Research
Publication research in libraries and Open Access servers
Library Catalogue of the Dubnow Institute
The library collections can be researched through the K10 Union Catalogue of the German universities and institutes for higher education as well as the Leibniz Institutes, the Helmholtz Centers, the Max Planck Institutes, and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation.
Lerxe
The regional Leipzig catalogue Lerxe connects the metadata of the libraries in Leipzig and allows them to be researched under one common web interface.
Judaica Portal
The Judaica Portal allows for targeted searches in the specialist libraries and Judaica collections of the partner institutions, in the article index RAMBI (the Index of Articles on Jewish Studies) of the Israeli National Library, and in the Digital Judaica Collection of the University Library Frankfurt am Main.
Special Information Service (SIS) Jewish Studies
The Special Information Service (SIS) Jewish Studies offers researchers access to discipline-specific documents and information from all fields of Jewish studies and Israel studies. This offer includes both freely accessible and licensed resources.
Digital Judaica Collection (Frankfurt University Library)
The Frankfurt University Library contains the largest Judaica and Hebraica collection in Germany, one of the most significant collections of its kind in the world. This valuable historical collection is for the most part digitized and freely accessible online.
Electronic Journals Library (EZB)
The EZB is a directory of electronic specialist journals from over 600 scholarly libraries. All the journals of a given field can be found via the search box, either by subject list or individual titles. More than half of these titles are freely accessible.
LeibnizOpen
LeibnizOpen offers central access to openly available digital publications authored by Leibniz Association researchers. The platform records Open Access publications authored by researchers at all Leibniz institutions and makes the associated full texts directly available. It thus reflects the entire range of topics and types of publications that are generated through research and teaching within the Leibniz Association.
Social Science Open Access Repository (SSOAR)
The full-text server SSOAR, which is maintained at GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, collects and archives literature of relevance to the social sciences and makes it available in open access on the Internet in accordance with the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities.
Webpages and digitised sources
The Pinkasim Collection: The International Repository of Communal Ledgers
Pinkasim – the minute books of Jewish communities – widespread in Ashkenazic Europe and northern Italy – are a central historical source for Jewish history and culture in Early Modern Period. Previously contained spread across archives and collections in Israel, Europe and the United States, the communal Pinkassim were made accessible on the webpage »The Pinkasim Collection: The International Repository of Communal Ledgers«.
Webpage »Jewish Scholars at the Leipzig University. Participation, Disadvantage and Exclusion«
The webpage »Jewish Scholars at the Leipzig University. Participation, Disadvantage and Exclusion« of the Dubnow Institute and the Leipzig University Archive provides information on the life and work of Jewish academics at the Leipzig University. Based on their biographies, it sheds light on the ambivalent process of emancipation and modernisation in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Series »Archive of Jewish History and Culture«
The »Archive« series of the Academy Project »European Traditions – Encyclopedia of Jewish Cultures« collects and edits material on topics, occasions or events of specific interest. The editions are published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (Göttingen/Bristol Con.); they are also available online/open access. The Academy Project »European Traditions – Encyclopedia of Jewish Cultures« is a Research Project of the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig
Series »Library of Jewish History and Culture«
The »Library« series of the Academy Project »European Traditions – Encyclopedia of Jewish Cultures« primarily presents personal contributions, including unpublished or rare writings, papers and letters. The editions are published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (Göttingen/Bristol Con.); they are also available online/open access. The Academy Project »European Traditions – Encyclopedia of Jewish Cultures« is a Research Project of the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig
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Leibniz Fellowships »Value of the Past«
The Leibniz Research Alliance »Value of the Past« is pleased to invite applications for up to seven Leibniz Fellowships »Value of the Past«. These month‐long fellowships provide an opportunity to research in the alliance’s research field and its main topics at one of the participating Leibniz research institutes and Leibniz research museums.
Application deadline: 30 June 2025
Webpage »Jewish Scholars at the Leipzig University. Participation, Disadvantage and Exclusion«
The webpage »Jewish Scholars at the Leipzig University. Participation, Disadvantage and Exclusion« of the Dubnow Institute and the Leipzig University Archive provides information on the life and work of Jewish academics at the Leipzig University.