Jewish Encyclopedia Foundation · Est. 2026

Every sacred text
deserves to live forever

We preserve, digitize, and share the sacred writings of the Jewish people — making them freely accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world, and building the community that gathers around them.

Our mission
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Preservation

Physical Torah scrolls and sacred manuscripts held in synagogues worldwide are aging. Many are decades or centuries old, at risk of deterioration and loss. We work directly with synagogue partners to digitize these irreplaceable texts before time takes them — creating permanent digital records of humanity's most enduring spiritual heritage.

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Access for All

Not everyone has access to a synagogue. Not everyone lives near a Jewish community center or a library with Hebrew texts. Geography, circumstance, and distance should never stand between a person and their heritage. Our digital library is completely free — no login, no paywall — so that every Jew anywhere in the world, and every curious soul, can read the words that have guided our people for thousands of years.

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Community

Sacred texts are not meant to be read alone. They were written to be studied, debated, passed down, and shared. The Jewish Encyclopedia Foundation is building more than a library — we are building a living community of readers, learners, and keepers of tradition. A place where Jews from Brooklyn to Buenos Aires, from Tel Aviv to Tokyo, can gather around the same words.

Our story

The words that have
guided us for millennia

The Jewish people have carried their sacred texts through every chapter of history — through exile and return, through dispersion and renewal. These words were memorized, hand-copied, hidden, and protected at enormous cost. They deserve to be treated with the same care in the digital age.

"The Torah is not in the heavens — it was given to us, to study, to live by, and to pass on."

Founded in Wyoming in 2026, the Jewish Encyclopedia Foundation began with a simple belief: that digitizing the Tanakh was only the first step. As our library grows from Torah to Prophets to Writings, our mission grows with it — to become the most comprehensive, accessible, and community-driven digital archive of Jewish sacred literature in existence.

בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים
אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם
וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ

שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל
יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ
יְהֹוָה אֶחָד
26Books Digitized
567Chapters Available
FreeAlways & Forever
∞Years of Wisdom
Where we are going

Building the complete Jewish digital library

The Tanakh is 24 books. The Talmud is dozens of tractates. The commentaries of Rashi, Maimonides, and Nachmanides span thousands of pages. We are building toward all of it — one book, one partnership, one community at a time.

Complete

Torah — Five Books of Moses

Bereshit, Shemot, Vayikra, Bamidbar, Devarim · 187 chapters

Complete

Nevi'im — The Prophets

Former Prophets, Latter Prophets, and the Twelve · 380 chapters

In Progress

Ketuvim — The Writings

Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra–Nehemiah, Chronicles

Coming Soon

Talmud Bavli — Babylonian Talmud

All 63 tractates of the Babylonian Talmud, with English translation

Coming Soon

Classic Commentaries

Rashi, Maimonides, Nachmanides, Ibn Ezra and more — the great interpreters alongside the text

Coming Soon

Community Features

Discussion, annotations, study groups, and tools to learn and connect with others around the world

Be part of something that lasts

Every contribution helps us digitize more scrolls, reach more people, and build the community that gathers around these ancient words. Whether you donate, share, or partner with us — you become part of this story.

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