Resources

Projects

The Shtetl Economic History Project

The goal of this project is to enhance the historical understanding of the shtetl (the small and mid-size Jewish communities of Eastern Europe). Prof. Thomas Glick began this project in spring of 2002 with the purchase by Boston University of the Iacob Bercovici Business Archive. The collection includes close to 4000 documents which reveal the economic and social aspects of the life of Jews living in Bacau, Romania at the beginning of the 20th Century. More information about this project can be found at its website.

Primo Levi Project

Boston University’s Center for Italian and European Studies (CIES), located in Padua, Italy initiated the Primo Levi Project (PLP) in September 2003. The Project is a research and educational project directed by Professor Paolo Bernardini (Boston University) and funded by the UCEI (Unione delle Comunità Ebraiche Italiane). Its goal is to foster research and undergraduate and graduate courses, as well as public awareness, in the areas of Italian Jewish History, European Jewish History, and Holocaust Studies as they relate to Italy. The Project will include a number of public conferences and talks by scholars and other eminent personalities. The first series of talks open to the public was organized in collaboration with the Università degli Studi di Padova. In spring 2006 the Elie Wiesel Center and the Primo Levi Project will co-sponsor an international conference on modern Italian Jewish history. For more information on all aspects of the Primo Levi Project, please contact Paolo Bernardini at pb@bu.edu.

Publications

Modern Judaism

The Journal of Textual Reasoning

Associations

Claims Conference: The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany

Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity

Hillel House

Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Links

Rambi -- The Index of Articles on Jewish Studies

Academic Jewish Studies Internet Directory

The Virtual Shtetl