Links

Check out our friends at Temple Beth-El in Rockford! They have a large assortment of events which are open to the public.
http://templebethel-rockford.org/

This website is a tool to educate English speaking children about the vibrant Israel.
http://embassies.gov.il/chicago/AboutIsrael/AboutIsraelInfo/Pages/default.aspx

Here are a few good web-sites where the congregation might find things from Israel as well as various Judaica for sale.
http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/sh-il.htm
http://www.judaism.com/
http://www.urj.org
http://www.shopinisrael.com/

Am Yisrael is a student-run club at Beloit College, Wisconsin, dedicated to providing activities and facilitating religious experiences for Jewish students or other students interested in Judaism. Am Yisrael also provides a casual atmosphere for Jewish students to relax and socialize, and helps to educate the campus about Judaism and Jewish and Israeli issue.
http://www.beloit.edu/

A fun place for kids. Some of the graphics and holiday stories featured on this site are from this great fun place to visit.
http://www.torahtots.com/

http://uahc.org/
The Union of American Hebrew Congregations – As the congregational arm of the Reform Movement, the UAHC’s primary mission is to create and sustain vibrant Jewish congregations wherever Reform Jews live. The Union provides leadership and vision to Reform Jews on spiritual, ethical, and political issues as well as materials and consultation for programs in the congregation. The Union also provides opportunities for individual growth and identity that congregations and individuals cannot provide by themselves, including camps and Israel programs, study kallot, and national and regional biennials.

GOT A QUESTION? HOW ABOUT ASKING MOSES?
This great site allows you to talk to a Rabbi or get questions answered by their vast resource.
www.Askmoses.com
gives answers to frequently asked questions and the obscure!

http://www.maven.co.il
This is a place where you can search out pretty much anything Jewish. Maven Search is a Jewish Web Directory.

http://www.synagogues.com
Visit here if you are searching for a Sanctuary to pray and to worship.

http://www.outreachjudaism.org
Outreach Judaism is an international organization that responds directly to the issues raised by missionaries and cults, by exploring Judaism in contradistinction to fundamentalist Christianity.

World News/Politics

The Jerusalem Post http://www.jpost.com
Israeli Paper

Haaretz http://www.haaretz.com/
Israeli Paper

Al-Bawaba http://www.albawaba.com
Middle-East information portal covering 21 Arabic countries and territories, mostly rewriting reports from other news sources. Operates out of Amman, Jordan, and London.

Middle East Media and Research Institute
http://www.memri.org/
Explore the Middle East through its own media.

The White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/

U.S. Senate http://www.senate.gov

U.S. House of Representatives http://www.house.gov

Congressional Quarterly http://www.cq.com/
Political Journal

United States Congress
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/
Congressional publications.

For Current News on Israel/Jerusalem

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
http://www.mfa.gov.il
Israeli Government web site
Jerusalem Virtual Library http://www.us-israel.org
A division of the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Honest Reporting http://www.honestreporting.com
Media Watch International, New York
Independent Media Review Analysis
http://www.imra.org.il
A current digest of media, polls and significant interviews and events.

Virtual Jerusalem.Com
http://www.virtualjerusalem.com

The Jewish Advocate

The Jewish Advocate

The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
http://www.jewishjournal.com

JewzNewz http://www.jewz.com/
JewzNewz launched on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, as a means of providing news, support and information in response to the tragic events of the day.

Forward http://www.forward.com/
Weekly publication from New York

Aish HaTorah http://aish.com/wallcam/
Window on the Wall. To see a current photo of the Western Wall.

Virtual Jerusalem Tour http://www.md.huji.ac.il/vjt/
Hebrew University’s Virtual Tour of Jerusalem.

VR Jerusalem http://www.imaginevr.co.il/vrjerusa.htm
A Virtual Tour of Jerusalem and the Western Wall. ViscapeSVR Viewer is required. Download is provided.

Jewish Museums

J�disches Museum Berlin
http://www.juedisches-museum-berlin.de
Europe’s largest Jewish museum. Opened in 2001.

Spertus Museum http://www.spertus.edu/
The largest Jewish museum in America. Chicago’s Spertus Museum houses a collection of over 10,000 objects, artifacts, and works of art spanning 3500 years of Jewish history, and features exciting permanent and temporary exhibitions.

National Museum of American Jewish History
http://www.nmajh.org
This Philadelphia Museum offers education, exhibits, and programs dedicated to preserving the history and culture of the Jewish people in America.

Beth Hatefutsoth http://www.bh.org.il/
The Nachum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora in Tel Aviv is devoted to the world-wide Jewish community. Find genealogy and education resources, photos and music.

The Israel Museum http://www.imj.org.il/
Israel’s largest museum, located in Jerusalem. Includes the Shrine of the Book which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls.

The Ghetto Fighters Museum http://www.friendsofgfh.org
This museum is unique among Holocaust museums in that it focuses on the history of the Jewish Resistance. Includes Yad Layeled, the Children’s museum.

Yad Vashem http://www.yad-vashem.org.il/
The Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority.

The Jewish Museum http://www.jewishmuseum.org/
The Jewish Museum, New York. Under the auspices of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America.

Rhodes Jewish Museum http://www.rhodesjewishmuseum.org
Produced by The Rhodes Jewish Historical Foundation to preserve the unique history of the Jews of Rhodes, Greece.

The Jewish Museum in Prague http://www.jewishmuseum.cz/aindex.htm
The Jewish Museum has one of the most extensive collections of Judaic art in the world.

Jewish Museum of Florida http://www.jewishmuseum.com
Dedicated to telling the story of the Florida Jewish Experience since 1763.

Israel Bible Museum http://www.israelbiblemuseum.com/
Safed museum featuring numerous works of art depicting scenes from the Bible.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum http://www.ushmm.org/
America’s national institution for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history, and serves as this country’s memorial to the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust.

Jewish Reading

Jewish Learning

Moment http://www.momentmag.com/
A conversation on Jewish culture, politics, and religion.

Chicago Jewish News
http://www.chicagojewishnews.com/
The online version of the newspaper.

Jewish Telegraphic Agency http://www.jta.org
Global news service of the Jewish people.

Jewish Family and Life
http://www.jewishfamily.com/

The Jerusalem Report http://www.jrep.com/
The Jewish World’s Leading News Magazine

Tikkun http://www.tikkun.org
A Jewish critique of politics, culture, and society.

Commentary http://www.commentarymagazine.com
A magazine with Incisive essays. It takes a special interest in Jewish affairs, and its letters section is famous the world over.

Eretz Daily http://eretz.com/index.htm
Israeli news and commentary.

Olam Magazine
http://www.olam.org/
A conversations on the modern relevance of timeless Judaic values.

Anti-Defamation League http://www.adl.org/
Fighting Anti-Semitism, Bigotry, and Extremism

History of the Jewish People

Home 1

A comprehensive timeline of Jewish History and a list of important Jewish people and their time period. This site sponsored by the Jewish Agency for Israel.

Adult Jewish Education/Jewish Universities

Distance Learning Project
http://courses.jtsa.edu/
Outstanding online adult Jewish education from The Jewish Theological Seminary of America.

The Jewish Theological Seminary of America

Homepage

New York University with now offers online Master’s Degree in Jewish Education.

Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies http://www.spertus.edu/
This Chicago college offers degrees in Jewish Education and Jewish Communal Service on the master’s and doctoral levels, with distance learning options available for non-local students.

Hebrew College http://www.hebrewcollege.edu
Newton Centre, Massachusetts college grants undergraduate and graduate degrees in Jewish Studies and Jewish Education, as well as certificates in Jewish Family Education, Jewish Early Childhood Education, and Jewish Music.

Holocaust Studies

Remember.Com http://remember.org/
Shares art, discussion, photos, poems, and facts to preserve powerful memories.

Literature of the Holocaust
http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/Holocaust/
holhome.html
Maintained by an English professor of the University of Pennsylvania.

The Holocaust Website http://auschwitz.dk
Stories of crimes, heroes and villains.

Simon Weisenthal Center http://www.wiesenthal.com/
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.

Holocaust http://aish.com/holocaust/
Headlines, stories, and resources.

Hitler and The Final Solution http://history.acusd.edu/gen/WW2Timeline/
Final_Solution.html
Timeline of terror.

The Holocaust Ring

http://d.webring.com/hub?ring=shoah
A ring of website with numerous resources and links.

Facing History and Ourselves
http://www.facing.org/facing/fhao2.nsf
Examining history and human behavior.

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

A Teacher’s Guide to the Holocaust http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/default.htm
Produced by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology, College of Education, University of South Florida

H-Anti-Semitism http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~antis/
Scholarly discussion on the topic of anti-Semitism.

Teaching the Holocaust through Stamps
http://mofetsrv.macam98.ac.il/~ochayo/einvert.htm
An Interdisciplinary and Computerized Program through the use of Stamps, Pictures, Texts and Paintings by Children in the Holocaust.

To Save a Life http://www.humboldt.edu/~rescuers/index.html
Stories of Holocaust rescue.

The Franklin Institute http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/annefrank.html
Anne Frank Resources

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum http://www.ushmm.org/
America’s national institution for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history, and serves as this country’s memorial to the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust.

Assorted Jewish Links
Maven http://www.maven.co.il/
Jewish Web Directory

Shamash http://shamash.org
Shamash strives to be the highest quality central point of Jewish information and discussion on the Internet.

Jewish Council for Public Affairs

JCPA

The national public affairs arm of the organized Jewish community

The Jewish Agency for Israel
http://www.jafi.org.il/newsite/index.htm
Strengthening the relationship between the Jews of Israel and Jews in the rest of the world.

Lists of Jewish Links
http://www.jewishsites.org/