List of Jewish Libraries

Jewish libraries - mostly with a focus on Judaica and Hebraica - are, for example, libraries of a synagogue or a Jewish community, but also of a theological (often with a focus on Judaica , theology or history) or Jewish university. Certain general libraries also offer the special collection area Judaica, for example the University Library in Frankfurt has the special collection area Judaism. In addition, rabbinical seminars often have their own libraries, such as the large libraries of the Jewish Theological Seminary and Leo Baeck College . The Israeli National Library with its large collections of Judaica should also be mentioned . Jewish specialist libraries such as the Germania Judaica or libraries on the history of anti-Semitism and the Holocaust (such as the Anne Frank Shoah Library or the Wiener Library ) and libraries of Jewish museums (such as the library of the Holocaust Museum Houston, for example) are also of great importance or the Jewish Museum in Frankfurt ). The Temple Library of Jerusalem or the Library of the Dead Sea Scrolls is also of historical significance . During the ghettoization of National Socialism, there were ghetto libraries . The Judaica-Portal Berlin-Brandenburg is an important specialist bibliography .

Libraries by State

Jutta Bohnke-Kollwitz: Jewish Collections in German Libraries: A Guide to Judaica and Hebraica Holdings in Libraries in the Federal Republic of Germany and West Berlin Cologne: Working Group of Jewish Collections in the Federal Republic of Germany and West Berlin, 1981.