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Links for Reconstructionists
These links may be of interest to you but do not reflect any endorsement by Kol HaLev.
 
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Jewish Reconstructionist Federation 
We are affiliated with the JRF. Its website has information about our movement, community development, events, a publications catalog, congregational directory, divrei Torah, and much more including a page for Midwest regional news. (From 1999-2003 website was maintained by AB)
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
Prepares Reconstructionist rabbis. Tamar Kamionkowski is the new Dean. Many date the start of an organized Reconstructionist movement to the founding of the RRC in 1968.
Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

Access to most pages of the RRA is limited to Reconstructionist rabbis, but there are some public pages of interest, particularly the back issues of The Reconstructionist Journal in .pdf format.
The Emergence of Reconstructionism  not currently working

Dr. Reena Friedman's essay in the Journal of the American Jewish Archives describes our movement's uniquely American character. 
Reconstructionist Judaism

A useful page on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  Link and General Sites
Jewish Virtual Library 
Perhaps the largest, best organized source of Jewish information on the web. More than 12,000 entries and thousands more pages, often signed essays with many terms hyperlinked to other pages.
Jewz.com 
What would happen if foundations and philanthropists gave more than $7 million over the past five years to develop a family of websites for Jewish information and education. Visit Jewz.com to see!
MyJewishLearning.com 
A "cyber-encyclopedia" with more than 2,000 on-line articles, this new site was funded by a $1.5 million gift from two "mega-philanthropists". Its aim is to promote Jewish literacy and it is targeted at those who don't think they know enough to ask questions.
Jewish Heritage Online Magazine 
An innovative independent, non-denominational webzine devoted to the study of classic and modern Jewish texts, culture and heritage. Editor - webkeeper of this beautiful literate site is former Clevelander Simcha Shtull, daughter of Rabbi Jacob Shtull z"l.
Maven Search
Your guide to thousands of Jewish - Israel links.
Shamash
The Jewish Network. Shamash provides links, tools and forums to Jewish organizations. It was "the" Jewish site in the early days of the web.
Jew  
Our link is part of an effort to show first on a Google search on the word "Jew" an informative page instead of the link to an anti-Semitic website. To learn more, read Google's explanation, the message that started the campaign and an article in the Cleveland Jewish News.
Chicago Jewish News    
A well done and eclectic - biography through vegetarianism - collection of Jewish links compiled by the Chicago Jewish News.
Forward 
The Jewish Daily Forward, founded in 1897 as a Yiddish language paper,has evolved to a lively, liberal weekly The Forward.
Jewish Currents
The web site of a still lively 60 year old magazine on American progressive secular Judaism.
Reconstructionist Divrei Torah
The JRF online collection with divrei Torah submitted by rabbis and lay men and women through the Recon-DT mailing list.
(I maintained this site from 2002-2004 AB)
Navigating the Bible II
This ORT site is much more than just a Bar/Bat Mitzvah tutor. It will expand your knowledge of the Bible. RealPlayer®required. 
Torahnet
This list compiled by Eric Simon can be a starting point for Torah study on the Web. Annotated and well organized.
Trop
Learn about the skill of Torah chanting from pages at Reform Congregation Beth El - Sudbury.
Torah From Terror
A collection of more than one hundred sermons delivered after 9/11.
Calendar Conversion
Translate a secular date to the Hebrew calendar. Part of the Jewish Genealogy web site.
   Israel
Ha’aretz 
English edition of daily newspaper
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Diverse collection of facts, documents and maps of Israel. Visit their new, under development site.
Israel section of JRF website 
Includes text for study, prayer and action, holidays in Israel, links to more information, and suggestions for discussions.
Jerusalem Post
The Internet edition of the Israeli daily English language newspaper
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Online Jewish news agency
Brit Tzedek v'Shalom Jewish Alliance for Justice & Peace  
A national organization of America Jews committed to Israel's well-being through achievement of a negotiated settlement to the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For Cleveland chapter, click here.
Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life (COEJL)
Founded in 1992 and perhaps the broadest coalition in the American Jewish community. A JRF affiliate.
Hazon  (Vision)
Based in Jerusalem, Hazon promotes environmental causes from a religious perspective.
  Social Action (Tikkun Olam)
MAZON
We regularly support Mazon, a Jewish response to hunger.
A JRF affiliate.
American Jewish World Service
An international development organization motivated by Judaism’s imperative to pursue justice. AJWS is dedicated to alleviating poverty, hunger and disease among the people of the developing world.
SocialAction.com
An on-line magazine dedicated to pursuing justice, building community and repairing the world (Tikkun Olam). Includes Torah Teachings, divrei Torah related to social issues.
Jewish FundS for Justice   new
Jewish FundS for Justice (JFSJ) is a public foundation established through the merger of The Shefa Fund and the Jewish Fund for Justice. Advances Jewish giving and investing for social change.
 
  History and Culture
Heritage: Civilization and the Jews  
On Abba Eban's 1986 television series, with many resource materials. (The site is only a small part of what's on the new interactive DVD.)
Beth Hatefutsoth
Museum of the Jewish People Online -- information on Jewish culture, heritage and history.
The Holocaust Memorial Museum
Information on the museum in Washington, DC, the Holocaust and also Holocaust-era assets. Many beautifully done virtual exhibits.
Remembering Luboml: Images of a Jewish Community 
A virtual exhibit of pre-World War II life in Luboml, Poland, a shtetl destroyed in the holocaust.  (Site developed by AB.)
Jewdot.com
A Web version of the new magazine Jew, with a sampling of the magazine's graphics, poetry and prose.
JewishGen: The Home of Jewish Genealogy
A primary internet source for researchers. It includes a database of 100,000+ surnames and ShtetlSeeker.
Famous Jews Interactive 
These eight year old pages by Steve Rutenberg survive in new form.

  American Jewish History    (more to come)
Jews in America 
The most complete web site on the history of the American Jewish experience. Launched in 2005.
Abba Hillel Silver 
Cleveland's most famous rabbi who mobilized America's support for the founding of the State of Israel. It is now part of a new website on Cleveland Jewish History.  (Site developed and maintained by AB.)
  Spirituality and Healing
Caring and Healing issue of The Reconstructionist
The Spring 1999 issue of the journal The Reconstructionist on the web site of www.rrc.edu. Acrobat Reader required.
Jewish Funerals
Website of a federation of synagogues in Washington DC that provides education and help in funeral practices.
Elat Chayyim - Jewish Spiritual Retreat Center
A facility offering courses and retreats year-round.
Located in the Catskill Mountains of New York State.
Healing Psalm 
In November 2002 Debbie Perlman lost her long battle with cancer. Many of her psalms are still available in the site's Archive section.
RitualWell  revised and expanded site
New ceremonies for life passages and Jewish holidays - a project of The Kolot Center for Women's and Gender Studies of the RRC and Ma'yan: the Jewish Women's Project at the JCC in Manhattan.
Lifecycle Innovations Flourish on the Net
A page from the web edition of The Forward, with links to pages across the denominational spectrum.
Breslov.org
A website devoted to the teachings of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov.
Tiferet Institute 
A new organization founded by Rabbi Yakov Travis, dedicated to the study and teaching of Jewish spirituality, with an emphasis on Kabbalah.
  Families and Children  (more to come)
Interfaith Family
Articles and forums for intermarried couples and their loved ones.
JewishFamily.com 
A major site. one of the Jewz.com family. Deep deep resources of pages (and money).
Rosh Hodesh: It's a Girl Thing 
A values-based, experiential Jewish program that aims to strengthen the self-esteem and Jewish identity of adolescent girls.
Ethical Wills 
Two sites on these written statements of principles for living:
www.EthicalWill.com and Women's Lives, Women's Legacies.
Caring Connections    new
A respected source of state-specific Advance Directives (including living wills, medical powers of attorney, and health care proxies). 
  Cleveland Ohio
Cleveland Jewish News
CJN's website includes a list of congregations, a calendar, and pages from The Source, their guide to Jewish living in NE Ohio. Recently the CJN reported on how interfaith families feel welcome here. more
Jewish Community Center of Cleveland 
"Fitness, recreation, culture, education and social programs for families and individuals of all ages".
Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland
"Federation" is the planning and fundraising organization for the Greater Cleveland Jewish community.
Siegal College of Judaic Studies 
The former Cleveland College of Jewish Studies. Offers adult education, teacher preparation and degree programs.
Cleveland Jewish Archives 
The CJA at the Western Reserve Historical Society documents the history of the Cleveland's Jewish community. Many on-line photos.
Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage
The history of Cleveland's Jewish community, a collection of Judaica, a Holocaust exhibit and a special exhibition gallery. Opened October 2005.
 
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 Last updated  December 27, 2006