a subject index ranging from activists to zoology. I was surprised not to see an entry for computers or technology, but the encyclopedia is regularly updated, so there's hope that more entries will be added. Like other online encyclopedias, the Jewish Women's Archive is browsable by time period and its front page contains featured articles to spark your interest.
As an example of the article quality, the following is the opening of the entry on Judith Resnik:
One of the seven crew members who died in the tragic explosion of the space shuttle Challenger on January 28, 1986, Judith (“J.R.”) Resnik was a pioneer for women entering NASA’s space program, and the second American woman astronaut to travel in space.
A talented scientist and a private individual, Resnik gave her deepest loyalties to her father, her career, and her close friends. Although she avoided publicity whenever possible, she was fun-loving and spirited; her romantic crush on actor Tom Selleck was often a source of good-natured teasing among her coworkers.
Born Judith Arlene Resnik on April 5, 1949, in Akron, Ohio, to first-generation Jewish Russian parents, Judith was a bright, curious child who, by kindergarten, could both read and solve simple math problems. Her father, Marvin, was an optometrist and a part-time cantor when he married Sarah Polensky, a former legal secretary from Cleveland Heights. After Judith was born, the Resniks had a son, Charles.
A talented scientist and a private individual, Resnik gave her deepest loyalties to her father, her career, and her close friends. Although she avoided publicity whenever possible, she was fun-loving and spirited; her romantic crush on actor Tom Selleck was often a source of good-natured teasing among her coworkers.
Born Judith Arlene Resnik on April 5, 1949, in Akron, Ohio, to first-generation Jewish Russian parents, Judith was a bright, curious child who, by kindergarten, could both read and solve simple math problems. Her father, Marvin, was an optometrist and a part-time cantor when he married Sarah Polensky, a former legal secretary from Cleveland Heights. After Judith was born, the Resniks had a son, Charles.
The article continues quite a bit and has a (too) brief bibliography at its end. There's an option to post comments to entries, which is unfortunately underutilized.
I'd love to hear your thoughts about Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia ] . Do you find it more useful than Wikipedia? Do you like its specificity?
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