§   The Associated - Jewish Welfare Federation in Baltimore. www.associated.org.

§   Planit Jewish - Online community calendar that provides information about programs, services, schools, synagogues, recreation, entertainment, volunteer opportunities, etc. www.planitjewish.com.

§   Baltimore Jewish Times - Weekly newspaper. www.baltimorejewishtimes.com.

CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM

§   Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) - Main site: www.jtsa.edu.

§   The Shefa Network - Virtual community for professional and lay activists in the Conservative Movement. www.shefanetwork.org.

§   United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism - www.uscj.org.

LEARNING

§   Learn@JTS - The JTS distance learning site. http://learn.jtsa.edu.

§   My Jewish Learning - Trans-denominational website of Jewish information geared toward learners of all ages and educational backgrounds. www.myjewishlearning.com.

§   Learn Torah and Haftorah Trope I - Learn the blessings and the trope from Hazzan Farid Dardashti. Right click on the links to download these MP3 audio files to your computer. These are the same melodies taught to our B'nei Mitzvah students.
Torah Blessings Before || Torah Blessings After || Torah Trope || Haftorah Blessings Before || Haftorah Blessings After || Haftorah Trope.

§   Learn Torah Trope II - For a convenient way to learn the Torah reading or the Haftorah reading, visit this free website. Hear any portion chanted, along with English translation, transliteration, with and without vowels and trope. http://bible.ort.org/.

§   Beliefnet - Omnibus site about religion and spirituality.  Independent, unaffiliated with any organization or movement. Thought provoking blogs. www.beliefnet.com.

NEWS

§   The Jewish Times - Baltimore's weekly Jewish magazine/newspaper. www.baltimorejewishtimes.com.

§   Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) - Current events and issues of interest to the Jewish community. http://jta.org.

§   Tablet Magazine - Daily online magazine of Jewish news, ideas, and culture. www.tabletmag.com.    

§   Israel Information

·                 Centrist - Jerusalem Post English site http://www.jpost.com/.

·                 Left-wing - Haaretz English site http://www.haaretzdaily.com/htmls/1_1.asp.

·                 Right-wing (settlers) - http://www.israelnationalnews.com/.

·                 Government - http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/home.asp.

§   The Daily Alert - The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs publishes a free e-mail Daily Alert with current news and incisive commentary concerning the Middle East situation. http://jcpa.org/daily/. To subscribe, send a blank e-mail message to daily-subscribe@jcpa.org.