Resources

These links to external web sites have been grouped into the following categories:

• Conservative Movement
• Religious
• Study
• General Jewish Resources
• Local Jewish Websites
• Interfaith Related Websites
• Kehilat Nitzan Constitution

Conservative Movement

• Masorti Australasia:
  • Web site
  • Facebook page
  • Email
  • masorti@emanuel: Emanuel Synagogue -- A Conservative & Progressive congregation in Sydney, Australia (Email)
  • Israel Masorti Movement
  • UK Assembly of Masorti Synagogues
  • US United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
  • Jewish Theological Seminary in New York
  • Schechter Rabbinical Seminary in Jerusalem
  • Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles
• About Masorti/Conservative Judaism
  • Conservative Judaism: Covenant and Commitment (PDF) – Rabbinical Assembly brochure
  • Conservative Judaism: Our Ancestors to Our Descendants – Online excerpts from a book by Rabbi Elliott Dorff
  • Revelation in Conservative, Reform, and Orthodox (chart) – PDF excerpt from Conservative Judaism: Our Ancestors to Our Descendants
  • The "Ideal" Conservative Jew: Eight Behavioral Expectations – United Synagogue for Conservative Judaism (US)
  • Principles and Values of Conservative Judaism – BBC Religion site
  • Teshuvot by the American Rabbinical Assembly
  • Responsa by the Israeli Rabbinical Assembly in English
• Key responsa/teshuvot:
  • Bat Cohen/Bat Levi Aliyot: USCJ CJLS positive opinion; Shechter Institute of Jewish Studies (Israel) negative opinion (summary)
  • Driving on Shabbat – PDF photocopy of the original 1950 responsa and Rabbi David Novak's 1974 dissent (from Conservative Judaism: Our Ancestors to Our Descendants)
  • Eating Kitniyot on Pesach (summary) – Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies (Israel)
  • Homosexuality, Human Dignity & Halachah (PDF) – USCJ Committee on Jewish Law and Standards
  • Including the Matriarchs in the Amidah – USCJ Committee on Jewish Law and Standards
  • Using Electrical and Electronic Devices on Shabbat – USCJ Committee on Jewish Law and Standards

Religious

• Candlelighting times worldwide
• Mourning and bereavement guide
• Siddur Audio -- Audio files for the major prayers in the Siddur Sim Shalom, the Conservative movement's prayerbook (note that the page numbers are different than in our edition)
• Virtual Cantor -- Audio files for Shabbat and holidays, including the Passover haggadah, the megillot, Akdamut, and a host of others
• Yahrtzeit calendar calculator
• Navigating the Bible -- Audio files and tikun presentation for Torah and Haftarah portions (uses standard parasha divisions), plus Divrei Torah
• Torah Trope @ CAA -- Provides sound files for Shabbat Torah and Haftorah trope, High Holiday Torah readings, and Purim megillah readings (US)
• Triennial Torah readings (Congregation Shearith Israel in Dallas, TX) -- Both printable text files and audio files for each aliyah for each parasha using triennial divisions (US)
• UK Haftorah Trope -- Includes study notes and links to sound files

Study

• A Page of Talmud -- Interactive site that breaks down the sections of a page of Talmud
• Biblical Hebrew resources
• BMV -- Virtual Beit Midrash of the Masorti movement in Israel
• Darsheini -- The Community Learning Program of the Australian Centre for the Study of Jewish Civilization at Monash University
• learn@JTSA -- Jewish education through distance learning
• Melton -- The Florence Melton adult mini-school (Melbourne)
• My Jewish Learning.com -- The Personal Gateway to Jewish Exploration
• Sefaria -- A wealth of commentaries, connections and translations across a library of texts

General Jewish Resources

• Hebrew calendar tools -- Custom Jewish calendars, date converter between Hebrew and Gregorian dates, and other calendar-related information
• Jerusalem Post
• Judaism 101
• Maven -- Jewish Web Directory and Search Engine
• Shamash.org -- International kosher restaurant database
• ShopinIsrael.com -- Israel shopping online to support Israeli merchants
• VirtualJerusalem -- Jewish life, Israel, Judaism, News, and More

Local Jewish Web Sites

• AIJAC -- Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council
• AJN -- Australian Jewish News newspaper
• JCCV -- Jewish Community Council of Victoria
• JECO -- Jewish Ecological Coalition
• JewishAustralia -- All you want to know about the Australian Jewish scene
• JOIN -- Jewish Ozzies' Inter.Net: "The electronic voice of the Australian Jewish Community"
• SZCV -- State Zionist Council of Victoria

Interfaith Related Web Sites

• AIS -- Australian Intercultural Society
• CCJ Australia -- The Australian Council of Christians and Jews
• ICCJ -- The International Council of Christians and Jews
• JCMA -- Jewish Christian Muslim Association of Australia

Kehilat Nitzan Constitution

Amended Kehilat Nitzan Constitution (Amended through 5 July 2015)