| Jewish Resources |
| Anti-Semitism |
Site Name: Anti-Defamation League
Description: Since 1913 the Anti-Defamation League has been fighting bigotry and extremism.
URL: www.adl.org
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| Conversion & Interfaith |
Site Name: Conversion to Judaism
Description: Excellent resource for those who wish to know more about how one can become a Jew.
URL: www.convert.org
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Site Name: Jewish Outreach Institute
Description: A resource site for interfaith families and the unaffiliated.
URL: www.joi.org
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Site Name: InterFaith Family.Com
Description: A "magazine-style" website devoted to issues concerning those who are in, or connected to those in, interfaith relationships. Thought-provoking and worth repeat visits.
URL: www.interfaithfamily.com
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| Culture |
Site Name: The Yivo Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe
Description: The only resource of its kind, this encyclopedia provides the most complete picture of the history and culture of Jews in Eastern Europe from the beginnings of their settlement in the region to the present. This Web site makes accurate, reliable, scholarly information about East European Jewish life accessible to everyone.
“The YIVO Encyclopedia is so compulsively browsable that you can disappear within its pages for hours without a trace, the equivalent of diving into the coolest, deepest of pools.” —Kenneth Turan, L.A. Times
URL: www.yivoencyclopedia.org/
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Site Name: Jewish Ideas Daily
Description: Jewish Ideas Daily aims to be the premier aggregator and originator of Jewish ideas on the web. Its range of interest is very wide, and so is our range of sources: from daily opinion pages to weekly and monthly magazines, academic journals, books, blogs, think-tanks, universities, and online learning sites.
URL: www.jewishideasdaily.com
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Site Name: Jbooks.com
Description: JBooks.com is dedicated to the idea that books are enhancing the Jewish spiritual renaissance. JBooks.com enhances and enriches books coverage by publishing reviews of and by dynamic and original voices who directly address the interests and needs of the diverse Jewish community.
URL: www.Jbooks.com
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Site Name: National Yiddish Book Center
Description: The National Yiddish Book Center, located in Amherst, MA, is an extraordinary institution...well worth a "cyber" visit as well as a visit to the Center itself.
URL: www.yiddishbookcenter.org
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Site Name: Forward
Description: The online English version of the great Yiddish newspaper includes extensive coverage of Jewish culture.
URL: www.forward.com
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Site Name: Tablet (formerly Nextbook)
Description: Tablet is a daily online magazine of Jewish news, ideas, and culture. Launched in June 2009, it's a project of the not-for-profit Nextbook Inc. and the sister organization of Nextbook Press, which publishes a line of Jewish-themed books. Its archive holds all the articles and features that originally appeared on the website Nextbook.org, as well as podcasts (audio programs), which are also available through the iTunes library.
URL: www.tabletmag.com
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| Death & dying |
Site Name: Jewish Funerals
Description: A helpful website which answers a host of questions about all aspects of Jewish funeral rites and mourning rituals.
URL: www.jewish-funerals.org
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| For 'Twenty-Somethings' |
Site Name: Generation J
Description: A vibrant Jewish pop-culture site of interest to colege and post-college-aged Jews.
URL: www.generationj.com
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Site Name: Click-On Judaism
Description: Excellent site developed by the Reform Movement to engage college and post-college age young Jews. Content-rich with thought provoking, short articles on subjects such as "Searching For God", "Making a Difference", "Doing Jewish".
URL: www.clickonjudaism.org
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| Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender |
Site Name: Jewish Mosaic: National Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity
Description: Jewish Mosaic helps the Jewish world become more open, accessible, and welcoming to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Jews and their families. The website includes resources, events listing, and Torah commentaries.
URL: www.jewishmosaic.org
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Site Name: Keshet (Boston)
Description: Keshet is a grassroots organization dedicated to creating a fully inclusive Jewish community for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) Jews in Greater Boston and across the country. Keshet offers resources, training, and technical assistance for creating change in Jewish communities nationwide.
URL: www.keshetonline.org
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Site Name: World Congress of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Jews
Description: The website of an organization which brings together over 65 worldwide organizations of Jewish gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender people.
URL: www.glbtjews.org/
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| Holocaust |
Site Name: Cybrary of the Holocaust
Description: Website of an organization called Remember.org, which shares art, discussion, photos, poems, and facts to preserve powerful memories.
URL: www.remember.org
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Site Name: Jewish Partisan Education Foundation
Description: The JPEF develops and distributes educational materials about the Jewish partisans and their life lessons, bringing the celebration of heroic resistance against tyranny into educational and cultural organizations. It has produced a curriculum called RESIST, designed to transmit the enduring understandings arising from the stories of the Jewish partisans to students in grades 6-12 in Jewish and secular schools.
URL: www.jewishpartisans.org
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Site Name: Simon Wiesenthal Center
Description: THE SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER is an international Jewish human rights organization dedicated to generating change through the Snider Social Action
Institute and education by confronting antisemitism, hate and terrorism, promoting human rights and dignity, standing with Israel, defending the safety of Jews worldwide, and teaching the lessons of the Holocaust for future generations. The center's Museum of Tolerance offers resources on the Holocaust.
URL: wiesenthal.com
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Site Name: Jewish Foundation for the Righteous
Description: The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous provides financial support to more than 1,000 non-Jews who rescued Jews during the Holocaust and preserves their legacy through a national education program.
URL: www.jfr.org
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Site Name: U.S. Holocaust Museum
Description: Website of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
URL: www.ushmm.org
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Site Name: Yad Vashem, The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority
Description: As the Jewish people’s living memorial to the Holocaust, Yad Vashem safeguards the memory of the past and imparts its meaning for future generations. Established in 1953 in Jerusalem as the world center for documentation, research, education and commemoration of the Holocaust, Yad Vashem is today a dynamic and vital place of intergenerational and international encounter. Yad Vashem's website includes online exhibitions, educational materials, an online store, and many more resources.
URL: www.yadvashem.org
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| Humor |
Site Name: Jewish Humor Link
Description: LIke Jewish jokes? You can spend days at this site!
URL: www.haruth.com/jhumorlink.htm
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| Israel |
Site Name: Kibbutz Yahel
Description: Website of Kibbutz Yahel, located in the southern Aravah of Israel (Negev region). Like its sister kibbutz, Lotan, it is affiliated with the Movement for Progressive Judaism (the name by which Reform Judaism is known outside of North America.)
URL: www.ardom.co.il/desveg/yahel.htm
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Site Name: Kibbutz Lotan
Description: Kibbutz Lotan is one of two kibbutzim affiliated with the Progressive Movement for Judaism located in the southern Negev of Israel. [The other is Kibbutz Yahel.)
URL: www.birdingisrael.com/KibbutzLotan/
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Site Name: Embassy of Israel
Description: The Embasssy website is a resource to receive daily news updates, links to Israeli web resources, answers to frequently-asked questions, and to communicate with the Embassy.
URL: www.israelembassy.org
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Site Name: The Knesset
Description: Comprehensive site guiding one through the structure and workings of Israel's government. Contains direct links to Members of Knesset as well as basic documents such as Israel's Declaration of Independence.
URL: knesset.gov.il/main/eng/home.asp
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Site Name: iGuide to Israel
Description: A helpful site which acts as a guide to the Internet for Israel-related websites; in English or Hebrew.
URL: www.iguide.co.il
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Site Name: Ten Things You Can Do For Israel
Description: This website, created by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston, suggests ways we can be supportive of Israel, an important antidote to despair in the face of the current crisis.
URL: www.jcrcboston.org/update/peopletopeople.html
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Site Name: Middle East Media & Research Institute
Description: The Middle East Media and Research Institute (MEMRI), an is an independent, non-profit organization providing translations of the Arab media and original analysis and research on developments in the Middle East.
URL: www.memri.org/
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Site Name: Hineini Project
Description:
Every congregation is encouraged to reflect on the journey we've taken as a Reform Jewish community in North America and reach out to developing communities of Progressive Judaism around the world, those communities that are just beginning their journey, and those that would benefit from our support as they continue to grow.
Our congregation is committed to supporting two fledgling Progressive congregations in Israel. This link will take you to the Hineini page on the website of the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) where you can link to more information about these congregations. |
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URL: urj.org/hineini/
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Site Name: ARZA (Assoc. of Reform Zionists of America)
Description:
| ARZA is the Zionist arm of the Reform Movement and an affiliate of the Union for Reform Judaism, serving 1.5 million Reform/Progressive Jews. ARZA is the vehicle for the mass participation of American Reform Jews, focusing on Israel, with an emphasis on advocacy and travel; and Zionist education in America. ARZA’s initiative ISRAEL MATTERS: Our Commitment to Israel provides the foundation for programming and advocacy relating to the core mission. |
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| ARZA’s strong presence as the representative of Reform Judaism in the World Zionist Organization and the Jewish Agency for Israel insures annual support for the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism and the Israel Religious Action Center, as does a percentage of ARZA membership dues. Through support for our Progressive Movement in Israel, ARZA promotes Reform Jewish identity, pluralism, and Zionism. |
URL: www.arza.org
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| Learning |
Site Name: InterfaithFamily.com
Description: Resources and services for interfaith families exploring Jewish life.
URL: www.interfaithfamily.com
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Site Name: Jewish Education Center of Cleveland
Description: An excellent website from the Jewish community in Cleveland. Rich with teacher resources and excellent program ideas.
URL: www.jecc.org
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Site Name: Jewish Encyclopedia
Description: Online version of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, originally published between 1901-1906.
URL: www.jewishencyclopedia.com
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Site Name: Rabbi Amy Scheinerman's Home Page
Description: This is a lovingly created site rich with ideas for Family Education. It was created by a very talented classmate of Rabbi Lieberman's, Rabbi Amy Scheinerman.
URL: www.scheinerman.net/judaism
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Site Name: CLAL: National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership
Description: CLAL brings Jewish wisdom to the American spiritual landscape and makes it a resource for all. It builds bridges across communities in which all voices are heard, nurtures volunteer, professional and rabbinic leaders and helps people to re-imagine Jewish life. Look for holiday-specific learning materials and more.
URL: www.clal.org
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Site Name: Union for Reform Judaism
Description: (also see below under Reform Judaism) The website of the Reform Movement devotes an entire section to Jewish learning - geared specifically to adults, Torah learners, parents, educators, and more. Sections on holidays, Israel, and Social Action also include educational materials.
URL: www.urj.org
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Site Name: About Judaism
Description: Articles, resources, chats, forums, and links on Jewish religion and culture.
URL: www.aboutjudaism.com
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Site Name: Jewish Women's Archive
Description: JWA.org offers an online encyclopedia, online exhibits, and educational materials about Jewish women, from community leaders to prominent national and international figures.
URL: www.jwa.org
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Site Name: MyJewishLearning.com
Description: MyJewishLearning.com, produced by Hebrew College and Jewish Family & Life!, is a transdenominational website of Jewish information and learning geared toward learners of all ages and educational backgrounds. As the central Internet site for learning about Judaism, it is designed to be content rich and pedagogically sound,relevant to adult audiences of diverse backgrounds and learning objectives,accurate, well written, and visually engaging.
It is representative of the wide and valid range of trans-denominational perspectives within Judaism, and compatible with a broad range of user experiences -- from self-guided browsing and learning to site-assisted browsing and learning.
URL: myjewishlearning.com
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Site Name: Jewish Virtual Library
Description: Cyber encyclopedia of Jewish history and culture that covers everything from anti-Semitism to Zionism.
URL: www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org
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| Reform Judaism |
Site Name: Union for Reform Judaism
Description: Main website for the Reform Movement in Judaism in North America.
URL: www.urj.org
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Site Name: World Union for Progressive Judaism
Description: The website of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, the name by which "Reform" is known throughout the world. it includes a searchable directory of Progressive synagogues throughout the world.
URL: www.wupj.org
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| Social Action |
Site Name: Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Description: The Religious Action Center (RAC) of Reform Judaism is the "central address" for our movement's social justice agenda. This website is full of program ideas and contact information on the wide array of social justice issues which concern us.
URL: www.rac.org
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| Torah Study |
Site Name: Union for Reform Judaism
Description: The URJ website provides opportunities to subscribe to "Ten Minutes of Torah," daily e-mails on themes including Torah portion of the week, Israel, Mishnah, etc. There is also a searchable archive of Torah commentaries.
URL: www.urj.org
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Site Name: Ziegler School
Description: The Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, a Conservative seminary, offers insightful Torah commentaries.
URL: www.ajula.edu
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Site Name: Godcast
Description: Short animated videos based on the weekly Torah portion.
URL: www.vimeo.com/tag:godcast
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Site Name: Storahtelling
Description: Cutting-edge fusion of biblio-drama, performance art, Torah commentary, and thought-provoking blogging.
URL: www.storahtelling.org
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Site Name: American Jewish World Service
Description: Torah portion commentaries from a social justice perspective.
URL: ajws.org/what_we_do/education/publications
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Site Name: Navigating the Bible
Description: Interactive site where you can find--and hear!--passages from the Torah. A good bar/bat mitzvah resource.
URL: www.bible.ort.org
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Site Name: The Velveteen Rabbi
Description: The blog of Rachel Barenblatt, a.k.a. "The Velveteen Rabbi." Thoughtful commentaries on Torah, holy days, rituals. Also included are poetry and links to all-things-Jewish.
URL: velveteenrabbi.blogs.com/
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Site Name: URJ Torah Index
Description: This site leads one to a variety of Torah study materials developed by the Union for Reform Judaism. Very useful for
adult and/or family education.
URL: www.urj.org/torah/index
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Site Name: Comic Torah
Description: An irreverent, and very funny, graphic approach to the weekly Torah portion.
URL: thecomictorah.com
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| General Resources |
| Disability Resources |
Site Name: Cape Cod Disability Access Directory
Description: Cape Cod is a delightful place to visit and a geat place to live especially when you know where to go and what you can do. Making your time here easier, whether you are a person with a disability or simply looking for a more user-friendly, accessible environment, is what the Cape Cod Disability Access Directory is all about.
URL: www.capecoddisability.org
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| Religion |
Site Name: BeliefNet
Description: A fascinating site devoted to the wide spectrum of religious beliefs found in our world. Includes news, interviews, articles, discussion forums.
URL: www.beliefnet.com
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Site Name: Metanexus
Description: Metanexus is an international online forum on religion and science with over 4396 subscribers in 57 different countries. It includes a monthly annotated digest, daily postings of commentaries and book reviews, daily news clippings from the field, and daily announcements of events and opportunities.Metanexus includes topical discussion lists, foreign language lists, and small introductory study groups.
URL: www.metanexus.net
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| Social Action |
Site Name: iAbolish.org
Description: The website of the American Anti-Slavery Group which works to combat all forms of slavery throughout the world. Shocking and inspiring.
URL: www.iabolish.com
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Site Name: SocialAction.com
Description: A Jewish-influenced, but broadly representative, site dedicated to "pursuing justice, building community, and repairing the world."
URL: www.socialaction.com
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Site Name: Tolerance
Description: A website of the Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization which monitors the growing number of hate groups making themselves known both on, and off, the Web and which also does cutting-edge work in promoting tolerance and fighting hate in our nation.
URL: www.tolerance.org
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Site Name: Falmouth Service Center
Description: The Falmouth Service Center (FSC) is a non-profit agency which has been working hand and hand with the community to support and improve the lives of families and individuals in need in the Falmouth area for close to two decades. The Falmouth Jewish Congregation actively supports the work of the Falmouth Service Center.
URL: www.falmouthservicecenter.org
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Site Name: Campaign for Tibet
Description: Website for the International Campaign For Tibet.
URL: www.savetibet.org
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Site Name: MAZON
Description: Since 1985, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger has provided food, help and hope to hungry people of all faiths and backgrounds. It has done so through donations from the Jewish community which, in turn, are allocated to the most effective hunger relief organizations in the United States, Israel and in poor countries worldwide.
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MAZON ("food " in Hebrew) was founded to build a bridge between Jews who enjoy the blessings of abundance, and the millions of children and adults who are hungry, or who live at the very edge of hunger, each day. Even in this era of unprecedented abundance, more than 33 million Americans, including 12 million children, are hungry or at the very edge of hunger, because their families lack the money to buy sufficient food. |
URL: www.mazon.org
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Site Name: The Hunger Site
Description: A site where, on a daily basis, one click of your mouse button provides a cup of food for a hungry person at no cost to you. Connected sites enable you to make free contributions to help provide mammograms for indigent women, fund health care for por children, rescue abandoned animals, and save rainforest lands. All of this is made possible by donations from businesses which advertise on the sites. Easy and effective if done in numbers.
URL: www.thehungersite.com
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