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Looking for information on Jewish Parenting?

Amelah — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 23:19:33 +0000

Are you raising Jewish kids? Are you an important adult in the life of Jewish kids (even if not their parent)? If so, you may be interested in http://kveller.com or their twitter feed http://twitter.com/kveller.

The site is put together by the same people who created http://myjewishlearning.com, a site which I’ve utilized and referenced for many years.

There are quite a few parenting blogs in cyberspace. As a non-parent, I don’t keep an extensive list. A do read blogs by a few friends who write about being Jewish parents:

ImaBima

Frume Sarah

Being a Jew in C-U

May parenting, teaching and interactions with children always be filled with respect, honor, joy, patience and an eye for the future.

A Video and Song for Yom Kippur

Amelah — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 01:36:11 +0000

Josh Nelson and G-dcast have put together a great video on Yom Kippur.

Yom Kippur from G-dcast.com
More Torah cartoons at www.g-dcast.com
Follow G-dcast on twitter @g_dcast

Jewish Trivia Game

Amelah — Sun, 06 Mar 2005 19:18:00 +0000

Looking for a way to have some educational fun online? Try Babaganewz’s Jewpardy game!

Have fun and go and learn!

Study Resources

Amelah — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 20:48:00 +0000

In honor of today’s siyyum of the 7-year cycle of daf yomi (daily study of a page of Talmud) I am posting some new links for Torah study. They appear in this post and in the margin where appropriate. (Thanks to Temple Sholom in Eau Clarie for many of the links.)

Daf Yomi
E-Daf
Daf Yomi Advancement Forum
Daf Yomi

Torah & Tanach
Targum Onqelos on the Torah with parallel Hebrew and Aramaic text (Mechon Mamre).
Tikkun Korim (Unvocalized text as in the sefer Torah (Mechon Mamre).

Genealogies of People in the Tanach (ORT)
Reference on People and Places in the Torah (ORT)

Rabbinic & Medieval Texts
Four of the Major Sources of Oral Torah – Hebrew (Mishnah, Talmud Bavli Talmud Yerushalmi and Tosefta from Machon Mamre).
Talmud Bavli in English (Under construction.)
Rashi Study Source>
Rambam’s Mishneh Torah with Parallel Hebrew/English text (Mechon Mamre).
Seforim Online, a Source for Many Texts.

General Study Resources
Hebrew Books.org

As the sages said – Zil G’mor – Go and Study!

B'nai Mitzvah Students

Amelah — Sun, 13 Feb 2005 16:12:00 +0000

One of the things which I enjoy about the rabbinate is the opportunity to teach people at all ages and at various levels of knowledge.

This past shabbat a young person who I have been teaching (as rabbi of the congregation and sometimes his classroom teacher as well) since he was 6 years old became a bar mitzvah. What a joy it is to be part of a youngster’s life (in an appropriate way), contributing to their sense of Judaism and their Jewish identity.

Today, I worked with 4 other b’nai mitzvah students (including a dad who is learning to lein (chant torah) along with his son!). Encouraging them to continue studying Torah, to persevere through the challenging elements is one of the aspects of teaching/tutoring which comes up almost constantly. I hope that the hours I spend with them adds to their learning, their sense of self, their pride in being Jewish and their later life as Jewish adults. B’eztrat Hashem (G-d willing).

May our teaching increase learning and love of Judaism.

Resources for Chanukkah

Amelah — Sun, 28 Nov 2004 09:17:22 +0000

In under two weeks we will begin to celebrate Chanukkah. As you prepare to celebrate with your community, family and friends here is a website with a variety of programs and resources for all ages, Chaunkkah Resources Page.

Enjoy!