Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Man Playing a Jew's Harp
An image of "Man Playing a Jew's Harp", created by Dirck Van Baburen in 1621 (Oil on canvas, 65 x 53 cm).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: 6. Torture of the Jew
An image of "6. Torture of the Jew", created by Piero Della Francesca from 1452-66 (Fresco, 356 x 193 cm).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: The Jews Gathering the Manna in the Desert
An image of "The Jews Gathering the Manna in the Desert", created by Nicolas Poussin from 1637-39 (Oil on canvas, 149 x 200 cm).
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Concerning the Tabernacle Which Moses Built
Written by Josephus, describes the building of the Tabernacle.
Jewish Federations of North America
Jewish Federations of North America: Funeral Customs: Say Goodbye to a Loved One
Learn about Jewish traditional death rituals and how "to die and be buried as a Jew" in this guide to Jewish living. Jewish law and customs differ between traditional Jews and Reform Jews.
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Chiune (Sempo) Sugihara Righteous Among Nations
A Righteous Among Nations is a non-Jew who risked their life to save Jews from the Holocaust. Chiune Sugihara is one of these men. Read his story and answer/discuss critical thinking questions. Additional materials and tips for the...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Lodz Ghetto
In 1940, Jews were forced into the Lodz ghetto and effectively cut off from the rest of the world with no food, water, or electricity. Disease and starvation killed many of the Jews living in Lodz. Read a synopsis and view primary...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Wannsee Conference
The systematic murder of Jews on an industrial scale was the goal of Hitler's Final Solution and discussed at the Wannsee Conference. As a result of the conference. a network of extermination camps was established and 1.7 million Jews...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Auschwitz Birkenau Extermination Camp
Over 1,000,000 Jews were murdered in the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp. This camp was established with the goal of exterminating large amounts Jews in a rapid manner using Zyklon B gas. Read background information and view primary sources such...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Case Studies of Two Women: Miep Gies and Bep Voskuijl
"One who saves one life saves an entire world" -The Talmud. The Righteous Among Nations were non-Jews who risked their lives to help Jews during the Holocaust. The following activity focuses on two of these Righteous who helped the Frank...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: What Did Oskar Schindler View From the Hill?
A Righteous Among the Nations is a non-Jew who risked their life during the Holocaust to save Jews. What criteria was used to decide who was bestowed this great honor? Using Oskar Schindler as a case study, young scholars will analyze...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Rescue by Righteous
There were heroes that helped the Jewish people during the Holocaust. These heroes earned the name Righteous. They often put their lives in danger by hiding Jews, providing false papers, and helping Jews escape. Examine the following...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: North Africa and the Middle East
With the establishment of the Vichy regime in France and pro-Hitler leaders in Iraq, the persecution of Jews fanned out to North Africa and the Middle East. Peruse background information and examine primary sources such as photos,...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: The American Jewish Experience Through the Nineteenth Century
Essay discussing immigration and acculturation of American Jews through the Nineteenth Century. Includes questions for guiding student discussion, historian debate and links to online resources.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Journey of the Jewish Americans
This video segment from The Jewish Americans shows how in the 19th century Jews and other groups were sometimes not welcomed when they immigrated to the United States. In addidtion to the video are teaching tips and follow-up questions,...
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Jewish Resistance
Article describes the various organized and individual resistance movements and actions taken by Jews in Germany and throughout Europe during World War II.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Kovno
This article chronicles both the plight and the resistance of the Jews in the Lithuanian city of Kovno during World War II.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Westerbork
Article about the camp at Westerbork, the Netherlands, originally created by the Dutch to intern Jewish refugees, but later used as a transit camp by the Nazis, a holding place for Jews being sent to other concentration camps.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Drancy
A description of the Nazi development and use of Drancy, a former police barracks in Paris, as a transportation camp for deporting Jews to extermination camps.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Nazi Persecution of Soviet Prisoners of War
This article details the Nazi treatment of Soviet prisoners of war in World War II. Though it is not frequently discussed, there were almost as many Soviet prisoners killed by the Nazis as there were Jews.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Displaced Persons
Article about the establishment of centers for displaced persons, especially Jews who survived the Holocaust, and about the subsequent emigration of most of those people in the decade following the end of World War II.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Nazi Propaganda
Article about the Nazis' systematic use of propaganda as a way of controlling the ideas of the German people prior to, and throughout World War II. Propaganda was primarily created against Jews, Communists, and any groups which were not...
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Jasenovac
Article about the concentration camps established by the Nazis in the area around Jasenovac in Croatia, and their use in eliminating political and religious opponents, as well as Jews shipped in from other places in Eastern Europe.
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: Varieties of Orthodox Judaism
Discusses the motivations for forming the Orthodox movement. Lists issues which the Orthodox and other Jews view differently. Provides diagram of the different sects of Orthodox Judaism.
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