THE JEWISH GUIDE TO THE INTERNET

SECOND EDITION--AN UPDATE

This page is designed to update the entries in the printed book The Jewish Guide to the Internet, second edition, by Diane Romm.  The book is available from Amazon.com.  All references below are to the pages in the book.  Those sites marked "NEW" are additional material appearing here for the first time since the last update on August 12, 1999.

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Libraries and Librarians (p. 213)  

• American Jewish Archives--http://server.huc.edu/aja/
• Canadian Jewish Congress Archives--http://www.cjc.ca/archives.htm
• Brandeis University Librarys Special Collections--http://www.library.brandeis.edu/spcoll/spcintro.html
• YIVO--http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/yivo
• Judaica on microforms from Norman Ross Publishing--http://www.nross.com/ckjudaic.htm
• Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts--http://www2.huji.ac.il/~jnul/imhm/imhm.htm
• Jewish Archival Project--http://www.mekorot.org/jap
• Israel Inter-University Library Network--http://libnet.ac.il/~libnet/net/     NEW
• Hebrew language Virtual Library of The Nature School--http://www.netvision.net.il/~tevaavet/library/librah.htm
• Israel Center for Libraries--http://www.icl.org.il    
• Elazar Classification System for Judaica Libraries--http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/6527/index.html     
• Jewish Community Library in Los Angeles--http://www.jclla.org  
• MALMAD, the Israeli universities library consortium devoted to digital materials--http://libnet.ac.il/~libnet/malmad.htm    
• Central Zionist Archives (p. 216)--http://wzo.org.il/cza      
• NACO Hebraica Funnel--http://www.library.brandeis.edu/judaica/cover.htm  
• Shaar Zion/Beit Ariela, Tel Avivs Public Library--http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/Tel-Aviv/tarbut/ariela.htm     
• The National Yiddish Book Center--http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org
• Online library for Hebrew books in the U.S.--http://www.IsraeliWishes.com/IW-Library.htm    NEW  

The Media (p. 222)

• CAMERA (p. 223), the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting--http://www.camera.org    
• MEMRI offers a perspective on Middle Eastern reporting and provides translations of Arabic newspaper articles--http://www.memri.org  

• Radio and Television (p. 223) 

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  • Israeli TV Guide--http://mythos.iserver.com/tvguide
  • Channel 8, Israels science channel on television, has a home page at http://www.aquanet.co.il/channel8/
  • Jewish Horizons Radio Network--http://www.jewishorizons.virtual.co.il
  • 103 FM Israel Radio--http://www.israellink.co.il/103fm      
  • Radio Emtza Haderech 90 FM--http://www.90fm.co.il  
  • Radio 10--http://www.radio10.co.il    
  • Tel Aviv FM 102--http://www.102fm.co.il  
  • Reshet Bet--http://www.netvision.net.il/reshet_bet  
  • Israel Educational Television--http://www.education.gov.il/ietv/  
  • Listen to Shirley Nigris Shalom Israel program from Brazil at http://www.18multimedia.com/shalomisrael
  • IsraeLIVE offering live broadcasts of music, news, sports, and talk shows--http://www.israelive.com/israelive.htm     
  • RadioWEST, Israels only all English radio station--http://www.radiowest.co.il    
  • Positive Jewish Communications--http://www.pjcn.com    
  • Falafel radio--http://radio.falafel.co.il    
  • Radio Israel from Sabra Net--http://www.radioisrael.com   
  • Sunset Radio from Israel--http://www.sunsetradio.com/nations/il/il01.html     NEW

Medicine (p. 226)  

• Institute for Jewish Medical Ethics--http://www.hia.com/medethic/
• American Physicians Fellowship for Medicine in Israel--http://www.apfmed.org
• Shaare Zedek Medical Center--http://www.szmc.org.il
• Assaf Harofeh Medical Center--http://www.doryanet.co.il/assaf/
• The Israel Physicians Guide offers searches by subject and by doctor at http://www.physician.co.il
• IDF Combat Medics help cards in Hebrew--http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/4328/mindex.htm  
• Kupat Cholim Meuhedet--http://www.meuhedet.co.il    
• Jerusalem Center for Research:  Halachah and Medicine--http://www.J-C-R.org  
• National Institute of Judaism and Medicine--http://www.nijm.org    NEW

Museums (p. 232)  

• Beit HaTefutsot (p. 234) has a change in its web address to http://www.bh.org.il
• Israel Museum and Gallery Listings--http://www.update.co.il/gallery/gallery.html
• Jerusalem Nature Museum--http://leonardo.ls.huji.ac.il/~nmuseum
• The Jewish Museums Forum offers a searchable index to Jewish exhibits worldwide--http://www.jewishmuseums.com
• The Jewish Museum in New York--http://www.jewishmuseum.org
• Austrian Jewish Museum--http://www.oejudmus.or.at/oejudmus
• The House of Bible Museum--http://inter-s.com/bible/museum.html  
• National Museum of American Jewish History--http://www.libertynet.org/iha/tour/_jewish.html     
• The Old Courtyard in Kibbutz Ein Shemer--http://www.courtyard.co.il   
• The Jewish Museum of Florida chronicles Jewish life there--http://www.jewishmuseum.com    
• Hungarian Jewry Museum--http://www.hungjewmus.org.il    
• Bloomfield Science Museum in Jerusalem--http://www.mada.org.il    
• Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York--http://www.mjhnyc.org      
• Israels Museums are listed at http://www.education.gov.il/musuems/     NEW

Organizations(p. 238)

Educational Groups

• 92nd Street Y--http://www.92ndsty.org
• Educational Alliance--http://www.edalliance.org
• National Foundation for Jewish Culture (p.36) has a new site at http://www.jewishculture.org  

Religious Groups

• New York Board of Rabbis--http://www.nybr.org
• United Synagogue of Great Britain--http://www.brijnet.org/us/     
• Women at the Kotel--http://www.world.std.com/~alevin/wall.html
• Cantors Assembly from the Conservative movement--http://www.jtsa.edu/org/cantor
• The Orthodox Caucus--http://www.orthodoxcaucus.org    
•  Reform Synagogues of Great Britain--http://www.refsyn.org.uk   
• The Rabbinical Assembly--http://www.rabassembly.org  
• CLAL, The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership--http://www.clal.org    
• Edah, the voice of modern Orthodoxy--http://www.edah.org    
• The Masorti movement in Israel, affiliated with the Conservative movement--http://www.masorti.org

Social Action Groups

• Btselem, the human rights group active in the occupied territories--http://www.btselem.org
• National Council of Jewish Women--http://www.ncjw.org  
• Nisan Young Women Leaders, an Israeli group for both Jewish and Arab young women--http://www.nisan.org  
• American Jewish World Service--http://www.ajws.org  
• The Ziv Tzedakah Fund, Danny Siegels wonderful Tikun Olam project--http://ziv.org    
• JCC Association--http://www.jcca.org    
• Jewish Women International--http://www.jewishwomen.org  
• Jewish Braille Institute--http://www.jewishbraille.org
• HIAS, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society--http://www.hias.org  

Political Groups 

• Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs--http://www.jcpa.org  
• The Republican Jewish Coalition--http://www.rjchq.org     

Zionist Groups

• Emunah Women, the worlds largest religious womens Zionist organization--http://emunah.org
• Israel Bonds--http://www.israelbonds.com    
• WIZO--http://www.wizo.org
• Naamat USA (p. 127) is now located at http://www.naamat.org 
• International Coalition for Missing Israeli Soldiers--http://www.mia.org.il
• Friends of the Israel Defense Forces--http://www.fidf.org    
• Israel Association of Community Centers--http://www.matnasim.org.il    
• Amit Women--http://www.amitchildren.org
• Israel Bonds of Canada--http://www.israelbonds.net    
• Friends of Israel Disabled Veterans--http://www.fidv-bh.com    
• Women in Green--http://www.womeningreen.org    

The Performing Arts(p. 252)  

The Jewish Entertainment Resource Guide (p.252) has moved to http://www.ax.centuryinter.net/jewishentertainment/     

Music

• Israeli Music Chords and Tabs--http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Stage/1534/    
• Israel Gimel Sounds, an extensive collection of Jewish and Israeli music in midi format--http://members.aol.com/israelmidi/index.html
• Ladino Melodies of Sephardic Jews--http://www.geocities.com/Paris/6256/ladino.htm
• A study of the song "Jerusalem of Gold" is available at http://www.jerusalemofgold.co.il     NEW
• The Jewish Music Web Center is a good starting point for material on this topic--http://www.jmwc.org    NEW

American Groups

• Zamir Chorale (p. 255) has a new address at http://www.zamir.org and the Zamir Chorale Foundation is located at http://www.zamirfdn.org
• Schlock Rocks site at http://209.150.132.85/ includes a searchable database of lesson plans for using their music with children.     NEW

Israeli Groups

• David Broza--http://www.broza.com
• Israel Music Festival--http://www.festival.co.il
• Jewish Music Site--http://www.rst.co.il/fun  
• From the radio, listen to Israeli Music Online--http://www.sabra.net/theisraelhour/    
• Yaffa Yarkoni--http://www.yaffa-yarkoni.co.il     NEW
• Chaim Parchi--http://www.artmuz.com       NEW

Music for Sale

• HaTaklit describes itself as carrying "the largest collection of Jewish and Israeli recordings in the United States"--http://www.shalom3000.com
• Tara Publishing, a major publisher of Jewish music in America, has a web page at http://www.jewishmusic.com and at http://www.tara.com
• House of Musical Traditions--http://www.hmtrad.com   
• NMC, an Israeli record company--http://www.nmc-music.co.il    
• Kol Ami--http://www.sisuent.com      

Dance

• Kesher LeMachol is a complete guide to Israeli folk dancing--http://orion.webspan.net/~hgpklm/
• IsraeliDance.com, a database of Israeli dances and dance sessions is located at http://www.israelidance.com  
• Dance Hall is a magazine about Israeli folkdancing and includes listings of dance places in Israel--http://www.dancehall.co.il      NEW

Theater and Films

• Ergo Media Jewish Video Catalog (p. 257) has a new home page at http://www.jewishvideo.com
• Alden Films--http://www.aldenfilms.com
• Research Library and Archives of Jewish Theater--http://members.tripod.com/~jtheater/  
• The National Center for Jewish Film--http://www.jewishfilm.org       

Personals (p. 260)  

• Jewish Brides Guide--http://www.kallah.com
• Jewish Divorce--http://www.kayama.org
• Biographies of famous Jews in all walks of life can be found at Jewhoo:  The Jewish Celebrity Consortium--http://www.jewhoo.com  
• SimchaGuide.com will help you plan family simchas worldwide--http://www.simchaguide.com    
• Atchalta is a Hebrew bulletin board for the religious community--http://www.atc.co.il  
• The Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture sponsors information on the Jewish family at http://www.mishpacha.org  
• Reconnect to old friends through Jewish Geography at http://www.jewishgeography.org  
• Tributes to loved ones can be left at Jewish Memorials--http://www.jewishmemorial.com   
• Izkor is a memorial site for Israeli soldiers who have fallen in war--http://www.izkor.gov.il  
• Annouce your simchas worldwide at Mazeltov.com--http://Mazeltov.com  
• Mevo Satum, a Jerusalem based organization devoted to the plight of agunot--http://www.agunot.org  
• Cybarmitzvah provides an online photo and video album space for bar/bat mitzvot--http://www.cybarmitzvah.com    NEW
• The Jewish Employment Board offers positions in the professional Jewish world--http://www.jewishdirectory.com/JobSearch.asp      NEW

Singles

• Reshet, a discussion group for young Conservative Jews, is available from its listserv at listproc@uscj.org
• Orthodox Jewish Dating Service--http://www.the-wire.com/shadchan
• Jewish Matchmaker System--http://www.yenta.email.net
• Jewish Express--http://jewishsingles.net     
• Jewish Dating Service--http://www.jdate.com      
• The Jewish People has many singles listings--http://www.thejewishpeople.org    
• J-Mates--http://www.jmates.com
• Jewish Singles News,  (p. 264) the largest newspaper for Jewish singles in the United States, has a new site at http://www.jewishsinglesnews.com    
• Basher Internet Dating--http://www.beshert.com  
• Jewish Introductions--http://www.jewishintroductions.com  
• Jewish Singles in Brazil--http://www.jewsinglesite.com.br     
• Nice Jewish Singles--http://www.nice--jewish.com     NEW
• Jewish Quality Singles--http://www.jqs.com     NEW
• Jewish Match is an online magazine for Jewish singles--http://www.jewishmatch.com     NEW

Science (p. 270)  

• Israeli Association of Electronics Industries--http://www.iaei.org.il
• Teva Hadvarim, Israels version of National Geographic--http://www.tevahadvarim.co.il/index1.html     
• Jewish Scientist Network--http://www.jsn.org/jsnhome.html
• Science and R&D Links in Israel from the advisor to the Prime Minister--http://science.pmo.gov.il    
• Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel--http://www.teva.org.il  
• Jewish Professional Engineers Group--http://www.jewishengineers.org 
• Israel Science and Technology Homepage--http://www.science.co.il  
• The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies--http://www.arava.org     NEW

Social Action (p. 275)    

• Jewish AIDS Network--http://www.shalom.com/janc.htm
• American Jewish Society for Service--http://www.ajss.org
• Mark Cwiks Jewish Domestic Abuse and the Agunah Problem page--http://users.aol.com/agunah/index.htm
• YASHAR, the largest listing of registered charities in Israel--http://www.israel-nonprofit.org    
• Jewish Fund for Justice--http://jfjustice.org
• Just Tzedakah provides information on Jewish charities--http://www.just-tedakah.org    

Students (p. 277)  

• National Jewish Committee on Scouting (p. 283) now has a web site at http://www.shamash.org/scouts/
• Youth Movements Worldwide provides a hypertext, alphabetical listing of Zionist youth groups throughout the world--http://www.youth.org.il/mov1.htm
• Young Judaea--http://www.youngjudaea.org
• Bnei Akiva of the United States and Canada--http://www.bneiakiva.org    
• Alumni of BBYO and USY can keep in touch through the message boards at http://www.thejewishpeople.org   
• Student Organization of Yeshiva University--http://clubs.yucs.org/soy/    

Traditional Jewish Studies (p. 286)

• A summary guide to Torah study online is located at CrownTowers Web Torah Guide--http://www.geocities.com/athens/forum/7332/summary.html
• Aish Hatorah (p. 286)--http://www.aish.edu     
• The Orthodox Union and a group of law firms have put together an extensive site on Jewish Law--http://www.jlaw.com   
• Eric Simons very comprehensive guide to traditional Jewish studies online is located at http://uahc.org/torahnet/  
• Register for an interactive course at Jewish Interactive Studies--http://www.jewishstudies.org     
• Halacha World Center offers access to poskim--http://www.halacha.net     NEW

Studies of Specific Texts

• Daf Yomi Advancement Forum from Rabbi Mordecai Kornfeld, rosh kollel of Kollel Iyun Hadaf in Har Nof, Jerusalem--http://www.shemayisrael.co.il/dafyomi2/
• Hypertext versions of the Tanach, Mishna, Tosefta, the two Talmuds, and the Mishneh Torah are located at http://www1.snunit.k12.il/kodesh/  
• City Dwellers Mitzva Guide lists the 613 commandments minus those pertaining to agriculture and Eretz Yisrael--http://www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/2222/    
• Mordechai Torczyners innovative Web Shas (p. 287), a subject index to the Talmud, has a new home at http://www.aishdas.org/webshas/index.shtml     
•  Take a look at his new endeavor, HaMakor, at http://www.aishdas.org/hamakor/    
• The Daf Yomi with punctuated Rashi, beginning with Rosh HaShana, is available at http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/5242    

Institutions

• Baltimore Hebrew University--http://www.bhu.edu
• Hebrew Theological College--http://www.htcnet.edu
• University of Judaism--http://www.uj.edu
• Maqom is a cyber-school for adult Talmud study founded and directed by Rabbi Judith Abrams--http://www.compassnet.com/maqom/
• Kollel: A Center for Liberal Jewish Learning--http://www.cherniak.on.ca/kolel/
• Yakar Center, a learning community in Jerusalem--http://www.cyberscribe.com/yakar
• Bat Kol:  A Feminist Beit Midrash--http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/batkol/
• Gratz College--http://www.gratzcollege.edu  
• Touro College--http://www.touro.edu  
• Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav--http://www.mercazharav.org.il   
• London School of Jewish Studies, formerly Jews College--http://www.brijnet.org/lsjs/index.html    
• Reconstructionist Rabbinical College--http://rrc.edu    
• Leo Baeck College--http://www.lb-college.demon.co.uk    

Yiddish (p. 296)

• There is a good list of Yiddish web sites at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cria/Current-projects/Yiddish/ , one of which is the Yiddish Atlas Project at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cria/Current-projects/Yiddish/herzog.html
• Sholom Aleichem, his life and work--http://www.sholom-aleichem.org  
• Der Bay is an Anglo-Yiddish newsletter--http://www.derbay.org    
• A Glossary of Yiddish expressions--http://www.ariga.com/yiddish.htm    
• Yiddish for Youth--http://yugntruf.org    
• The Yiddish Voice, a radio station based in Brookline, Massachusetts, has a new site at http://www.yv.org  
• A Bisl Yidishkayt offers Yiddish music, books, and language materials--http://www.yiddishmusic.com     NEW
• Second Avenue Online records the history of the American Yiddish theater--http://www.yap.cat.nyu.edu     NEW
• The Workmens Circle--http://www.circle.org   NEW
• Aviva Starkman has created Avivales Yiddish Page, a good starting page for Yiddish material at http://www.starkman.com/aviva/yiddish.html    NEW
• The Mendele Yiddish listserv (p. 296) can be read on the web at http://www2.trincoll.edu/~mendele/     NEW

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