I invite you to peruse the latest Judaica Europeana newsletter <http://www.judaica-europeana.eu/Newsletter.html> with highlights of digital collections from the Centre of Judeo-Moroccan Culture in Brussels, the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, the JDC First World War Archives, the YIVO and Leo Baeck Institutes in New York. These are all exceptional resources for historians, librarians, teachers, students and anyone interested in Jewish culture.
In case the newsletter does not display properly below, please follow the link to http://www.judaica-europeana.eu/Newsletter.html Lena Stanley-Clamp Director, European Association for Jewish Culture Coordinator, Judaica Europeana www.judaica-europeana.eu [image: Europeana Judaica logo] <http://www.judaica-europeana.eu/> [image: Europeana Judaica logo] <http://www.judaica-europeana.eu/> Judaica Europeana Jewish collections online *Number 7, 2015* [image: Detail of painting by Josef Herman] *Refugees* by Josef Herman © estate of Josef Herman, Ben Uri collection *Bringing Jewish heritage collections together * Judaica Europeana is a network of heritage institutions in Europe, Israel and the US which have been working together very successfully to provide integrated access to their digital collections. Inspired by the vision of Europeana―the digital platform for Europe’s libraries, museums and archives, we rely on Europeana’s infrastructure for this ongoing undertaking. We report here about our recent achievements, developments at Europeana and conferences at Harvard, Jerusalem and Rome. *More* <http://www.judaica-europeana.eu/JE_newsletter7_je.html> [image: Image from the CCJM collection] Great wedding dress (Keswa el Kbira)¸ embroidered velvet, Rabat 19th C, CCJM collection *Moroccan Jewry heritage collection * A recent addition to Judaica Europeana network is the Center of the Judeo-Moroccan Culture in Brussels, whose collection has been published recently on Europeana. The collection is the result of twenty years of passionate collecting of an exceptional historical heritage, born from a mix of Jewish, Spanish, Berber and Muslim influences. It includes works of art, clothing, jewellery, objects of worship and daily life, photographs, postcards and prints. There is also an extensive archive of documents and a collection of audio-visual materials, as well as a library holding books and manuscripts in French, Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic, Spanish and English. *More* <http://www.judaica-europeana.eu/JE_newsletter7_ccjm.html> [image: Detail of painting by Artur Markowicz] *A Jew at Work* by Artur Markowicz, JHI collection *Early books and community records from the Jewish Historical Institute * The Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw is the largest depository of Jewish-related archival documents, books, journals and museum objects in Poland. It holds the unique Ringelblum Archive, also known as the Underground Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto. The Archive is listed on to the UNESCO Memory of the World register. Among the data recently integrated in Europeana is the JHI collection of early books from the 16th–18th century. Also published, are collections of documents relating to a number of Jewish communities and their membership, marriage records, councils and other institutions. *More* <http://www.judaica-europeana.eu/JE_newsletter7_jhi.html> [image: Bialystock school photo, 1918] Mendele’s Kindergarten and Community School, Bialystok, 1918, JDC collection *First World War era records from the JDC Archives * The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee’s 1914-1918 collection has been published in Europeana. This historic collection dates from the establishment of ‘the Joint’ in 1914, when three US organizations were created to respond to the needs of Jewish populations affected by the outbreak of World War I, and came together to form the Joint Distribution Committee for the Relief of Jewish War Sufferers. Like much of Judaica Europeana collections, this material should be of particular interest to family history researchers. *More* <http://www.judaica-europeana.eu/JE_newsletter7_jdc.html> [image: People with placards on election day photo] Election day, Czestochowa 1916, YIVO * Jewish urban life in the YIVO Institute’s collections * The results of our close collaboration with the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research have been harvested on Europeana recently. They include large quantities of books, photographs and other archival collections. Even a cursory tour through the photos in the YIVO archives is enough to make one question long-held stereotypes about pre-World War II Jewish life in Eastern Europe. On display in these photos is a Jewish world on the move. *More* <http://www.judaica-europeana.eu/JE_newsletter7_yivo.html> [image: book cover by George Salter] *The Trial* by Franz Kafka, jacket design by George Salter, 1937, LBI collection * Books, periodicals and a wealth of records from the Leo Baeck Institute * Leo Baeck Institute houses a repository of source material on the history of German-speaking Jews. LBI has contributed nearly 8,000 records to Europeana, including a selection of rare books, art, illustrated books and periodicals, as well as thousands of archival collections that contain manuscripts, correspondence, and records of all kinds. A wealth of community and civil records such as registers of names, births, marriages and deaths provide an invaluable resource for family history researchers. *More* <http://www.judaica-europeana.eu/JE_newsletter7_lbi.html> [image: Screen grab from eCultureMap video demonstration] eCultureMap, a GIS pilot from AthenaPlus * Digital innovation―interactive maps, exhibitions and thesauri from AthenaPlus * Judaica Europeana participates in the AthenaPlus project, which contributes digital content and technology to Europeana. The foundations of AthenaPlus are built on the achievements of earlier projects: Minerva, Athena, Michael Culture and Linked Heritage. The project’s success owes much to close working relationships and friendships which have developed over the past decade. Mass digitization of collections has produced huge quantities of digital content that need to be presented to users in accessible ways. Creative re-use of this content is at the heart of the AthenaPlus project. We present here some open-source tools for interactive mapping, virtual exhibitions and thesauri. *More* <http://www.judaica-europeana.eu/JE_newsletter7_aplus.html> *Read the previous Judaica Europeana Newsletter, number 6* <http://www.judaica-europeana.eu/Newsletter_6_2014.html> Editor: Lena Stanley-Clamp, European Association for Jewish Culture, London with contributions from the AthenaPlus project; Center for Jewish-Moroccan Culture, Brussels; Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw; JDC Archives, New York; YIVO Institute, NY; Leo Baeck Institute, NY. | Contact us <[email protected]> | Subscribe to Judaica Europeana Newsletter <http://www.judaica-europeana.eu/subscribe.html> [image: EAJC logo] [image: Europeana logo] [image: Athena Plus logo] [image: EU flag] with the support of the [image: Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe logo] [image: EAJC logo] europeana.eu <http://www.europeana.eu/> athenaplus.eu <http://www.athenaplus.eu/> European Commission <http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/> rothschildfoundation.eu <http://www.rothschildfoundation.eu/>
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