THE JEWISH GUIDE TO THE INTERNET

AN UPDATE

This page is designed to update the entries in the printed book The Jewish Guide to the Internet by Diane Romm.  The book is available from the Jason Aronson Company at 1-800-782-0015 and sells for $25.00.  All references below are to the pages in the book.

General Updates

1.  Jewish Gophers

• Jerusalem One (p. 2) has been renamed Virtual Jerusalem.  Its gopher is still available at.  New material is being placed on the Virtual Jerusalem web page at http://www.virtual.co.il

• The Shamash Gopher (p. 3) is still available by gophering to shamash.org.  New information is being placed on the Shamash web page at http://shamash.org

• The Israel Information Service (p. 4) is still available by gophering to israel-info.gov.il.  New material is being place on the Foreign Ministry's web page at http://www.israel.org

• The Chabad Gopher (p. 5) is still available by gophering to lubavitch.chabad.org.  New material is being placed on the Chabad web page at http://www.chabad.org 

2.  Listservs

• Subscription to the listservs that are housed at Shamash should be addressed to listproc@shamash.org.  Subscription requests may also be sent through the Shamash web page at http://shamash.org/help/listoflists.html

• Subscriptions to the listservs that are housed at Jerusalem One should be addressed to listproc@jer1.co.il.  Subscription requests may also be sent through the Virtual Jerusalem web page at http://www.virtual.co.il/city_services/lists/

3.  Displaying Hebrew Characters (p. 9)

Nadav Caine has an excellent discussion of this topic at http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~nadav/hebrew.html

4.  Israeli Libraries (p. 11)

Check the Israeli universities' home pages for access to their libraries:

• Bar Ilan University                                           http://www.biu.ac.il
• Ben Gurion University                                      http://www.bgu.ac.il
• Hebrew University                                           http://www.huji.ac.il
• The Open University                                        http://www.openu.ac.il
• The Technion                                                   http://www.technion.ac.il
• University of Haifa                                            http://www.haifa.ac.il
• Tel Aviv University                                            http://www.tau.ac.il
• Weizmann Institute                                            http://www.weizmann.ac.il

5.  Keeping Current (p. 15)

Jewish Sites (p. 16)

• Andrew Tannenbaum's site is now located at http://shamash.org/trb/judaism.html
• Matthew Album is no longer maintaining his A-Z of Jewish and Israel Related Resources.  Instead, you will be sent to a search engine called Maven located at http://www.maven.co.il

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Academic Jewish Studies (p. 18)

• Hebrew College (p. 18) is available on the Shamash web site at http://shamash.org/hc/
• Contact the Jewish University in Cyberspace (JUICE) (p. 19) at http://www.wzo.org.il/juice/index.htm
• Access the Jewish Studies Judaica eJournal (p. 20) at http://www.oise.on.ca/~ajhyman/JewishStudies
• The First Century Judaism (p. 20) discussion list's address is now listserv@lehigh.edu. Send a message saying subscribe ioudaois-l your name. The web address for the archives is http://www.lehigh.edu/lists/Archives/ioudaios-l/

Aliyah (p. 23)

• Official Aliyah information (p. 23) is nicely packaged on the World Zionist Organization's home page at http://www.wzo.org.il/aliyah/index.htm
• Computer Jobs in Israel (p. 24) has moved onto the web and expanded its coverage to include a salary survey and a dictionary of  computer terms in Hebrew.  Access it at http://www.jr.co.il/cji/

AntiSemitism (p. 26)

• The Anti-Defamation League (p. 26) has a home page on the web at http://www.adl.org/

Art (p. 29)

• Jewish Graphics (p. 31) may also be downloaded through the web at http://www.virtual.co.il/gate/ftp/dosgrap.html
• Photos of Famous Rabbis (p. 31) are available from the Virtual Jersualem ftp site at ftp.jer1.co.il in the path /pub/graphics/rabbi/

Books (p. 32)

• 1-800-Judaism (p. 32) is on the web at http://www.nauticom.net/users/judaica/bookstr.html
• Rubin Mass (p. 32) may be contacted via email at rmass@inter.net.il
• Jason Aronson (p. 32) in on the web at http://www.aronson.com
• Tree of Life Book Fairs (p. 34) has modified its address to http://www1.shore.net/~shalombk/bkfair.htm

Calendars (p. 39)

• Hebrew calendars for DOS environments (p. 39) may be downloaded from http://www.virtual.co.il/gate/ftp/doscal.html

Computers (p. 40)

• Software housed on the Virtual Jerusalem (Jerusalem One) site may be downloaded via the web at http://www.virtual.co.il/gate/ftp/
• Israel Sensitive Map (p. 40) is located at http://www.ac.il/
• Information on Virtual Jerusalem (p. 41) is available at http://www.virtual.co.il/city_services/lists/city_news/
• Rama Porrat's Hebrew TeX and LaTeX site (p. 44) is now at http://shum.huji.ac.il/~rama/hebtex.html

Directories (p. 47)

• Schools in Israel (p. 49) that are on the Internet are listed at http://ietn.snunit.k12.il/isschoo.htm
• The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Haifa and the North (p. 49) has expanded to include all members of the Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce.  Its new site is at http://www.chamber.org.il

Divrei Torah (p. 50)

• The respository of all the divrei Torah archived at Shamash is available as a searchable database at http://shamash.org/tanach/dvar.html.
• The listserv archives of divrei Torah stored on the Virtual Jerusalem (Jerusalem One) server may be accessed at http://www.virtual.co.il/city_services/lists/
• Rabbi Yissachar Frand's weekly parasha class (p. 54) is available at http://www.torah.org/learning/ravfrand/index.html

Electronic Journals (p. 55)

• The Jewish Exponent (p. 55) is now housed at http://www.libertynet.org:80/~exponent/
• The Jewish Week (p. 55) is located at http://shamash.org/jweek/
• The Jewish Review of Portland, Oregon (p. 56) has had a slight change of address. It is now at http://www.teleport.com/~jreview/index.html
• The Jewish Enquirer (p. 57) can be found on the home page of the Electronic Newsstand at http://www.enews.com
• The Jerusalem Report (p. 57) has moved from the Electronic Newsstand to Virtual Jerusalem and can be reached at http://www.jreport.virtual.co.il/
• Access the Jewish Studies Judaica eJournal (p. 57) at http://www.oise.on.ca/~ajhyman/JewishStudies
• The Union for Traditional Judaism's Kosher/Nexus Newsletter (p. 58)  is now located on the group's web site at http://www.zilker.net/business/home/pubs/knexus/index.html
• Inner-Net Magazine (p. 61) is now on the web at http://www.innernet.org.il/

Games (p. 63)

• The Israeli Amateur Radio Club (p. 64) has a new web site at http://w3.iarc.org/

Genealogy (p. 65)

• Don't miss the major Jewish genealogy web page at http://www.jewishgen.org

Hebrew (p. 66)

• Hebrew Tutor (p. 66) may be downloaded via the web at http://www.virtual.co.il/gate/ftp/dostutr.html

Holocaust (p. 71)

• Yad Vashem  (p. 71) has a new web address at http://www.yad-vashem.org.il
• Some readers have reported problems subscribing to the 2nd-gen discussion group (p. 73) which focuses on issues of concern to children of Holocaust survivors.
• Jamie's Holocaust Links (p. 74) may be accessed at http://www.almanac.bc.ca/other-sites/

Israel--Basic Facts (p. 78)

• Background Notes  (p. 78) from the U.S. State Department are available at http://server.gdn.org/ftp/US_State_Department/Background_Notes_1992/Israel
• The 1995 CIA World Factbook (p. 78) entry on Israel is at http://www.odci/gov/cia/publications/95fact/is.html
• Material on the Israel Foreign Ministry gopher (israel-info.gov.il) may also be accessed at the ministry's web page located at http://www.israel.org

Israeli and Zionist Organizations (p. 85)

• Hadassah (p. 85) has its own web page at http://www.hadassah.org
• The New Israel Fund (p. 85) is on the web at http://www.nif.org/index.html

Israeli Business (p. 87)

• The Israeli Ministry of Finance has a comprehensive web site at http://www.mof.gov.il/

Israeli News (p. 91)

• The Jerusalem Post  (p. 90) is on the web at http://www.jpost.co.il

Israeli Politics (p. 95)

• Links to Israeli political parties can be found on the 1996 Israel elections home page created by library school students at the University of Haifa under the direction of Elhanan Adler.  The site is located at http://www-lib.haifa.ac.il/www/elections/elections96.html

Israeli Tourism (p. 101)

• The Ministry of Tourism has a comprehensive site at http://www.infotour.co.il/
• Said Nuseibeh's photographs of The Dome of the Rock (p. 102) are no longer available.
• The Dan Hotel chain (p. 103) has its own web site at http://www.danhotels.co.il/

Jewish Communities Around the World (p. 104)

• In place of Matthew Album's A-Z of Jewish and Israel Related Resources (p. 104), look at the Am Yisrael site at http://www.amyisrael.co.il/
• Jewish Life in San Francisco (p. 105) is now located at http://www.jewish.org
• Jewish Life in Britain (p. 107) has moved to the home page of the Union of Jewish Students at http://www.dircon.co.uk/ujs/

Jewish Texts (p. 111)

• Hypertext versions of the Tanach, Mishna, Tosefta, and Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds (p. 111) can be found at http://www1.snunit.k12.il/snunit/kodesh/
• The Hypertext Halacha project that has made the Shulchan Aruch and Mishna Brura  (p. 111) available in hypertext format is now located at http://www.torah.org/learning/halacha/index.html
• Bigamy and Polygamy in Jewish Law  (p. 113) is located at http://www.hal.com/~landman/Poly/je1.html

Judaism (p. 114)

• Jewish Vocabulary Primer (p. 114) has moved to http://www.tiac.net/staff/scottb/JewishWords.html
• The gopher path to material about Rav Joseph Soloveichik (p. 116) is /Judaica/Tanach/Commentary/mj-ravtorah
• The listserv address for the discussion group on Conservative Judaism (p. 188) is now listserv@csnibm.albany.edu
• The gopher material on Reconstructionism (p. 119) may also be accessed via the web at http://shamash.org/jrf/
• The Meru Foundation (p. 120) is still on the Shamash web page, but its new address is http://shamash.org/judaica/meru/

The K-12 School Community (p. 123)

• JESNA (p. 124) now has a web site at http://users.aol.com/jesna/jesna.htm
• Pen Pals  (p. 126) may be found at http://www.virtual.co.il/city_services/pals and http://www.ort.org/anjy/services/penpal/

Kashrut and Food (p. 128)

• The Kosher Database (p. 128) is available on the web at http://shamash.org/judaica/
• Kashrut in Asia (p. 128) has a new web address at http://www.kashrus.org/
• The Union for Traditional Judaism's Kosher/Nexus Newsletter (p. 128)  is now located on the group's web site at http://www.zilker.net/business/home/pubs/knexus/index.html

Libraries and Librarians (p. 130)

• The Jewish Theological Seminary's Library (p. 130) offers access to its catalog as well as beautiful displays from its exhibits at its web site, http://www.jtsa.edu/library/
• The Association of Jewish Libraries (p. 131) is now on the web at http://aleph.lib.ohio-state.edu/www/ajl.html

The Media (p. 133)

• Articles from The Jewish Telegraphic Agency (p. 133) often appear on the Jewish Communication Network at http://www.jcn18.com/
• Kol Israel's Shortwave Schedule (p. 134) is located at http://www.artificia.com/html/news.cgi.  You may download the free RealAudio player and listen to the broadcast as well.

Missionaries (p. 137)

• Jews for Judaism (p. 137) has a site on the web at http://www.jewsforjudaism.org

Museums (p. 138)

• Yad Vashem  (p. 138) has a new web address at http://www.yad-vashem.org.il
• Beit HaTefutsot (p. 139) has a slight change in its web address to http://www.ort.org/ort/museum/
• The Israel National Museum of Science in Haifa (p. 139) has two web sites.  The first, at http://www.netvision.net.il/n_sci_museum/ offers a tour of the museum.  The second, at http://www.tiltan.co.il/home/exh/ provides pictures from the current exhibits.
• The Hecht Museum (p. 139) is available at http://www.haifa.ac.il/hecht/

Organizations (p. 142)

• Bnai Brith (p. 143) is on the web at http://bnaibrith.org/
• ORT (p. 143) has an extensive presence on the web at http://www.ort.org/
• United Synagogue of America (p. 145) is on the web at http://www.uscj.org/
• The Union for Traditional Judaism (p. 145) has a home page at http://www.zilker.net/business/home/

The Palestinians and the Peace Process (p. 147)

• Peace Now (p. 148) is on the web at http://www.peacenow.org/

Personals (p. 153)

• The subscription information for the Discussion Group for Gay and Lesbian Jews (p. 153) is as follows:  Send a message to listproc@shamash.org with a blank subject and the message subscribe gayjews your name.
• Jewish Marriage Encounter (p. 154) has a new web address at ftp://owens.ridgecrest.ca.us/pub/users/debbie/JME/JME.html

Resources (p. 157)

• The Middle East Gopher (p. 160) from Columbia University now has a web address at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/MiddleEast/
• The Middle East/North Africa Internet Resource Guide (p. 160) is available from the University of Michigan gopher at gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu.  Follow the path /inetdirs/List of all Clearinghouse Guides/Middle East/North Africa Internet Resource Guide.

Science (p. 162)

• The US-Israel Science and Technology Commission  (p. 164) is now located at http://www.std.com/Newbury/neicc/usistc/

Social Action (p. 165)

• The Alliance for Judaism and Social Justice (p. 165) now has a web site at http://www.ajsj.org/

Students (p. 167)

• Koach (p. 169) is part of the United Synagogue home page at http://www.uscj.org/koach/index.html

Traditional Jewish Studies (p. 176)

• Project Genesis (p. 176) now has a home page at http://www.torah.org/
• Global Learning Network (p. 176) is located on the Project Genesis home page at http://www.torah.org/learning/index.html
• Rambam's Mishneh Torah (p. 178) can be found at http://www.torah.org/learning/rambam/index.html along with a discussion of his book.
• The full text of the Chafetz Chayim's Works on Gossip (p. 179) is online at http://www.torah.org/learning/gossip
• The Path of the Just (p. 179) discussion group may be found at http://www.torah.org/learning/ramchal/index.html

Yiddish (p. 183)

• Yiddish Voice (p. 184) has a web page at http://world.std.com/~yv/

Copyright by Diane Romm.  Comments and corrections may be sent to dromm@ix.netcom.com

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