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Archaeological Museum, Kibbutz Ein Dor

Archive, The - organized to commemorate and preserve the cultural history of Russian-Jewish immigrants, while creating an interface between this community and the American public.

Ada Holtzman Page - memorial for family members killed in the Holocaust, information on the pre-WW2 Polish Jewish community, Jewish genealogy and more.

All-Ukrainian Jewish Congress - coordinates the work of Jewish organizations and associations, and promotes the expansion of medium and small businesses.

American Asian Kashrus - certifies food kosher along with providing research, education, and supervision to the Kosher consumer. Also features links for Jewish communities in Asian countries.
Aish HaTorah International - international network of Jewish educational centers where Jews from all backgrounds can explore their heritage.

American Jewish Press Association (AJPA) - professional association for the Jewish community press in the United States and Canada.

American Physicians Fellowship for Medicine in Israel - linking medical communties of Israel and North America.

AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps - a year-long full time program for young adults that combines work on urban poverty issues, Jewish study, and community building.

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Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center - research institute and museum housing a collection of ethnographic material, Judaica, archival documents, books, and manuscripts.
Babylonian Talmud - hyper-tour of a page from the Babylonian Talmud. Learn about Talmudic literature, commentaries law codes and more.

Beth Hatefutsoth - The Diaspora Museum - cultural and educational institution providing multiple avenues of personal historical identification.
Bubbe's Back Porch - read stories of the site creator's own grandmother and contribute stories of your own.

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Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) - serves as the democratically elected representative organization of Canada's Jewish community and is recognized as its voice at home and abroad.

Chaverim - history and Jewish life, forum, genealogy, and bookstore for people related to Czech or Slovak Jewry.
Chassidus - weekly teachings from the Chassidic Rebbes.
CLAL, The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership - national Jewish leadership development and education organization trains lay and professional leaders.

Common Denominator - founded in response to the crisis of disunity to bond Jews together by focusing on things held in common.

Congress of Secular Jewish Organizations (CSJO)

Conversion to Judaism Resource Center - provides information and advice for those interested in joining the Jewish people.

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Dennis and Phillip Ratner Museum - established to foster love of the Bible through the graphic arts. For those interested in art, the Hebrew Bible, mysticism, and the Jewish heritage.

Doge of Venice : The Ancient Ghetto of Venice - history, museums, archives of Ancient Venetian Ghetto, current projects and life in Jewish Community of Venice today.
Documents of Jewish Belief - reflecting the varied landscape of Jewish belief and dogma.
Debica-Poland: The Shtetl - a memorial home page for the Jews who lived and died in the Shtetl Debica (Dembica-Dembitz) near Krakow, Poland.

Derech Ben Noach - contains the seven laws of Noah and commentary and articles of the Emmanuel Study Centre.

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European Association for Jewish Studies (EAJS) - encouraging and supporting the teaching of Jewish studies at university level in Europe.

European Council of Jewish Communities - network of organizations concerned with planning and coordinating action in the fields of social welfare, formal and informal education, leadership training, and culture.

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FAQ - Soc.Culture.Jewish and Reading Lists

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Gather the People - nonprofit training and education organization providing resources to strengthen and unify Jewish congregations, relying primarily on congregational community organizing methods.

Gefiltefish - Jewish appetizers for the soul. An organization loosely centered around Phish fans, offering a hip connection to spiritual Judaism.

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Halacha On The Web - includes an overview of Jewish laws and customs for Passover.

HealingPsalm.com - collection of modern psalms by Debbie Perlman.
Humanistic Judaism - for those wishing to maintain their Jewish identity and Jewish traditions in a non-theistic manner.
Halacha B'rura and Birur Halacha Institute - annotates the Talmud combining and reuniting the studies of Halacha (Jewish Law) and Gemorah based upon the work started by Rabbi Avraham Isaac HaCohen Kook.

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Irish-Jewish Museum - impressions of the museum that contains archives, artifacts, and displays on the little-known history of Irish Judaism. Includes photos and museum information.

Israel Bible Museum - art, mysticism, and the Jewish heritage captured in visual scenes from the Bible. Features the sculptures, paintings, and graphics of Phillip Ratner.

Israel Museum - emphasis on the material culture (past, present and future) of the Land of Israel and the Jewish people.
International Association of Hebrew Free Loans - provides loans to IAHFL members who have difficulty receiving loans elsewhere.

International Fellowship of Christians and Jews - works to promote greater understanding between Jews and Christians, build support for Israel, and other concerns.

International Jewish Burial Society

Israel Aliyah Center - information on how to move to Israel.

Israel Programs Foundation - offers a variety of programs, including Hebrew language instruction and study trips to Israel.

Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC) - advocates and promotes religious pluralism, human equality, and civil rights on behalf of Jews in Israel and abroad.

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Jewish Historical Society of Western Canada - collects, preserves, interprets, and exhibits Western Canadian Jewish Heritage through its archives, museum, Holocaust Centre, and Genealogical Institute.

Jewish Museum - New York - captures 4000 years of history and culture.

Jewish Museum London - the history and religious life of the Jewish community in Britain and beyond.

Jewish Museum of Belgium

Jewish Museum of Florida - dedicated to telling the story of more than 230 years of the Florida Jewish Experience.

Jewish Museum of Maryland - features programs and events, exhibitions, volunteer information, and more.

Judah L. Magnes Jewish Museum - collects, preserves, and exhibits treasures of Jewish art, history, and culture from throughout the world.
Jewish Law - examining Halacha, Jewish issues and secular law.

Judaism Reading List
Jewish Community of Malta - unofficial page with community news and history.

Jewish Communties of the World - abridged version of Jewish Communities of the World, published in 1998 by the World Jewish Congress and Lerner Publications Company.

Jewish Living - looks at Jewish art, music, books, humor, food, health, parenting, love, and sports.

Jews of Bukhara, The - outline of the history of the Jewish community of Bukhara (Bokhara), in Uzbekistan, from ancient times to the present.
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

Jewish Agency for Israel/World Zionist Organization

Jewish AIDS Network - providing services and referrals for Jewish people with HIV/AIDS, their families and loved ones.

Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically Dependent Persons, and Significant Others - for Jews and their families whose lives have been affected by alcoholism and drug abuse and for the rabbis and treatment professionals who want to help.

Jewish Alternative Movement

Jewish America - information on the Torah, Jewish history, life, products, and services.

Jewish Blind & Disabled (JBD) - formerly known as the Jewish Blind and Physically Handicapped Society. The independent charity providing independent living in the U.K.

Jewish Burial Society - offers funerals that conform to Jewish law.

Jewish Committee on Scouting - serves Jewish Boy Scouts in the Kansas City area.

Jewish Converts and Interfaith Network - organization for Jews by choice and for those involved in interfaith relationships.

Jewish Defense Organization - militant Jewish activist organization out to crush anti-semitism.

Jewish Marriage Encounter - improving relationships by enhancing communication.

Jewish Prisoner Services International - outreach and advocacy agency for Jewish prisoners and their families.

Jewish War Veterans - the patriotic voice of American Jewry.

Jewish War Veterans of the USA - preserving the rights and benefits earned by the Jewish men and women who have faithfully served in the U.S. armed forces.

Jews for Judaism - counter-missionary organization

Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership - general info on this membership-required organization.

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Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue and Museum - contains information about the synagogue built by Romaniote Jews from Janina, Greece, and the museum commemorating their heritage.
Kahane Website - features writings and insight on current events affecting Israel and Diaspora Jewry from Rabbi Meir Kahane and his son. Information on courses, memorial service, and discussion group.

Kayama - non-profit organization that provides information and assistance for obtaining a Jewish divorce (get).

Kulanu - dedicated to locating remnants of past Jewish migrations, the traces of the Ten Lost Tribes, Marranos, and where desired, helping to rejoin the Jewish community.

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Light to the Nations - promotes and teaches the eternal Biblical values of Israel and to build a bridge of understanding between Jews and Gentiles.

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Museo Sefardi - collection of exhibits all related to the story of Sefarad (the old Jewish name for Spain) and to the culture of the Sefardi people; (in Spanish).

Museum of Jewish Heritage - educating people about the 20th Century Jewish experience before, during, and after the Holocaust.

Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience - documents and presents the tradition of Jewish life in the South through exhibits, programs and more.
Mesora - collected articles based on scriptural and rabbinic tradition as interpreted by Rabbi Moshe Ben-Chaim.
March of the Living - learn about the horrors of the Holocaust and the spirit of Israel. Each year teens and college students take a two week to Poland and Israel.

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National Museum of American Jewish History - offers visitors the opportunity to learn about American Jews in the social, cultural, economic and political life of this nation.

National Museum of American Jewish Military History - dedicated to preserving and memorializing the military service to America of American Jews.
National Foundation for Jewish Culture - promotes American Jewish culture through grants and programming in film, theater, art, literature, museums, and scholarships.

National Polish American-Jewish American Council - project devoted to furthering mutual understanding and respect between Polish and Jewish Americans and Poles and Jews throughout the world.
National Center for Jewish Cultural Arts - dedicated to preserving, promoting, and presenting Jewish cultural events.

National Center for Jewish Cutural Arts - devoted to the presentation and production of Jewish cultural events, thereby preserving the rich cultural heritage of the Jewish people.

National Institute of Judaism and Medicine - offers a forum for the discussion of the relationship between ethics and medical science both for professionals and lay persons.

National Jewish Coalition - represents Jewish Republicans to Republican decision makers and the Jewish community.

National Jewish Democratic Council - dedicated to representing Jewish interests in the Democratic Party and in taking a leading role in the fight against the radical right.

National Jewish Girl Scout Committee - works in cooperation with GSUSA to promote the Jewish Girl Scout award programs and religious services in Girl Scout Councils.

National Jewish Outreach Program

New Media Jews - group for Jewish people working in new media and the Internet.

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Outreach Judaism - national organization that responds directly and positively to the issues raised by missionaries and cults.

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Project Genesis - on-line classes in Jewish studies; includes extensive archives, discussion on Jewish philosophy, Kabbalah, ethics and law.
P'til Tekhelet - association for the promotion and distribution of Tekhelet - lectures, programs, information, and orders.

Partnership 2000: Your Bridge to Israel - Jewish Agency/UJA/Keren Hayesod project links Jewish communities of the Diaspora with the underdeveloped regions of Israel for economic development.

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Rhodes Jewish Museum - non-profit organization founded by Aron Hasson and established to preserve the unique history of the Jews of Rhodes.
Reform Judaism

Road Map to Jewish Learning - features abstracts on books of the Written Torah (Tanakh) and Oral Torah (Talmud).
Rabbinic Center for Research and Counseling - organization promoting research on intermarriage and serving the needs of intermarrying and intermarried couples.

Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism - educates and mobilizes the American Jewish community on legislative and social concerns as an advocate in the U.S. Congress.

Rose Community Foundation - enhancing the quality of life of the community through leadership, resources, traditions and values.

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Spertus Museum - Midwest's preeminent resource of Judaica.

Sydney Jewish Museum
Shalom Center, The - brings Jewish spirituality, tradition, and experience to issues of tikkun olam — pursuing peace, seeking justice, healing the earth, and building community.

Shamash Tanach Directory - text and commentary on the hebrew bible (tanach), with full text searching.
Sojourner Ministries - exploring the Jewish heart of Christianity to instruct believers in the original context of the scriptures and to create a rich connection with the Jewish people.
Shamash: Jewish Internet Consortium - network for Jewish religious, educational, and social service organizations worldwide to communicate electronically and share information and data.

Shema Yisrael Torah Network - educational site in Israel, for the Diaspora. Publications, Torah, and topics of Jewish interest.

Surf & Soul - international organization of Jewish Surfers International offering a spiritual connection to the heavenly sport of surfing from Rabbi Nachum Shifren, "The Surfing Rabbi."

Synagogue 2000 - transdenominational organization helping synagogues plan for the twenty-first century.

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Temple Institute - non-profit institution dedicated to the promotion of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. Features museum with Temple exhibits.
ThinkJewish - real-time audio English translations of the talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Weekly 45 minute classes.

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Ve'ahavta - Canadian Jewish humanitarian and relief committee, which seeks to accomplish tikan olam, the betterment of the world.

Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism - interdisciplinary research center dedicated to an independent, non-political approach to understanding anti-Semitism.

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Washington Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values (WIJLV) - non-profit educational foundation advancing Tikkun Olam, activism, and civic engagement by American Jews, grounded in Torah and Jewish values.

Wolk Center for Jewish Cultural Enrichment for the Deaf - a program of the Rochester Area Hillel Foundation. A new program designed to allow Jewish deaf students to become familiar with and express their identity as Jews.

Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring - fosters Jewish identity and participation in Jewish life through Jewish, especially Yiddish, culture and education, friendship, mutual aid, and the pursuit of social and economic justice.

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Yad L'Achim - providing assistance to Jewish brethren who have been plagued by anti Jewish group and cults.
Yeshiva Toras Chaim - Mussar Haskel, a weekly dvar torah adapted from shmuessen at YTC, and Yeshiva On Line, catering to Bnei Torah.

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Zionist Organization of America