Sylviane Stampfer, editor of RAMBI, The Index to Articles in Jewish Studies, recently announced that SUBJECT searching in RAMBI is being upgraded so that searching a subject in either English or Hebrew will retrieve both Hebrew and European language articles.

The change is being introduced gradually and is expected to be completed by the summer. […]

Next time you go into Otzar HaHochma, look at the top middle of the screen. You can now limit the books in the book list on the bottom right of the screen by masechta or parsha. Click parshiyot ha-Torah and focus in on the weekly Parsha. Or choose masechtot ha-shas and choose the masechta and […]

Bar Ilan Online Judaic Responsa has expanded its library once again with the
introduction of Mefarshe Talmud Yerushalmi as well as several classics such as the Minhat Hinukh and R. Yerucham Perlow’s commentary to the Sefer ha-Mitsvot of R. Saadiah Gaon. Check out the Responsa website to see all the new additions. Just click […]

Otzar HaHochma has recently added several new search mechanisms to their extensive and still growing library. Above the list of books on the main page there has always been an option for limiting the book list by Subject. Now if one clicks on a specific subject a second box will appear which reveals a drop […]

Some people say the Federal Reserve has too much power and is not accountable to the Congress. Others say it is best to have an independent body that can make unpopular decisions. Do you think the Federal Reserve should be more accountable to Congress or left as an independent body, or should it be abolished […]

If a candidate for Congress supported the health care reforms enacted this year (2010), would that make you more likely to vote for him or her, would it make you less likely, or would a candidate’s support of the health care reforms not make much difference in your vote?

Do you agree or disagree with […]