Top 50 Jewish Resources
Websites for Educators
The Jewish Agency for Israel
The Department for Jewish Zionist Education
THE PEDAGOGIC CENTER
One of our kind Jewish Australia readers send us this page.It is a list of websites by subject category,
which include practical educational resources and information.Before you begin, do a tour of the Pedagogic Center website
Calendar
Please see FestivalsCurriculum & Resources
1. CAJE Curriculum Bank Online
2. Jewish Film Archive Online
Great subject indexes and distribution information as well as concise
reviews.3. Ideanet
Join the list as well to exchange ideas on work with young people.
Family, Life Cycle:
4. Jewish Family
On the shamash webserver.
Festivals
See also:
Jewish Agency websites - Education Department, Hagshama Department; Judaism sites - Judaism 101, Maven Index etc.5. Tiferes Yisrael Congregation’s Weblinks
All-in-one comprehensive index of the top Festival websites, dateline 1997.6. Torah Org’s YomTov Site
Online classes from Global Learning (very thorough), with calendar7. Virtual Jerusalem
A varied festival website with interactive features, games, programming.
See also VJHolidaysHebrew - Major Sites
8. Israel on Line
Hebrew site where it’s all happening; indexes, magazines, interactive...9. Snunit
Israel’s main educational server in Hebrew with Navigator, full text
searches in Jewish sources, educational programming, teachers’ and
students’ chat rooms, from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.10. Tapuz - http://www.tapuz.co.il/
New index in Hebrew11. Walla
Israel’s veteran index in HebrewHistory
12. Internet Jewish History Sourcebook -
The Jewish History section is well prepared from comprehensive sources.13. Jewish America’s Timeline -
A timeline according to the Talmud, continued through major periods of
Jewish History, with online chart.14. Virtual Time Travel
Virtual Jerusalem’s Time Machine for Jewish history.
Indexes & Link Sites:
15. Jewishnet
Major classifications; hosts many Jewish lists; hot also on Jewish
Academic sites and CMC.16. Jewish Student Online Research Center - Bibliography of Websites
A completely different looking set of categories with all the extensive
indexes up front.17. Maven - the Ultimate Index
Whatever it is, wherever it is, this is one of the best routes to find it!Israel - Electronic Journals (English)
18. Jerusalem Post
19. Jerusalem Report
20. Ha’aretz Daily
Israel - Government
21. Israel Foreign Ministry
Facts about Israel; Government & Laws; Peace Process; News service;
Reference Documents. Also sections in French, Spanish & Russian.22. Knesset Website
English or Hebrew. Virtual tour; 14th Knesset; Committees; MKs past &
present.23. IDF website
History; structure (including Home Command); principles; insignia.
Hebrew/English.Israel - Hands-on
24. Neot Kedumim - Biblical Landscapes
Take a virtual tour of the Reserve in the context of the Biblical sources.
Hebrew, English, Russian25. The Jerusalem Website
The Capital, services, tourism, art & culture, links to museums.
Jewish Agency for Israel /WZO
26. Jewish Agency Website
Keep updated with the Jewish Agency! Magazine, mission, projects,
directories...27. Hagshama Dept. Website
See Israel, try some Hebrew! Aliyah database and FAQJudaism
28. Jewish Interactive Studies
Classic areas of Jewish studies in online courses, with contemporary
references.29. Judaism 101
Well thought out categories on almost anything with good internal links
and background files: an FAQ that is narrative in style hosted on AOL.30. Soc.Culture.Jewish
An FAQ with some pretty good attention to conceptual aspects of
Judaism, on the Shamash web server.31. Yahoo FAQ on Judaism -
Libraries:
32. Brandeis University Library
Search your bibliographies online using keyword and standard searches!33. Melton Center Library - Aleph Database
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Top Jewish Education Library with catalogues of articles, publications and
helpdesk.Museums:
34. Bet Hatefutsoth Diaspora Museum
Visit the exhibits; try the online name/Jewish community searches for a
fee; new genealogy software offer.35. Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Art, history, archeology, Ruth Youth Wing program & classes; online
exhibitions, interactive events.
Shoah:
36. Bet Lohamei Haghettaot - Ghetto Fighters' House
See the online archive search facility after looking around.37. Nizkor
The major Shoah Sources / Denial archive on the web.38. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Look at the Educator sections as well as the Resources!39. Yad Vashem Holocaust Martyrs’ Memorial
The exhibition halls, programmes, educational resources & seminars.
Software
40. JewishSoft
One stop mail-order company marketing Judaic software from 17
different manufacturers.41. Davka Corporation
Bible, Talmud, Midrash, processors, programs to learn Hebrew language,
kid's educational games, utilities, Hebrew fonts, clip art and much more...Sources - Studies & Comentaries
42. Cyber Torah
Tradition, online study and resources, audio library, publications, e-lists43. Jewish Gates
Self-explanatory webpages with Biblical texts, Talmud,
Jewish Calendar and Practices, History...44. Webshas
An expanding, online, thematic index of references to the Babylonian
Talmud; see also HaMakor Responsa index.
Webservers - Major Jewish
45. Jewish Communication Network
Jewish news & major website with its own Navigator and Hot Max links.
Spanish & Portuguese sections.46. ORT
Ort projects worldwide, resources, communities, youth organizations47. Shamash
Veteran host of major Jewish organizations with large subordinate
websites, such as Jewish religious movements, educational institutions,
Jewish lists, links.48. Virtual Jerusalem
Another major Jewish website. Interactive ideas for Festivals; hosts
zillions of other top websites like the World Jewish Congress, Maven,
various electronic newspapers, educational institutions and email lists .World Jewry
49. European Council of Jewish Communities
Activities, links, descriptions of communities50. World Jewish Congress
Data on and description of Jewish communities worldwide; research.
There are so many more! Contact us on <pedagog@jajz-ed.org.il>