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Resources

• Romanization FAQ (downloadable copy) 
• Foreign loan words (per HCM 2017 revision) 
  
• Changed Even-Shoshan Romanizations
• Fixed Expressions/צרופים קבועים
• Fancy Hebrew month names  
• Droppable Introductory Title Words 

 

External Resources

 

     Cataloging

• AJL RAS Cataloging Forums via AJL Roundtables (AJL members only)
• Hebrew Cataloging FAQ (compiled by R. Simon from Heb-NACO correspondence; guidance cites AACR2/LCRIs but is still a wealth of information)
• Princeton Hebraica Cataloging Tools
• Yale Hebraica Cataloging Tools
• Hebrew Cataloging for non-Hebrew speakers (authored by V. Freedman, University College London)
• LC Law Cataloging Section Legal Cataloging Forum, K vs. B vs. KB (A. Kuperman, 11 Jan. 2023; passcode ?Ehg6Yv$)
• AJL Cataloging Forum: KBM vs BM (A. Kuperman, 23 Nov. 2021)

 

     General reference works/databases

• Jewish Encyclopedia (1906, full text)
• Entsiḳlopedyah ha-‘Ivrit (EI) (1948-1980, via Internet Archive, incomplete)
• Ma'agar Sifrut ha-Ḳodesh
• Bibliography of the Hebrew Book 1470-1960
• Modern Hebrew Literature - a Bio-Bibliographical Lexicon (compiled by Y. Galron)
• JewishGen (genealogy website with many resources, including character conversion, nos. to letters, letters to nos.)

 

     Languages

• Rashe Tevot (alphabetic browsing; facsimile of 1926 A.Y. Shtern ed.)
• Dictionary of Hebrew Abbreviations/Milon ha-ḳitsurim ha-maḳif (search box; includes contemporary Israeli acronyms)
• Jastrow (Aramaic) dictionary (1926, digitized)
• Ladino Libguide (authored by G. Mordoch, University of Michigan)

 

     Calendars

• Introduction to the Jewish Calendar (JewishGen)
• HebCal (civil years 1600-2200; by Joseph Kohn)
• Calendar converter (civil years 1600-2299; displays yahrtzeit dates; JewishGen)
• Jewish calendar software (civil years 1583-3239; by Lester Penner)
• Jewish calendar conversions (creation-6239; by Stephen P. Morse)
• Calendar converter for Near East historians (Gregorian, Julian, Hebrew, Islamic, and Persian; Hebrew dates also display Seleucid (מניין שטרות) equivalents; by T.S. Beers, derived from work by John Walker)
• Calendar converter (converts dates into a variety of calendars including Gregorian, Julian, Hebrew, Islamic, Persian, Mayan, Indian [subcontinent], French Republican, and more; requires JavaScipt; by John Walker)