German Language Humanities : Yiddish Studies

Part of the Bibliotheca Augustana, a digital library of online texts from the literatures of the world, the Bibliotheca Iiddica offers a chronological index of Yiddish literary history, an alphabetical index of pages devoted to Yiddish writers and texts, and links to additional useful resources.
The advantage of the Bibliotheca Iiddica is that these digital sources are referenced by writer or by century.

A resource for the field of Jewish linguistics, providing information about several Jewish languages (including Yiddish, Judeo-Spanish, Judeo-Arabic, Judeo-Italian, Jewish English, and Jewish Neo-Aramaic) and about some of the researchers who have written about them

With more than 9,000 78rpm discs covering Yiddish theater, popular and traditional music, cantorial songs, klezmer music, poetry, drama, and event ballads and from locations as diverse as the United States, Eastern Europe, Latin America, South Africa and Israel, this collection offers an unparalleled audio entrée into the vibrant, fascinating cultural practices of early- mid 20th century Yiddish life

Dedicated to studying and preserving Yiddish music and culture, teaching it to new generations, and supporting scholarship that explores it as an important facet of Jewish and American life

A general gateway to Yiddish-language resources including some Yiddish books. (Updated irregularly)

Registration (free) is required. Allows users to search through and view more than 54,000 video testimonies of survivors and witnesses of genocide

Located in Amherst, MA, the Yiddish Book Center is a cultural institution dedicated to the preservation of books in the Yiddish language, as well as the culture and history those books represent. Includes a digital Yiddish library of more than 11,000 titles, contemporary oral histories, lectures, Yiddish audiobooks, short films about Yiddish and modern Jewish literature and culture; Yiddish works in translation; Yiddish language learning tools;and more

contains about 800 very valuable Yiddish books that belong to the Frankfurt University Library. The texts were printed in Hebrew letters in West, Central and East Europe. The dates range from the middle of the 16th century to the beginning of the 20th century. (Unknown update schedule)

A portal for anyone interested in Yiddish and Yiddish Studies, arranged in three main sections: events, reference and research