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Many Judaica library collections are now on-line and can be easily accessed via TELNET. In order to properly view the "Hebrew" listings in these on-line catalogues, you will need Hebrew screen emulation.
Kermit 3.14 now fully supports Hebrew screen emulation and can be obtained from Columbia University: on campus in 102 Philosophy; off-campus call: (212) 854 3703 or e-mail Kermit@columbia.edu; technical support call: (212) 854 5126.
After installing Kermit 3.14, at the MS-KERMIT prompt type "Hebrew" to activate screen emulation for that session. If you wish to have Hebrew screen emulation whenever you enter Kermit, edit the MSCUSTOM.INI file adding "Hebrew."
Bar-Ilan University = aleph.biu.ac.il
Ben Gurion University = bgulib.bgu.ac.il
Haifa University = lib.haifa.ac.il
Hebrew University = ram1.huji.ac.il
= www.huji.ac.il
Jewish Theological Seminary = jtsa.edu
Technion = lib.technion.ac.il
Tel Aviv University = tauvax.tau.ac.il
Weizmann Institute of Science = wislib.weizmann.ac.il
For access you will receive a prompt request for "USERNAME:" the reply is "ALEPH." For terminal selection, use "17" except in the case of Haifa University where "11" remains the terminal selection for Kermit users. If you experience problems changing to the Hebrew mode at JTS, type in "?/HEB" to switch to Hebrew mode and then "?/ENG" to switch back to the English mode.
There are thousands of discussion groups and bulletin boards on the Internet. Listed below are a few of particular interest for graduate students and faculty in the topics of Jewish studies and related fields.
JEWISH STUDIES (Judaica eJournal) is "the world's largest on-line journal devoted to on-going research and current events in Jewish Studies. To subscribe: address an e-mail message to "listserv@nysernet.org." The body of the message should read: subscribe JEWSTUDIES your name (first and last).
JEWISHNT (The Global Jewish Information Network Project) is a discussion forum on all things concerning the establishment of the Global Jewish Information Network. To subscribe: address an e-mail message to "listserv@bguvm.bgu.ac.il." The body of the message should read: subscribe JEWISHNT your name (first and last).
IL-BOARD a discussion group on questions of PC software, the Israeli Internet, etc. To subscribe: address an e-mail message to "listserv@taunivm.tau.ac.il." The body of the message should read: subscribe IL-BOARD your name (first and last).
ILAN-H a discussion group in and about Hebrew on the network, including coding rules, ISO standards, international standards, national standards, etc. To subscribe: send an e-mail message to "listserv@taunivm. tau.ac.il." The body of the message should read: subscribe ILAN-H your name (first and last).
SHAMMAI (The Independent Jewish Student List) is an independent forum for discussion of all issues of interest to Jewish college and university students. This is an unmoderated discussion group newly formed. To subscribe: address an e-mail message to "listproc@shamash.nysernet.org." The body of the message should read: subscribe SHAMMAI your name (first and last).
ISRAELINE a daily newsletter containing translations of news items from the Israeli media providing important and timely information affording a more complete perspective on events in Israel and the Middle East. It is prepared by the Consulate General of Israel in New York. To subscribe: send an e-mail message to "listserv@vm.tau.ac.il." The body of the message should read: subscribe ISRAELINE your name (first and last).
The are many World Wide Web sites/Home Pages related to Jewish Studies both in the United States and in Israel. NETSCAPE is the preferred browser for access to the WWW.
To read documents in Hebrew you will need to configure your browser with a bilingual font. There is a Truetype and Adobe PS type 2 font available via ftp:www1.huji.ac.il/pub/fonts/pc/webfont. The file names are webfont1.zip and webfont2.zip.
To install the fonts in MS-WINDOWS:
*.ttf = use the Control Panel in your Main Window and open the Fonts Manager.
*.pfb = use Adobe Type Manager to add. (if you don't have this program, either get it or omit this part)
To install the fonts in Netscape 1.0:
In the menu go to Options and click Preferences. In the Preference window, make sure the top pull-down menu is on Styles. For the Proportional Font use Web Hebrew AD font. For the Fixed Space Font use Web Hebrew Monospace font.
Now that you have installed the fonts, it's time to surf the Internet in Hebrew. Listed below are some of the "best" sites with their WWW addresses. You can either click on a name to open the Home Page or take note of the address for future reference.