| Culture, History and Society |
|---|
| Bubbe's Back Porch |
www.bubbe.com |
Bubbe's Back Porch website is dedicated to the sharing and preservation of Jewish stories |
| Hasidic Stories |
www.hasidic.storypower.com |
The Hasidic Stories Home Page, a site devoted to the appreciation and sharing of Hasidic stories. |
| Jewish Community Federation - SF |
www.sfjcf.org |
The Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco website, including a catalog of Bay Area Jewish resorces |
| Jewish Domestic Abuse |
www.agunah.com |
The Jewish Domestic Abuse and AGUNAH website, with a variety of resources |
| Jewish Federation of The Greater East Bay |
www.jfed.org |
A resource for information on Jewish activities in Northern California |
| The Jewish Museum |
www.jewishmuseum.org |
The Jewish Museum in New York City. |
| Jewish Women's Archive |
www.jwa.org |
The mission of the
Jewish Women's Archive is to uncover, chronicle, and
transmit the rich legacy of Jewish women and their
contributions to our families and communities, to our
people and our world. |
| Lehrhaus Judaica |
www.lehrhaus.org |
Northern California's largest adult school for Jewish studies |
| Magnes Museum |
www.magnesmuseum.org |
Judah L. Magnes Museum of Jewish art and culture is located in Berkeley, CA |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center |
www.wiesenthal.com |
The Simon Wiesenthal Center is an international Jewish human rights organization dedicated to preserving the memory of the Holocaust by fostering tolerance and understanding through community involvement, educational outreach and social action.
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| Skirball Museum |
www.skirball.org |
Skirball Cultural Center of Jewish heritage is located in Los Angeles |
| Tangled Up In Jews |
www.radiohazak.com/Dylan.html |
Bob Dylan: Tangled Up In Jews devoted to studying and collecting trivia relating to the Jewish religious/cultural odyssey of Shabtai Zisel ben Avraham v'Rachel Riva, a.k.a Bob Dylan. |
| Tzedakah Web |
www.ziv.org |
Ziv Tzedakah Fund including "Brother Can You Spare a Dime?" by Arthur Kurzweil, "116 Practical Mitzvah
Suggestions" by Danny Siegel. |
| United States Holocaust Memorial Museum |
www.ushmm.org |
The website for The US Holocaust Museum contains information about the Holocaust and a large collection of
photographs. |
| Zemerl |
www.princeton.edu/zemerl |
An interactive database of Jewish song in Hebbrew, Yiddish and Ladino |
| Israel |
|---|
| Camp Ramah
|
www.ramah.org.il |
Canp Ramah organizes educational tours of Israel and led the Summer 2000 MCJC tour of Israel. |
| CIA Factbook
|
www.cia.gov |
The CIA factbook for Israel. |
| Diaspora Museum
|
www.bh.org |
Beth Hatefutsoth, the museum of the Jewish people on the campus of Tel Aviv University. |
| Israeli MFA
|
www.israel.org |
Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affair's site for the government version of current affairs and information on the State of Israel. |
| The Israel Museum
|
www.imj.org.il |
Israel's National Museum in Jerusalem.. |
| Maven
|
www.maven.co.il |
A catagorical search engine for Israeli websites. |
| Middle East Peace Process
|
dailynews.yahoo.com |
Yahoo's summary of events in Israel, including links to a number of secondary sources with differing viewpoints.. |
| SPNI
|
www.spni.org.il |
The Society for the Presevation of Nature in Israel offers eco-tours and works to protect the environment in Israel. |
| Strudel
|
www.strudel-bar.com |
Bob Evans' favorite Internet Bar in Jerusalem. Includes a live webcam. |
| Tel Aviv Art Museum
|
www.tamuseum.com |
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art. |
| The Wall
|
www.thewall.org |
Aish HaTorah's live web cam pointed at the Kotel in Jerusalem. |
| Yad Vashem
|
www.yadvashem.org |
The website
for the Holocaust memorial of the Jewish people in Jerusalem. |
| Judaism |
|---|
| Aish HaTorah |
www.aish.com |
Aish HaTorah (Flame of The Torah) is an Orthodox Jewish education and outreach organization in the Old City of Jerusalem, featuring daily and weekly emails and an expanding database of Jewish teaching |
| Alliance for Jewish Renewal |
www.aleph.org |
The website of the ALEPH organization of
those who are dedicated to reclaiming the Jewish people’s
sacred purpose of partnership with the Divine in the
inseparable tasks of healing the world (tikkun olam)
and healing our hearts (tikkun halev) |
| Bar-Ilan University |
www.bar-ilan.edu |
Bar-Ilan Virtual Jewish University offering online classes and learning materials. |
| Bureau of Jewish Education |
/www.bjesf.org |
Bureau of Jewish Education for San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties provides a variety of educational programs. |
| Bible Gateway |
bible.gospelcom.net |
A Christiam site with various searchable translations of the Bible. |
| Breslov on the Internet |
www.breslov.com |
A website dedicated to the teachings of
Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, including links to Nachman sites around the world and the works of Rabbi Nachman online! |
| The Chofetz Chaim |
www.chofetzchaimusa.org |
A source for the extremely valuable teachings from the Chofetz Chaim (Desires Life) by Rabbi Yisroel Meir (1838–1933). Daily email lessons on the avoidence of Lashon Hara (Evil Speech) |
| Jewish Reconstructionist Federation |
www.jrf.org |
The site for the Reconstructionist movement. |
| Jewish Thological Seminary |
www.jtsa.edu |
The site of the JTS, includes online classes and publications |
| Judaism 101 |
members.aol.com/jewfaq/ |
A personal site maintained by Tracy Rich with a good deal of interesting basic information about Judaism. Link suggested by Mickey Chalfin |
| The Legends of the Jews |
philologos.org/__eb-lotj |
The first four volumes (the Creation through Esther) of Louis Ginzberg's translation of midrash is now online |
| Maqom |
www.maqom.com |
Rabbi Judith Abrams website for adult Talmud study. |
| Mishpacha |
www.mishpacha.org |
A virtual community for Jewish families. |
| National Jewish Outreach Center |
www.njop.org |
An organization dedicated to reaching out to unafilliated Jews.. |
| Ohr Somayach |
www.ohr.org.il |
The site for Ohr Somayach Tanenbaum College in Jerusalem. |
| ORT |
bible.ort.org |
The Pentateuch online in Hebrew and English; with cantilation sound files. |
| Orthodox Union |
www.ou.org |
The OU is the central coordinating agency for American and Canadian Orthodox congregations. |
| Project Genesis |
www.torah.org |
The Project Genesis Web Site a site for Torah cyberspace learning |
| The Shalom Center |
www.shalomctr.org |
The Shalom Center in Philadelphia headed by Rabbi Arthur Waskow |
| Shamash |
www.shamash.org |
The Jewish learning site of Hebrew College in Brookline, MA |
| Shema Yisrael |
www.shemayisrael.co.il |
The Shema Yisrael Torah Network |
| Torah Aura |
www.torahaura.com |
Joel Grishaver's Jewish education website. (Joel was our guest teacher in 1997 and 2000) |
| Union of Hebrew Congregations |
www.rj.org |
The website of the American Reform movement |
| United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism |
www.uscj.org |
The website of the American Conservative movement |
| Language |
|---|
| Davar |
members.nbci.com/freedavar/davar.htm |
A free downloadable Hebrew dictionary |
| Hebrew on the Net |
www.snunit.k12.il/heb_new.html |
Instructions for using Hebrew on the net, a bit dated, but includes a free font library. |
| Ivrit le'tayarim |
www.travlang.com |
A Hebrew language guide for travelers. |
| My Hebrew Dictionary |
www.dictionary.co.il |
A small online English to Hebrew dictionary |
| National Yiddish Book Center |
www.yiddishbooks.com |
The site for the National Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts with a library of 1.4 million works in Yiddish. |
| Sofer.net |
www.sofer.net |
A site with information on Hebrew scribes |
| Yiddish Dictionary |
koshernosh.com/dictiona.htm |
A small collection of Yiddish words and phrases |
| Yiddish For Yankees |
www.mcjc.org |
Martin Marcus' charming collection of Yiddish words |
| Safrus |
www.safrus.com |
Scribe Rabbi Yisroel David Berger's information on the Hebrew Aleph-Bet. |
| Yiddishkeit
|
www.pass.to/glossary |
A list of Yiddish expressions |
| Newspapers, Periodicals and Zines |
|---|
| Anti-Defamation League |
www.adl.org |
For more than 88 years, the ADL has been combating anti-Semitism and bigotry of all kinds. |
| Belief Net |
www.beliefnet.com |
A multi-religion zine with a Judaism section |
| Canadian Jewish News |
www.cjnews.com |
The Canadian Jewish News Internet version |
| The Forward |
www.thejc.com |
The English version New York Yiddish paper founded in 1897. |
| Generation J |
www.generationj.com |
The online hip Jewish magazine. |
| Globes |
www.globes.co.il/serveen |
Israel's business daily newpaper in English |
| Ha'aretz |
www.haaretzdaily.com |
The online English version of the largest Israeli newspaper, a free daily email of the English version is available |
| Hadasah Magazine |
www.hadassah.org |
The monthly magazine of the Zionist women's organization |
| The Jerusalem Post |
www.jpost.co.il |
The online verson of the Israeli English language paper. |
| Jewish Bulletin |
www.jewishsf.com |
Northern California's weekly newpaper, includes current articles, archive and personals. |
| Jewish Chronicle |
www.thejc.com |
Britian's Jewish Newpaper. |
| Jewish Heritage |
www.jhom.com |
Jewish Heritage Online Magazine - a web zine devoted to Jewish text study, culture and heritage |
| Jewish Journal |
www.jewishjournal.com |
The weekly Los Angeles newspaper online |
| Jewish Telegraphic Agency |
www.jta.org |
A Jewish news agency headquartered in New York |
| Jewish Week |
www.thejewishweek.com |
The New York weekly magazine online. |
| Jewish World Review |
www.jewishworldreview.com |
A web zine with a religous bent, updated daily |
| Moment Magazine |
www.usajewish.com |
The online version of the US's largest circulation independent Jewish magazine founded by Elie Wiesel and Leonard Fein |
| Pakn Treger |
yiddishbookcenter.com |
The Pakn Treger brings readers feature articles, reviews, and short stories that both entertain and explore the challenges of Jewish creativity in contemporary life. |
| Shma.com |
www.shma.com |
The online journal of Jewish responsibility |
| Tattoo Jew |
www.tattoojew.com |
Billed as a magazine for Jews with attitude |
| Tikkun |
www.tikkun.org |
Michael Lerner's biweekly magazine |
| USA Jewish |
www.usajewish.com |
Yori Yanover's online news magazine |
| Virtual Jerusalem |
www.virtualjerusalem.com |
An online newspaper based in Israel with links to many Jewish websites |
| Publishers and Booksellers |
|---|
| Afikomen |
www.afikomen.com |
Afikomen, Jewish Books, Gifts and Arts in Berkeley, CA. No web retailing yet, but always worth a visit when in the neighborhood |
| Aronson |
www.aronson.com |
Jason Aronson Publishing - 20% discount for online orders |
 |
www.artscroll.com |
The website for Mesorah Publications, the very active publishing house which offers a fabulous Hebrew/English Tanakh and Chumash, as well as Siddurs, Torah commentary and Talmud. The MCJC receives a donation of 15% if you order by clicking on the link on the left. Thank you. |
| Breslov Books |
www.breslov.org |
Breslov Research Institute, the source for the works of Rabbi Nachman and his followers |
| Henry Hollander |
www.hollanderbooks.com |
Henry Hollander, bookseller, an antiquarian and scholarly bookstore specializing in Judaica. A great source for out of print books. |
| JPS |
www.jewishpub.org |
The Jewish Publication Society is the oldest publisher of Jewish literature published in the English language |
| Jewish Lights |
www.jewishlights.com/ |
Jewish Lights Publishing, the Vermont publisher of spiritual and progressive books |
| USCJ Books |
www.uscj.org |
The United Synagogue Of Conservative Judaism book service. A source for Siddur Sim Shalom and other books |
