Welcome to the gr. 10 Jewish History FST page! On this page, the Learning Resource Centre provides a selection of materials to be used in writing your paper. Each tab is devoted to one topic and contains links to the Encyclopaedia Judaica and book sections.
Reminder: Students are expected to use at least one entry from the Encyclopaedia Judaica and two entries from books (one book entry for Moses Mendelssohn).
Scroll down for links to more resources, citation information and help with passwords. For any other questions regarding the library resources, please get in touch with the librarian.
Good luck!
Topic A: Is Joseph II’s Edict of Tolerance an inclusive and welcoming text or a text that continues to promote anti-Jewish feelings?
Diaspora Nationalism and Jewish Identity in Habsburg Galicia by Topic B: How did Salons provide opportunities for Jewish women to strengthen their Jewish identities and begin to integrate into European society?
The Berlin Jewish Community : Enlightenment, Family and Crisis, 1770-1830 by Topic C: How do Moses Mendelssohn’s biography and writings show that a Jew can be both traditional and modern? (**choose only one book for this topic**)
Topic D: What were Christian Wilhelm von Dohm’s goals when he wrote “Concerning the Amelioration of the Civil Status of the Jews”?
The Berlin Jewish Community : Enlightenment, Family and Crisis, 1770-1830 by 
The Jews, Instructions for Use : Four Eighteenth-Century Projects for the Emancipation of European Jews by Topic E: Is Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s play Nathan the Wise a good example of the Enlightenment’s emphasis on religious tolerance?
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing by 
Lessing and the Enlightenment by Many of the resources given to you in this subject guide are scans of print books from the library's collection that were saved as PDFs with a protective password. To cite these documents according to MLA style, you should use the following format:
Author Last Name, Author First Name. “Chapter Title.” Title of Book: Subtitle of Book. Publisher name, Date of Publication. URL. PDF.
For example:
Katz, Jacob. “Legal Steppingstones.” Out of the Ghetto: The Social Background of Jewish Emancipation, 1770-1870. Syracuse University Press, 1998. https://tanenbaumchat.libguides.com/ld.php?content_id=36719099. PDF.
For Chicago/Turabian style, click here.
Further research can be done in the following resources:
All the passwords for the databases and other online resources can be found on the LRC Edsby page.
