The unique database includes Rabbinical and Historical sources related to the history of Jewish Education. Presently, the database contains more than 1,000 sources. In addition, the database includes a comprehensive bibliography of about 2,000 articles on the history of Jewish education, arranged by country and subject. JEDU features a multi language (Hebrew, Yiddish, German, Ladino and more) Jewish textbook facsimile archive of title pages and bibliographic descriptions. To make searches user friendly, JEDU-Treasures is equipped with on-line maps linking cities and centers of Jewish Learning to the database. JEDU-Treasures also provide an index and thesaurus of educational terms in English allowing users to link its controlled vocabulary with the Hebrew index.

Prof. Shmuel Glick, Director of the Schocken Institute in Jerusalem adds, "The Sources of the History of Jewish Education database gives users authentic and original sources, the result of years of professional academic research and preparation. We wanted these sources and research material to become available to any person interested in Jewish education and its historical roots. After thorough investigation concerning proprietary literary materials, we concluded that C.D.I. Systems provides the best solution for our concerns about content theft when publishing our database online".

Mr. Itzhak Levit, CEO: "One of the main obstacles in digital-age publishing is protecting content against illegal access. The Internet, besides being an easy and low-cost medium for mass distribution of content, largely exposes it to illegal copying, thus infringing the publisher's rights". Mr. Levit adds: "NetIS™, our unique and integrated platform - providing content protection (DRM), content management (WCM), advanced retrieval capabilities, and e-commerce tools under the same umbrella - is the ultimate solution for publishers willing to generate revenues from on-line content".

The JEDU-Treasures database (www.jewish-education-sources.co.il) is designed for easy use for researchers, teachers, academics, scholars and the general public seeking to understand the history and development of Jewish education throughout the ages.

About C.D.I. Systems

C.D.I. Systems, is a private high-tech company founded in 1992 by Mr. Hillel Ashkenazy, advocate and chairman of the company, managed by a professional, experienced, devoted, and creative management team.
Focused on the development of a unique and innovative online publishing platform - NetIS™, the company has successfully deployed scores of solutions for the Internet, Intranet, DVD/CD-ROMs and Handheld devices. To mention a few: Takdin, Israel's premier legal databases both online and on CD-ROM; Dun & Bradstreet's Israel Business Directory; IDC Israel pay per view site; Otzar HaHochma - the World's Largest Electronic Library (with roughly five million pages); The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book - a comprehensive interactive bibliography of all books printed in the Hebrew Language between 1473 and 1960; The Israeli Electorate Registry; The Israeli General Encyclopedia; The Globes daily newspaper archive and a multitude of legal information solutions in Germany through our German partners.