Useful Links

Overview
These days, Jewish websites are as varied and versatile as the Jewish community! For basic knowledge and articles on just about everything, MyJewishLearning.com is a great first stop. For some of our other frequently-used resources, see below. This is by no means a comprehensive list. These are just a few of the ISJL's favorite sites – there are many, many more out there! Start building your Jewish-resources-on-the-web-library...

For Music

• Sounds Write Productions sells almost any Jewish CD you might want to buy from modern Jewish singers/songwriters. 
• Hot Shabbat has some songs available for downloading – mass distribution is not legal, but downloading a song for your personal classroom use is encouraged!
• Many Jewish performers have their own websites, sometimes with free MP3s, lyrics, or even sheet music – spend time immersing yourself in the music of Rick Recht, Debbie Friedman, Mah Tovu, Saul Kaye...
• For audio recordings, historical resources, a virtual museum, and much more, visit The Lowell Milken Archive of Jewish Music. You can spend hours there, or grab what you need in a few easy clicks!

For Holidays and Hebrew Calendars

• There are many websites which provide dates and times online. For example, find candle lighting times for anywhere in the world at Candle Lighting Times; find a calendar with all the parashot (Torah portions) for the year
  
• A calendar with all the parashot (Torah portions) for the year, Hebrew/English date conversion, and most other Jewish-calendar related topics at the Hebrew Calendar website.

For Crafts & Memory Making

• Learn about scrapbooking and document preservation in this great article from the Scrapbook website.
• Visit our Oral History section for questions to ask your loved ones and great oral history resources.

For Torah and Text Study

• For younger students, Torah Tots provides some fun resources and activities – sort through to find what is appropriate for your group. 
• Aish HaTorah has a parshah study for every level – family, youth, lively, young adult…! Shabbat weekly, holiday, on and on!

For a Whole Lotta Great Stuff

• Jewish.Com  www.jewish.com
• Judaism101  www.jewishfaq.com
• Jewish Virtual Library www.JewishVirtualLibrary.org
• Jewish Women’s Archive www.jwa.org
• Jerusalem Post Online  www.jpost.com
• Ha’artez Daily  www.haaretz.com
• My Jewish Learning  www.myjewishlearning.com

Other Jewish Links

• American Jewish Historical Society  www.ajhs.org
• Center for Jewish History  www.cjh.org
• Southern Jewish Historical Society www.jewishsouth.org
• Southern Jewish Life Magazine  www.sjlmag.com
• Jewish Heritage Collection at the College of Charleston http://jhc.cofc.edu/ 

• Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina www.jhssc.org
• Jewish Women's Archive www.jwa.org
• The Jewish Community Federation of Greater Chattanooga  www.jcfgc.com
• The National Center for Jewish Film  www.brandeis.edu/jewishfilm
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum  www.ushmm.org
• Judaism and Jewish Resources List)  www.shamash.org/trb/judaism.html
• National Hillel  www.hillel.org
• American Jewish Archives  www.americanjewisharchives.org
• Tulane Jewish Studies Department  www.tulane.edu/%7Elmiller/JewishStudiesIntro.html
• National Museum of American Jewish History www.nmajh.org/
• Union for Reform Judaism  www.urj.org
• United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism  www.uscj.org
• Orthodox Union   www.ou.org
• List of Web Resources for American Jewish History   www.temple.edu/feinsteinctr/fcrelated.html
• Jewish Reconstructionist Federation www.jrf.org
• Jewish American Society for Historical Preservation  www.jashp.org
• National Jewish Outreach Program www.njop.org