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Jewish Virtual Library : ウィキペディア英語版 | Jewish Virtual Library
The Jewish Virtual Library (JVL) is an online encyclopedia published by the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE), one of whose "principal objectives is to enhance Israel's image by publicizing novel Israeli approaches to problems common to both our nations and illustrating how Americans can learn from these innovations."〔 Launched in 1998, it is a comprehensive website covering topics about US-Israel relations, Israel, the Jewish people, and more.〔 The JVL website was originally created in the late 1990s under the name ''The Jewish Student Online Research Center'' (JSOURCE). Since then, the JVL gradually grew in popularity over the years, and in 2012 reported 9.6 million unique visits,〔(Jewish Virtual Library )〕 and 1.1 million unique visitors in April 2014. Foreign policy expert Mitchell G. Bard is the encyclopedia's Executive Director.〔(MitchellBard - biography )〕 ==Overview== The JVL relies on hundreds of history books, scientific studies, various encyclopedias, articles, archives, maps, and material from museums for its bibliography,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biblio.html )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/acknow.html )〕 and "takes a scholarly, independent approach" - as companies, individuals and foundations may become sponsors of wings of the Virtual Library.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/sponsor.html )〕 According to the JVL, the Library covers material that cannot be found anywhere else in the world, such as information about joint U.S.-Israel projects, and the treatment of Americans during the Holocaust. It explains that it received permission to use materials from the Library of Congress, from the American Jewish Historical Society, the Anti-Defamation League, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel), and Prime Minister’s Office, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin (author of ''Jewish Literacy''), and dozens of other resources. The Library has 13 wings: History, Women, The Holocaust, Travel, Israel & The States, Maps, Politics, Biography, Israel, Religion, Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress and Vital Statistics and Reference.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://avichai.org/program-listings/jewish-virtual-library-website/ )〕 The JVL is constantly updating, changing and expanding,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/intro.html )〕 and includes more than 60,000 articles and nearly 10,000 photographs and maps related to Jewish history, Israel, Israel–United States relations, the Holocaust, antisemitism, and Judaism,〔 as well as various statistics, information about politics, biographies, travel guides, and Jewish women throughout history.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/index.html )〕 The website includes the complete text of the Tanakh and most of the Babylonian Talmud. The JVL contains many articles and studies conducted by AICE, principally involving American-Israeli cooperation. In addition, it has information about Israel education in America, including information about Israel Studies and course materials on Israel-related subjects. It also provides (book and movie reviews ), a ("latest News" ) page, many (publications ), and a ("Virtual Israel Experience" ) online project.
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