SPECIALIZED JUDAIC WEB RESOURCES

The links below are a compilation of Judaic resources for helping develop your JWIT webquest

Jewish Heritage & History Resources
Holocaust Studies
Jewish Holidays
Judaic Texts
Torah/Talmud Study
Judaic Studies Resources and Curriculum
General Jewish Resources
Jewish Arts
Teacher created web quests
JWIT Members Projects
For Visitors to Boulder

Jewish Heritage & History Resources

Jacob Richman's Hotlists- Hot list for Jewish History http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/j-hist.htm

Centropa- Eastern European Jewish heritage is the focus of web site, that is compiling the largest online library of privately owned pre (and post) Holocaust family photographs and oral histories- http://www.centropa.org/default.asp

Jewish Geneology Web Index- a compendium of thousands of links and information related to researching your Jewish roots- http://jewishwebindex.com/

Jewish Gen- Created to assist those researching their Jewish ancestry

Behind the Name: Jewish Names- the etymology and history of first names

The Museum of the Bais Hamikdash- A virtual tour of the Bais Hamikdash with photographs, illustrations, and detailed explanations

Reuven Wiser's Virtual Beit HaMikdash- A virtual model of the second Beit HaMikdash (Temple). - http://yucs.org/~rweiser/mik.html

The Temple Institute in Jerusalem- dedicated to every aspect of the concept of the Holy Temple of Jerusalem- http://www.templeinstitute.org/main.htm

Jacob Richman's Hotlists- Jewish History resource list

PBS:Heritage: Civilization and the Jews - timeline, resources and lesson plans

Steven Spielberg Jewish Movie Archive- Over 3,000 titles on film and video, constituting the largest collection of Jewish documentary film footage in the world. http://www.spielbergfilmarchive.org.il/

The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg- from the collection of Philologos religious online books- http://philologos.org/__eb-lotj/default.htm

National Museum of American Jewish History- links to museums, news, history, genealogy sites, etc. http://www.nmajh.org/index.htm

Jewish Encyclopedia - contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia which was originally published between 1901-1906. It contains over 15,000 articles and illustrations.- http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/index.jsp

Out Of Spain - Educational and training materials for children 10 to 12 covering Sephardic history,
customs, festivals, music, food and folklore- http://www.outofspain.com/

ORT- Resources created by World ORT to help you learn more about Judaism and its history http://www.ort.org/asp/group.asp?id=34

Jerusalem History- Time lines and ancient maps- http://www.jerusalem.muni.il/english/tour/history/history.html

Jewish Personalities in History

Holocaust Studies

The Museum of Jewish Heritage- a Living Memorial to the Holocaust opened to the public in September 1997. Its mission is to educate people of all ages and backgrounds about the 20th century Jewish experience before, during, and after the Holocaust- http://www.mjhnyc.org/index.htm

A teacher’s Guide to the Holocaust- Timeline, People, Arts, Activities, and Resources http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/timeline/timeline.htm

The United States Holocaust Museum- Washington D.C's museum- A great photo archive from pre-war era http://www.ushmm.org/

A Cybrary of the Holocaust- shares art, discussion, photos, poems, and facts to preserve powerful memories- http://www.remember.org/

Yad Vashem The Holocaust Martyrs' & Heroes' Rememberance Authority- The Jerusalem Holocuast Memorial’s online exhibits, research and educational links- http://www.yadvashem.org/

The History Place- Holocaust timeline- http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/timeline.html

A Teachers Guide to the Holocaust- An overview of the people and events of the Holocaust through photographs, documents, art, music, movies, and literature http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/default.htm

Holocaust Teacher Resource Center- educators, (kindergarten through college) will find materials at this site which can be brought into the classroom and studied, including lesson plans and curricula- http://www.holocaust-trc.org/

Holocaust through art- Learning about the Holocaust through art- http://art.holocaust-education.net/

Holidays

Jacob Richman's Hotlists- comprehensive hotlists to Jewish Holidays- http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/j-hday.htm

Jewish.com Holiday Site- Guide and links to Jewish Holidays- http://jewish.com/modules.php?name=Jewish~Holidays

The Kibbutz Institute for Jewish Festivals & Holidays -(Hebrew) -Jewish Holidays and Special Days- http://www.chagim.org.il/

The Kibbutz Institute for Jewish Festivals & Holidays- (English)-Jewish Holidays & Special Days- http://www.chagim.org.il/chagimenglish.html

Learn@JTS Holidays- links to Jewish holidays- http://learn.jtsa.edu/topics/holidays/

Jewish Zionist Education- Jewish Time- introduction to the Jewish calendar and holiday- http://www.jafi.org.il/education/festivls/index.html

Israel Ministry of Education - (Hebrew only) well designed sites for the holidays with good resources and related Jewish philosophy- http://www.education.gov.il/moe/hagut/

The Yom Kippur Avodah- the Yom Kippur service in the Temple- http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~mtwersky/

Haggadah for Pesach- English text of the Passover Hagadah according to the Chabad-Lubavitch custom- http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/hagada.txt

InnerNet: Jewish article on every subject- a monthly digest of fascinating Jewish articles on relationships, spirituality, personal growth, philosophy, incredible true stories, and special editions for the Jewish holidays- http://www.innernet.org.il/

Haggadah Exhibit-Yale University online Haggadah exhibit- http://www.library.yale.edu/judaica/exhibits/haggadah/index.html

Academy BJE: Kids - children's website for Jewish Holidays- http://www.bje.org.au/kids/templateFolder.php?id=7&gid=2

Academy BJE: Teens- teen website for Jewish Holidays - http://www.bje.org.au/teens/templateFolder.php?id=7&gid=2

Tu B'shevat site- (Hebrew) resources, literature, activities- http://kaye7.school.org.il/tubishvat2.htm

Aish Holidays- Aish packed holiday site- http://www.aish.com/holidays/

Israel

Jacob Richman's Hotlists- extensive list of resource links related to Jerusalem- http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/i-jer.htm

The Pedagogic Center-Jerusalem- teaching related to Jerusalem, activities and quizzes http://www.jafi.org.il/education/jerusalem/index.html

Jerusalem Archeological Park- map, timeline, reconstruction model and historical notes- http://www.archpark.org.il/index.asp

Israeli Ministery of Foreign Affairs- government official site, packed with info and resources- http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/1990_1999/1999/8/MFA%20Site%20Map

Israeli Ministery of Foreign Affairs- site about Jerusalem- http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Facts%20About%20Israel/State/Living%20in%20Jerusalem

Jewish Quarter Jerusalem- site about Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem- http://www.myrova.com/

Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day)- Lookstein Power Point slide show- http://www.lookstein.org/resources/yom_yeru.htm

Jerusalem History- Timeline- http://www.jerusalem.muni.il/english/tour/history/history.html

Embassy of Israel- site for educating English speaking children about Israel- http://www.embassyofisrael.org/kids/home_page.html

Geography of Mishna- sites mentioned in the Mishna and their history and locations- http://www.shechem.org/torah/geomishna/

Judaic Texts

Mechon-Mamre- a Hebrew - English Bible with searchable Tanach (Bible) and Mishneh Torah-texts (Hebrew and English)- http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0.htm

Mechon-Mamre- Mishna text (Hebrew)- http://www.mechon-mamre.org/b/h/h0.htm

Mechon-Mamre- Talmud Bavli text (Hebrew)- http://www.mechon-mamre.org/b/l/l0.htm

Mechon-Mamre- Talmud Yerushalmi (Hebrew)- http://www.mechon-mamre.org/b/r/r0.htm

Mechon-Mamre- Tosefta text (Hebrew)- http://www.mechon-mamre.org/b/f/f0.htm

The Rashi Website- search of Chumash text with English Rashi- http://www.rashiyomi.com/index.htm

Chumash Intelligent Concept Search- Searchable English translation of the Chumash, Rashi Commentary, and Text Footnotes, as found in the Metsudah Chumash/Rashi- http://www.mnemotrix.com/texis/vtx/chumash

Navigating the Bible II - on-line Bar/Bat Mitzvah tutor, with audio Torah reading- http://bible.ort.org/

The Unbound Bible- online Bible Collections, search and compare versions in multiple editions and languages- http://unbound.biola.edu/

Chabad.org- English Torah text with parallel Rashi text by Parasha- http://www.chabad.org/parshah/rashi/

Mikranet- a wealth of material based on Biblical text (Hebrew) http://kodesh.mikranet.org.il/

Snunit- same text data base as mikranet plus many more resources- http://kodesh.snunit.k12.il/

Classical Judaic Illustrated Hypertexts- E. Segal’s hypertextual illustration of primary texts: Chumash Mikra'ot Gedolot page, its layout and commentators- http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/TalmudMap/MG.html;
Mishna- http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/TalmudMap/Mishnah.html;
Talmud- http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/TalmudPage.html#Page

Midrash Rabba- selcted texts from the Midrash by parsha http://www.tsel.org/torah/midrashraba/index.html

Kuzari- text of Rav Yehuda Halevi’s book- http://www.tsel.org/torah/kuzari/index.html

Yalkut Shimoni- by parsha- http://www.tsel.org/torah/yalkutsh/index.html

Midrash Tanchuma- by parsha http://www.tsel.org/torah/tanhuma/index.html

Tana Devei Eliyahu- text and scanned pages- http://www.yarzheit.com/tana/eliyahuhanavi.htm

Mesilat Yesharim- Hebrew and English texts- http://www.shechem.org/torah/mesyesh/hindex.htm

Judaism 101- List of selected prayers- text and translation- http://www.jewfaq.org/prayer/index.htm

Bible Text- A very quick plain Bible text (no nikud) http://www15.brinkster.com/elyasaf/kodesh/bible.html

The Path of The Just- Hebrew and English text of Mesilat Yesharim- http://www.shechem.org/torah/mesyesh/hindex.htm

Megilat Esther- scanned original text with commentaries- http://www.shechem.org/torah/esther/

Text of Ben Ish Chai- book of Halacha http://www.shechem.org/torah/benishhi/

English translation of Avot- http://www.shechem.org/torah/avot.html

Text of Tefila- from the siddur (daily prayers) http://www.tfila.com/

Text of the Benching- (grace after meals) http://www15.brinkster.com/elyasaf/kodesh/mazon.html

The Bible in Yiddish - http://yiddish.haifa.ac.il/texts/yehoyesh/tanList.htm

Sources in Russian- This site provides Judaic texts to Russian speaking Torah learners but it also has a wealth of accessible text sources and most of the midrashic literature online- http://chassidus.ru/midrash/index.php

Torah/Talmud Study

Torah Community Connections- Nechama Leibovitz gilyonot:
Hebrew- http://www.moreshet.net/oldsite/nechama/gilyonot/5760/vzot60_hebrew.htm ; English- http://www.moreshet.net/oldsite/nechama/gilayonarchives.htm

The Jewish Agency’s Parsha Page- Nechama’s Iyunim and the companion site in English- http://www.jafi.org.il/education/torani/insights/index.html and Hebrew- http://www.jafi.org.il/education/torani/hebgilion/index.html

The Department for Jewish Zionist Education- The Weekly Parsha, English gilyonot

Trei Asar -Twelve Prophets - A Teachers' Guide by Shira Smiles, a shareware book- http://www.613.org/smiles/trei-asar/index.htm

The Torah Scribe- learn about the history of STaM (Sifrei Torah, Tefillin and Mezuzot), what a sofer STaM (Jewish ritual scribe) does and why http://torahscribe.com/

Learn@JTS- online learning related to numerous Judaic topics http://learn.jtsa.edu/

613.org- MP3 audio files large Judaic library http://613.org/

Etana Books- Electronic Books and Ancient Near Eastern Archives-Jastrow Volume I- http://www.cwru.edu/univlib/preserve/Etana/JAST.DICv1/JAST.DICv1.html

Etana Books- Electronic Books and Acient Near Eastern Archives-Jastrow Volume II - http://www.cwru.edu/univlib/preserve/Etana/JAST.DICv2/JAST.DICv2.html

Revadim (Layers) Method for study of Mishnah, Talmud, Jewish Oral Tradition and its literature- http://www.talmud-revadim.co.il/index_e.php

Tora- text of Tanach with useful clickable cross references and comments on the text. Also on this site is Nachat- for students who participate in the international Bible Contest and an interactive platform for a dialogue among Tanach larners- http://www.tora.us.fm/

Yeshivat Beit EL- Torah site full of resources, Torah tests, forums, and Ask The Rabbi links. Hebrew- http://www.yeshiva.org.il/ English- http://www.yeshiva.org.il/English/Eindex.htm

TorahQuest – The Jewish Reconstructionist Federation Educational Department interactive Torah study platform- http://www.torahquest.org/

Directory of Online Learning - directory on religion, spirituality Judaism- http://dmoz.org/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Judaism/

Gemara Berura - Gemara Berura is a structured methodology supported by computer-based help tools and support mechanisms for learning and teaching Gemara- http://www.gemaraberura.com/whatisgb.htm

E-Daf- learn Talmud online- http://www.e-daf.com/

OU Radio- Listen to Daf Yomi or Torah lessons- http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/daf/

Judaic Studies Resources and Curriculum

Lookstein- A wealth of teaching materials and resources in English and Hebrew for all levels and grades in the Jewish educational system abroad- http://www.lookstein.org/home.htm and http://www.lookstein.org/library.php
Lesson plans- http://www.lookstein.org/lesson_plans.php
Archives of LOOKJED- archives of Jewish educators discussion list

Da’at- a major resource of curriculum and teaching material on all areas of Jewish study and thought, arranged by topic in Hebrew; includes tests, articles, source work, work sheets, and lesson plans http://www.daat.ac.il/index.htm
Da’at English resources- http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/english/index.html

The Department for Jewish Zionist Education- The Weekly Parsha, English gilyonot

EFL Teachers Professional Development Center- Israeli teachers site contains Web Quests, Israel sites, information on Holidays, events etc.- http://www2.yarden.ac.il/english/index.htm

Jewish Kids Online- children's activities, games and competitions- http://jewishkidsonline.com/

Israel Center for Educational Technology- Realizing Every Child's Potential- http://www.cet.org.il/main.asp

The Jewish Virtual Library- visually rich site, with numerous archeological, ancient history, religious, cultural and political links- http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/

Jewish Encyclopedia- this website contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, which was originally published between 1901-1906- http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/index.jsp

Jewish Education & Chinuch curriculum Materials- Creative Torah Learning Pavilion, largest database of materials created by Torah educators- http://e-chinuch.com/

Snunit- Israel’s educational site (Hebrew) - http://www.snunit.k12.il/

Teaching Hebrew Poetry - (Hebrew) Poetry- http://www.snunit.k12.il/shireshet/frnavat.html

Judaic curricula -(Hebrew and English) Canadian educator, Nurit Reshef, developed this site- http://www.ualberta.ca/~yreshef/nurit.htm

Welcome to Jewish Funland- by Dr. Nurit Reshef, a site where children learn playing- http://www.bus.ualberta.ca/yreshef/funland/funland.html

RabLab Online- the Online Bet Midrash of the Rabbinics Lab at the Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston - student created curriculum web- http://www.uscj.org/ssds/boston/main.htm

Ministry of Education. Israel-Diaspora Division- (English and Hebrew) Building a Jewish World- http://www.jewish-world.org.il/

100 Years of Zionism- Israel's 50th Anniversary- created by the Joint Authority for Jewish Zionist Education in Canada- http://www.bus.ualberta.ca/yreshef/zionism/zionism.html

Passing Phrase- Learning Hebrew phrases- http://www.learnhebrew.org.il/

Shahar- (Hebrew) online Tanach and Judaic text lessons- http://www.geocities.com/shahar2003/

Naphtali Hoff’s workshop abstracts- a collection of themes and presentations in Judaic Studies curricula for teachers- http://jwit.webinstituteforteachers.org/~naphhoff/

Matal- center for Judaic curricula (Hebrew) http://kaye7.school.org.il/tubishvat2.htm

The Ziv Giraffe Program: A Curriculum for Tikun Olam- A curriculum based upon the work of two nonprofit organizations teaching the value of tzedakah- giving and charity- http://www.ziv.org/ziv_curriculum.html

HaMakor- bibliographic help in researching topics within traditional Jewish literature- http://www.aishdas.org/hamakor/

General Jewish Resources

Judaism and Jewish Resources- directory of Jewish Resources - http://shamash.org/trb/judaism.html

Jewishnet - Global Jewish Information Network- http://jewishnet.net/

Judaism 101- covers Jewish beliefs, people, places, things, language, scripture, holidays, practices and customs- http://www.jewfaq.org/index.htm

Being Jewish - devoted to discussions on being Jewish- http://beingjewish.com/

Marsha B. Cohen's Jewish Ethics Resource Site- teaches "Ethics of Jewish Living", site provides supplementary and complementary online resource materials for further learning and reflection- http://mcohen02.tripod.com/ethics.html - http://mcohen02.tripod.com/ethics.html

PEJE- Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Learning- http://www.peje.org/home/

Associated Talmud Torahs- ATT, Chicago- http://www.att.org/

BJE - Board of Jewish Education in NY- educational resource center- http://www.bjeny.org/102.asp?dept=Educational%20Resources

Israel Ministry of Education- (Hebrew only) very well designed sites for the holidays with good resources- http://www.education.gov.il/moe/hagut/

Jewish National and University Library- Jewish broad range of resources from Hebrew University- http://jnul.huji.ac.il/

Teacher Elementary School Links- (Hebrew)- http://www.linkim4u.com/elemtry.asp

Galim- Curricula, excellent site filled with resources, activities, audio-visual aids, games, etc. in every subject matter (Hebrew)- http://www.galim.org.il/

Rebbe's Corner- teaching Jewish ideas and prayer- http://www.pirchei.co.il/teaching/index.htm

Jewish Education and Entertainment-The Jewish Trivia Quiz, The Jewish Wisdom Database, My Hebrew Songbook, Israel Geography Game, Language Match Game, Multi-lingual Word Search Game, Hebrew Sign Maker, Jewish Clipart, and more- http://www.j.co.il/

Be A Mentch- parenting towards kindness, responsibility, and dignity- http://mentsh.com/

Israeli Daily Newspapers:

Haaretz - http://www.haaretz.com/

Jerusalem Post - http://www.jpost.com/

Arutz Sheva- Israel News- http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

Arutz Sheva- news in simplified Hebrew for beginners- http://www.a7.org/easyhebrew.php

JSkyway- Online Professional Development for Educators in Jewish Schools- http://www.jskyway.com/

InnerNet: Jewish CyberMag- archived articles and inspirational stories- http://www.innernet.org.il/archives.htm

Great Rabbis and their Messages- short history of their lives, times and principal teachings- http://membres.lycos.fr/rselsick/

Tools

Current Jewish Calendar- Jewish interactive calendar- http://www.mechon-mamre.org/jewfaq/current.htm

Microsoft- support for installing Hebrew in Window-
Office 2000: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315566
Office 2002 XP: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;311019

MS Office Proofing Tools - Proofing Tools which provides a neat tool called Fix Broken Text plus the CD has a bunch of great Hebrew fonts that work with everything- http://www.translation.net/microsoft_proof_2003.html

Bitsela Arts- Graphic resources for building Jewish Web Sites- http://bitsela.com
Free Jewish Graphics- http://www.bitsela.com/freeart.htm

Hebrew Keyboard Tutor- a Java applet that transforms your keyboard into a Hebrew keyboard- http://www.zigzagworld.com/HKTutor/

SPECIALIZED JUDAIC WEB RESOURCES

The links below are a compilation of Judaic resources for helping develop your JWIT webquest

Jewish Heritage & History Resources Holocaust Studies Jewish Holidays Judaic Texts Torah/Talmud Study Judaic Studies Resources and Curriculum General Jewish Resources Jewish Arts Teacher created web quests JWIT Members Projects For Visitors to Boulder

Jewish Heritage & History Resources

Jewish Heritage & History Resources
Holocaust Studies
Jewish Holidays
Judaic Texts
Torah/Talmud Study
Judaic Studies Resources and Curriculum
General Jewish Resources
Jewish Arts
Teacher created web quests
JWIT Members Projects
For Visitors to Boulder