Resources
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
- 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
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