| Social and Networking |
| WWW.JDATE.COM - A premier Jewish singles community on the Net. As the modern alternative to traditional Jewish matchmaking, JDate is an ideal online destination for Jewish men and women to find friends, dates, and even soul mates, all within the faith. |
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| WWW.JEWISHFRIENDS.COM - Is a new Jewish singles and social networking website. It is still underconstruction, but look for it soon as an online hub for meeting new people in the Jewish community. |
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| WWW.GESHERCITY.COM - Is a non-profit entrepreneurial venture connecting young adults, primarily in their early 20's and 30's, to the Jewish community. There mission is to bridge young adults to the Jewish community by providing access to personal networks and information resources. Their goal is to enhance the Jewish community by building collaborative relationships and developing new community leaders. |
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| Current Events |
| WWW.HAARETZ.COM - The online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, offers real-time breaking news, opinions and analysis from Israel and the Middle East. Haaretz.com provides extensive and in-depth coverage of Israel, the Jewish World and the Middle East, including defense, diplomacy, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the peace process, Israeli politics, Jerusalem affairs, international relations, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, the Palestinian Authority, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the Israeli business world and Jewish life in Israel and the Diaspora. |
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| WWW.JPOST.COM - Israel's best-selling english daily and most read english website. JPost.com is a primary source for information about Israel, developments in the Middle East, and global Jewish affairs. In 1995, JPost.com became the first online newspaper in this niche, subsequently capturing a loyal and consistent following. |
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| WWW.JLAW.COM - Examining Halacha, Jewish Issues and Secular Law. |
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| WWW.HERITAGEFL.COM - A Central Florida based Jewish Community print and online newspaper offering international, national and local news and event coverage. |
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| Organizations |
| WWW.CHABAD.COM - Chabad-Lubavitch is a philosophy, a movement, and an organization. Chabad-Lubavitch, rooted in Hasidism, is a vibrant, dynamic force in Jewish life, and its programs touch the lives of millions of people and directly or indirectly affect Jewish life in every community. Providing the Jewish community with educational and outreach activities, serving the needs of the entire Jewish community, from the youngsters to the elderly, and everyone in-between. |
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| WWW.AIPAC.COM - The American Israel Public Affairs Committee - America's pro-Israel lobby. For more than half a century, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee has worked to help make Israel more secure by ensuring that American support remains strong. From a small pro-Israel public affairs boutique in the 1950s, AIPAC has grown into a 100,000+ member national grassroots movement. "The most important organization affecting America's relationship with Israel" - The New York Times |
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| WWW.MASORTI.COM - The Masorti Movement is a pluralistic, religious movement in Israel, affiliated with Conservative Judaism. Its philosophy combines commitment to Jewish tradition and halachah (law) with an open and positive approach to the modern world, to democratic culture and to Zionism. The Movement is deeply involved in the absorption of new olim - immigrants - from Latin America, as well as from countries of the Former Soviet Union. Masorti's inclusive and pluralistic approach is attractive to many olim, who might otherwise take little or no interest in Judaism. |
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| WWW.ISRAELCC.COM - The Israel on Campus Coalition (ICC) is a partnership of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation and Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, in cooperation with a network of national organizations committed to promoting Israel education and advocacy on campus. The ICC's member organizations are dedicated to working collaboratively to assist students in fostering support for Israel on the college campus. |
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| WWW.KOACH.COM - As Conservative Judaism's College Outreach Program, KOACH helps connect you with your heritage, as well as with the Jewish community on your campus and on campuses throughout North America and Israel. KOACH provides college-age students the opportunity to maintain and develop connections to Conservative Judaism while nurturing a love of Torah, the Jewish people, Israel and God through a variety of activities, including social, religious, educational, cultural and social action programs. |
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| WWW.AJWS.COM - American Jewish World Service (AJWS) is an international development organization motivated by Judaism's imperative to pursue justice. AJWS is dedicated to alleviating poverty, hunger and disease among the people of the developing world regardless of race, religion or nationality. |
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| History and FAQ's |
| WWW.EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG - Wikipedia is written collaboratively by volunteers from all around the world. Visitors do not need specialized qualifications to contribute, since their primary role is to write articles that cover existing knowledge; this means that people of all ages and cultural and social backgrounds can write Wikipedia articles. Because if its collaborative and dynamic nature, Wikipedia has become a rich source for Jewish information and everything else under the sun. |
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| WWW.SHAMASH.ORG - There are many service providers on the Internet who offer a wealth of Jewish resources. The problem is that most of these organizations are concentrating on their own services, so they don't attend to the task of coordinating all the Jewish information across the Internet. This site attempts to do just that. Judge for yourself... |
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| WWW.JEWFAQ.ORG - Judaism 101 is an online encyclopedia of Judaism, covering Jewish beliefs, people, places, things, language, scripture, holidays, practices and customs. |
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| WWW.USHMM.ORG - A living memorial to the Holocaust, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum stimulates leaders and citizens to confront hatred, prevent genocide, promote human dignity, and strengthen democracy. A public-private partnership, federal support guarantees the Museum’s permanence, and donors nationwide make possible its educational activities and global outreach. |
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| WWW.CNN.COM - A site known for its up-to-date news and information also provides in-depth special reports on areas of interest around the world. This special report focuses on the Israel and its history. The report include timelines, pictures, maps and a relatively unbaised view of Israel's past and present. |
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| Reform/Conservative/Orthodox |
| WWW.USCJ.ORG - The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, founded in 1913, is the association of Conservative congregations in North America, today consisting of 760 affiliated synagogues and over one-and-a-half-million members. The objectives of The United Synagogue are set forth in the preamble to its Constitution as follows: "The advancement of the cause of Judaism in America and the maintenance of Jewish tradition in its historic continuity; to assert and establish loyalty to the Torah in its historic exposition; to further the observance of Sabbath and the Dietary Laws; to preserve in the Service the reference to Israel's past and the hopes for her restoration; to maintain the traditional character of the liturgy, with Hebrew as the language of prayer; to foster Jewish religious schools, in the curricula of which the study of the Hebrew language and literature shall be given a prominent place..." |
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| URJ.ORG - The Union for Reform Judaism provides vision and leadership to Reform Jews and congregations on spiritual, ethical, social justice and management issues. It provides programmatic support to Reform Jewish congregations and offers opportunities for individual growth and identity that few congregations could provide by themselves, such as camps and Israel programs for youth, study kallot and North American and regional biennials. As the congregational arm of the Reform Movement, the Union for Reform Judaism strives to create and sustain vibrant Jewish congregations wherever Reform Jews live in North America. |
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| WWW.OU.ORG - The Orthodox Union, now in its second century of service to the Jewish community of North America and beyond, is a world leader in community and synagogue services, adult education, youth work through NCSY, political action through the IPA, and advocacy for persons with disabilities through Yachad and Our Way. Its kosher supervision label, the OU, is the world’s most recognized kosher symbol and can be found on over 400,000 products manufactured in 80 countries around the globe. |
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| Learn Yiddish/Hebrew |
| WWW.YIDDISHDICTIONARYONLINE.COM - Forgot that cool Yiddish word that your grandmother used to say? Find it here. A great source for translating between English, Yiddish and Hebrew. |
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| Misc |
| WWW.HARUTH.COM - Haruth Communications, Harry Leichters Home Page. Wow! This site has everything: History, FAQ's, News, Recipies, Music, you name it. There are even links to the world's Jewish communities and a great Torah study page. |
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| WWW.SHAMASH.ORG - Shamash strives to be the highest quality central point of Jewish information and discussion on the Internet. Their mission is to provide state-of-the-art Internet tools to Jewish organizations and individuals who maintain discussion forums for the benefit of the Jewish community. Shamash serves the full spectrum of Jewish religious, educational, cultural, communal, and social service organizations interested in utilizing new electronic technologies to share information and deliver services to the Jewish community worldwide. |
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