![]() Torah COMMUNITY :: PRAYER :: TORAH STUDY :: SCHOLARSHIP :: HOLIDAY CELEBRATION LEARNING HEBREW & DICTIONARIES :: FOR CHILDREN & TEENAGERS ISRAEL & WORLD NEWS :: POLITICAL AWARENESS :: JEWISH SOCIAL ACTION SEPARATING TRUTH FROM MYTH ABOUT ISRAEL :: ISRAEL TRAVEL The Virtual Beit Midrash / vbm-torah.org Yeshivat Har Etzion is proud to sponsor the The Virtual Beit Midrash, providing yeshiva style lessons in Torah and Judaism to students of all ages outside the Yeshiva walls. Using internet and email, The Virtual Beit Midrash is a true window into the Beit Midrash. Courses are sent out weekly to subscribers, who are able to communicate with course instructors or coordinators. Some of the lessons may be read in the site itself. The Tanach Study Center / tanach.org For those that want to brush up on their Tanach skills, this excellent site, The Tanach Study Center, is designed to provide the student with a structured learning program for self-study of Tanach. The site contains: shiurim, archives and student resouce material. It is especially helpful that the archives are organized in 3 ways: by parsha, topics, and holidays. Jewish Interactive Studies / jewishstudies.org The Jewish Interactive Studies site is an adult Jewish educational program aimed at increasing Jewish knowledge and awareness. It offers free courses in Biblical and classical Jewish thought including personal correspondence with each student. Judaism 101 / jewfaq.org Judaism 101 is a one-stop shop for anyone searching for basic information on Judaism. It richly deserves its many awards. The more knowledgeable person will find useful information, but is better served to find sites with more in-depth information. Florence Melton Adult Mini-School / fmams.org.il The Florence Melton Adult Mini-School is based at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. This sites provides much sophisticated material. With 4,500 adults studying in 43 schools in North America, England and Australia, the Mini-School is the only educational network of its kind. It brings the Judaic scholarship of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to classrooms around the world in a curriculum developed specifically for the adult learner. TorahNet / torah.net TorahNet site has a vast array of material and thought provoking articles. The site’s children's corner is quite special. Navigating the Bible II / bible.ort.org Navigating the Bible II considers itself an online Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tutor, but it provides much more to anyone interested in Jewish learning. It has translations of the Torah, with commentary, and audio files of Torah reading, and offers many language speakers access to its excellent materials. My Jewish Learning / myjewishlearning.com My Jewish Learning is a central Internet site for learning about Judaism. It presents rich, pedagogically sound and well-written content that allows individuals of all ages, diverse backgrounds and ranges of knowledge to benefit greatly from the site’s excellent materials and insights. My Bar Mitzvah - My Bat Mitzvah Resource Center / my-bar-mitzvah.com If you need help planning your Bar/Bat Mitzvah, then visit Jacob Richman's My Bar Mitzvah / My Bat Mitzvah Resource Center. The goal of this site is to provide you with useful resources to plan and have a successful Bar / Bat Mitzvah. The site features include: sample invitations, a database of speeches and stories that will give you ideas for preparing your own speech, and more. Jewish Bereavement Project / jewishbereavement.com The Jewish Bereavement Project has done a great job in giving simple and direct information to those who are bereaved. SimpleToRemember / simpletoremember.com SimpleToRemember.com is a well designed site which brings together dozens of articles as well as audio and video clips, all meant to help us appreciate and understand the importance of Judaism and our role as Jews in this world. Akhlah: The Jewish Children's Learning Network / akhlah.com Akhlah: The Jewish Children's Learning Network site is an excellent site geared to children. Through this site kids learn about tradition, blessings, shofar, and Rosh Hashana vocabulary. The World Mizrachi Movement / mizrachi.org The World Mizrachi Movement based in Yerushalayim is active in 28 countries throughout the world. Their new website displays the Mizrachi movement's involvement in Jewish Learning. Their site boasts an on-line shiur, as well as biographies on a host of Rabbinical leaders who have supported the concept as well as the actualization of the Mizrachi movement. In addition, the site contains a family and friends section that lists and links to Religious Zionist organizations, programs, as well as updates on activities as they take place anywhere in the world. Virtual Resource Center for Jewish Education / lookstein.org The Virtual Resource Center for Jewish Education is aimed to meet the needs of the Diaspora Jewish educator by making available curricular materials and ideas, and by facilitating interaction between Jewish educators worldwide. Beged Ivri / israelvisit.co.il/beged-ivri/ Established in 1983, Beged Ivri, is the Levitical ministry used for research and restoration of ancient Israelite customs in preparation for rebuilding the Holy Third Temple in Jerusalem. You will find at this site interesting information and links relating to the restoration of native Israelite culture and Judaica. Aish HaTorah / aish.com Aish HaTorah's website has a very good presentation of Tisha B'Av, claiming that lack of unity and baseless hatred caused the destruction of the Second Temple. The website deals with the Three weeks and Tisha B'Av - the period of national mourning. Jewish unity is touched upon with the famous Kamtza bar Kamtza story. The Jewish World Review / jewishworldreview.com The Jewish World Review, is a comprehensive Jewish web journal published daily and has thought-provoking articles on everything Jewish, commentaries on politics and society, great short stories, and many excellent columnists. © 2007-2009 RabbiWeissberg.com | All Rights Reserved |