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HOLIDAYS
Jacob Richman's Holiday Links
http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/j-hday.htm
Each Jewish holiday has its own page with dozens of links to educational sites about that holiday. Updated regularly.

HEBREW
Hebrew Browsing Instructions
http://www.tapuz.co.il/hebrew.asp
How to download Hebrew fonts for your web browser.
Hebrew Links
http://hebrew.about.com/cs/hebrew/
"The best Hebrew material available on the Web. Topics covered include Beginning Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew, Children's Hebrew, Fonts/Internet, Hebrew Calendar, Hebrew Names, Hebrew Literature, Slang, Search Engines, Translations and much more."
The J Site -- Jewish Education & Entertainment
http://www.J.co.il
Includes a Hebrew Sign Maker for those who don't have Hebrew on their computers.

HISTORY (JEWISH) AND SOCIOLOGY
The Jewish History Resource Center
http://jewishhistory.huji.ac.il/
Over 6000 links in over 30 categories dealing with Jewish History.
Internet Jewish History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/jewishsbook.html
Links to web-based resources on Jewish history.
The Jewish Virtual Library
http://www.us-israel.org/index.html
Articles in a dozen categories, including Jewish History, Israel, the Holocaust, Maps, and Biography.
News About Jews
http://sefer.jtsa.edu:4505/ALEPH/-/start/NAJ01
Digitized images of 259 American newspapers, documenting popular images of Jews in the United States from 1782 to 1898.
"Rupture and Reconstruction: The Transformation of Contemporary Orthodoxy," by Haym Soloveitchik
http://www.lookstein.org/links/orthodoxy.htm
Arguably the most talked-about article about Orthodoxy today.

HOLOCAUST (SHOAH)
Jacob Richman's Holocaust Links
http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/j-holoc.htm
Over a hundred links to educational sites about the Holocaust. Updated regularly.

HALAKHAH
She'elot UTeshuvot Online
http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/chinuch/index.html
Thousands of brief Hebrew responsa from Israeli rabbis, since 2001. You can browse by category (e.g., refuah, machshavah, nashim) or by rabbi (e.g., Rav Rozen of Zomet, Rav Yuval Sherlo). If you sign up, you can ask questions as well.

PARASHAH
Cypess -- The Electronic Parsha Warehouse
http://eparsha.com/
The best link page for parashah on the web. Hundred of links divided by topics (e.g., peshat commentaries, academic articles, divrei torah from yeshivot and institutions, non-Orthodox torah, etc.) Includes search engines for divrei torah at Shamash, and for the Mail-Jewish and Avodah archives
Rabbi Chaim Brovender's Parashah Shiur
http://www.yhol.org.il/parsha/rcbparsha.htm
ATID President Rabbi Brovender gives a weekly parashah shiur here. Archives offer the other parshiot.

TANAKH
Resource Pages for Biblical Studies
http://www.hivolda.no/asf/kkf/rel-stud.html
Hundreds of links, each carefully separated by category.
Yeshivat Har Etzion's Virtual Beit Midrash
http://www.vbm-torah.org
Menachem Leibtag's Tanach Study Center
http://www.tanach.org
Guide Sheets for Reading Nevi'im and Ketuvim: A System for Study and Review, by Seth (Avi) Kadish
http://www.lookstein.org/resources
Hebrew guides to reading each of the books of Nach. (They're in pdf form, so download Acrobat Reader.)

TORAH -- GENERAL
Hirhurim Musings
http://hirhurim.blogspot.com/
The premiere blog of the Orthodox world, with Rabbi Gil Student's prolific writings and musings on halakhah and Jewish life.
Da'at -- Mercaz Limudei Yahadut VeRuach
http://www.daat.ac.il
The largest Hebrew web collection of articles on Judaism and Jewish education. 25 categories, including tefillah, family, and moral dilemmas. The Tanakh section alone boasts more than 1000 articles.
Da'at (the English page)
http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/english/index.html
Dozens of articles, especially medical ethics in halakhah. Includes education articles from Ten Da'at and halakhah articles from the Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society (RJJ).
Kitvei Eit UMaamarim (at Da'at)
http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/kitveyet/kitveyet.htm
Archives of articles from Hebrew journals -- Assia, Beit Mikra, BiSdeh Chemed, Machshevim BeChinukh, and a dozen more. There are 300 articles from Machanayim.
Jewish Torah Audio
http://www.613.org/
Provides over 600 hours of Jewish audio and video. You must first download the Real Audio software.
Jewish Law -- Articles
http://www.jlaw.com/Articles
Dozens of halakhah articles, especially from the Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society (RJJ), focus on how Jewish law perceives American law.
Dafyomi Advancement Forum: The Internet Center for the Study of Dafyomi
http://www.dafyomi.co.il/
You can subscribe to email classes, or use the archives. It covers most pages of the Talmud with a variety of classes, including Insights, Background, Point by Point Summary, and Charts and Graphics.
Torah Library of Ateret Kohanim
http://www.ateret.org.il/hebrew/library/sichot/hindex.html
Includes books by Rav Zvi Yehuda Kook, and She'elot UTeshuvot by Rav Shlomo Aviner -- with a Chinukh section.
Shiurim in Hebrew
http://www.tora.co.il/shiurim/shiurim.html
Several categories, plus shiurim from Rav Halevi (Karnei Shomron), Rav Tsuriel, Rav Elisha Aviner, and Rav Yuval Sherlo. They're in Word -- Hebrew form.
Temple Museum
http://www.hebrew2001.com/mikdash/
A 3D walk-through of the Beit Hamikdash with explanations both in English and Hebrew. You first install the plug-in (it's safe).
Sifrut HaKodesh
http://www1.snunit.k12.il/kodesh/kodesh.html
Free access online to the Hebrew texts of Tanakh, Onkelos, Mishnah, Tosefta, Talmud Yerushalmi, and Mishneh Torah.
Partial Bibliography of works by and about Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik Zt"l.
http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~turkel/engsol.html
Includes links to other web material on the RAV.

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