Libraries and archives

Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion

(USA) Research institute for the training of rabbis, cantors, teachers of Jewish studies, researchers …

Harvard University

(Cambridge, USA) Established in 1956, the Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library is part of the musical library of Harvard University. Online catalogue …

Gratz College Schreiber Jewish Music Library

(Melrose Park, USA) The Tuttleman Library is an academic research library reflecting the multifaceted courses of study offered by Gratz College. Online resources have expanded the collection’s offerings in Education, Management and Holocaust and Genocide programs, as well as the ongoing areas of study in Jewish Education and more …

Folk Literature of the Sephardic Jews

(California, USA) A multimedia archive of ballads and other oral literature in Judeo-Spanish collected from 1957 to 1993 …

Florida Atlantic University (Molly Fraiberg Judaica Collections)

(Boca Raton, USA) Originally established in 2002 as a small project dedicated to the preservation of recorded Jewish music, it has matured into a robust digitization operation for all types of sound recordings …

Europäische Zentrum für Jüdische Musik (EZJM)

(Hanover, Germany) With over 6500 documents concerning Jewish music, the EZJM is part of the university of music, drama and media HMTMH …

Dartmouth Jewish Sound Archive

(Hanover, USA) Established in 2002, the Dartmouth Jewish Sound Archive gathers a great number of audio recordings for researchers and students …

Chicago Public Library Jewish Music Archive

(Chicago, USA) Some unique documents for the study of Jewish culture in the United States. Online catalog without access to documents …

Centro Sefarad Israel

(Madrid, Spain) General library with online catalogue, but with small access to the documents …

Centre de la culture judeo-marocaine

(Brussels, Belgium) A book and photography library online. Media library in construction …

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