While it does not provide annotations for the sites, the sites listed have further contact information. Not all sites are limited to Jewish history. Jewishnet - Jewish Libraries and Catalogs A linking point to various institutional catalogs which contain sizeable amounts of Jewish material. Additional login information is included. National Museum of American Jewish History Located in Philadephia, the National Museum of American Jewish History offers education, exhibits and programs dedicated to preserving the history and culture of the Jewish people in America.
Website includes virtual exhibits.
With it's combined holdings of approximately 100 million archival documents, a half million books, and thousands of photographs, artifacts, paintings and textiles - the CJH is major resource for the study of the Jewish experience in America. The Ratner Center is an archival repository of the Conservative movement. It holds the historical records of more than one hundred Conservative synagogues and rabbis from around the country, dating from the early nineteenth century to the present. The archives also contains the historical records of the Jewish Theological Seminary from its reorganization in 1902 up to the present. A scattering of material dating back to soon after the Seminary's founding in 1886 is also included.