This website contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, which was originally published between 1901-1906. The Jewish Encyclopedia, which recently became part of the public domain, contains over 15,000 articles and illustrations. This online version contains the unedited contents of the original encyclopedia. Since the original work was completed almost 100 years ago, it does not cover a significant portion of modern Jewish History (e.g., the creation of Israel, the Holocaust, etc.). However, it does contain an incredible amount of information that is remarkably relevant today. We are considering inviting the Internet community to help us update the encyclopedia -- if you are interested in volunteering (as a writer, editor, etc.) please join our Mailing List.
My first thought - having been thoroughly assimilated by the bor-uh, blog - is: what a great resource for those handy links that you just like to use as footnotes to explain a Jewish word or concept. Judaism 101 is great but doesn't have everything. Well, this doesn't either, yet. I did not get any returns for "selichot," "slichot," "slicha" using their search engine, but when I tried "days of awe" I got this. It'll be wonderful when they get the bugs out.
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