THE JEWISH GUIDE TO THE INTERNET

SECOND EDITION--AN UPDATE

This page is designed to update the entries in the printed book The Jewish Guide to the Internet, second edition, by Diane Romm.  The book is available from the Jason Aronson Company at 1-800-782-0015.  All references below are to the pages in the book.  Those sites marked "NEW" are additional material appearing here for the first time since the page's last update on August 12, 1999.

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Israel--Basic Facts

• The Israeli Ministry of Education--http://owl.education.gov.il/
• The Israeli Ministry of Industry and Trade--http://www.israel-industry-trade.gov.il/ and http://www.tamas.gov.il/
• The Ministry of Religious Affairs--http://www.religinforserv.gov.il/
• The Israeli Navy--http://pwp.usa.pipeline.com/~albatross/ins.html
• The Bank of Israel--http://www.bankisrael.gov.il/
• The Prime Minister's Office--http://www.pmo.gov.il/
• Sherut Yeutz Laezrach, Citizen's Advice Bureau, from the Ministry of Welfare and Works--http://shil.huji.ac.il/Develop/Hebrew/index.htm     
• Israeli Defense Force--http://www.idf.il/  
• Central Bureau of Statistics (p. 115) has a new address at http://www.cbs.gov.il/    
• Jerusalem Municipal Information in Hebrew--http://www.jerusalem.muni.il/
• Israel Railways--http://www.israrail.org.il/      
• The Israeli Judicial Authority--http://www.court.gov.il/  
• The Israeli Government--http://www.info.gov.il/    
• The Israeli Health Insurance System--http://www.btl.gov.il/    
• The Ministry of Health--http://www.health.gov.il/    
• Israeli Civil Service--http://www.civil-service.gov.il/    
• Geobase is a searchable database of information about the population and geography of the country--http://geobase.huji.ac.il/    
• The Israeli Research Institute of Municipal Tax provides information about arnona and other taxes--http://www.arnona.co.il/   
• A good portal for legal information in Israel is MishpatNet at http://mishpat.net/    
• Israel Ports and Railway Authority--http://www.israports.org.il/    

Israel and Students (p. 120)

• Livnot U'Lehibanot--http://www.virtual.co.il/education/livnot
• Israel Programs Foundation--http://www.ipf.org/
• Ramah programs in Israel--http://www.ramah.org.il/    
• Visiting Israel Students Association provides young Jews visiting Israel with a positive Jewish experience--http://www.visaisraelprograms.org/    
• Birthright Israel is offering free trips to first time student visitors to Israel--http://www.israelexperience.org/ NEW

Israeli Business (p. 128)  

Doing Business in Israel

• Israeli Investor Network at http://www.iin18.com/attempts to match Israeli companies with trading partners and financing worldwide.
• Israeli Want Ads--http://www.drushim.co.il/
• Opportunities for joint Jewish and Arab business ventures are described at the Center for Jewish Arab Economic Development's page at http://www.cjaed.org  
• Hitech Job Offers in Israel has listings in Hebrew--http://www2.iol.co.il/hitech-job  
• Association of America-Israel Chambers of Commerce--http://www.israeltrade.org/    
• Classified Israeli Ads--http://www.classads.co.il/  
• Israel Trade Fairs and Convention Center--http://www.israel-trade-fairs.com/    
• Analyst OnLine allows you to analyze and track the Israeli economy--http://www.analystonline.co.il/  
• Israel Export Institute--http://www.export.gov.il/    
• Trendlines provides guidance for the international marketing of Israeli business--http://www.trendlines.net/  
• Yazam highlights Israeli entrepreneurs and investors--http://www.yazam.com/    NEW 
• If you read Hebrew, Bizportal is an excellent portal for all aspects of business in Israel--http://www.bizportal.co.il/   NEW 

Israeli Banks

• The Bank of Israel--http://www.bankisrael.gov.il/
• Bank HaPoalim--http://www.bankhapoalim.co.il/
• Israel Discount Bank--http://www.israel-discount-bank.co.il/
• Bank Tefahot, the mortgage bank--http://www.tefahot.co.il/
• Bank of Jerusalem--http://www.bankjerusalem.co.il/     NEW

Companies

• Gifts to or from Israel--http://www.order-click.co.il/
• Israeli Army Uniforms--http://www.gezernet.co.il/IMP  and IMP at http://www.imp.co.il    
• Israel Stock Photo Agency--http://www.asap.co.il/
• Israel Electric Company--http://www.israel-electric.co.il/
• Israel Direct, a site from which to order gifts--http://www.israeldirect.co.il/  
• Supersol, the giant Israeli supermarket chain--http://www.supersol.co.il/     
• Kanion 2000, a virtual shopping mall in Israel--http://www.k2000.co.il/        
• Asakim, a compendium of business sites in Israel--http://www.askaim.co.il/      
• RR Satellite Communications--http://rrsat.com/    
• SaleStorm is a Hebrew language auction site--http://www.salestorm.co.il/   
• Israeli cell phone information is available at Pelephone--http://www.pelephone.co.il/ and Cellcom--http://www.cellcom.co.il/  
• Israeli Wishes sells candy and snacks from Israel--http://www.israeliwishes.com/  
• Bezeq Net will host a cybermall of stores--http://www.bezeq.com/   NEW

Real Estate

• Internadlan Comprehensive Israel Real Estate Index, an online directory arranged by city, can be found at http://www.zf.co.il/nadlan
• Israeli Real Estate News--http://www.ired.com/dir/int/mkt/israel.htm    
• Internet-IN--http://interin.com/index.html
• Casharell Real Estate specializes in commercial properties--http://www.casharell.co.il/
• Dennis Barak Real Estate--http://www.dennisbarak.co.il/
• Engel Construction--http://www.engel.co.il/
• Mishab, a construction companies specializing in projects for the religious community--http://www.mishab.co.il/    
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• A searchable Israeli Real Estate Database is located at http://www.nadlanet.co.il/     
• Capital Property Consultants, a Jerusalem real estate site--http://property.co.il/   
• Anglo Saxon Real Estate--http://www.anglo-saxon.co.il/    
• Project Eden is described at http://www.jelco.co.il/  
• Andromeda Hill in Jaffa--http://www.andromeda.co.il/    
• A Guide to Israeli Real Estate for non-residents--http://www.israel4travellers.com/    
• Eva Aviad Realty in Jerusalem--http://www.eva-aviad-realty.findhere.com/    NEW

Business Publications

• LaMashkia, an independent investment newsletter, is located at http://www.simplex.co.il/
• Status, a full text Hebrew management magazine, is available at http://status.co.il/
• Israel High-Tech & Investment Report--http://www.ishitech.co.il/    NEW

Israeli Culture (p. 141)  

• American-Israel Cultural Foundation--http://aicf.webnet.org/
• Israelisms at http://israelisms.simplenet.com/ is an English language humor magazine about life in Israel.
• Axioma is a Hebrew journal about Israeli cultural events--http://www.axioma.co.il/     NEW
• Rakia lists Israel's cultural institutions--http://www.rakia.com/   NEW

Israeli News (p. 146)  

• Israel Resource Review at http://www.israelvisit.co.il/BehindTheNews offers full text articles from Jerusalem and the Palestine Authority that do not usually appear in standard news sources.
• Middle East politics sites are listed at http://www.suite101.com/topics/page.cfm/59/
• Israel Wire News Service--http://www.israelwire.com /      
• A list of online Israeli news sources is located at http://www.iguide.co.il/english/1.html    
• What's New in Israel--http://new.co.il/    
• Israel in the News--http://www.tzemach.org/fyi/    
• Israel and the UN--http://www.israel-un.org/  
• The Haifa & Northern Israel Journalists Association homepage has many good Israeli news links--http://www.haifapress.org.il/      

Israeli Politics (p. 150)  

• Likud in Holland has a site with information about the party and the peace process--http://www.nedernet.nl/~likoed/index.html 
• Gamla--http://www.gamla.org.il/
• Hofesh, a group fighting for freedom from religious coercion--http://www.hofesh.org.il/       
• Political Parties (p. 154)  
  • Center Party led by Yitzchak Mordechai--http://www.mercaz.org.il/
  • Haichud Haleumi, the National Coalition Party, led by Dr. Binyamin Begin--http://www.haichud-haleumi.org.il/
  • Tzomet, led by Raful Eitan--http://www.tsomet.org.il/
  • Meretz (p. 156), led by Yossi Sarid--http://www.meretz.org.il/
  • Chadash (p. 154), the Israeli Communist Party--http://www.hadash.org.il/
  • Shinui, led by Tommy Lapid--http://www.shinui.org.il/
  • The Labor Party (p. 155), led by Ehud Barak--http://www.avoda.org.il/.  Barak himself has a site at http://www.ehudbarak.co.il/
  • The Third Way (p. 156), led by Avigdor Kahalani--http://www.thirdway.org.il/
  • Ale-Yarok, the Green Leaf Party--http://www.ale-yarok.org.il/
  • The Yerukim, or Green Party--http://www.yerukim.org/
  • Natural Law Party--http://www.natural-law-party.org/
  • Meimad (p. 156), led by Rabbi Yehuda Amital--http://www.meimad.org.il/

Israeli Tourism (p. 158)

Information

• The Israeli Ministry of Tourism--http://www.travelnet.co.il/tnet/mtoursm/index.htm
• Israel Ministry of Tourism in North America--http://www.goisrael.com/
• Comprehensive Tourism Information--http://www.inisrael.com/  
• Trips to Israel offers many options for travel at http://www.israelplus.com/
• Cbertrek to Israel at http://c-trek.most.co.il/
• Tourist Guide Magazine in English profiles the Israeli tourist industry at http://www.touristguide.co.il/
• Places, a comprehensive directory of web sites about tourism in Israel--http://www.places.co.il/  
• Israel City Guide--http://www.ddtravel-acc.com/cityguid.htm 
• Hello Israel, a weekly guide to country wide events--http://www.helloisrael.net/  
• Israel Travel Net Guide--http://www.israel-travel.net/    
• Israel Tourism Guide provides access to 10,000 entries about touring the country--http://www.index.co.il/tourism/  
• Israel's National Parks--http://parks.org.il/    NEW

Accommodations

• Bed and Breakfast accommodations in Jerusalem are listed at http://www.bnb.co.il/
• Kibbutz Net can lead you to 50 different kibbutzim--http://www.kibbutznet.com/   
• Information on kibbutzim is available at http://www.kibbutz.org.il/  
• HEI Hotels--http://www.heihotels.com/    
• Tel Aviv's Hotels--http://www.telaviv-hotels.co.il/   
• The Sheraton Hotels in Israel--http://www.sheratonisrael.com/    
• Hotels Plus lists all types of lodgings in Jerusalem--http://www.jerusalem-hotels.co.il/  
• Accommodation Search Engine--http://ase.net/accom-bin/disp_country/ase/Asia/Israel/
• Ten Star Residential offers apartment hotels in Jerusalem--http://www.tenstarresidential.com/
• Israel's Youth Hostels--http://www.youth-hostels.org.il/     NEW

Agencies

• Bar and Bat Mitzvah Tours of Israel--http://www.barmitzvahtours.com/    
• Israel to Go will help you plan a tour--http://www.israeltogo.com/  
• Israel Tour--http://www.israeltour.com/   
• Bar and Bat Mitzvahs in Israel--http://jem.ascender.com/iia/bar/    
• Weekends in Israel--http://www.weekend.co.il/    NEW

Other Services

• Neot Kedumim, a 625 acre Biblical landscape, is described at http://www.virtual.co.il/travel/neot
• Thrifty Car Rental (p. 166)--http://www.thrifty-israel.com/     
• Israel Railways--http://www.israrail.org.il/
• Tower Airlines--http://www.towerair.com/  
• Tours sponsored by the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel--http://www2.iol.co.il/teva/
• Ben Gurion Airport--http://www.ben-gurion-airport.co.il/  

Jewish Communities Around the World (p. 168)

United States

• More on Jewish life in the San Francisco Bay Area is available at http://www.jfed.org/
• A Jewish guide to Cleveland--http://www.jewishcleveland.org/
• A Jewish guide to San Diego--http://www.jewishinsandiego.com/
• More information on Jewish Los Angeles can be found at http://www.lajewish.org/  and at http://www.lajewishguide.com/   
• Jewish life in Portland, Oregon--http://www.jewishportland.com/    
• Jewish in Florida--http://jewishinflorida.com/   
• Jewish Pittsburgh--http://www.jewishpittsburgh.com/      
• Jewish Buffalo--http://jbuff.com/    
• Jewish Vermont--http://jewishvermont.com/
• Jewish Knoxville--http://www.jewishknoxville.org/
• Virtual Jewish Chicago--http://www.vjc.org/    
• Jewish life in Boca Raton, Florida--http://www.jewishboca.org/ and http://www.jewishsouthflorida.com/
• Northern New Jersey--http://www.jewishbergen.org/     NEW

Europe

• Institutet for Judisk Kultur in Sweden has a home page at http://www.ijk-s.se/
• The Jewish community of Helsinki, Finland--http://www.helsinki.fi/~aschulma/srk/home.htm 
• Links to French language Jewish sites can be found at http://www.israelfr.com/  
• Menorah-Ghesher Network Ebraico in Italian--http://www.menorah.it/ 
• Jews in Northern Netherlands--http://www.xs4all.nl/~citroen/Chanah.html 
• The Jewish Community of Poland--http://www.jewish.org.pl/       
• The Italian Jewish Network--http://www.italya.net/       
• Khazaria Information Center (p. 178) has a new address at http://www.khazaria.com/
• Kosher London--http://members.xoom.com/LaCanyon    
• Another French Jewish site is VieJuive at http://www.viejuive.com/    
• Paris Kosher Restaurants--http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/2621/    
• French Speaking Israelis--http://www.francophones.org.il/  
• London Kosher Hotels--http://kosher.index.findhere.com/
• The Jewish Community of Oslo--http://www.dmt.oslo.no/    
• The Jews of Italy--http://home.earthlink.net/~leichter/JewsOfItaly.html    
• Jewish life in Newcastle and the North East Jewish Communities of England--http://www.northeastjewish.org.uk/   
• Jewish Net concentrates on Jewish life in the UK--http://www.jewish-net.com/    
• Spanish language Jewish life--http://www.hebreos.net/    
• Jewish Community of Malta--http://www.fred.net/malta/jewish.html    
• Consistoire Central Israelite du Benelux--http://users.pandora.be/consistoire.benelux/    

Sephardim

• An informational page on Sephardim is located at http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1717/
• Worldwide Sephardic Community--http://www.bsz.org/
• Syrian Jews--http://www.columbia.edu/~ied4
• David Silvera's Sephardim.Org is located at http://www.sephardim.org/
• The Sephardi Connection offers 15 interactive forums--http://sephardiconnect.com/    
• The Rhodesli Sepharidic Ring unites sites devoted to the Jews of Rhodes--http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/2177/rhoserng.htm
• The Sephardi/Mizrahi Studies Caucus of AJS has a good starting page--http://www.princeton.edu/~rsimon/ssc.htm
• The European Sephardic Institute--http://www.sepharad.org/    

Other Parts of the World

• The Jews of Cuba--http://www.mindspring.com/~menorah     
• The Moscow Choral Synagogue site has information about the Jews of Russia--http://www.corbina.ru/~synrus  
• Federation of Jewish Communities of the C.I.S.--http://www.fjc.ru /      
• Jewish life in the Ukraine--http://www.jfu.kiev.ua/  and http://www.public.ua.net/~jewish  and http://www.jewish.kiev.ua/
• The Jewish community of Beijing--http://www.gorpbrothers.com/sinogogue/   
• The Jewish community of Shanghai--http://www.chinajewish.org/      
• The Jews of India--http://home.earthlink.net/~leichter/AsianIndia.html   
• The Jewish community of Brazil--http://www.communidadejudaica.com.br/ohebreu/  
• Jewish Thailand--http://www.jewishthailand.com/    
• Jewish Morocco--http://www.skyinet.net/~rickgold    
• Jewish Calgary--http://www.jewish-calgary.com/  
• The Jewish Community of Japan--http://www.jewish.japan.co.jp/    NEW

Jewish Holidays (p. 181)

• Send an animated Hebrew holiday card to anyone anywhere for free--http://www.hagim.co.il/brachot
• Activities and traditions related to the holidays--http://www.jewishholidays.com/
• Another holiday card service is at http://www.ahavat-israel.com/postcard.html  
• For more electronic cards, look at Gefilte Greetings--http://www.gefiltegreetings.com/
• Family Passover site--http://www.happypassover.com/  

Jewish Texts (p. 187)  

• Navigating the Bible offers a searchable, interlinear translation and transliteration of the Torah--http://bible.ort.org/
• A Dictionary of Sex in the Bible is a full text reference book about gender and sexual issues in the Bible alphabetically arranged--http://www.mindspring.com/~hobrad/andmain.htm
• A color-coded online Mishnah--http://www.israel.net/torah/ 
• Insights into Pirkei Avot--http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/4581/Avot_gen.html    

Judaism (p. 191)  

• Jewish Outreach Institute's  (p. 201) new address is http://www.joi.org/
• A Spanish language introduction to Judaism from Argentina is located at http://www.judaicasite.com/
• Judaism from the Mining Company--http://judaism.miningco.com/
• The Frum Side of the Web is a collection of links to the Orthodox world--http://www.cs.brandeis.edu/~walrus
• Conversion to Judaism by Dr. Lawrence J. Epstein--http://www.convert.org/
• Jewish Law examines halacha and secular law--http://www.jlaw.com/  
• Explore Torah study in the light of the Reform movement at Bluethread's site--http://www.exo.net/bluethread  
• Click on Judaism allows 20 to 30 year olds to look at liberal Judaism--http://www.clickonjudaism.org/      
• Judaism 101 (p. 191) is now located at http://www.jewfaq.org/.  Also check http://www.judaism101.org/
• Jordan Lee Wagner's Learners' Minyan--http://members.aol.com/judaism/lm  
• Advice on setting up an eruv is available at http://www.eruv.net/     
• The Institute for Science and Halacha deals with halachic solutions to technological issues--http://www.machon-science-halacha.org.il/     
• Moshiach Online deals with the Messiah in Jewish tradition--http://www.moshiachonline.com/    
• Virtual Synagogue Tour--http://ezra.mts.jhu.edu/~rabbiars/synagogue/index.html 
• The Modzitz Chassidim, famous for their music, have a site at http://www.modzitz.org/
• The Mezuzah Doctor can check your Torah scrolls, megillot, mezuzot, and tefillin--http://www.mezuzahdoctor.com/   
• Judaism from the perspective of the Sephardic Ben Ish Hai is expounded at http://www.midrash.org/    NEW
• A Virtual Tour of the Second Temple--http://moshiach.com/mikdosh/    NEW

The K-12 School Community (p. 202)

• JESNA (p.202) has its own site at http://www.jesna.org/
• CAJE (p.202) has its own site at http://www.caje.org/
• The Jewish Home Educator's Network--http://snj.com/jhen
• The Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York--http://www.bjeny.org/
• Yamach Educational Services, a Hebrew language site, offers project ideas for integrating the Internet into instruction--http://www.yamach.holon.k12.il/
• Jewish Student Online Research Center provides encyclopedia-like articles for students--http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/  
• Jewish activities for parents and children--http://www.jewishhome.com/  
• Brad Lakritz has created a very useful Guide to Selected Jewish Online Resources in Jewish education--http://www.slip.net/~bjesf/LINKS/links.html    
• Snunit Library--http://navat.snunit.k12.il/  
• The Melton Centre for Jewish Education in the Diaspora (p. 204) is now located at http://sites.huji.ca.il/melton/    
• Board of Jewish Education of Chicago--http://www.bjechicago.org/   
• Nurit Reshef's site continues to provide wonderful interacitve Jewish educational material--http://www.bus.ualberta.ca/yreshef/     
• Play the Treasurusalem quiz game at http://www.snunit.k12.il/treasurusalem    
• IdeaNet has resources for Jewish Youth professionals--http://www.jewishyouth.com/   
• The Centre for Jewish Education in Great Britain--http://www.knowledge.co.uk/cje/  
• Jewish Education Council of Montreal--http://www.total.net/~jecerc/about.html    
• The Learning Plant offers many educational Jewish materials for sale--http://www.learningplant.com/ as does Judaica for Kids--http://www.judaicaforkids.com/    NEW
• Board of Jewish Education in Washington, D.C.--http://www.bjedc.org/    NEW
• Akhlah is a Jewish education portal--http://www.akhlah.com/     NEW
• Arachim is a Hebrew language Jewish education portal created by Michlalah in Jerusalem--http://www.arachim.ac.il/     NEW

     Kashrut and Food (p. 209)  

Kosher Tourism

• Kosher cruises--http://www.kosherica.com/  
• Kesher Tours--http://www.keshertours.com/    
• Golden Acres Farm & Ranch in upstate New York--http://www.goldenacres.com/ 
• A world wide guide to Jewish travel--http://www.jewishtravel.com/      
• The Wanderer Magazine documents Jewish travel--http://www.thewanderermagazine.com/    NEW
• Jewish Travler Resource--http://emcoinc.com/travel/html/JewishTravel/    NEW

• Kosher Wine
  • KWOTI (Kosher Wines on the Internet)--http://www.kosherwine.com/
  • Kedem Wines--http://www.kedemwines.com/
  • Israeli Wines and Wineries--http://www.agmonet.co.il/sines/home.htm    
  • Abarbanel Wines--http://www.kosher-wine.com/
  • Gan Eden Wines--http://www.ganeden.com/
  • Carmel Mizrachi wineries--http://www.carmelwines.co.il/
  • HaGafen--http://www.hagafen.com/    
• The Roots of Jewish Vegetarianism by Richard Schwartz--http://envirolink.org/arrs/jar/jews_art.html
• Empire Kosher Poultry--http://www.empirekosher.com/
• Kosher Mall from Rabbi Chaim Davis addresses many kashrut issues--http://www.koshermall.com/
• Kof-K Kosher Supervision--http://www.kof-k.com/
• Star K Kosher Supervision--http://www.star-k.org/  
• Koshernews.Com keeps kosher consumers updated on products and certifications--http://www.koshernews.com/
• A list of kashrut symbols is located at http://www.kosherquest.org/
• Food for Thought will ship kosher food baskets anywhere--http://www.food4tht.com/
• Updates to Bela Flom's print book, The Authoritative New York City Kosher Dining Guide, are located at http://www.diningkosher.com/
• Jewish Food Archives offers over links to recipes and information about Jewish cooking at http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~ab522/jewishfood.html   
• The World's Largest Kosher Supermarket lets you order from anywhere, delivered overnight to your home, office, or hotel room--http://www.koshersupermarket.com/    
• Rec.food.cuisine.jewish is a newsgroup devoted to Jewish cooking.  Recipes from the group are located at http://www.cyber-kitchen.com/rfcj    
• Kosher caterers throughout the United States are listed at http://www.kosher-caterers.com/  
• Gourmet kosher recipes--http://www.gourmetkosher.com/    
• The Jewish Cookbook Site contains the largest private collection of Jewish cookbooks in the world--http://www.xs4all.nl/~uris/    
• Kosher Food Shop is a full service online grocery--http://www.kosherfoodshop.com/  
• Kosherny.com focuses on keeping kosher in the Big Apple--http://www.kosherny.com/    
• Kosher in Israel--http://www.kosher.co.il/    
• Kosher Vitamins are available from http://www.koshervitamins.com/  and http://koshervitaminshoppe.com/
• Kosher for Passover--http://www.kosher4passover.com/    NEW

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