Jewish Education and Culture
Note: See also the page on Museums and the page on History.
Ain Sof means "Without End" - infinity - in Hebrew. The Ain Sof website explores ten aspects of a Jewish secular universe, a pro-Jewish, pro-Zionist expression of Jewish secular identity.
Dr. Mitchell G. Bard (Executive Director of the American-Israeli
Cooperative Enterprise) is the webmaster of the
Jewish Virtual Library, an outstanding, comprehensive cyber encyclopedia
designed to offer facts about virtually every aspect of Jewish history and culture.
Many people today are searching for ways to find more meaning and relevance
in Judaism. The web site Being Jewish
can help with "hands on" ideas, links and resources. The BeingJewish.org
website is based on Being
Jewish Magazine published by Gil Mann, his syndicated Jewish
Email of the Week column and his book How
to Get More Out of Being Jewish, Even if ....
Beit Israel includes information about Judaism and Israel, with a detailed history of the Jewish people and Israel. Photo album of the Western Wall and Jerusalem. Information about Torah and Mashiach with the ability to ask questions for answer by email.
CDTorah.com has hundreds of Torah
lectures on audio CDs from various different Rabbonim and organizations. The
organizations and Rabbonim receive substantial royalties on every CD that is
sold.
Conversion to Judaism is
explained and the convert is welcomed onto the path at this web site.
The Joe Fishstein Collection
of Yiddish Poetry, housed in the Division of Rare Books and Special Collections
at McLennan Library, McGill University, is considered to be one of the finest
private collections of its kind in the world. It consists of some 2300 Yiddish
works, mostly poetry, and includes many rare volumes, most of which have been
preserved in vintage condition by beautiful hand-made jackets fashioned by Joe
Fishstein, the Bronx garment worker who amassed them.
Hebrew College offers online courses that can be taken for credit or non-credit. Specific courses may only be open to participants in Hebrew
College's Online Master of Arts in Jewish Studies via distance learning.
Hebrew History Federation Ltd.
supports research and publishes literature about Judaic technological and artistic
contributions to the evolution of civilization.
For more help with Hebrew, Jacob Richman
has prepared a neat Hebrew Picture Dictionary.
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
is the intellectual, academic, spiritual, and professional leadership development
center of Reform Judaism.
The Inner Dimension is a gateway to the
wisdom of Kabbalah and Chassidut, offering a contemporary presentation of
classical topics in Jewish mystical thought, taken from the teachings of Rabbi
Yitzchak Ginsburgh.
The Institute for Jewish Studies in the
CIS was the first Jewish educational center opened in Russia since 1917.
Their website is in Russian, but there are a
few pages of explanation in English.
Jew Central offers informative content
that you can use with innovative features to make it easier to get, including
articles, tips, and forums. Jew Central's award winning content is geared toward
Jewish Professionals, no fluff, not the same old news and politics, just information
to help you reach your goals.
The J Site for Jewish education and entertainment
is primarily for young people, but also has useful features for all. Songs,
language exercises, an Israel geography quiz, clip art collection and more.
This site is one element of the small empire of interesting and valuable sites
reachable from Jacob Richman's Home Page.
For example, try the Bar Mitzvah
/ Bat Mitzvah
Resource Center.
Jew: from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This website contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia which was originally published between 1901-1906. The Jewish Encyclopedia recently became part of the public domain, and, while silent on modern history, contains over 15,000 articles and illustrations of immense value. The entire text is searchable and images may be located by searching for text in the captions.
Jewish Holidays and Special Days are listed for you on this site along with a multitude of links to obtain more information about each one.
The Jewish Year provides a calender of holidays, both traditional Jewish and Israeli holidays like Yom HaZikaron (Israel's Memorial Day) and Israel Independence Day. Each date is lavishly described and illustrated with background material, stories, and memories. Be sure to read "The Never-Ending Story".
The Jewish Wisdom Database (on the J Site) contains over 3,000 Jewish proverbs, quotations, sayings and wit that will educate and entertain you. The database has proverbs from the Bible and Talmud, quotations from famous
rabbis, humorous wit from Jewish entertainers and more, with an easy to use search menu.
Judaism 101 is an online encyclopedia of Judaism, covering Jewish beliefs, people, places, things, language, scripture, holidays, practices and customs. It includes a wide variety of basic, general information about Judaism, written from a traditional perspective in plain English. The web site is constantly growing, with new information added every few weeks.
Kosher Today is the trade magazine
of the Kosher food industry. Their web site includes a history of Kosher food,
current news, and other information you may find useful.
Learnhebrewprayers.com was designed
to provide an introduction to Jewish prayer. It brings beginners the most important
prayers and blessings with Hebrew text, word by word English translation and
transliteration, coupled, when available, with a variety of associated readings,
recordings and commentaries.
Learn@jts is the Jewish education through distance learning program of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. A wide range of courses are available to take on-line for credit in conjunction with
a degree program or for professional or personal development.
Mishpacha is for parents who find that what they learned as Jewish children isn't enough to build their own Jewish families. A starting point for a spiritual journey, Mishpacha provides guideposts to Jewish belief, practice and community, as well as a group of fellow travelers to join you on your journey.
Mesora.org. A rational and analytical approach to the beauty of the structure of Torah. The Mesora "JewishTimes" web magazine is available on-line at this link.
Messiah Truth is opposed to the aims
and methods of missionary Christians who seek to convert Jews. Their web site
is crammed full of educational materials about Judaism, Jewish life, Torah study,
Hebrew, and specifically how to counter the messages of those who would "steal
Jewish souls". There are a large number of on-line courses, discussion
groups, multi-media materials and more. Browse around and be surprised!
My Hebrew Name is an online database to lookup, view, print and save your Hebrew name.
My Jewish Learning is a transdenominational
resource designed for learners of all backgrounds and education levels. The
site features more than 2,000 articles on Jewish history and community, ideas
and beliefs, daily life and practice, culture, texts, lifecycle, and holidays,
as well as multimedia presentations, guided learning modules, and discussion
boards on any Jewish topic.
The National Yiddish Book Center
rescues Yiddish books and distributes low cost reprints. They create innovative
programs to inspire readers who want to learn more about their Jewish heritage
and the rich possibilities for the future. The Center’s focus has expanded
to include not only the treasures of Yiddish literature but the great body of
modern Jewish literature that crosses many languages and nations.
Olam Magazine offers an eclectic mix of articles, advice, and comment on Jewish life, culture, and spirituality from top-tier writers, philosophers, and celebrities. Available on the web and in a print edition.
Outreach Judaism is an international organization that responds directly to the issues raised by missionaries and cults, by exploring Judaism in contradistinction to fundamentalist Christianity. Rabbi Tovia Singer has developed essays, study guides, and multi-media informational resources for your study and use with others.
The The Pedagogic Center, The
Department for Jewish Zionist Education of the Jewish Agency for Israel.
The Alex Singer Project has assembled
the writings of a young American Jewish man who made aliyah and died in combat
while serving in the IDF. The site includes excerpts from the biography Alex,
Building a Life and materials for educators wishing to use the book
as an ethical and spiritual guide.
SAFFA, the talking Hebrew tutor,
is a Hebrew language reference guide, with comprehensive grammar conjugation
tables and desktop publishing features - integrated with Text-to-Speech, automatic
transliteration, and word search technologies.
The Talmud is available on-line in several formats:
- Audio. Daf Yomi on the Web has a collection of English resources for learning the Daf Yomi, the daily page of Talmud studied as part of a monumental program initiated by Rav Meir Shapiro in 1923 at the First World Congress of Agudath Israel in Vienna.
- Audio. Daf HaYomi in Yiddish by HaRav Avrohom Karp ZT"L. Also, the shiurim on the telephone,
- Images. E-Daf.com displays images of the standard Vilna edition of the Talmud. The also have further explanations of the audio sites and more links.
True Kabbalah describes their website
as "very radical yet it follows the path of the torah." They provide
education and thought-provoking ideas about Torah wisdom
The UJA Federation Board of Education in Toronto offers this very well organized
section of links
for Jewish History. You will find many other Jewish resources on the same
page.
The Union of American Hebrew Congregations is the central body of the Reform Movement in North America. As the congregational arm of the Reform Movement, the UAHC's primary mission is to create and sustain vibrant Jewish congregations wherever Reform Jews live.
Yahoodi.com is a think-tank for the research, analysis, debate, and design of real solutions to modern Jewish dilemma of flight from Jewish identity. They have two current projects: the Peace
Encyclopedia and Famous
Jews Interactive.
Yeshiva.org.il is the Internet gateway to the Torah. (English version).
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