Additional Resources
Do you want to learn more? Check out these books and helpful websites that help decode the "language of the Jewish community."
Books:
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Ronald L. Eisenberg, Dictionary of Jewish Terms: A Guide to the Language of Judaism. Rockville, MD: Schreiber Publishing, Inc., 2008. |
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Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, Dictionary of Jewish Words. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2006. |
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Kerry M. Olitzky and Ronald H. Isaacs, A Glossary of Jewish Life. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, Inc., 1992. |
Websites:
- Jewish Virtual Library: An easy to use glossary and encyclopedia of Jewish words, people and history.
- Jewish Learning: A user-friendly Jewish learning website from the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago.
- JewFAQ: Judaism 101, including an extensive glossary!


