5000 Years of Jewish History with Rabbi Berel Wein
Rabbi Wein and the Destiny Foundation present 33 short talks on
Jewish history. The Destiny Foundation produces educational and entertaining
media to tell the story of the Jewish people to the Jewish people.
This site features academic programming from the major
universities in Israel.
This is a delightfully creative music station that is produced
daily by Yosi & Tzvia in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. They welcome mix tapes,
station ids, demos, audio tapes, etc. and will incorporate them into their
shows.
Ahmedinejad Invited to Auschwitz
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad has become the world's
leading denier of the Holocaust. In Jerusalem, Noah Flug, President of the
Auschwitz International Committee, of former prisoners of Auschwitz has sent an
invitation to the Iranian leader to visit the death camp to see it for himself.
Video programs from AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs
Committee in Washington DC.
Aishaudio.com offers a searchable database of hundreds of
high-quality talks from Aish HaTorah's "Voices from Jerusalem" collection,
including discussions on Jewish history, ethics, law, family, Torah, marriage,
holidays, and other topics.
Akhlah Learn the Aleph-Bet - The Hebrew Alphabet
This website introduces English-speakers to the Hebrew alphabet
through various learning materials, from flash cards to script practice pages
and Hebrew words. Although geared toward children, it is a good learning tool
for adults as well.
The Palestinian organization Biladi-The Jerusalem Times and the
Israeli organization The Jewish-Arab Centre for Peace, Givat Haviva, are
partners in the youth magazine Crossing Borders and maintain a long-standing,
egalitarian working relationship. Together, this Palestinian-Israeli radio
station broadcasts in Hebrew, Arabic, and English.
American Jewish Committee Archives
The AJC has launched ajcarchives.org, a massive online archive
that contains materials from AJC's last hundred years. The website features
speeches, radio programs, commercials, articles and much more.
See and hear Bella Abzug, George Burns, Gerson Cohen, Abba Eban, Hank
Greenberg, Mordecai Kaplan, Golda Meir, Arthur Miller, Molly Picon, Neil Simon,
Isaac Bashevis Singer, Rosalyn Yalow and much more.
American Jewish Committee Radio
Global Jewish Radio, a multimedia initiative of the American
Jewish Committee, serves to keep Jews worldwide informed and connected. Radio
talks, which feature world leaders and AJC experts, discuss topics from the
Holocaust to anti-Semitism, political discourse in America, Islamic terrorism,
and contemporary Jewish communities around the world, among other diverse
subjects.
The ATS Youtube programs let you hear about groundbreaking
discoveries from Technion scientists.
Founded in 1941 to support the Technion-Israel Institute of
Technology,the ATS is the largest American organization supporting Israeli
higher education. It supports
groundbreaking research in areas such as nanotechnology, stem cells, cancer and
aerospace research and provides funding for graduate scholarships, fellowships
and many other student support programs.
This website provides broadcasters, commentators, journalists, and
media personalities with firsthand accounts of Israeli society, culture, and
geography in order to generate informed public discourse about the country and
the region.
Amos Oz on Israel Today, Rice University, November
7, 2003
Israeli novelist and peace activist Amos Oz addresses present
conflicts in Israel in the context of the general conflict between fanaticism
and tolerance.
Amos Oz Israel - Peace and War
Amos Oz, acclaimed Israeli novelist, peace activist, and professor
at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev, speaks about life in Israel.
Princeton University, November 10, 2003.
Andy Grove
A Biographyer's Tale
Andy Grove, founder of Intel, was born in Hungary in 1936. He came
to this country about fifty years ago. Andy was born on the wrong side of
history. He was born on September 2, 1936 in Budapest. He's of Jewish
origin—non-practicing. Nevertheless to be a Jew in Hungary, whether observant or
not, the Nazis didn't make those distinctions.
Antithesis - The Zionist Rapper - Home
Welcome to antithesistherapper.com, home of Antithesis, The
Zionist Rapper. Since recording Ima Mechaka Babayit in 2001, which the Chief
Rabbi of Great Britain, Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Sacks, described as a "very novel
prayer," Antithesis's fame for thought-provoking Zionist and Israel related rap
and hip hop music has spread far and wide.
Arab Israeli Peace Process, Rice University,
February 5, 1998
High-ranking Israeli and Egyptian diplomats discuss the latest
developments in and the prospects for the Middle East peace process.
Arutz Sheva - Israel National TV
Arutz Sheva, based in Israel , is a site that offers a very rich
variety of programming in English, Hebrew, French and Russian – including news,
discussion, music, and Torah. Video
and radio daily news reports are among the very best available in English.
Music programming is substantial and worth exploring.
Arutz Sheva's Jukebox is a unique source of a vast amount of
wonderful, non-commerical music. For
music lovers, this is a "must hear".
Arutz Sheva, based in Israel , is a site that offers a very rich
variety of programming in English, Hebrew, French and Russian – including news,
discussion, music, and Torah. Video
and radio daily news reports are among the very best available in English.
Music programming is substantial and worth exploring.
Audio Broadcasts for Jewish Holidays - Emanu-El
This site features Shabbat, Rosh Hashana and Passover broadcasts
from Temple Emanu-El in New York City, as well as readings from the Haggadah.
Audio Lectures on Jewish Meditation
This audio lecture, which interprets the Kabbalah and Chassidut,
expounds upon the deep meaning and purpose of meditation. It guides us through a
meditation on the inner meanings of the Hebrew year 5764 – from the secrets of
music to our “inner eye.”
Awake, Alive & Jewish - WTOP Radio
Broadcast every Sunday morning for almost 25 years, “Awake, Alive
and Jewish” is a unique blend of joyous music, interviews, educational features,
Israeli news, and irreverent banter between the hosts designed to appeal to
young families and the larger community.
The Baal Shem Tov is famous for his miraculous adventures. His
mystical legends can be discovered on this page through listening to weekly
audios. It has been said that if you believe all the stories, you're a fool. If
you believe none of the stories, you're more of a fool. Enjoy!
Susan Handelman, professor at Bar-Ilan University, Israel,
analyzes the dramatic encounters of the most famous teachers in Jewish tradition
with their students in the heat of debate during study. She explores the
relationships between students and teachers, which reveal the deeper meaning of
Jewish learning and tradition.
BEYOND THE PALE has aired on WBAI/New York, 99.5 FM, part of the
Pacifica Radio Network, since 1995. The program, which currently broadcasts
Sundays from noon to 1 p.m., explores local, national and international
political debate and analysis from a Jewish perspective. We also bring listeners
the voices and sounds of contemporary Jewish culture, from film critics to
filmmakers, novelists, poets and musicians. BEYOND THE PALE is the only Jewish
program on radio or television devoted to bringing a left perspective to
political and cultural debates.
BBC reporter Patrick Gordon Walker was among the press corps
during the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Northern
Germany on April 15, 1945. Over the next few weeks, he documented what he saw,
recording the first Sabbath ceremony openly conducted on German soil since the
beginning of the war, interviewing survivors, and speaking to British Tommies
about what they had witnessed at liberation.
BICOM - Britain Israel Communications & Research
Centre
BICOM, the British Israel Communications and Research Centre, is
an independent organisation devoted to creating a better understanding of Israel
in the UK. Listen and watch leading
experts analysing the latest developments in the Middle East.
These podcasts require the use of iTunes; instructions for use on
available on the BICOM site.
JLTV's sister radio station—JLTV features news and sports,
movies, music videos, documentaries, magazine programs, shows for children and
young adults, comedy and more.
This site contains a collection of videos, slideshows, photos, and
more of recent and previous Taglit-birthright Israel trips!
These podcasts were created from recordings of Louis
Brandsdorfer’s mother, who recollected her experiences of the Shoah. She
describes how many members of her family, from a small Polish town near the
German border, died, while she and her sister survived. The quality of the
recordings varies.
B'nai B'rith International's YouTube Channel
This Jewish news and features magazine from B'nai B'rith
International features a search engine for previous broadcast shows.
Hosted by Heidi Estrin, this podcast features author interviews,
book and music reviews, and comments from Jewish readers. Featured personalities
include Markus Zusak, Alice Hoffman, Steve Brodsky, Mordicai Gerstein, and
others.
למרות שאיש לא האמין, ואף אחד לא נתן הרבה תקוות, זה היה נראה חלום
ורוד אך לא מעבר… אך למרות הכל זה קרה! חבורה של חסידי ברסלב, ובראשם הרב אהוד שדה,
החליטו להקים תחנת רדיו, שתיקרא "רדיו ברסלב", שתשדר את דיבוריו, תורותיו, ומשנתו
של רבי נחמן מברסלב בשידור חי לאלפי מאזינים מידי יום.
The mission of Brit Tzedek v’Shalom, the Jewish Alliance for
Justice and Peace, is to educate and mobilize American Jews in support of a
negotiated two-state resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
This is a webcast of their February 18-19, 2006 West Coast Regional
Conference entitled “From the Ground Up
Building Israeli-Palestinian Peace in Uncertain Times”, which was held in
San Francisco. Speakers included
Rabbi Roberto Graetz, Marcia Freedman, Stephen P. Cohen and Amjad Atallah.
Building Security in the Broader Middle East
On September 15, 2006, Philip Zelikow delivered the opening
keynote address at The Washington Institute’s annual Weinberg Founders
Conference. Mr. Zelikow is a counselor to the Department of State, serving as
the secretary of state’s senior policy advisor on a wide range of issues.
Cal Berkeley California Jewish - Muslim -
Palestinian - Arab Peace Dialogue
“Humanizing the Israel-Palestine Conflict A Day of Mutual
Recognition.” The site contains Berkeley students’ statements of recognition and
empathy; a talk by Rabbi Michael Lerner about the Middle East conflict; music;
discussion by Mr. Al-Atar, Director of Palestinians for Peace and Democracy; and
other dialogues. University of California, Berkeley, International House
Auditorium, May 4, 2003.
Click on the song title to hear the track in Real Audio by these
artists Alan Eder & Friends, Linda Hirschhorn, Laurence Juber & Craig Taubman,
Ben Sidran with Lynette, Tzimmes, Joe Black, Judy Frankel, Sruli & Lisa, Jon
Simon, Flory Jagoda, Peter Yarrow, Yom Hadash, and Debbie Friedman.
Celebrate Series - Your Ultimate Jewish Music Source
Welcome to Celebrate
Series, which features well-known contemporary Jewish musicians and provides
soundtracks for Jewish life and celebration.
This website offers outstanding and timely lectures and music from
the Center for Jewish History in New York City. Topics include considerations of
Freud, anti-Semitism, Klezmer, Baruch Spinoza, and Jews and genes, among others.
The center is a joint venture of the American Jewish Historical Society, the Leo
Baeck institute, YIVO Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and the American
Sephardi Federation.
Center
for Online Judaic Studies
The Center for Online Judaic Studies (COJS), is an organization
which is revolutionizing the study of Jewish history with cutting-edge internet
and digital imaging technologies, including webcasting.
Their interactive encyclopedia, vast database of primary sources,
multimedia presentations, and innovative educational materials serve as
resources for students, teachers, adult learners, and scholars.
Central Jewish Resource - Russian Jewish Website
News and commentary, Yiddish and Klezmer music, and much more!
Much of the site is in Russian.
Centrality Of Jewish Values In Shaping The Jewish
Future
Professor Calvin Goldscheider of Brown University presents this
talk on Jewish values based on his interviews with European Jews who survived
WWII. Produced by University of Washington, May 2000.
Since 2000, Centropa has interviewed 1,350 elderly Jews still
living in the 15 countries between the Baltic and the Aegean (from Estonia and
Russia to Greece and Turkey), but we never use video nor do we focus primarily
on the Holocaust. Instead, we collect and digitize family snapshots—tens of
thousands of them. We spend between six to twenty hours with each respondent,
asking them to paint for us a picture of the world they grew up in—as well as
the world they rebuilt for their families after the war (we also dutifully
record everything our respondents wish to share with us about the Shoah).
This vast collection of classes on Torah from Chabad of North
Beverly Hills includes courses on Talmud, Torah, Chabad, Hebrew language,
stories, Jewish laws and customs, and more.
Chabad.Org Audio/Video - Weekly Parshah
Commentaries on the weekly parshah.
This is Chabad’s national audio/video web presence.
Hear and see recordings of the Rebbe, imaginative kids' programming, as
well as discussions on Judaism, relationships, Kabbalah, Chassidic philosophy,
Parshah, holidays, Jewish history, and more!
Chagigah 88.9FM Emerson College
Tune in and celebrate! Chagigah brings you the best in Jewish and
Israeli culture. A show that transcends any language barrier, Chagigah embraces
classic Yiddish and klezmer music dating from 1914 to today. The music style
becomes more contemporary as the show moves into traditional Israeli folk and
the latest in Israeli rock. It's worth waking up for!
The program is an unrehearsed and informed discussion of current
events; it is one of, if not the, best Jewish talk shows in existence today.
Leon Charney is a prominent lawyer, author, and former adviser to
President Jimmy Carter, who described Mr. Charney as the "unsung hero" of the
Camp David Accords.
The Chassidic Jazz Project was formed in 1998 to fill a void in
Jazz and World Music. It brings the music of the Jewish people to a larger
audience by using jazz as a vehicle for musical expression. The Chassidic Jazz
Project is comprised of seven musicians, including its leader, veteran jazz
drummer and composer Reuben Hoch and internationally renowned percussionist
Robert Thomas Jr.
Hear Real Audio™ Shiurim or see a video about the Chicago
Community Kollel.
From Southern California Public Radio, 89.3-KPCC.
A former Israeli soldier and a former Palestinian combatant and prisoner
share their thoughts and experiences of the conflict in the middle-east. Shimon
Katz and Suleiman Al Hamri work with Combatants for Peace, a joint
Israeli-Palestinian group, working for non-violent solutions to the struggle.
Constantine's Sword
The Church and the Jews
James Carroll's book, Constantine's Sword The Church and the Jews,
is both a powerful and disturbing analysis of the history of Christian,
especially Roman Catholic, dealings with the Jews. He argues that Christians
took anti-Semitic forks in the road when they might well have written a less
tragic history by following another road.
Countering Holocaust Denial in Arab and Muslim
Societies
On October 20, 2006, Robert Satloff, Akbar Ahmed, and Gregg
Rickman addressed The Washington Institute’s Special Policy Forum. Dr. Satloff
is the Institute’s executive director and author of Among the Righteous Lost
Stories from the Holocaust’s Long Reach into Arab Lands. Dr. Ahmed is the Ibn
Khaldun chair of Islamic Studies at American University and former Pakistani
high commissioner to Great Britain. Dr. Rickman is special envoy for monitoring
and combating anti-Semitism with the State Department.
Crash Course in Jewish History
Jewish history "in 24 hours"; 32 classes of 45 minutes each, with
Ken Spiro, overviewing 4,000 years of Jewish history!
Cultural Disjunctions And Modern Jewish Identity
Professor Mendes-Flohr, Professor of Jewish Thought at Hebrew
University, Jerusalem, seeks to compound and celebrate the ambiguities of
post-traditional Jewish identities in the modern and post-modern periods while
noting the discontinuities of such categories as faith, ritual, culture,
territory, and ethnicity.
Here you will find a collection of resources for learning the Daf
Yomi, the daily page of Talmud studied as part of a monumental program initiated
by Rav Meir Shapiro in 1923 at the First World Congress of Agudath Israel in
Vienna. Daf yomi shiurim are given
by Rav Grossman of Los Angeles.
Daniel Ayalon on Israeli Peace Strategy, October 10,
2002
His Excellency Daniel Ayalon, Ambassador of the State of Israel to
the United States, speaks on the Israeli Peace Strategy.
Become part of a group of university-educated and professional men
committed to lifelong Jewish intellectual, spiritual, and personal growth.
Listen to the latest weekly Parsha, annual alumni talks, and audio programs on
special shiurim and holidays.
Deborah Hertz How Jews Became Germans
UCSD Professor of Modern Jewish Studies Deborah Hertz discusses
her new book, which traces the social history of German Jewish families from
1645 through the 1930s.
Dennis Ross - at the World Affairs Council of Northern California
Ambassador Dennis Ross' address on "The Missing Peace The Inside
Story of the Fight for the Middle East Peace", delivered September 30, 2004. For
more than 12 years, Ambassador Ross helped shape U.S. involvement in the Middle
East peace process. Here, he
discusses the lessons he learned and the advice he has offered for bringing
peace to the region.
Deterrence in the Middle East
Consequences of the Lebanon War
On September 16, 2006, Uzi Arad, Uzi Dayan, and Ephraim Sneh
addressed The Washington Institute’s annual Weinberg Founders Conference. Mr.
Arad is former head of research for Israel's foreign intelligence service, the
Mossad. General Dayan is former head of Israel's National Security Council. Dr.
Sneh is former deputy defense minister and current head of the Labor faction in
the Israeli parliament.
Di Velt fun Yidish Audio Stories
The World of Yiddish / Di velt fun yidish / haOlam haYidi is
devoted to Yiddish language, literature, and folklore. Special attention is
given to Hebrew-Yiddish relations and the generations of bilingual (Hebrew and
Yiddish) writers. The site presents classic Yiddish texts, e.g., Yehoyesh's
monumental Yiddish translation of the Tanakh (Bible); reference and
bibliographic materials, e.g., Louis Fridhandler's magisterial guide to the
works of Shalom-Aleichem; and English abstracts of the Hebrew-language Khulyot,
a journal of Yiddish studies.
E-Daf.com is an online source for Talmud Daf Yomi in Tzuras HaDaf.
Listen to it in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish.
Einstein and the Mind of God - Part One
From “Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippett”,
public radio's conversation about religion, meaning, ethics, and ideas.
Part one of this series takes Einstein's science as a starting point for
exploring the great physicist's perspective on ideas such as mystery, eternity,
and the mind of God.
Einstein and the Mind of God - Part Two
Part two of this series delves into Einstein's Jewish identity,
his passionate engagement around issues of war and race, and modern extensions
of his ethical and scientific perspectives.
Einstein Recovers Judaism and Discovers Politics
This is a lecture by Robert Schulmann, professor, history,
Johannes Gutenberg University.
Before 1919 Einstein's political and social interests lay fallow, their moral
roots unarticulated. This talk argues that it was his search for Jewish identity
as a 40-year old, in the years after World War I, as well as his growing
commitment to Zionism, that laid the foundation for his active political
engagement.
Through her classes, lectures and travels, Esther Wein has been
sharing Torah for many years. Sought after as a speaker, traveling around the
country, she offers words of Torah and insight. She has taught in high schools
and at the Jewish Renaissance Center, and currently gives weekly Parsha and
Prayer classes in the Five Towns (NY).
אתניX היתה בשנות ה-90 אחת הלהקות המצליחות בישראל, ויותר מכך מה
שנראה תחילה כגימיק שיווקי שנולד מחוסר ברירה, הפך לסגנון מאוד מצליח ששינה את הפופ
הישראלי ואת ההתייחסות למוסיקה מזרחית ישראלית.
Eyal Weizman on Architecture and Occupation, Rice
University, March 18, 2004
Eyal Weizman, architect from Tel Aviv and London, discusses his
research and map-making project for the human rights organization B'Tselem on
violations of human rights by architecture and planning in the West Bank.
Folksbiene Yiddish Theater Radio Documentary by
Sound Portraits
The Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre, the longest-running Yiddish
theatre company in the world, was founded in 1915.
It was sustained by two of the company's veteran members – Morris Adler
and Zypora Spaisman. In this American talker piece, Adler and Spaisman remember
the half century they each spent with the theater.
A collection of over 4,200 videotaped interviews with witnesses
and survivors of the Holocaust, the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust
Testimonies is part of the manuscripts and archives collections at Sterling
Memorial Library, Yale University.
In Yiddish, the weekly radio magazine of the Forward newspaper
broadcasts every Saturday evening at 9 pm, WWCA 570 AM, in New York and New
Jersey.
Professor Chava Weissler explores the complex relationship of
renewal interpretations of Kabbalah to classical forms of Jewish mysticism
through teaching of the four worlds.
From Golden Age to Expulsion History, Society, and
Culture of MedievalSephardic Jewry
"120 Minutes With JTS" provides an in-depth exploration of a wide
range of Jewish topics and interests. Each issue is covered in six distinct
twenty minute learning modules by a noted JTS scholar and is designed to educate
and inspire. This installment covers "From Golden Age to Expulsion History,
Society, and Culture of Medieval Sephardic Jewry".
Radio and TV from Israel; uncensored.
Fundamentalism in the Middle East, October 30, 2001
Any longstanding religion may experience outcroppings of the
fundamentalist impulse. But this impulse has appeared most often and most
clearly in Islam, Christianity, and Judaism, the classic "Religions of the
Book," all of which appeal to authoritative scriptures and traditions to
validate them in their struggle with modernity and pluralism. In this panel
discussion, the Baker Institute brings bring together leading analysts to
explore the impact of these traditions on political developments in the Middle
East and beyond.
Gal Galatz - IDF Radio, second channel
The hipper radio station of the Israel Defense Forces.
Galei
Tzahal (the IDF radio station)
The radio station of the Israel Defense Forces.
An Israeli/American webcasting station!
Chava Weissler explores the idea of gender and Jewish renewal. The
majority of participants in the Jewish renewal movement are women. Several
factors are at work here to explain this, such as the theology of the movement,
which articulates the importance of the shekhinah, the feminine divine.
In its heyday in the 1930s, Yiddish radio flourished across
America. Thirty stations in New York alone aired Jewish programming advice
shows, variety shows, man-on-the-street-interviews, news programs, music and
game shows in both Yiddish and English. The programs in this collection afford
us a snapshot of American Jewish life in the 1930s and 40s.
Guilt and Pleasure - Lopate Interview
Guilt & Pleasure is a new quarterly dealing with Jewish culture.
Editor-in-chief Mireille Silcoff and contributor Gary Shteyngart tell us about
the magazine's mission and preview the contents of the first issue (from
"cowboys and farmers named Horovitz" to "Hasids vs. Brooklyn hipsters"). From
The Leonard Lopate Show, December 22, 2005.
Hadassah Video Library
In German, this is the largest Jewish website in Europe with a
wide selection of music links. It provides news about Jewish life in Germany,
Europe, and information about Israel and the Middle East. The site includes
pages on Judaism, Hebrew, Yiddish, and special topics for children. In recent
years they have had to concentrate more on political work and education against
antisemitism and neonazism on the Internet.
Halting Palestinian Funds (2/28/06)
On February 28, 2006, The Washington Institute for Near East
Policy Executive Director Robert Satloff appeared on PBS’s NewsHour with Jim
Lehrer program to discuss international funding of the Palestinian Authority
following Hamas’s victory in Palestinian parliamentary elections.
Hanukkah Swings! with Kenny Ellis
This holiday season gets swingin' with Hanukkah Swings! Kenny
Ellis, a multi-faceted musical performer and cantor, makes Hanukkah hip for pop,
jazz and big band lovers with his Favored Nations' Cool debut.
Features brilliant ensemble arrangements by Emmy Award winning
composer/arranger Harvey R. Cohen.
Hatikva (The Hope) - National Anthem of Israel
Find here a variety of versions of Hatikva, including music and
lyrics, in Hebrew, Transliteration and English.
One rendition is by Barbra Streisand.
The title of the national anthem, HATIKVA, means "The Hope."
Haven to Home An American Journey (Library of
Congress)
This live performance tells the stories of Emma Lazarus, an
immigrant's daughter who became known as Lady Liberty's poet, and Irving Berlin,
an immigrant who became one of America's best loved composers.
Hazzan Joanna Selznick Dulkin received her Masters of Sacred Music
and Investiture from the Jewish Theological Seminary in 2004. She is an honors
graduate of Stanford University, where she studied English, sang a cappella, and
led community High Holiday Services. Her background is in musical theatre and
folk music, and she has performed throughout the US and the world. She has also
been a songleader and music educator in the Jewish community for many years, at
congregations, schools and summer camps in the SF Bay and New York Metro areas,
and at camp Ramah Darom in Georgia. Hazzan Dulkin is also an award-winning
composer and published writer.
Hebrew - English Bible by Books - Mechon-Mamre
Here are direct links to recordings in Hebrew on the Israeli
Snunit Kodesh site, provided by Audio Scriptures International and the United
Bible Society, ©1976; they are not chanted with a melody, but are clearly
pronounced in Sephardic-style Hebrew.
Hebrew Multimedia Resources at Stanford University
The goal of the Hebrew@Stanford multimedia pages is to share with
the community of instructors and students of Hebrew the material which was
developed at Stanford as well as to host content developed by other partners.
These pages were designed not as an online course, but as tools to enrich and
support other courses and programs.
Hebrew Programs from Australia's SBS
The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is Australia's
multicultural and multilingual public broadcaster. Here are its Hebrew
offerings.
This site is an index of song lyrics that have been transliterated
and translated from the Hebrew for the enjoyment of our readers worldwide. It
links to the Israeli dance database.
The Department of Distance Education is pleased to offer
selections from HUC-JIR's video and audio collection. Lectures cover a variety
of topics of central interest to the Reform movement, including the 2000 Jewish
population survey, Jewish mysticism, congregational education, sexuality, and
healing.
Hebron - City of the Patriarchs
Jewish residents of Hebron speak out about their lives, their
history, their community, and Hebron in the Torah.
Hidabroot’s aim is to bring secular and religious Jews closer.
This site provides information about Jewish heritage in a friendly and
non-judgmental atmosphere, on topics ranging from personal stories to society
and opinions, life after life, family and marriage, women, and spirituality and
mysticism.
This site features various videos concerning the activities of the
Hillel Jewish student organization, including presentations by Natan Sharansky
and Alan Dershowitz.
“Hip Hop Shabbat” is a CD that turned into an experience. It's an
experiment that turned into a unique ceremony, and it's hip-hop that connects
Jewish people to their heritage.
Holocaust and the Importance of Museums
Anthony Platt's Bloodlines is the story of how an original copy of
the 1935 Nuremberg Laws, signed by Hitler and turned over to General George S.
Patton, ended up in the Huntington Library vault and remained there – unknown to
the world - for 55 years. Platt
discusses wartime looting, Patton’s bigotry, the Holocaust, eugenics, Jewish
identity, and the responsibility of museums and cultural centers.
Holocaust Denial Seminar Report from Fox News
A Fox News report dealing with Holocaust deniers and the Iranian
December 2006 conference on the Holocaust.
HonestReporting.com is a website dedicated to ensuring that Israel
receives fair media coverage by scrutinizing the worldwide media for anti-Israel
bias.
Hungarian Jewish Radio - Radio Zs
Radio Zs is the first Hungarian language Jewish community radio
which has been broadcasting its pilot program on the Internet since October
2003. Radio Zs is an unprecedented new non-profit, self-organized and organic
media. They have listeners all over the
world; several hundreds of people listen to their programs every day.
Reb Moshe has been teaching Torah online for 10 years.
All are welcome and we are sure that every Jew will be able to quench
their thirsty neshamos, souls, throughout our websites.
The “Idan Raichel Project” was Idan’s first ever solo album, and
it introduced him to the small niche of world-music fans on the Israeli music
scene. The album was a first of its kind. It presented an anonymous
composer/producer who borrowed elements from various genres and mixed them
together in a unique fashion.
Venue Books Inc. - Mountain View, CA.
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross speaks about “My Year Inside Radical Islam A
Memoir”. Raised by parents who were
Jewish by birth but dismissive of strict dogma, the author reveals his
experience of converting to Islam and recounts a story of how a good faith can
be distorted and a decent soul can be seduced away from its principles.
International Shalom Radio From Poland
Radio Szalom from Poland transmits Jewish and Israeli music -
lovely!
Internet Guide to Chabad Literature
This site contains a gallery of videos of the Rebbe and other
Chabad leaders and activities. Videos include ones on the Rebbe speaking in
English, the Rebbe at the ground breaking for the main Chabad shul in Brooklyn,
the Rebbe at various holidays, Senator Joseph Lieberman in conversation with the
Rebbe, and more.
Introduction to the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible)
with Professor Christine Hayes
This Yale College course examines the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible)
as an expression of the religious life and thought of ancient Israel, and a
foundational document of Western civilization. A wide range of methodologies,
including source criticism and the historical-critical school, tradition
criticism, redaction criticism, and literary and canonical approaches are
applied to the study and interpretation of the Bible. Special emphasis is placed
on the Bible against the backdrop of its historical and cultural setting in the
Ancient Near East.
Iran Hosts Holocaust Deniers Conference - from NPR
NPR report, December 11, 2006, on the two-day conference that
brings together Holocaust deniers and foes of Israel from around the world
Iranian Jewry From Past to Present
Webcast of lectures from the 2008 conference organized by the
University of Maryland and the Library of Congress.
The Jews of Iran comprise not only one of the oldest populations of Jews
in the world, but also one of the most ancient threads in the diverse fabric of
the ancient Iranian community. Beginning with the Achaemenid period (550-330
B.C.) and lasting beyond the emigration of a portion of Iran's Jewish population
to the United States and Israel in the late 1970s, Jews have had a complex
interaction with the Persian state and culture.
The morning session focused on Jews in Medieval Persian Cultures and
Resources for the Study of Iranian Jewry.
Click here for the Morning session
http//www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4507 .
The afternoon session focused on Jewish Material Culture and Folk Art and
Jewish Culture in Twentieth Century Iran. Click here for the Afternoon session
http//www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4508
Iraqi Jewish Archives Lack Funds for Restoration
“All Things Considered,” NPR, May 9, 2005. As related in this
audio piece, in 2003, U.S. forces discovered a cache of documents and sacred
texts that had belonged to Iraq's once-thriving Jewish community in a flooded
basement of Saddam Hussein's secret police. The records were transported to the
U.S., where efforts to restore them are stalled by a shortage of funds.
Irshad Manji Confessions of a Muslim Dissident
Irshad Manji is the author of the controversial bestseller, "The
Trouble With Islam Today A Muslim's Call for Reform in Her Faith".
This event took place on April 19, 2005 in Pauley Ballroom, UC Berkeley.
Is Israeli Classical Music Jewish?
The music of Israel is a unique combination of Jewish and
non-Jewish traditions that have come together over the course of a century to
create a distinctive musical culture. Immigrants from Europe, Asia, the Middle
East and elsewhere brought with them their musical traditions, melding and
molding them into a new Israeli sound that helped define the emerging national
spirit. At The Library of Congree, Ronit Seter, a scholar in the field of Israel
art music, poses the question "Is Israeli Classical Music Jewish?"
Is There a Clash of Civilizations?
Venue World Affairs Council of Northern California - San
Francisco, CA. “Muslims in the West
- with Olivier Roy”. Olivier Roy is
one of Europe's most noted experts on Islam, with particular expertise on the
globalization of Islam and its expression in the West. He has recently made the
point that Islamism, or radical political Islam, is growing worldwide as is the
radicalization of Muslims in the West. Roy discusses these trends and their
underlying causes.
In February 2004, The Library of America hosted a discussion
dedicated to Isaac Bashevis Singer's life and works.
Select from these links for audio of the discussion (1 hour, 22 minutes),
which begins with an exploration of Singer and the Yiddish literary tradition.
IsraCast is a Jerusalem-based multimedia broadcast and
distribution network that focuses on Israeli foreign affairs and defense issues.
Its purpose is to disseminate reliable and accurate information and
provide the worldwide public with an objective picture of events in the Middle
East.
Israel21c works with existing institutions and the media to inform
Americans about 21st-century Israel, its people, its institutions, and its
contributions to global society. Israel21c creates, aggregates, and broadly
disseminates high-quality information to the American public about the Israel
that exists beyond the pervasive imagery of conflict that characterizes so much
of western media reporting.
This site reports Israel’s high tech stories to the world, both as
a service to the industry and to broadcast positive news about Israel around the
globe. There are some fascinating developments going on in Israel’s high tech
world, and this is where you will see and hear it first!
An excellent, weekly one hour radio show from central New Jersey
focusing exclusively on contemporary Israeli music. Live, Sundays at 1 pm;
programs are archived for later listening.
Israel Ministry Of Foreign Affairs
News and background reports in both audio and video formats
provide insightful presentations on topics related to Israel’s political and
diplomatic situation.
Israel News Live TV INFOLIVE.TV 24/7
Infolive.tv is Israel's first news television channel in four
languages (English, French, Spanish, and Arabic) broadcasting live on the
Internet. Infolive.tv produces a comprehensive daily live news bulletin that
includes debates, editorials, interview, and reports.
Israel Radio - English Radio News
English radio news.
Israel Radio - English TV News
English TV news.
The "all" Hebrew music channel.
These are the official radio and TV stations of the State of
Israel. Broadcasts are in English, Hebrew, Arabic, and other languages. English
language programs contain the latest news items and reports from Israel and the
Middle East, as well as major international stories and issues relating to the
Jewish communities of the Diaspora.
January 5, 2006, #32 “Clinging to Life.” On this week's podcast,
Dave talks about Israeli Prime Minister Sharon's worsening condition, reactions
from around the world, and what the future may hold.
Israel-Palestine Conflict, Davos 2007
Venue World Economic Forum - Davos, Switzerland.
The World Economic Forum “Enough Is Enough - Israel and the Palestinian
Territories”. Middle East leaders
talk about a proposed Arab peace plan and efforts to achieve sustainable peace
based on a two-state solution. Topics include the major obstacles to negotiating
a peace settlement, building trust and momentum towards a resolution, and
methods Israeli and Palestinian politicians could use to end a self-perpetuating
cycle of violence.
Israel Seen presents the views of two quirky individuals who share
a love of and commitment to Israel. The website presents interesting interviews
from many of Israel’s most talented artists and gives voice to the many talented
immigrants that have chosen to live here from around the world.
IsraTV offers a fine range of innovative programming. Its mission
is to be the most dynamic source of Israeli information for those outside the
State of Israel. It contains videos on politics, high-tech industry, the Holy
land, religion, tourism, culture, humor, music, society, and more – in different
languages including Hebrew and English.
Jadio is a Jewish streaming audio site providing on-demand
delivery of Jewish lectures and discussions authored by some of the world's most
compelling and inspiring Jewish scholars, including Kenneth Adelman, Yehuda
Bauer, Dr. Sara Bloomfield, Shmuley Boteach, Abba Eban, and Esther Jungreis
JBooks.com - Amplified Books Index
Listen to musical book reviews and author readings on JBooks.com,
the Online Jewish Book Community. The site features fiction, non-fiction,
children’s books, interviews and profiles, first chapters, and discussions.
jCast - Jewish Podcast from London JCC
Now your iPod's starting to talk Jewish!
Welcome to jCast, the new podcast from the Jewish Community Centre for
London, sponsored by the Jewish Chronicle.
jCast is a lively, off-beat take on Jewish life.
JCRC of the Jewish Federation of Southern New Jers
JCRC Podcast #2, 10/19/2006 KYW Newsradio's Jay Bushinsky in a
conversation about the Middle East.
Jay Bushinsky is KYW Newsradio's Middle East Bureau Chief and the program was
sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council and the Jewish Federation of
Southern New Jersey.
Welcome to jerusalemonline.com, the first video news update from
Israel in English sent directly to your email on a daily basis. This short,
to-the-point, balanced update is brought to you by Israel’s leading television
news source, Channel 2 News.
When the German government announced that it was planning to build
a "Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe" to mark the 60th anniversary of the
end of World War II in May 2005, Marzynski decided it was finally time to go to
Berlin himself. In "A Jew Among the
Germans," FRONTLINE presents Marzynski's moving and provocative search for a
Germany that he -- and his children -- can live with.
Choose from the following audio and video selections the Western
Wall, a guide to matzah baking; CSCI music video; Arik Sharon camp speech;
Shabbat zemirot in audio; parsha stories; money matters; and the letters of the
aleph bais.
Jewish Book in America - Library of Congress
Jonathan Sarna, who here discusses the Jewish book in America, is
the Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis
University and chairs the Academic and Editorial Board of the Jacob Rader Marcus
Center of the American Jewish Archives. He also is the author most recently of
American Judaism A History.
Jewish Education for Adults from the comfort of your
home
Got Torah? Comes to you from Oorah, a Jewish outreach organization
based in Lakewood, New Jersey. For more than two decades, Oorah has been helping
Jewish families connect to their heritage. Most of its volunteers are young
rabbinical students who are eager to share and teach what they’ve learned.
The Jewish Giant began with photographer Jenny Carchman’s search
to uncover a story that remained secret for 25 years the story of the very large
man whom Diane Arbus photographed towering over an older couple. The caption
read, "Jewish giant at home with his parents in the Bronx , NY, 1970,” and this
man was Jenny’s cousin. The Jewish Giant is a story of suffering, of not fitting
in, of the body betraying itself, and of the bizarre life-twists that can
subsume a family.
Jewish Heritage on Beacon Hill
Ellen Smith, lecturer in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at
Brandeis University, discusses the history of Jewish immigration in Boston.
Boston's first Jewish congregation established a synagogue in the South End in
1852. By 1907, Boston's Jewish population had grown to 60,000 with many families
settling in the West End. The Vilna congregation began to hold services on
Beacon Hill in 1903 and remained there until 1985.
Jewish Heritage Online Magazine
Jewish Heritage Online Magazine (JHOM.com) is an innovative web
monthly with some 2500 screens devoted to the study of classic and modern Jewish
texts, culture, and heritage. Originally sponsored by the Memorial Foundation
for Jewish Culture (NY), JHOM.com is an independent, non-denominational webzine,
without religious or political platform.
Jewish High Holidays Broadcast from Temple Emanu-El,
NYC
High Holiday Internet Broadcast, Cyber Seder broadcast, and more -
live!
Jewish History by Rabbi Berel Wein
Rabbi Berel Wein is a noted scholar, historian, speaker, and
educator who is admired the world over for his books and cassette tapes –
particularly on Jewish History.
JLTV is a 24/7 Jewish television channel serving all 50 states.
JLTV features news and sports, movies, music videos, documentaries,
magazine programs, shows for children and young adults, comedy and more.
Jewish Meditation Audio Lectures
In this audio lecture, Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh expounds upon the
deep meaning and purpose of meditation, and then guides us through a meditation
on the inner meanings of the Hebrew year 5764.
Jewish Museum – National Jewish Archive Of
Broadcasting
The National Jewish Archive of Broadcasting is a valued component
of the Jewish Museum of New York's permanent collection, and it is the largest
and most comprehensive body of broadcast materials on 20th-century Jewish
culture in the U.S.
Jewish Museum - Online Exhibitions
Online exhibitions at The Jewish Museum of New York give viewers
opportunities for in-depth, interactive encounters with the collection, as well
as with featured special exhibitions.
Jewish Music Videos Playlist -1
Jewish Music Videos Playlist #1 from JewishWebcasting.com on
YouTube (26 music videos)
Jewish National & University Library -
National Sound Archives
Nineteen songs we love to hear from the early days of Israel –
from the recording collection of the national sound archives.
Jewish Reconstructionist Radio
Heart, Mind, and Spirit, the first regularly scheduled
Reconstructionist radio show in the history of the movement, was produced and
aired weekly in the Philadelphia area. More than 70 half-hour shows were
produced.
American Judaism has developed new varieties of spiritual
expression, including feminist ritual and liturgy, Jewish mysticism (Kabbalah),
retreat centers teaching Jewish meditation, and dialogues among Jews, Buddhists,
and Jewish Buddhists. All of these have influenced the Jewish renewal movement,
whose founders endeavored to create an American reformulation of Jewish
spirituality and drew from sources such as Kabbalah, Hasidism, Jewish feminism,
and the Havurah movement, as well as eastern influences, the ecological
movement, and the self-actualization movement. Professor Chava Weissler
discusses this topic.
Jewish Stories From the Old World to the New
Listen to stories from the series which captures the vitality,
humor and contradictions of modern Jewish life.
JEWISH THOUGHT LEADERS is a production of the Koret Taube Center
for Jewish Peoplehood at the Osher Marin Jewish Community Center. This podcast
features talks that we have presented at our center. Each presentation is
introduced by Joanne Greene, Director of our Center for Jewish Peoplehood.
This site provides links to over 600 hours of Jewish audio and
video! Link directly to 613.org sound today and learn about Jewish holidays,
music, parasha, the Bible, and more.
Jewish Women's Issues - Library of Congress
Susan Schneider is an author. For her work on Lilith, an
award-winning Jewish women’s magazine, Schneider was awarded a Polakoff Lifetime
Achievement Award in journalism. She has also been honored by Hadassah with the
Golden Wreath Award and the Eleanor Roosevelt Prize by the American Jewish
Congress (AJC). The AJC and the Israel Women’s Network honored her in the
Knesset, together with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, as one of a
select group of Jewish Women Who Have Made a Difference.
Jewish World Radio, a Jewish Orthodox station and joint venture of
Sephardim and Ashkenazim Jews, is located in Orlando, Florida. It features the
best of Judaism, its music, its unique Torah teachings, kabala, news, and much
more. In English, Spanish, and Hebrew.
Chabad offers at this site an incredible array of audio
programming on topics ranging from the Daf Yomi to children’s stories, Rambam,
niggunim, women’s topics, the Rebbe, lectures in Yiddish, and much more.
Continuous Jewish music – 13 channels to choose from! (You must
login to access the site.)
JewishJukebox.com - Sameach Music's Home on the Web
Sameach Music is one of the world's largest distributors of Jewish
music, video, and songbooks. The name has become synonymous with quality because
its buyers constantly scour the globe for new and exciting releases to offer
you.
Traditional Jewish music. This station is broadcast over live365,
an Internet multi-channel webcasting service.
JTN was founded in 1981 as an independent, not-for-profit,
production, distribution, and broadcasting company, the only producer and
distributor of Jewish television in the United States. Its programming reflects
the richness and diversity of Jewish traditions and experience through
children’s shows, network quality news, and documentaries, as well as arts and
entertainment.
Jihadist Threats to the West, In the West
On September 16, 2006, Frank Cilluffo, director of the Homeland
Security Policy Institute at George Washington University, and Ronald Sandee,
executive director of the Nine Eleven/Finding Answers Foundation, addressed The
Washington Institute's annual Weinberg Founders Conference.
JM In The AM (aka Jewish Moments In The Morning)
Jewish Moments in the Morning with Nachum Segal, 6 am- 9 am and
archived. The station offers three hours of music, talk, and information geared
toward the Jewish community of New York and New Jersey. It is a long running
program of excellent quality.
Jonathan Safran Foer
Book Fest 05 - Library of Congress
Author Jonathan Safran Foer speaks at the 2005 National Book
Festival. His debut best-selling novel, Everything Is Illuminated (2002) was
translated into 26 languages, won several literary prizes including the National
Jewish Book Award, and was made into a movie.
He lives in New York.
JTA - Global News Service of the Jewish People
JTA's video daily news brief, from Jerusalem Online.
Each year, JTS’s Public lectures and conferences feature engaging
personalities who tackle modern issues through a Jewish lens. These events,
which are open to the community, provide a forum where scholars, writers, and
community leaders can explore the vital topics that affect our lives. JTS
presents the podcasts here to expand the reach of our lecture series.
Judah L. Magnes Museum of Berkeley
The Magnes is a museum of art and history focused on the Jewish
experience. The Museum demonstrates
a commitment to both tradition and experimentation through wide-ranging
collections, original exhibitions, provocative programs, and research
facilities, including the largest history center relating to the Jews in the
American West. Here are public
lectures on wideranging topics, from "Is there Intelligent Art in Outer Space?
to "Through the Eye of the Needle Fabric Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz".
En mai 1981, naît le projet d'une radio destinée a la communauté
juive. Octobre 1981
1ère émission de Judaiques FM grâce à un
capital collecté auprès de 25 participants.
Ces derniers ont pour objectifs de créer une radio ouverte aux divers
courants de la communauté. Elle
conserve aujourd'hui ses objectifs de départ.
Le pluralisme d'expression, une ouverture sur la société, un ancrage à
gauche en France, un soutien pour la paix au Proche Orient, ainsi que la
diffusion des cultures juives.
International Academy of Kabbalah, under the direction of Michael
Laitman, PhD, welcomes all its listeners and viewers on-camera! Lectures on
Talmud and Kabbalah are translated in video and audio layout, with draft
demonstration and a possibility to ask questions and receive answers.
Kabbalah of Chanukah Tales, Teachings and Sacred
Music for the Festival of Light
An hour-long special radio show with Cantor Richard Kaplan
(jazz-virtuoso pianist, composer) and Estelle Frankel (psychotherapist,
spiritual teacher & author of Sacred Therapy Jewish Spiritual Teachings on
Emotional Healing & Inner Wholeness).
CD recordings of this show are available for purchase and free copies are
available for radio DJs. Their websites
are Sacred Therapy and Kaplan Music .
Kabbalahmedia.info - Bnei Baruch Kabbalah Media
Archive
The wisdom of Kabbalah teaches a practical method to attain the
upper world and the source of our existence. This site maintains that by
realizing our true purpose in life, people attain perfection, tranquility,
unbounded enjoyment, and the ability to transcend the limitations of time and
space while still living in this world.
Keren Yishai presents Rav Mordechai Elon
Website of Yeshivat Hakotel in Jerusalem's Old City. Overlooking
Har HaBayit and the Kotel, the Yeshiva has been inspiring thousands of Israeli
and overseas students with a love of Torah and appreciation for the miracle of
modern Israel for three decades.
Israeli TV programming on a variety of subjects, from current
events to entertainment. In Hebrew.
This is the TV station of the Israeli Knesset (Parliament).
It webcasts live Knesset and
committee meetings as well as other programs.
In Hebrew.
A Charedi channel from Jerusalem. This site is a collection of
outstanding Torah and music programs that defies easy categorization - just take
a look! In Hebrew and English.
Kol Cambridge is the UK's only radio show dedicated to Israeli and
Jewish music. Launched in 2005, it has quickly become CUR 1350's most popular
program.
Radio Kol Halev is the only radio station with a variety of shows
on a range of subjects and where diverse styles of Jewish-Israeli music are
played. Everyone is welcome to participate in our programs, ask to hear a
special song, say hello to family and friends, suggest topics for discussion,
win prizes, look for work, meet people, or meet that special someone.
“The Campus Voice”, FM 106.0 Tel Aviv, is the radio station of the
"School of Media" at "The College of Management - Academic studies", associated
to the “Voice of Israel” educational Radio. Serving as DJs and hosts at the
station are media student.
“Campus Voice” is identified as a clear alternative to mainstream Israeli radio.
La
Radio Juive de Grenoble online
RADIO KOL HACHALOM (the Voice of Peace, in Hebrew) is the Jewish
radio station broadcasting since 1983 around Grenoble, France - the city of the
1968 Winter Olympic Games. It promotes Judaism and information about Israel and
the Middle East. In French.
Ladino Judeo-Spanish Welcome to Ladinokomunita
News of the death of Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) have been greatly
exaggerated. This beautiful Sephardic language is not only used daily, but it is
the only acceptable language of communication in our virtual community called
Ladinokomunita. The members of this Internet chat group, who may reside
thousands of miles from each other on earth, have discussions with each other
daily via email in the language they all understand.
Leadel.NET is a unique social change video portal and network,
aimed at Jewish students professionals across the globe. The primary aim of the
project is to create an online Jewish media hub with a focus on creating a link
between the leaders of today and the innovators of tomorrow. Launched in
September 2008, Leadel already contains a unique gallery of interviews with a
wide range of leading personalities, giving a truly new perspective of Jewish
culture, thought and identity around the world.
Lebanon, Before and After the Israel-Hizballah War
On September 16, 2006, Jamil Mroue and Misbah al-Ahdab addressed
The Washington Institute’s annual Weinberg Founders Conference. Misbah al-Ahdab
is a member of the Lebanese parliament, and Jamil Mroue is editor in chief of
the Beirut Daily Star.
Name four great Hanukkah songs. OK, then how about two? Not easy,
huh? Adam Gardner (Guster) and Dave Schneider (the Zambonis) have taken up the
important task of writing a bunch of great, rockin’ Hanukah songs. They have a
new album of indie-pop rock songs called “Hanukkah Rocks.”
Left Hand of God
Responding to the Religious Right
Internationally renowned theologian Rabbi Michael Lerner examines
the new roles that religion and faith play in American political life in his new
book, The Left Hand of God Taking Back Our Country from the Religious Right.
Filmed February 9, 2006 at the Cambridge Forum.
The virtual lessons presented here are structured after the weekly
Tanya study with Rabbi Ben Tzion Krasniaski at the Chabad House of Upper East
Side Manhattan. As in the live class, the Tanya text is read first and then
Rabbi Ben Tzion Krasniaski's elaboration on the subject follows.
Let There Be Light - Lopate Interview
Small clay oil lamps were once the only means of lighting homes
and temples. While they were usually very simple and functional, they were also
often decorated and cherished objects. Ena Heller, the executive director of the
Museum of Biblical Art, and Susan Braunstein, the head of the Judaica Department
at The Jewish Museum and the author of Luminous Art Hanukkah Menorahs of The
Jewish Museum, explain the symbolism of oil lamps and light in the Jewish
tradition. From The Leonard Lopate Show, December 22, 2005.
The Temple Institute's new online television Torah study series,
Light to the Nations, featuring Rabbi Chaim Richman, is webcast weekly that
addresses a wide variety of subjects.
Their collection of audio files includes
"Taking the Ritual Laugh," by Rebecca Stone, Winter 2006-2007.
Generations of educated religious women, who love to live at the edge of
tradition. Read by Melanie Weiss;
"Torah as the Matrix for Feminism," by Cynthia Ozick, Winter/Spring 1985. One of
the Jewish feminist greats on making the connections. Read by Melanie Weiss;
"Disappointed by Zippers," by Michele Herman, Summer 2006. Read by
Melanie Weiss; LILITH breaks the
sound barrier. Listen to Lilith editor in chief
Susan Weidman Schneider in a podcast interview recorded by Your Jewish
Neighborhood.
Based in the UK, Limmud is a global leader in innovative,
inclusive Jewish education. Founded over 25 years ago, and famed for our annual
winter Conference attracting over 2,000 participants, we are proud to provide
high quality, innovative Jewish educational events for thousands of Jews from
all walks of life, all backgrounds, all lifestyles, and all ages.
An unusual and eclectic collection of clips and links to Yiddish
music.
Live from New York’s 92nd Street Y™ ("Live") uses satellite
technology to broadcast the Y's renowned educational and cultural programming to
community organizations across America. For a fee, each program is available for
simulcast via satellite.
London Review of Books Israeli Lobby
The London Review of Books' debate on John Mearsheimer and Stephen
Walt’s article published in March 2006.
Panelists include Martin Indyk, John Mearsheimer, Shlomo Ben-Ami, Tony
Judt, Rashid Khalidi and Dennis Ross.
Study Torah, see Israel, and learn Hebrew. In Hebrew.
In the summer of 2003, Prof. Lenn Goodman of Vanderbilt University
gave a mini-course on Maimonides, hosted by Congregation Sherith Israel. The
five lectures cover the chief elements of Maimonides' philosophical thought, as
laid out in the The Guide to the Perplexed and in his ethical work, The Eight
Chapters, a free standing component of his commentary on the Mishnah.
Rambam, Part 1 The Language of Man
Rambam, Part 2 The Act of Creation
Rambam, Part 3 The Works of Man
Rambam, Part 4 The Account of the Chariot
Rambam, Part 5 The Words of the Living God
Malkah Fleisher - Eyshet Chayil (Woman of Valor)
Malkah Fleisher is a graduate of Cardozo Law School in New York
City. She and her husband Yishai live on a hilltop in Beit El. Malkah hosts the
Eyshet Chayil - Woman of Valor Podcast every Tuesday from 600 p.m. - 700 p.m.
Israel time on Israel National Radio. She joins Yishai & Friends on Thursdays.
Mesora - Sources for Jewish Philosophy & Law
This website offers discussions, classes, and library resources to
study Rashi, Maimonides, Nachmanides, Sforno, and others.
Michael Oren discusses "America and the Shaping of
Venue Commonwealth Club - San Francisco, CA.
From the first cannonballs fired by American warships at North African
pirates to the Marines' conquest of Fallujah, the U.S. has been dramatically
involved in the Middle East. A senior fellow at Jerusalem's Shalem Center, Oren
explores the diverse and remarkable ways in which Americans have interacted with
this alluring, yet sometimes hostile, land.
Michael Oren Interviewed by Harry Kreisler
Welcome to a Conversation with History, a program hosted by Harry
Kreisler of the Institute of International Studies at UC Berkeley. The guest
today is Michael B. Oren who is a historian and a novelist. His publications
include Six Days of War June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East, and
a novel, Reunion. He is a senior fellow at the Shalom Center in Jerusalem.
Middle East Media Research Institute
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) explores the
Middle East through the region's media. MEMRI bridges the language gap that
exists between the West and the Middle East. It provides timely translations of
Arabic, Farsi, and Hebrew media, as well as original analysis of political,
ideological, intellectual, social, cultural, and religious trends in the Middle
East.
Learn Yiddish online with Millie Garfield's free video blog
lessons.
At the turn of the century, Jewish immigrants poured into towns
like Greenwood, Mississippi, seeking relief from the stifling tenement life up
north. By the 1930s, Jews formed the backbone of the merchant class in hundreds
of these towns. Soon after, though, young Jewish people began leaving, opting
for the larger cities. By the early 1950s, this small-town Jewish exodus was in
full swing. Today, the exodus is nearly complete. Recorded in Greenwood,
Mississippi, December 20, 1991, on NPR’s “All Things Considered.”
The spirit of Mizrahit
music from Israel! In Hebrew.
MPR Classical Holiday Programming
Chanukah in Minnesota from public radio – the blessings and
traditional songs.
The station is operated by students from many departments of the
University and broadcasts at 9 pm every evening. It offers music, information,
and interviews aimed particularly at the student community.
Naaleh aims to provide Jewish individuals of all ages and diverse
backgrounds an opportunity to watch and learn from stimulating online Torah and
Jewish video classes and shiruim, and to share ideas and ideals with others, in
order to grow stronger in their service of G-d .
The Nachum Segal show brings out the essence of Jewish life. The
show features the latest and greatest in Jewish music and interviews with the
people that shape our lives. It also features in-depth reports on Jewish
organizations and their activities throughout the world.
National Jewish Outreach Program
The National Jewish Outreach Program was founded in 1987 by Rabbi
Ephraim Buchwald, in response to the urgent need to address the issues of Jewish
assimilation and intermarriage. NJOP reaches out to unaffiliated Jews by
offering them positive, joyous, Jewish educational opportunities and
experiences.
National Sound Archives Digitization Project
Jewish National and University Library, Hebrew University - Givat
Ram, Jerusalem, Israel. The library
collects books, periodicals, manuscripts, documents, recordings, maps, and
pictures that represent the history of the Jewish people.
Every year, some of the world’s most interesting writers, artists,
and scholars speak at the National Yiddish Book Center. The Center offers
complete sound recordings of these presentations. Just click on the title you
want to hear and the lecture will begin!
An amazing journey into the world of Torah. Study the weekly
portions. Hear the melodies chanted while you read text. Follow the themes and
learn what the scholars say. Explore it as history, literature, and religion a
multitude of paths awaits you. In English, Russian, and Spanish.
Netivot Shalom - Resources for learning the Shabbat
service
This audio guide to the Shabbat service provides sound files for
all parts of the service, including Torah and Haftarah trope, and Birkat HaMazon
and Havdalah. The outline of
the Shabbat morning service at Netivot Shalom in Berkeley, California, is a
guide to the style and substance of our Shabbat morning service.
It was created by Cantor Pamela Sawyer.
Created as a locus for Jewish literature, culture, and ideas,
Nextbook promotes books illuminating 3,000 years of Jewish civilization. Its
programs include partnerships with public libraries and other organizations to
create innovative public programs.
Nick Kristof and Rabbi David Saperstein on Darfur
Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center,
sat down with journalist Nicholas Kristof, New York times columnist, to discuss
actions that the average citizen, as well as the United States and international
governing forces can and should be taking at this time. They also covered why
the conditions in Darfur are different than other human rights abuses in the
world today and what this difference means for the handling of the situation.
North African Jewry and the Trauma of World War II
Aron Rodrigue, professor of History, Stanford University, Eva
Chernov Lokey professor in Jewish Studies.
Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies - 2005.
This lecture addresses the neglected story of the Jews of present-day
Algeria, Morocco, and Libya during the Holocaust. The complex webs of relations
created by the diversity of ethnic and religious communities, the history of
colonialism, and thealliances among fascist powers created a climate in which
anti-Semitism wasmitigated for much of the 19th and 20th centuries in various
North Africancommunities. Whole communities were destroyed by the same forces
that wreaked destruction on European Jews. This story of the intersecting
histories of colonialism, nationalism, and the modern machinery of the Holocaust
has been largely eclipsed by the history of Ashkenazim during the war, but is
one which is entirely parallel in its traumatic effect.
Nostra Aetate
Seeking Understanding in Our Age - Georgetown University
On October 28, 1965, the Second Vatican Council issued a statement
that called for increased relations with non-Christian religions. This
revolutionary document, named Nostra Ætate for the first two words in its
original Latin text, translated as "In our age," marked a huge transformation
not only in the history of Jewish-Christian relations, but of relations with
Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and many others.
NPR Israeli Pop Star Mines Ethiopian Folk Music
Israeli musician Idan Raichel won his country's song of the year
honors with a piece that mixed pop and ethnic Ethiopian music. Raichel has
helped introduce the music of Israel's immigrant Ethiopian community to a wider
audience and is just finishing his U.S. tour.
Two Internet radio stations with exclusively Jewish music 24/7 on
Live365.com. Nusachmaven is exclusively nusach, the liturgy of our people,
featuring famous and not so famous cantors from around the world. Nusachmaven2
plays a wide variety of Jewish music 24/7.
This website contains links to Ofra Haza's music, including her
albums “Greatest Hits,” “Na’arat Haparvarim,” “Chai and Bait Ham,” “Governess,”
“Prince of Egypt,” “Kol Haneshama,” “Songs for Children,” and more.
Online International Radio Station - Live365
Internet Radio - AZAMRA Live
I'm a Jew living in the Holy City of Yerushalayim. Since
rediscovering my roots in my early 20's I've been studying Torah and publishing
translations and commentaries -- and now I'm using Internet to connect with
fellow seekers all over the world and share Torah.
Online Jewish Radio Station - Live365 Internet Radio
- WJEW LIVE!
WJEW is the meeting ground of Jewish innovation. We are
broadcasting live out of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan with the
best new Jewish music, along with interviews with some of the most influential
Jews in the world. Check us out. We are WJEW - The Jew! WJEW is run by the
students of Temple Israel.
Online Reggae Radio Station - Live365 Internet Radio
- Israel Reggae Power
Playing the very best Israeli reggae music, Israeli dancehall
music, Jewish reggae music, and reggae music with linkage to Israel, made by
Israelis and international reggae artists, producers and bands, enjoy!
This is a unique series of radio programs that shows the progress
of American Jews from a trickle of poor immigrants to today's thriving community
of six million. The programs offer interviews with Elie Wiesel, Abraham Foxman,
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Michael Steinhardt, Ambassador John L. Loeb, Jr.,
and others.
This website offers online Shiurim – for all Jewish holidays – to
inform and inspire. It also features video presentations on the need for
solidarity in and for Israel.
The OU Radio site features various programs in audio and video
from the Orthodox Union, including Torah sessions, parsha, celebrations,
philosophy, prayer, and more.
Ours to Fight For American Jews in World War II
To accompany the new temporary exhibition at the Museum of Jewish
Heritage in New York, this is an online exhibit for “Ours To Fight For American
Jews In The Second World War”. It
features testimony, artifacts, and photographs that illustrate the unique
experiences of Jews during World War II.
Outlooks and Insights - Rabbi Zev Leff of Moshav
Matityahu
Rabbi Zev Leff is one of Israel’s most popular English-speaking
Torah educators. For more than 20 years, he has served as the rav (rabbi) of
Moshav Matityahu, a small religious community located in central Israel adjacent
to Kiryat Sefer, and just outside Modiin.
You best believe it; I talk about how a small Israeli company is
developing the first flying vehicle. And why else is Episode 18 different from
all other episodes? Because I use Uncyclopedia as my source to talk about lotz
and lotza matzah. On a more serious note, we also discuss vandalism at a Jewish
cemetery, the results of a poll on anti-Semitism, and the "alien" fire of
parshat Shemini. Also there's a Jewish song by a goyish comedy duo. WARNING This
episode is kosher l'Pesach!
OySongs.com - Love Jewish music
The goal of oySongs.com is to become the world's central source
for Jewish audio and sheet music. oySongs, LLC, is a new, independent, digital
music company.
Palestine Peace Not Apartheid - Carter at Brandeis
President Jimmy Carter’s recent book, <i>Palestine Peace Not
Apartheid</i>, unleashed a huge controversy.
He addressed Brandeis University students January 23, 2007 on the subject
of his book and views on the Arab-Israeli conflict in a very carefully staged
event that avoided debate. His talk,
however, was followed by another speech, critical of Carter’s book, by Professor
Alan Dershowitz.
PMW was established in 1996 to gain an understanding of
Palestinian society through the monitoring of the Palestinian Arabic language
media and schoolbooks.
At the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, adults
grapple with the most complex, compelling, and controversial texts of Jewish
tradition. Pardes offers its students a unique combination of intellectual
openness, rigorous textual analysis, and opportunities for spiritual growth.
Podcasts from September 2005 on discuss the weekly parsha.
Peter Beinart The Failure of the Jewish
Establishment
As the Israeli government reflects its growing ultra-Orthodox
population, older, liberal American Jews find themselves uncomfortably
supporting an illiberal cause, while their children aren’t tempted to support
the cause at all. Peter Beinart identifies this schism in Jewish America. "For
several decades," he says, "the Jewish establishment has asked American Jews to
check their liberalism at Zionism's door and now, to their horror, they are
finding that many young Jews have checked their Zionism instead." The event was
part of the 2010 Melbourne Writers Festival.
Philosophers, Fiddlers & Fools
In honor of Chanukah, KCRW of Santa Monica, California presents
general manager Ruth Seymour's perennially popular annual salute to Yiddish and
the little villages and towns of Eastern Europe. The site contains music,
stories, and memories from a world now vanished. There are shows to hear since
2001. In Yiddish and English.
A few years ago in Marseilles, a DJ put out a techno dance track
that sampled the piano playing and singing of an older musician born and raised
in Algeria. The track became an underground hit.
In 2003, FRONTLINE/World sent a reporter on a journey to this
cosmopolitan city to meet the man at the source of this compelling old-meets-new
sound.
A daughter and her dad talk about and share everything Jewish
holidays, Shabbat, stories, songs, jokes, and much more.
Practical Judaism - Learn Jewish Fundamentals
Practical Judaism, from Naaleh, is geared to people who want to
learn the fundamentals of Jewish faith and practice. This course, based on the
Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, the Abbreviated Code of Jewish Law by Rabbi Shlomo
Gantzfried, (ca.1886), focuses on the concrete application of Jewish Law. Some
of the topics covered include how to pray, keep kosher, and observe Shabbos. The
course does not assume any prior knowledge of Judaism or Torah concepts, and can
be enjoyed by both beginners and advanced students.
Punk Rock in the Holy Land - PBS
In Israel, a vibrant punk scene has emerged in a society torn
apart by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In these four candid video
interviews, FRONTLINE/World talks to the musicians driving the movement.
Rabbi Harold Kushner - Overcoming Life's
Disappointments
Venue Books Inc - Saratoga, CA.
Rabbi Harold Kushner talks and gives stories in relation to his latest
book “Overcoming Life's Disappointments”.
Rabbi Kushner is the author of "When Bad Things Happen to Good People," a
book that shows us how to be our best selves even when things don't turn out as
we had hoped. Kushner turns to the
experience of Moses to find the requisite lessons of strength and faith.
Rabbi Kushner is Rabbi Laureate of Temple Israel in Natick,
Massachusetts, where he resides.
Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg's Videos
This extensive set of videos is an effort to bring the Jewish
tradition to the attention of all those interested. Our Jewish Institute for
Religious Training offers (1) Internet based conversion to Judaism for adults,
(2) Hebrew/religious school for children, (3) para-Rabbi training, and (4) Adult
Bnai Mitzvah.
Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach Foundation
For lovers of Reb Shlomo’s music, here it is to hear, buy, and
more! Hear some of the “Best of Shlomo Carlebach” series as well as samples from
his entire career.
Radio Tel Aviv 102FM began broadcasting in 1996 to an area
encompassing two million people (from Chedera in the North to Gedera in the
South). The programming is
Progressive Rock.
Good news radio from Israel! Plus news articles about the city of
Ariel, Israel, in existence since 1978.
Very western, rock oriented radio station from Israel. In Hebrew.
Hip, sophisticated, Tel Aviv radio with a music format.
The next wave of Jewish klezmer music!
A subscription service, at this site you will find Radio Israel’s
Israeli show, live Israeli radio broadcasts directly from Israel, and much more.
Radio Jai, based in Buenos Aires, is a unique Spanish-language
enterprise that was founded in 1992, a few months after the attack against the
embassy of Israel in Buenos Aires. It has three daily news correspondents from
Israel, as well as constant journalistic presence in each place where facts are
generated. Radio Jai also discusses
art, books, and other topics that help form a bridge between different
Spanish-speaking countries.
Radio Moshiach & Redemption operates for the purpose of preparing
the world for the coming of the Moshiach. "The time of your redemption has
arrived," stated the Lubavitcher Rebbe. The “Multimedia” link on the site
provides for your enjoyment and education various audio and video programming.
Radio Sefarad es una emisión de la Federación de Comunidades
Israelitas de España, patrocinada por donantes privados de todo tipo. Sus
contenidos están dirigidos a la audiencia española e hispanohablante con la
finalidad esencial de divulgar los valores éticos, culturales y científicos del
judaísmo a través de su historia y desarrollo actual. Un especial acento merece
la defensa de las diversas comunidades judías de los ataques antisemitas, que
han adquirido especial virulencia en estos días con la coartada del
anti-israelismo militante.
Radio Shalom - La Voix de la Paix
Jewish radio from France.
Radio Shalom Canada broadcasts in English, French, Hebrew, and in
all languages that the Jews of Montreal understand and speak. It is an
independent, non-profit organization, with no affiliations to any political
parties or communal organizations.
Radio Walla from Israel plays continuous streams of various
Israeli and other music, from rock to electronica, house, acid jazz, Latin,
classical, oldies, Israeli oldies, pop, and more. Just click and enjoy! In
English and Hebrew.
In Hebrew.
RadioBreslev.com broadcasts a wide variety of continuous music and
programs to all Jewish communities - connecting east to west - with Israeli,
Middle Eastern, Hasidic, rock, reggae, and instrumental music.
Radio-J.com is a new online Jewish radio station being webcast
from Cleveland. It offers
an eclectic mix of primarily Jewish-themed programming.
Music for your soul – gentle, soulful, and jazzy.
A revealing 45-minute video documentary from the Military Channel
of the events leading to and after Israel's confidential military mission
"June 1981 - Eight fighter jets are spotted in the skies of Baghdad in
one of the most potent military surprises of all time.
...This is a story of one of the most daring and most dangerous
operations ever attempted; this is the story of Israel's 'Raid on the Reactor'."
At the web headquarters of Raymond Beyda, you'll be able to find
the most recent Divrei Torah newsletters, subscribe to receive Divrei Torah via
email, dedicate Divrei Torah, and even listen to classes.
RCJ 94.8 FM - La Radio de la Communauté Juive
RCJ est née en 1981, au moment de l’éclosion des radios dites «
libres », créée par le Fonds Social Juif Unifié, organisme central dans les
domaines de la solidarité et de l’identité de la communauté juive.
Dès sa création, elle s’est posée pour objectif d’être une sorte de «
service public » pour tous ceux qui se reconnaissent dans le judaïsme français
et souhaitent s’identifier à lui dans une démarche de rayonnement et
d’ouverture.
A versatile musician with an innate gift for telling a story,
RebbeSoul brings a new voice to the realm of Jewish music. He blends rock
sensibilities, world-fusion stylings, and traditional Hebrew melodies to create
a sound that is ageless yet completely progressive.
Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
In this program, Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious
Action Center, sat down with acclaimed political scientist Norman J. Ornstein,
resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, to discuss the prospects
for the 110th session of the U.S. Congress.
The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (“the RAC”) is the
Washington, DC, office of the Union for Reform Judaism. The RAC has been the hub
of Jewish social justice and legislative activity in the nation’s capital for
more than 40 years. The RAC educates and mobilizes the American Jewish community
on legislative and social concerns, advocating on issues from economic justice
to civil rights to religious liberty to Israel.
View the RJC’s 20th Anniversary Celebration webcast from your home
or office! The RJC, founded in 1985, is the sole voice of Jewish Republications
to Republican decision makers and the Jewish community that expresses its
viewpoint on a wide variety of issues.
Responding to Hamas's Triumph (3/1/06)
On March 3, 2006, Marc Otte, Patrick Clawson, and David Makovsky
addressed The Washington Institute's Special Policy Forum. Ambassador Otte is
the European Union’s special representative for the Middle East peace process.
Dr. Clawson, The Washington Institute’s deputy director for research, is author
with Zoe Danon Gedal of the Institute monograph Dollars and Diplomacy The Impact
of U.S. Economic Initiatives on Arab-Israeli Negotiations. Mr. Makovsky is a
senior fellow and director of the Project on the Middle East Peace Process at
The Washington Institute.
This site of The Rhodes Jewish Museum provides information
regarding the historical exhibition located in the rooms formerly used as the
women's prayer rooms at the "Kahal Shalom" synagogue. The website also offers
other interesting subjects that are unique to the history of the Jews of Rhodes.
Road To Peace A Conversation With Leah Rabin
Leah Rabin reflects on her life, the life of her late husband,
Israel’s former Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin, and Israel. She delivered her
talk, which is captivating, important, and informative, at the Hillel Jewish
Student Center, UCLA Jewish Student Union, February 22, 1999.
The Rock and Roll Jew Show is a podsafe music podcast produced and
hosted by David Jacobs. In this show, he brings you the best indie rock and roll
from all over the world.
Royal Court Preacher and the Hebrew Book (Library of
Congress)
In his talk at the Library of Congress, "The Royal Court Preacher
and the Hebrew Book Early Enlightenment and Hebrew Publishing in Prussia,
1700-1750," Menachem Schmelzer examines the role of an influential figure in the
Prussian court, Christian theologian and scholar D.E. Jablonski, who founded the
Hebrew press in Berlin in 1690.
Safam, the Boston based six-man band, has been a major presence in
Jewish music in America with their "Jewish-American Sound" since 1974. Often
copied, never duplicated, they are originals – original music, original lyrics,
original arrangements – and their songs have become a fabric of our Jewish lives
and have kept Safam at the forefront of the Jewish music scene.
This is a free Jewish music show that you can download. Hosted by
Dov Katz of Neshoma Orchestra and Sruly Meyer of Sameach Music, it features
music by the Amudei Sheish Boys Choir, Eitan and Shlomo Katz, Matisyahu, and
many more musical artists.
Sephardi Jewries and the Holocaust with Aron
Rodrigue
The Holocaust devastated European Jewry and dealt a death blow to
the Ashkenazi heartland of Eastern Europe and Russia. What is less commonly
known is the fact that it was also disastrous for Sephardi Jewries. The Sephardi
communities of Southeastern Europe, the Ladino speaking centers of the
Judeo-Spanish world, with Salonica as a principal center, were destroyed or
disintegrated, leading to their disappearance from an area where the exiles from
the Iberian peninsula after 1492 had reconstructed a transplanted Sepharad.
Elsewhere, North African Jewries saw considerable hardship and discrimination
under the rule of Vichy France and fascist Italy, and faced real dangers with
the German armed forces in Tunisia and Libya, leading in many cases to their
profound destabilization which contributed to their eventual mass departures
from these lands. The Samuel and
Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies of 2005 at the University of
Washington.
Shalom TV is an American Jewish Television Network on Comcast "On
Demand" in selected regions. It
offers hours of entertaining and educational programs and a sampling of these
programs can be seen on Shalomtv.com.
Click “View Program Highlights” on the home page.
She'arim Gateway to Your Future Your Personalized Torah Experience
small classes; warm atmosphere; dedicated faculty; all in Jerusalem She'arim
College of Jewish Studies for Women offers an exceptional approach to education
that combines personalized teaching, textual study skills and an integrative
approach to personal growth. She'arim relates to each student as a unique
person, individualizing schedules and classes as necessary.
Shimon Peres, President of Israel
Shalom. Welcome to my new YouTube channel. Here you will find my
speeches, activities, and blessings. Please join me in finding solutions to
three key issues how to advance peace in the Middle East and the world, how to
further reconciliation between different faiths, and how to harness new
technologies for the good of mankind. I ask you to share your thoughts,
suggestions, opinions, and dreams through comments, video responses, and a
virtual press conference I will soon hold.
Shimon Peres
Israel's War Against Hizballah (8/1/06)
On August 1, 2006, Shimon Peres addressed the Washington
Institute’s Special Policy Forum to discuss Israel’s political and military
strategy in its war against Hizballah. Peres is the deputy prime minister of
Israel and a member of Knesset from the Kadima Party.
ShmaisRadio.com Jewish streaming music LIVE!
ShmaisRadio.com, where users can request a Jewish song, is a site
maintained by Hershey Chitrik and affiliated with the Shmais (Lubavitcher) news
service.
SiddurAudio started when Rabbi Mark Zimmerman, from Atlanta, GA
decided to update his shul’s siddurim to the new Siddur Sim Shalom published
jointly by the Rabbinical Assembly and United Synagogue. He decided to produce
digital recordings of our service liturgy, including the home rituals, Torah
trop, zemirot,etc. This new learning tool that will help to create a more
siddur-proficient and knowledgeable Jewish community.
This website includes discussions by Rabbi Lawrence Kelemen
(Jewish Fundamentals), Dr. Rabbi Akiva Tatz (Jewish Mysticism), Rabbi Dovid
Orlofsky (Funny), Rabbi Berel Wein (Jewish History ), Dr. Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb
(Jewish Philosophy & more), Gila Manolson (Modesty & Relationships), Rabbi Zelig
Pliskin (Personal Growth), Rabbi Jonathan Rietti (Jewish Basics), Rabbi Dovid
Kaplan (Reasons For Mitzvahs), Ken Spiro (Crash Course Jewish History), and
Tovia Singer (Jewish Response To Christian Missionaries).
Simple Wisdom, a new public television series with Irwin Kula, a
nationally recognized spiritual leader, offers life guidance. “Simple Wisdom is
where religion, self-help and spirituality meet,” says Kula, a cutting-edge
thinker, speaker, teacher and rabbi, who has touched the lives of thousands of
people across the country.
Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles
Hailed by The New York Times as "a lesson on how to connect the
eye to heart and mind," the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles has
established itself as one of the world's most dynamic Jewish cultural
institutions, and among the most prominent cultural venues in the United States.
The museum has a number of interesting podcasts to choose from, based
upon public lectures at the museum.
Speak Hebrew with Moshe and Leah
Join Moshe, Leah and friends on their first day speaking Hebrew.
An armchair adventure as they pick up their first Hebrew words.
Hebrew is easy to learn and fun to speak.
This animated ulpan is a first step in understanding Hebrew speech. Ulpan
is a word derived from Aramaic - it means "learn."
Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive
The Steven Spielberg Jewish film archive
started to make its films accessible online in 2002; today, it contains
more than 300 full films viewable over the Internet, for the purposes of study,
research, or production. Films cover
topics including Jewish communities, Holocaust, pre-State, State of Israel, and
Hebrew University.
Stuart Eizenstat - Harvard University Great
Negotiator of 2003
On October 1, 2003, Former Deputy Treasury Secretary and author of
Imperfect Justice Stuart Eizenstat received the annual Great Negotiator Award
from the Program on Negotiation at Harvard University. His remarks about leading
negotiations for Holocaust restitutions on behalf of the Clinton Administration
are of particular interest.
Talkline Communications Network
One of America’s leading Jewish radio and television sources since
1981, “Talkline” features Zev Brenner, Dov Hikind, Art Raymond, Melissa Kleiner,
Country Yossi, and Phil Blazer.
Susan Handelman, professor at Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
This program demonstrates the give and take between students learning
from their teachers and teachers learning from their students.
Susan Handelman, professor at Bar-Ilan University, Israel,
explores the study of Talmud. She argues that studying Talmud is not a quiet
endeavor. Students and teachers learn from discussion and debate, as well as the
give and take between students learning from their teachers and teachers
learning from their students.
A film about the mass exodus of Jews from the Middle East and
North Africa in the 20th century. The Forgotten Refugees explores the history,
culture, and forced exodus of Middle Eastern and North African Jewish
communities in the second half of the 20th century. Using extensive testimony of
refugees from Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Iraq, and Morocco the film recounts the
stories - of joy and suffering - that nearly one million individuals have
carried with them for so long. The film weaves personal stories with dramatic
archival footage of rescue missions, historic images of exodus and resettlement,
and analyses by contemporary scholars to tell the story of how and why the
Jewish population in the Middle East and North Africa declined from one million
in 1945 to several thousand today.
The Gaza Crisis from an Historical and Personal
Perspective
The Gaza Crisis from an Historical and Personal Perspective - a
lecture given by the Program for Jewish Civilization at Georgetown University's
Michael Oren at Georgetown University on January 28th, 2009.
Michael Oren currently serves as Israel's Ambassador to the United
States. Dr. Oren is the author of
Six Days of War June 1967 and The Making of the Modern Middle East and Power,
Faith, and Fantasy America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present.
The Shtick is a weekly television program showcasing the
Australian Jewish Community, broadcast on the Melbourne and Geelong community
station, Channel 31, and available on YouTube. The Shtick is a showcase of
spontaneous, improvised Jewish entertainment television, produced hot and fresh
every week.
From Melbourne, Australia, "The World and Us” is a one hour
program that since September 2010 has been broadcast weekly (with a repeat on
Sundays) [except on JewishHolidays]
by the Melbourne Jewish Radio Station Lion FM.
Lion FM Melbourne Jewish
Radio has been broadcasting 24/7 [recorded music only on Shabbat & festivals] on
FM locally to Melbourne since September 2010, and is live on the Internet at
http//www.lionfm.org/ . "The
World and Us" is located at http//theroar.info/
This site hosts a weekly podcast by a "nice Jewish couple" living
in the buckle of the Bible Belt. Eric and Raya talk about married life, home
renovations, their fat cat Gypsy, the Simpsons, Judaism, and anything else that
wanders across their brains.
There Are No Fears (Library of Congress)
Yevgeny Yevtushenko, a poet, novelist, film maker, and professor
of literature and cinema, recited his poetry in both English and Russian in a
program titled “There Are No Fears.” He was born in Siberia, where his ancestors
were sent into exile at the end of the 19th century. His 1961 poem "Babi Yar," a
denunciation of both Nazi and Russian anti-Semitism, brought him international
recognition. Yevtushenko was awarded the American Liberties Medallion of the
American Jewish Committee in 1991.
Too Jewish with Rabbi Sam Cohon
"Too Jewish" is a lively and fast-paced show for all ages that
highlights everything interesting in contemporary Jewish life. It features
music, arts, culture, comedy, and inspiration.
Powerful and thought provoking, daily 1-minute streaming audio
Torah messages delivered to your email box.
This site contains audio programming for kids. Topics include
Parsha, holidays, music, and Jewish tradition and history.
TorahMedia.com's vision is to make ALL the Torah audio libraries
accessible and searchable in ONE place. Search through a wide variety of
comprehensive Torah recordings and enjoy thousands of hours of Jewish learning.
TorahTalk.com - Torah on the Radio
Hosted by Rabbi Yaakov Menken, “Project Genesis on the Air”
invites Jewish scholars to examine current events, Judaism (kashrut, the Talmud,
Siddurim, holidays, etc.) and other topical issues. The last show aired on
November 7, 2004.
Traditional Prayers and Blessings
Hear and read traditional prayers and blessings; a great tutorial!
Two Russian Jews - Moshe Leib Lilienblum And Osip
Mandelstam
Professor Michael Stanislawski analyzes two of the most famous and
controversial autobiographies penned by Russian Jews the late 19th-century
Hebrew writer and critic M. L. Lilienblum and the great Russian poet Osip
Mandelstam.
On January 24, 2005, the UN General Assembly held an unprecedented
session commemorating the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps. UN
Secretary Kofi Annan, Nobel prize laureate Elie Wiesel, Israeli Foreign Minister
Silvan Shalom, U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, and many other
dignitaries spoke. The UN Special Session was accompanied with a Virtual
Exhibition about the Holocaust.
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. offers a
unique collection of materials concerning the Holocaust. It also contains
important collections about crimes against humanity carried out in other times
and places. Online catalogs provide partial access to some of the museum’s
collections. Webcasts are available in the film and video, music, and oral
history collections. The multimedia archive of events also holds important
resources.
UN Debates Israeli Actions - Nov. 17, 2006
The United Nation’s webcast of the UN General Assembly debate
November 17, 2006, entitled “Illegal Israeli actions in Occupied East Jerusalem
and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory.” 2 hours and 41 minutes.
Union for Reform Judaism - Reform Voices of
Torah-audio
Listen to this week's Torah commentary.
University of Judaism - Chassidic Chabura & Parasha
Join Reb Mimi Feigelson in the Beit Midrash on Mondays during
lunch for a Chassidic Chabura to study the Me’or Ay’nayim on the parasha.
Also look here for other Reb Mimi podcasts, including her
pre-Rosh-Chodesh Tisch.
University of Judaism - Halakhah Yomit
According to Jewish tradition, the daily personal prayer (the
Amidah/Shemonah Esrai) is our greatest opportunity to engage in meaningful
dialogue with God. Three times daily
we have the opportunity to take a step back for a few minutes and open our
hearts and mouths towards our Maker.
It is for this reason (its importance) that so many laws have risen around this
holy prayer. We need to make sure we
at least give ourselves a chance to make the most out of these precious moments.
University of Judaism - Podcasts
Ziegler School Podcast and MP3 broadcasts (Rabbi Artson, Reb Mimi
Feigelson and Rabbi Alexander).
Rabbi Artson's Lunch and Learns with the Ziegler Students.
Reb Mimi Feigelson's Hassidic Teachings on the Parsha and/or special
dates in the Jewish calendar. Rabbi
Alexander's daily lessons on Jewish Law.
The purpose of this site is to promote the proliferation of Nusach
(traditional music for reciting Jewish prayers, and the liturgy in the prayer
book) and to make a Nusach readily accessible to those who have a desire to
learn and to deepen their Judaism.
"Voices of the Wall" is a video that describes the controversy
over how women pray at the Kotel, the Western Wall, in Jerusalem.
Washington Institute for Near East Policy - Current
Webcasts
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy is in the news
virtually 365 days per year. Thanks to its reputation for solid, objective
research, the Institute has become a highly respected and widely quoted source
in the policymaking community and the media. Institute scholars are regularly
called upon to offer objective analysis and timely commentary for television,
radio, and print media.
View a live picture of the Wall.
The picture is updated every minute of every day.
Western Wall Heritage Foundation
The Foundation's objective is to convey
the values inherent in the heritage of the Western Wall, to preserve and
develop the Western Wall and its Tunnels, and to develop educational frameworks
that make Jews everywhere feel closer to Jerusalem.
Aish.com offers a beautiful and inspiring 90-second movie, “A Day
at the Western Wall,” about Jerusalem’s holiest site.
The most popular Internet radio station for youth in Israel. Good
music and interesting talking while surfing the web, and you can even watch the
show's hosts by our cameras, located in the studio. Lots of good music, and lots
of fun!
Rabbi Ismar Schorsch, Chancellor of The Jewish Theological
Seminary, talks about the essential nature of Judaism with host Larry Josephson.
Recordings include talks on Passover, Hanukkah, the High Holy Days, Purim, and
other holidays, as well as what it means to be a Jew.
What Went Wrong... and Why (Library of Congress)
Bernard Lewis of Princeton University and Mohammed Arkoun of the
Sorbonne University discuss relations between the Middle East and the Western
nations. May 7, 2002.
24 hour Jewish streaming radio station from the Metro DC Area,
featuring an eclectic mix of music, culture and tefila.
Yad Vashem The Holocaust Martyrs'and Heroes' Remembrance Authority
Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, is the Jewish people’s memorial to the
murdered Six Million and symbolizes the ongoing confrontation with the rupture
engendered by the Holocaust. Containing the world’s largest repository of
information on the Holocaust, Yad Vashem is a leader in Shoah education,
commemoration, research and documentation.
Yeshiva Live is a live streaming webcam located in the main study
hall of the Jewish studies institute known as Yeshiva Tiferes Menachem.
This website also offers extensive audio and video programming.
Yeshiva University News - Torah Online
This site contains various short videos from and about YU,
including commencement speeches, holiday events, and the history of YU.
This Yiddish broadcasting site covers topics including Israel,
holidays, health, the Holocaust, tributes to Hanna Arendt, world Jewry, Yiddish
literature, Chagal, and dozens of others.
The exhibits on this site feature the Yiddish Radio Project radio
documentaries that were first broadcast on NPR's “All Things Considered”, with
rare Yiddish radio clips, archival photographs, and various ephemera from a
forgotten radio universe.
WUNR 1600 AM in Brookline, Massachusetts is a Yiddish-language
radio show serving Boston 's Yiddish-speaking community. Yiddish voice Internet
audio service includes pre-recorded interviews and songs in Yiddish.
YiddishMusic WebRadio, an online Brazilian radio, plays different
kinds of Jewish music—from Yiddish to Russian, Ladino, and Hebrew, and from
instrumental to liturgic, modern, and traditional—24 hours a day. In English and
Portuguese.
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
The YIVO archives holds over 22 million documents, photographs,
recordings, posters, films, videotapes, and other artifacts. They comprise the
world's largest collection of materials related to the history and culture of
East European and American Jewry. YIVO has the foremost collection of books and
documents written in Yiddish.
This podcast of Temple Isaiah, a Reform synagogue in Lafayette,
California, contains discussions on Jewish traditions and rituals, current
events, movements, interviews, and other topics.
This weekly program sets the standard for synagogue
webcasting/podcasting.
The Zelda Show is filled with Jewish news, commentary, and
entertainment. It airs in Toronto, Monday to Friday mornings from 9 am to 10 am,
and on Sunday from 8 am to 10 am, in association with CHIN, the largest
multicultural radio station in Canada.