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The Four Best Jewish Websites You've Never Heard OfOkay, I might have oversold this post with that title. But the truth is, the internet is chock-full of amazing Jewish websites that you might not have come across yet. Here are a few that are worth checking out.
BimBam (formerly GodCast) ELI Talks Jewish Festival Calendar
In the mid-1980s, I finished studying for an adult Bat Mitzvah ceremony at a Reform congregation. I went to class every Shabbat morning for about a year. Understandably, I felt confident about my own Jewish knowledge. That summer, I attended the Jewish-American Festival in Baltimore and took a Test-Your-Jewish-Knowledge type quiz. There were 10 questions. I didn’t get a single one right. That was humbling. The site lists upcoming Jewish cultural festivals, Jewish book festivals, Jewish film festivals, Jewish food festivals and more throughout the US. Go have fun. You’ll certainly learn something new.
Sefaria
Once upon a time, all Jewish texts were handwritten on parchment and in scrolls, the way a Sefer Torah and mezuzot are still written. In the mid-15th century, the first printed bible, known as the Gutenberg Bible, revolutionized the concept of a book. Today, Sefaria is digitizing classic Jewish texts to enable their use in new ways. The goal is to eventually make 1,000 classic Jewish texts, what they call “the core Jewish canon”, available for free online.
The site’s name Sefaria is related to the Hebrew word sefer, which means a scroll or a book and also to sifria, which is the Hebrew word for library.
The site to date includes 8.5 million words in categories such as Tanach, Mishnah, Talmud, Midrash, Halacha, Kabbalah, Liturgy, Philosophy, Tosefta, Chasidut, Musar, Responsa, Apocypha, and more. You can get a Jewish education just by understanding their index.
I'm curious to know how many people already knew about all four of these Jewish sites. Please comment below if you're a Jewish website maven.
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