tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37240179432786421442024-03-13T12:54:17.927-07:00Jewishcybercentral by Rabbi Jonathan GinsburgAn effort to list as many web sites concerning Jewish matters.
Other websites and blogs
Esynagogue.org and JewU Online Courses conversion see below www.onlinehebrewschool.blogspot.com/ www.judaismviavideos.blogspot.com/ www.judaismtochristians.blogspot.com/ www.pararabbitraining.blogspot.com/ www.barmitzvahbvatmitzvahonlinetraining.blogspot.com/ 847-331-3584Jewish Educationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087925873990909436noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724017943278642144.post-1572315833862449852017-02-12T09:13:00.001-08:002017-02-12T09:13:59.038-08:00Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg postsJewish Educationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087925873990909436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724017943278642144.post-28073883107651157842008-03-16T05:02:00.001-07:002008-03-16T05:02:31.842-07:00Para rabbinic Training ProgramPARA-RABBINIC Training Program of Esynagogue<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Overview and mission<br /><br />This program is designed to enable Lay People to serve as assistants to rabbis or assist Congregations where there are not enough, or any Rabbis, to help them support the spiritual life of their congregations and communities. <br /><br /><br /><br />Our Esynagogue program is designed to teach lay leaders a variety of skills to help them support communal worship, life-cycle events and educational opportunities. Participants in our program may use these skills in various ways—by serving a congregation that has no clergy; by working in an assisted living facility or adult community; or by assisting their congregational clergy.<br /><br />If you have a rabbi, The para-rabbinic's role is agreed to between the Rabbi and para-rabbinic before the course, and the rabbi supervises the para-rabbinic once the course is completed. Para-rabbinics are trained in life-cycle events, but may not do weddings or conversions. Para-rabbinics may be able to conduct Shabbat morning minyans, assist in Shiva minyans, conduct Torah study, and conduct services at nursing homes and assisted living centers in the community. Many do much more in their communities because their Temples either do not have full time Rabbis or have part-time student Rabbis<br /><br /><br /> <br /><br />Our program features a curriculum involving over twenty differnt skills, an optional annual Seminar, a Rabbi's Manual, regular comunication with Rabbis, a certfication process by a Bet Din of Conservative Rabbis. The study utilizes infomation you will be directed to on the internet, including videos made by the Ginsburgs. <br /><br /><br /><br />This program requires a solid foundation in Jewish education. If you don't have one, take our 16 unit Introduction to Judaism course, described on the Long Distance Conversion page above. Aftr reviewing your application and calling you, we'll decide together whether it would be best for you to take that course first.<br /><br /><br /><br />You will have ready access to 400 approx. 5 minute videos for quick background on many subjects you may be called upon to discuss.<br /><br />You will have regular, as needed, access to Rabbis to help you with various questions which areise in connection with para Rabbinic duties <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Curriculum-We offer many areas of instruction. You design your own program by picking at least 12 of the following areas. <br /><br />Demonstrate competency in the following areas-you can choose 12 or more. Your certificate will list in which areas you have demonstrated competency <br /><br />1. Conduct a Jewish funeral<br /><br />2. Visit the hospital <br /><br />3. Deliver a dvar Torah. <br /><br />4. Conduct a Shiva Minyon <br /><br />5. Conduct an unveiling<br /><br />6. Conduct a seder<br /><br />7. Conducting baby namings We’ll send you a sample ceremomy which can be personalized<br /><br />8. Lead Birkat Hamazone <br /><br />9. Be shown where you can learn to lead virtually any prayer in the service or chant any Torah or haftarah portion<br /><br />10. Make Kiddush on Shabbat meals<br /><br />11. Lead havdalah<br /><br />12. Prepare and lead Shabbat worship <br /><br />13. Lead a Torah study<br /><br />14. Have an aliyah to the Torah<br /><br />15. Organize and lead Havurote<br /><br />16. Preside at a Mezuzah affixing ceremony/ Hanukahat habayit<br /><br />17. Know the bracha for putting on a Tallit<br /><br />18. Combat Messianic Jew<br /><br />19. Respond to anti-Israel attacks<br /><br />20. Songleading (Purchase Bkol Echad songster from USCJ)<br /><br />21. Blessings and basic prayer melodies<br /><br />22. Putting on Tfillin<br /><br />23. For other needs your community may have we'll figure out a way to help you learn it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We offer videos for 100 question quiz and terms for 16 differnt topics in Judaism if you want to test your basic Jewish knowledge.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuition for the program <br /><br />Contact rabbi@esynagogue.org<br /><br /><br /><br />There is no timetable or time limit. Take as long as you need.Jewish Educationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087925873990909436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724017943278642144.post-53480958614349590772007-11-30T12:29:00.001-08:002007-11-30T12:29:36.521-08:00Artsfor info on the Jewish arts<br /><br />email info@j-arts.orgJewish Educationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087925873990909436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724017943278642144.post-3171868851224431682007-11-29T02:40:00.000-08:002007-11-29T02:41:07.989-08:00website in order to help discredit antisemitism and enlighten the public about the kind heart of the Jewish peoplewebsite in order to help discredit antisemitism and enlighten the public about the kind heart of the Jewish people<br /><br />jewstrong.orgJewish Educationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087925873990909436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724017943278642144.post-36478196889365180552007-11-22T10:20:00.001-08:002007-11-22T10:26:34.250-08:00newspapers magazineshttp://www.forward.com/<br /><br />www.jewishlivingmag.com/Jewish Educationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087925873990909436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724017943278642144.post-91383769518495392732007-11-20T08:10:00.001-08:002007-11-21T07:41:11.950-08:00Politics Culture Israel sitehttp://www.JewishWorldReview.com/<br />The intersection of faith, culture and politics<br /><br />www.jewishpolicycenter.org.Jewish Educationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087925873990909436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724017943278642144.post-39063091512308183292007-11-15T11:08:00.000-08:002014-04-08T04:55:37.179-07:00Conversion to Judaism Long distance and Chicago areaOnline conversion to Judaism Program<br />
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<a href="http://www.convertjudaismonline.blogspot.com/">www.convertjudaismonline.blogspot.com</a>Jewish Educationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087925873990909436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724017943278642144.post-21763063284032743812007-11-14T12:07:00.001-08:002007-11-14T12:07:47.214-08:00Medical and Organ donationHalachic Organ Donor Organization- www.hods.org on your website. <br /> <br />The HOD Society is a non-profit organization that saves lives by encouraging organ donation from Jews to the general population. It educate Jews about the Halachic and medical issues surrounding organ donation, it offers a unique organ donor cards that allow people to choose options that are in accordance with their particular halachic belief, and it offers a live kidney donor program. <br /><br /><br />Rabbi Jonathan GinsburgJewish Educationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087925873990909436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724017943278642144.post-3633336103651333922007-11-14T11:45:00.000-08:002007-11-14T11:47:14.072-08:00Israel Sites and emailsJewishNationalFund@jnf.orgJewish Educationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087925873990909436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724017943278642144.post-79179092693379156612007-11-11T14:49:00.000-08:002007-11-11T14:50:20.313-08:00Geneological sitesgeneologdy<br />http://www.avotaynu.com/nu/V08N09.htm<br /><br />http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/WhatsNew.html<br /><br />Rabbi Jonathan GinsburgJewish Educationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087925873990909436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724017943278642144.post-52136204247196037412007-11-08T13:05:00.000-08:002007-11-08T13:06:42.456-08:00An example of Interactive Tele-Webinar on Jewish topicTeaching Morality through the Jacob Narrative<br /><br /> <br />A No-Cost Interactive Tele-Webinar with Professor Reuven Kimelman<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Dear Jonathan H.,<br /><br /><br />Have you ever wondered how do you teach the Jacob narrative as a lesson in morality? How come that one of our tradition's patriarchs deceives his father in order to get his blessing?<br /><br /> <br /><br />Was Jacob's deception of his father justified?<br /><br />Was Isaac really blind to his sons' nature?<br /><br />Do the ends justify the means?<br /> <br /> <br />If you're struggling with these and other questions about how to teach children or adults our Biblical narratives as a source of moral development, we invite you to our second interactive, live session with Brandeis Professor and Master Teacher Reuven Kimelman.<br /><br /> <br />In 75 minutes, you will not only participate in a live class on this material from Toldot and Vayetze, but also get the what, why and how to teach it using his audio coursebooks and additional resources. You will even get a chance to ask your own question!<br /><br /> <br />All you need participate is either a telephone OR a computer. Period. No charge, no travel. To reserve your seat (yes, there is a limit on the number of attendees we can accommodate), simply...<br /><br /> <br />REGISTER NOW<br /><br />http://www.Our-Learning.com/MoralBible/TW02/<br /><br />(more details below)<br /><br /> <br /> <br /> <br />If you've ever had the pleasure to attend any of Dr. Kimelman's live teaching, you already know how fun and rich they are. If you haven't, you are in for a real treat. Either way, give it a try!<br /> <br />See you there! <br />Sergiu Simmel<br />Our Learning Company LLCJewish Educationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087925873990909436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724017943278642144.post-75619070294069445812007-11-08T07:42:00.000-08:002007-11-30T05:32:42.738-08:00Denomination sitesConservative Judaism - United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism <br />Jewish Theological Seminary of America, The<br />www.conservativejew.blogspot.com<br />Reconstructionist Judaism - Jewish Reconstructionist Federation <br />Reform Judaism - Union for Reformed Judaism <br /><br /> <br />Orthodox Judaism - Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations <br />Orthodox Judaism - National Council of Young Israel <br />Orthodox Judaism - Chabad-Lubavitch <br />Orthodox/Renewal Judaism - Worldwide Chevra Communities of Reb Shlomo Carlebach, ZY"A<br /><br />Rabbi Jonathan GinsburgJewish Educationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087925873990909436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724017943278642144.post-48288036907619713362007-11-08T07:33:00.001-08:002007-11-08T07:33:36.148-08:00Other jewish sites on Shamash.orgOther web pages of Jewish interest<br />The Alisa Flatow Memorial Fund was established following her death in April, 1995 as the result of a terrorist attack in Israel. <br />Bridges, a journal for Jewish feminists and their friends, has a web site with information about their magazine, and links to Jewish feminist resources. Renee Primack's Jewish Feminist Resources site has pointers to resources and discussion areas. <br /><br />Rabbi Avraham Novick offers a Homeward Bound program for wayward teens. <br /><br />Just Tzedakah/Tzedakah Reports provides profiles of Jewish charities. Giving Wisely is a directory of Israeli non-profit and philanthropic organizations. <br /><br />Sheree Curry Levy has a page of Black and Jewish links. Rabbi Shlomo ben Levy of Congregation Beth Elohim in St. Albans, NY has a web page with information on Black Jews. <br /><br />Nonie Darwish has a web site dedicated to Arabs for Israel. <br /><br />Dr. Laz aka Dr. David Lazerson, directs Project Cure, which was founded after the 1991 riots in Crown heights to increase the peace and promote racial harmony. <br /><br />The UConn Center of Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life offers the North American Jewish Data Bank with demographic information on North American Jews from the CJF National Jewish Population Survey. <br /><br />The Karaite Korner has information on their form of pre-rabbinic Judaism. <br /><br />Joel Ehrlich of the Albert Enstein Synagogue in the Bronx, NY, keeps a list of Jewish Medical Links. <br /><br />Information for Jews in Prison from Rabbi Yosef Loschak at Chabad in Santa Barbara, California. <br /><br />The Aleph Institute serves Jews in difficult situations, including families in crisis, Jews in the military, and Jews in Prison. They have a pen pal program for Jews in prison, where you can perform a mitzvah with only a postage stamp. <br /><br />Information for Jews in Recovery from Alcoholism and Drug Dependencies is available at Shamash. <br /><br />The Awareness Center is dedicated to addressing childhood sexual abuse in Jewish communities around the world. <br /><br />Eyal Dunkel has the Sabra Net Israeli resources web site. <br /><br />Prof. Eliezer Segal has a collection of columns he has written for Jewish newspapers in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. <br /><br />Manfred Davidmann has a collection of articles he has written about Judaism, both political and religious. <br /><br />Len Traubman has a web site with articles on his Jewish-Palestinian dialogue group, and other Jewish projects. <br /><br />The Jewish Genealogy index has links to Jewish Historical societies and other web resources, including the extensive JewishGen site. The Jewish web Index also has lots of Jewish genealogy information. <br /><br />Jewish Virtual Library has an essay with information about Mark Twain and the Jews. <br /><br />George Orwell wrote an essay on Marrakech which describes the condition of Jews there in 1939. <br /><br />Jewish Marriage Encounter weekends offer couples an opportunity to explore the full potential of their relationships, with an emphasis on communication and understanding. <br /><br />The WELL in San Francisco has a web page for their online Jewish Conference. <br /><br />The Wellington, New Zealand, Hebrew Congregation published a book celebrating the 150th anniversary of their community. <br /><br />The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin has a list of Middle East information services. <br /><br />Palestinian resources on the net from the Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People at the United Nations Development Programme and the Palestine Central Bureau of Statistics, <br /><br />You can get a Swarm of Locusts Plague Dome snowdome from your friends at Products of the Apocalypse. Just the thing for that small empty spot on your Pesach table. (this is gone, awww.) <br /><br />Who's the certified circumcised dick that's a sex machine to all the chicks? The Hebrew Hammer. Amen. <br /><br />J. Schrier is Taking Menorah Design into the 59th Century with his USB menorah. <br /><br />Ray Givan and Daniel Yakir have a photo essay on the figs of Israel. <br /><br />Roberto Back has an historical overview of Israeli chewing gum wrappers and gum companies. <br /><br />Colin Low has a list of Kabbalah links from an occultist perspective. <br /><br />Justice for Jonathan Pollard has information about his case and his fight to be freed from U.S. prison. <br /><br />Israeli pilot Ron Arad has been held prisoner since 16 October 1986, when his plane went down while flying a patrol over Lebanon. <br /><br /><br />Rabbi Jonathan GinsburgJewish Educationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087925873990909436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724017943278642144.post-85976514639262457402007-11-08T07:32:00.001-08:002007-11-08T07:32:53.365-08:00Other Jewish Index LinksOther Jewish Index Links from Shamash.org<br />Stewart Clamen at CMU keeps a list of Jewish web links. <br />The Yahoo information service has Judaism and Israel web pages. <br /><br />Nadav Har'El's "The (almost) Complete Guide to the Israeli Internet" and John Neystadt's "Israeli Internet Guide" have merged to form iGuide, in English and Hebrew, also in the Yahoo mold. <br /><br />In Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, there's a text-only list of pointers to Jewish web sites, specializing in Canadian links. <br /><br />Oizer Alport's classic Frum Side of the web is now maintained at harryc.com <br /><br />Jewhoo is a parody of Yahoo, focusing on Jewish celebrities, and a functioning index as well. Yahoodi is a later site, in the same vein, and with an even cuter name. Jewish Celebs also has information on Jewish celebrities. <br /><br />Rabbi Jonathan GinsburgJewish Educationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087925873990909436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724017943278642144.post-78585724369591944412007-11-08T07:31:00.001-08:002007-11-08T07:31:58.570-08:00Singles and Young AdultsSingles and Young Adults from Shamash.org<br />Popular Jewish singles/dating web sites include JDate, Jewish Singles Connection, and Jewish Quality Singles. <br /><br />Rabbi Jonathan GinsburgJewish Educationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087925873990909436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724017943278642144.post-69274919251304647092007-11-08T07:30:00.000-08:002007-11-08T07:31:13.998-08:00HolocaustHolocaust from Shamash.org<br />See the Yad Vashem and US Holocaust Memorial Museum links under Museums and Exhibitions, and the SCJ FAQ section on Anti-Semitism. There are also Holocaust archives at Shamash and several Holocaust FAQ files. <br />The Simon Wiesenthal Center has information about its projects. <br /><br />Bruno Giussani's maintains a web site concerning Switzerland and Holocaust Assets. <br /><br />Steven Spielberg's Shoah Visual History Foundation is dedicated to archiving interviews of Holocaust Survivors all over the world. <br /><br />The Nizkor Project is a collection of Holocaust memorial and anti-revisionist projects on the Internet, organized by Ken McVay, of British Columbia, Canada. <br /><br />The Cybrary of the Holocaust has many documents and pictures about the Holocaust. <br /><br />California State University at Chico has a course on the Holocaust with a list of links to other Holocaust resources. <br /><br />Social Studies School Service has a web site with materials designed for teaching about the Holocaust. <br /><br />David Maddison has a web site called the Talmud Exposed with responses to anti-semitic discussions of the Talmud. <br /><br />The Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah has the has the 1942 Wannsee Protocol outlining Germany's plans for the extermination of the Jewish people. <br /><br />The web tour of Amsterdam stops at the Anne Frank House. <br /><br />The Anne Frank web site at the University of Washington is no longer available, but they have a list of related sites. <br /><br />The March of the Living is a program that brings Jewish teens to Poland and then to Israel to learn the lessons of the Holocaust. <br /><br />Rabbi Jonathan GinsburgJewish Educationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087925873990909436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724017943278642144.post-34511031604783803562007-11-08T07:27:00.001-08:002007-11-08T07:27:44.785-08:00Kashrut sitesKashrut from Shamash.org<br />Shamash Kosher Restaurant Database and other kashruth information, and OU Kashruth Database. <br />The United Kashrut Authority provides kashrut information sorted for companies worldwide. <br /><br />Kosher Quest from the Kosher Information Bureau in Los Angeles. <br /><br />Asian Kashrus Services provides kashrus supervision for manufacturing facilities throughout Asia. The web page describes their company, and also has kosher Asian recipes and information on Jewish communities in Asia. <br /><br />Jeffrey Freedman maintains the web archives of the Jewish-food mailing list, with Jewish recipes from all over the world. <br /><br />Cyber-Kitchen has a web site with Jewish/Kosher food links including the rec.food.culture.jewish recipe archives. <br /><br />Scharf Associates kashrut.com provides a clearinghouse for up-to-date information on kashrut, including notices of food packages.with inaccurate kashrut certification. <br /><br />Kosher Today magazine has various kashrut information, including an interesting article on the history of kosher food. <br /><br />Kosher food companies on the web include Empire Kosher, Manischewitz, and Tnuva. <br /><br />Kosher wineries on the web include Royal Kedem (NY) including Golan, Gamla, Yarden (Israel), Baron Herzog, Weinstock (Cal), Abarbanel (NY), Gan Eden (Cal), Hagafen (Cal), Binyamina (Israel), Carmel (Israel), Castel (Israel), and Golan (Israel). <br /><br />Rabbi Jonathan GinsburgJewish Educationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087925873990909436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724017943278642144.post-32409485999860292472007-11-08T07:26:00.000-08:002007-11-08T07:27:04.573-08:00Traveling Jewishly sitesTravels from Shamash.org<br />Philip Greenspun searches for Jewish history in Berlin and Prague. Philip visits the only concentration camp for Jews in the US in his Footsteps travelog. <br />The Jewish community at Brown University has been involved with the Abayudaya Jews of Uganda. <br /><br />The Lemba tribe of South Africa has practices and genetic signatures very similar to that of Jews. <br /><br />Kevin Brook's Khazaria Info Center discusses the medieval eastern European Jewish kingdom of Khazaria. <br /><br />US State Department Travel Advisory Information for IsraelRabbi Jonathan GinsburgJewish Educationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087925873990909436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724017943278642144.post-50096900670919228012007-11-08T07:25:00.002-08:002007-11-08T07:26:21.540-08:00Jewish Calendar sitesCalendar from Shamash.org<br />The OU lists the Jewish holidays with dates and explanations. <br />Remy Landau has a web site describing Hebrew Calendar Science and Myths. <br /><br />Edward M. Reingold, Nachum Dershowitz, and Stewart M. Clamen have written research papers and a book on Calculating Calendars. <br /><br />Andy Tannenbaum's 50 Year Yahrzeit Calendar Calculator generates printable yahrzeit tables, given a Jewish or civil date. Rabbi Jonathan GinsburgJewish Educationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087925873990909436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724017943278642144.post-10905492878071453692007-11-08T07:25:00.001-08:002007-11-08T07:25:43.020-08:00Academic Jewish study linksJewish Studies from Shamash.org<br />(Jewish Studies here means academic, as opposed to Jewish Learning, which is traditional.) <br />The Academic Jewish Studies Project offers several services including H-Judaic, Jewish Studies On-Line Directory, and the JSJ eJournal. Another Academic Jewish Studies Internet Directory offers further links. <br /><br />The IOUDAIOS Review is an on-line journal devoted to the study of early Judaism. <br /><br />The Academic Guide to Jewish History at the University of Toronto is a database of links to Jewish history resources in libraries and on the web. <br /><br />The Semantics of Ancient Hebrew Database Project web page at Oxford University describes their work creating a new thesaurus of ancient Hebrew. <br /><br />The Orion Center for the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Institute of Jewish Studies, has information on the scrolls and about Judaism during the Second Temple period. <br /><br />The Ethnologue Database at the Summer Institute of Linguistics, has information on the languages of Israel. <br /><br />The Jewish Language Research web site has resources about the various distinctive languages spoken by Jews. <br /><br />The Yamada Language Center at the University of Oregon, Eugene, has a page on the Hebrew language. <br /><br />The Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia University has a web page describing their programs. <br /><br />The Department of Religious Studies at Colby College in Waterville, Maine has a paper on the Location and Identification of the Shikhin available in hypertext format. <br /><br />The American Jewish Archives has a web site with information about their collections, exhibitions, and programs. <br /><br />The Meru Foundation has information on their research into the essential structure of Hebrew letter forms. <br /><br />Torah Codes info, from Aish Hatorah. A skeptical view may be found at Brendan McKay's Torah Codes web page. A Christian creation science web site provides an index of other Torah Codes links. <br /><br />The China Judaic Studies Association has a web page with information on its work and programs, including study of the the history of Jews in China and Chinese research on Judaism. <br /><br />Donald D. Binder of Southern Methodist University has a web site devoted to the study of Second Temple Synagogues. <br /><br />Paul Halsall of Fordham University has compiled an Internet Jewish History Sourcebook. <br /><br />Rabbi Jonathan GinsburgJewish Educationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087925873990909436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724017943278642144.post-18815740437239698902007-11-08T07:24:00.001-08:002007-11-08T07:24:51.234-08:00BooksBooks links from Shamash.org<br />See Jewish Companies for booksellers and publishers. <br />The Association of Jewish Book Publishers has information about and links to American Jewish book publishers. <br /><br />Major publishers of Jewish books in English include: ArtScroll, Feldheim, Jewish Publication Society, Ktav, Schocken, and Soncino. The major movements of American Judaism either publish books or have books that they suggest: OU, URJ (UAHC), and USCJ. <br /><br />Brill Publishers, Leyden, the Netherlands, presents their large catalog of Jewish and other theology books. <br /><br />Siddur Ba-eir Hei-teiv, The Transliterated Siddur, by Jordan Lee Wagner, is a transliteration of the siddur into the English alphabet. <br /><br />Michael Davidson has a web site with information on early Jewish printing. <br /><br />Professor Samuel Heilman of Queens College in New York has written a handful of books on Jewish subjects. <br /><br />The Jewish Archival Project at Hebrew University in Jerusalem has a web site with information about their work and how to get copies of the books they restore. <br /><br />The Smith has a web page devoted to Yiddish poet Menke Katz. <br /><br />David M. Bader has written a silly Jewish trilogy, How to be an Extremely Reform Jew, Haikus for Jews, and Zen Judaism. <br /><br />Noah's Window is a weekly column by Noah benShea, the author of Jacob the Baker, and other works. <br /><br />Rabbi Jonathan GinsburgJewish Educationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087925873990909436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724017943278642144.post-67901959087019532662007-11-08T07:23:00.001-08:002007-11-08T07:23:55.924-08:00LibrariesLibraries from Shamash.org<br />The Israel Center for Libraries has a web site with information about the Israeli Library network. <br />Hebrew University has a list of Libraries in Israel on the Aleph Network. <br /><br />The Association of Jewish Libraries has a web site describing the work of their organization. <br /><br />The University of Haifa Library web server has information about their services. <br /><br />The Jewish Theological Seminary of America Library offers access to its catalog, exhibitions and other services. <br /><br />David Elazar has a web page describing a Classification System for Libraries of Judaica.Jewish Educationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087925873990909436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724017943278642144.post-80603897031704320252007-11-08T07:22:00.000-08:002007-11-08T07:23:02.780-08:00ArcheologyArchaeology from Shamash.org<br />The Archeological Research Institute at Arizona State University has the ArchNet archaeological resources web server, with a section on the Near East. <br />Prof. Thomas Levy at the University of California, San Diego, has a web site with information about his excavations at Nahal Tillah in the Negev<br />Rabbi Jonathan GinsburgJewish Educationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087925873990909436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724017943278642144.post-65658534247034028112007-11-08T07:21:00.002-08:002007-11-08T07:22:18.195-08:00OrganizationsJewish Organizations from Shamash.org<br />There are web sites for the various branches of the North American Jewish religious community, Conservative, Humanistic, Orthodox, Reconstructionist, Reform, and Young Israel, as well as organizations including B'nai B'rith, HIAS, Hillel, JCC, and NCSY. <br />The World ORT Union in London has a web server with information about its many interesting projects. <br /><br />The European Union of Jewish Students has programs and information for Jewish stu Europe. <br /><br />The American Jewish Committee, Anti-Defamation League, Hadassah, Jewish Agency, Jewish National Fund, Keren Kayemet LeYisrael, United Jewish Communities (UJA and CJF), World Zionist Organization, and Zionist Organization of America, have web sites with info on their organizations. <br /><br />Jewish Women International (aka B'nai B'rith Women) has a web site with news and information about their organization. <br /><br />Na'amat has a web site with information about their Women's Labor Zionist organization. <br /><br />The Center for Business Ethics and Social Responsibility at the Jerusalem College of Technology offers resources related to Jewish business ethics, including the weekly column, The Jewish Ethicist which is co-sponsored by aish.com. <br /><br />Volunteers for Israel (Sar-El) runs programs where diaspora Jews can do volunteer work in Israel. <br /><br />The Center For Jewish History in New York City is headquarters for organizations including the American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. <br /><br />The New Israel Fund advocates tikkun olam, democracy, and social justice in Israel. <br /><br />The Jewish Defense League fights to defend Jews and Judaism by any means necessary. <br /><br />The Mosaic Outdoor Clubs of America has a web site describing their organization and activities. <br /><br />The National Jewish Committee on Scouting has a web page at Shamash that describes Scouting opportunities for Jewish youth. <br /><br />The Jewish War Veterans of the USA has a web page with information about their work and history. <br /><br />The American Physicians Fellowship for Medicine in Israel is an organization of North American physicians and other health professionals dedicated to advancing the state of medical education, research and care in Israel. <br /><br />The Jewish Deaf Community Center and the Jewish Braille Institute provide resources for the deaf and blind. <br /><br />Jews for Judaism fights against missionary cult groups that try to draw Jews away from Judaism. <br /><br />The Congress of Secular Jewish Organizations is dedicated to the study and preservation of Jewish history and culture. <br /><br />AIPAC has a web site with information on its pro-Israel activism in the USA. <br /><br />NCSJ advocates on behalf of Jews in Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic States, and Eurasia. <br /><br />JINSA has a web site with information on its pro-Israel defense-oriented think tank. <br /><br />The American Israeli Cooperative Enterprise develops social and educational programs between the United States and Israel. They sponsor the Jewish Virtual Library (formerly JSOURCE) web site with resources for Jewish students. <br /><br />Keshet Ga'avah, the World Congress of Gay and Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Jews has a web site with information on its activities. <br /><br />Maccabi USA sponsors the USA team to the World Maccabiah Games. They also keep a list of Jewish Sports web sites. <br /><br />The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame has a web site with information about its organization and members. <br /><br />JewishSports.com has a web site with current news stories on Jews in sports. <br /><br />At the 2004 Athens Summer games, windsurfer Gal Fridman won Israel's first Olympic gold medal. Medal ceremony video (wmv format) at NRG. <br /><br />The Krav Maga Association of America has information on this Israeli martial art. <br /><br />The Star of Davidson motorcycle club, a mostly-Jewish Harley-Davidson motorcycle club. Their hogs are kosher<br /><br />Rabbi Jonathan GinsburgJewish Educationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087925873990909436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724017943278642144.post-73469644130245307982007-11-08T07:21:00.001-08:002007-11-08T07:21:27.970-08:00Museums and ExhibitionsMuseums and Exhibitions from Shamash.org<br />The National Museum of American Jewish History has an good directory of Jewish Museums. <br />IlMuseums has an extensive list of museums and exhibitions in Israel. <br /><br /><br />Yad Vashem<br />Jerusalem <br />The Israel Museum<br />Jerusalem <br />Jerusalem Mosaic<br />Hebrew University of Jerusalem <br />The Chagall Windows<br />Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem <br />Tower of David Museum<br />Jerusalem <br />The Chavi Feldman Art Gallery<br />Jerusalem <br />From Israel to the World - Isabelle Bos<br />Jerusalem <br />The Tel Aviv Museum of Art<br />Tel Aviv <br />Beth Hatefutsoth - Nahum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora<br />Tel Aviv <br />The Hecht Museum<br />University of Haifa <br />Archaeological Museum<br />Kibbutz Ein Dor <br />Babylonian Jewry Museum<br />Or-Yehuda, Israel <br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum<br />Washington, DC <br />Yiddish Play Scripts<br />The Library of Congress, Washington, DC <br />The Museum of Tolerance<br />Los Angeles, CA <br />The Judah L. Magnes Museum<br />Berkeley, CA <br />Israeli Artists Gallery<br />ArtNet, Palo Alto, CA <br />Franz Rosenzweig, His Life and Works<br />Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee <br />The Dead Sea Scrolls<br />University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill <br />The Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives<br />University of Arizona, Tucson <br />Harvard Semitic Museum<br />Cambridge, Massachusetts <br />The American Jewish Historical Society<br />Waltham, Massachusetts <br />Center for Jewish History<br />New York, New York <br />The Jewish Museum<br />New York, New York <br />Museum of Jewish Heritage<br />New York, New York <br />National Museum of American Jewish History<br />Philadelphia, Pennsylvania <br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />The Sydney Jewish Museum<br />Sydney, Australia <br />The Jewish Museum<br />St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia <br />The Jewish Museum of Vienna<br />Vienna, Austria <br />Jacob M. Lowy Collection<br />National Library of Canada, Ottawa <br />The Jewish Museum<br />Prague, Czech Republic <br />The Jewish Museum<br />London, England <br />Jewish Museum Berlin<br />Berlin, Germany <br />The Jewish Museum of Greece<br />Athens, Greece <br />The Jewish Museum of Franconia<br />Fuerth, Germany <br />The Jewish Historical Museum<br />Amsterdam, Holland <br />The Jewish Museum<br />Venice, Italy <br />The Vilna Gaon Jewish Museum<br />Vilna, Lithuania <br />The Queen's Park Synagogue Windows<br />Glasgow, Scotland <br />The Sephardic Museum<br />Toledo, Spain <br />Jewish OrganizationsJewish Educationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087925873990909436noreply@blogger.com0