The library needs the room this
week – therefore there will be no meeting.
The Sephardim
This web site was mentioned
last week by Dora Goldstein – as a site for those doing genealogy research
on Jewish ancestors.
Sefarad is a Hebrew word
meaning Spain. So, in the strictest sense of the word the Sephardim (plural
of Sephardi) are the Jews who came from the Iberian peninsula. Today however
the word Sephardim has taken a much wider meaning and includes Jewish Communities
in North Africa, Iraq (Babylon), Syria, Greece, Turkey and most Jews who
are not Ashkenazim. The word Ashkenazi has had a similar broadening of
its definition. Arising from a Hebrew word meaning "german" it has taken
on a broader definition that includes not only German Jews but those of
Eastern Europe and Russia as well.
Today the distinction between
Sephardim and Ashkenazim is primarily one of differing traditions due to
their backgrounds.
Sephardic House was founded
at the historic Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue, home of Congregation
Shearith Israel, the very first Jewish congregation in North America. Today
Sephardic House has moved out of the Synagogue and into the Center for
Jewish History -- located in the heart of New York City.
http://www.Sephardichouse.org/
The Deep Web
At last week’s meeting, we discussed
searching the web – searching databases on the web – and a method of combining
these searches for easier use and avoiding duplicate information.
There are literally hundreds
of billions of highly valuable documents hidden in searchable databases
that cannot be retrieved by conventional search engines.
Deep Web sources store their
content in searchable databases that only produce results dynamically in
response to a direct request.
LexiBot — is described as
the first and only search technology that is capable of searching the entire
web.
LexiBot is a software program
for searching the deep web. You can download a demo program or purchase
the program for $89. This web site will also try to explain what the deep
web is.
http://www.completeplanet.com
Urban Legends Reference Page
Here is a database search for
anything dealing with folklore – legends – myths.
http://www.snopes.com
Searching PDF Files on the Internet
Adobe has a search engine for
locating information found in PDF files on the internet.
http://searchpdf.adobe.com/