Jews, Judaism, Jewish Culture : Research Resources

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Articles

Witnessing to Jews by Ron Rhodes

Encyclopedias

Jew Wikipedia entry
Jews Encarta entry
JewishEncyclopedia.com

This website contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, which was originally published between 1901-1906. The Jewish Encyclopedia, which recently became part of the public domain, contains over 15,000 articles and illustrations.

This online version contains the unedited contents of the original encyclopedia. Since the original work was completed almost 100 years ago, it does not cover a significant portion of modern Jewish History (e.g., the creation of Israel, the Holocaust, etc.). However, it does contain an incredible amount of information that is remarkably relevant today. – Source: JewishEncyclopedia.com, front page. Last accessed Jan. 19, 2006

News

Judaism news tracker, provided by Religion News Blog

See Also

Anti-Semitism
Messianic Jews

Web Sites

B’nair B’right

B’nai B’rith is an international Jewish organization committed to the security and continuity of the Jewish people and the State of Israel, defending human rights, combating anti-Semitism, bigotry and ignorance, and providing service to the community on the broadest principles of humanity. Its mission is to unite persons of the Jewish faith and to enhance Jewish identity through strengthening Jewish family life and the education and training of youth, broad-based services for the benefit of senior citizens, and advocacy and action on behalf of Jews throughout the world. – Source: Mission Statement

Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) “Global News Service of the Jewish People”
Jewish Virtual Library Primary purpose: To provide a vehicle for the research, study, discussion and exchange of views concerning nonmilitary cooperation between the peoples and governments of the United States and Israel.
Jews for Judaism One of several Jewish organizations involved in boundary maintenance

Jews for Judaism is the only international, full-time counter-missionary, counter-cult, educational, outreach and counseling organization dedicated to countering the multi-million-dollar efforts of deceptive missionary and cult groups that target the Jewish community for conversion.– Source: The Challenge of Missionaries and Cults

Task Force on Missionaries and Cults One of several Jewish organizations involved in boundary maintenance
Synagogue 3000 Emergent Judaism

Synagogue 3000 is a catalyst for excellence, empowering congregations and communities to create synagogues that are sacred and vital centers of Jewish life. We seek to make synagogues compelling moral and spiritual centers — sacred communities — for the twenty-first century. Our offices in Los Angeles and New York direct a national congregational leadership network and a synagogue studies institute. Sacred communities are those where relationships with God and with each other define everything the synagogue does; where ritual is engaging; where Torah suffuses all we do; where social justice is a moral imperative; and where membership is about welcoming and engaging both the committed and the unaffiliated. We wish to change the conversation about meaningful Jewish life in our time.– Source: Synagogue 3000 Purpose Last accessed Jan. 19, 2006