tasks ahead remain an exciting challenge for all who share a passion for Jewish scholarship and history. Whether scholar, interested layman or dedicated benefactor, The Friedberg Genizah Project is an epic undertaking that invites your participation.
$1,000 - $800,000
ell over 200,000 textual fragments located in university libraries throughout the world are being photographed by experts in this field. The high resolution images (600DPI) generated by the photography team are then stored in FGP’s database and become accessible to users via FGP's online research platform.
appening simultaneously to the upload of images, scholars and research teams throughout the world are submitting to FGP vast volumes of academic material relating to any number of manuscripts stored on the website. An FGP team sorts and reviews the material, appending it to the relevant manuscripts, and uploading the information to the database.
ne of FGP’s objectives is to stimulate interest in Genizah research among university students and scholars. To this end, FGP provides full or partial funding for research projects in many universities throughout the world. These teams study any of the myriad topics included in Genizah research.
he accessibility of Genizah manuscripts made possible by FGP has already sparked renewed interest in this field of research, and an increasing number of publications have been generated in recent years. Many of these publications are fully or partially funded by FGP.
he powerful and innovative software being created by FGP’s Computerization Department is an essential component of the project. Without it, the vast storehouse of FGP’s digitized manuscript images would be virtually impossible to navigate and would thus remain largely inaccessible to the public. Under the leadership of Professor of Computer Sciences, Yaacov Choueka, a team of twenty computer programmers are developing and fine-tuning the electronic brain of FGP.
tasks ahead remain an exciting challenge for all who share a passion for Jewish scholarship and history. Whether scholar, interested layman or dedicated benefactor, The Friedberg Genizah Project is an epic undertaking that invites 
ell over 200,000 textual fragments located in university libraries throughout the world are being photographed by experts in this field. The high resolution images (600DPI) generated by the photography team are then stored in FGP’s database and become accessible to users via FGP's online research platform. 
appening simultaneously to the upload of images, scholars and research teams throughout the world are submitting to FGP vast volumes of academic material relating to any number of manuscripts stored on the website. An FGP team sorts and reviews the material, appending it to the relevant manuscripts, and uploading the information to the database. 
ne of FGP’s objectives is to stimulate interest in Genizah research among university students and scholars. To this end, FGP provides full or partial funding for research projects in many universities throughout the world. These teams study any of the myriad topics included in Genizah research. 
he accessibility of Genizah manuscripts made possible by FGP has already sparked renewed interest in this field of research, and an increasing number of publications have been generated in recent years. Many of these publications are fully or partially funded by FGP. 
