https://staging.thenewjew.org/articles/websites-other-essential-websites.xml /articles/websites-other-essential-websites xml article Other Essential Websites A brief tour of the other digital tools every New Jew should know about. The New Jew /index.xml Tools & Resources /sections/library-tools.xml Other Essential Websites /articles/websites-other-essential-websites.xml https://staging.thenewjew.org/articles/websites-other-essential-websites https://staging.thenewjew.org/articles/websites-other-essential-websites.json <_xml>https://staging.thenewjew.org/articles/websites-other-essential-websites.xml
websites-other-essential-websites Other Essential Websites A brief tour of the other digital tools every New Jew should know about. Summary. Beyond Sefaria, Chabad.org, MyJewishLearning, Aleph Beta, the OU, Hadar, and Pardes, a handful of additional websites belong on the New Jew's bookmarks: Sefaria's source sheets and educational resources; the JPS Tagged Tanakh (jps.org); Hebcal (hebcal.com — the indispensable Jewish calendar); the Jewish Theological Seminary (jtsa.edu); Yeshiva University's Torah To Go; Mechon Mamre (full Tanakh and Talmud in Hebrew); the Israel Bible Center; the Jewish Virtual Library. essential websites websites tools references 2026-07-06T02:19:03.001Z 348 2
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summary Summary. Beyond Sefaria, [Chabad](/glossary.xml#letter-C).org, MyJewishLearning, Aleph Beta, the OU, Hadar, and [Pardes](/glossary.xml#letter-P), a handful of additional websites belong on the New Jew's bookmarks: Sefaria's source sheets and educational resources; the JPS Tagged [Tanakh](/glossary.xml#letter-T) (jps.org); Hebcal (hebcal.com — the indispensable Jewish calendar); the Jewish Theological Seminary (jtsa.edu); Yeshiva University's [Torah](/glossary.xml#letter-T) To Go; Mechon Mamre (full Tanakh and [Talmud](/glossary.xml#letter-T) in Hebrew); the Israel Bible Center; the Jewish Virtual Library. Summary. Beyond Sefaria, Chabad.org, MyJewishLearning, Aleph Beta, the OU, Hadar, and Pardes, a handful of additional websites belong on the New Jew's bookmarks: Sefaria's source sheets and educational resources; the JPS Tagged Tanakh (jps.org); Hebcal (hebcal.com — the indispensable Jewish calendar); the Jewish Theological Seminary (jtsa.edu); Yeshiva University's Torah To Go; Mechon Mamre (full Tanakh and Talmud in Hebrew); the Israel Bible Center; the Jewish Virtual Library. heading Calendars and Tools Calendars and Tools paragraph Hebcal.com — the standard Jewish calendar, with sunset/sunrise times for any location, [parshah](/glossary.xml#letter-P) schedules, holiday dates, and calendar exports to Google Calendar or Outlook. Hebcal.com — the standard Jewish calendar, with sunset/sunrise times for any location, parshah schedules, holiday dates, and calendar exports to Google Calendar or Outlook. paragraph [Halachic](/glossary.xml#letter-H) Times (my[zmanim](/glossary.xml#letter-Z).com) — precise zmanim (halachic times: latest [Shema](/glossary.xml#letter-S), earliest [Mincha](/glossary.xml#letter-M), sunset) for any location. Halachic Times (myzmanim.com) — precise zmanim (halachic times: latest Shema, earliest Mincha, sunset) for any location. paragraph [Daf Yomi](/glossary.xml#letter-D) Calculators — Sefaria, OU's All Daf, and many specific Daf Yomi apps. Daf Yomi Calculators — Sefaria, OU's All Daf, and many specific Daf Yomi apps. heading Reform and Conservative Resources Reform and Conservative Resources paragraph Union for [Reform Judaism](/glossary.xml#letter-R) (urj.org) — central Reform site. Union for Reform Judaism (urj.org) — central Reform site. paragraph CCAR (ccarpress.com) — Reform rabbinic resources, the [Mishkan](/glossary.xml#letter-M) T'filah. CCAR (ccarpress.com) — Reform rabbinic resources, the Mishkan T'filah. paragraph Reform Judaism Magazine (reformjudaism.org). Reform Judaism Magazine (reformjudaism.org). paragraph United Synagogue of [Conservative Judaism](/glossary.xml#letter-C) (uscj.org). United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (uscj.org). paragraph Rabbinical Assembly (rabbinicalassembly.org) — Conservative [teshuvot](/glossary.xml#letter-T) via the CJLS. Rabbinical Assembly (rabbinicalassembly.org) — Conservative teshuvot via the CJLS. paragraph JTS (jtsa.edu) — Jewish Theological Seminary. JTS (jtsa.edu) — Jewish Theological Seminary. paragraph Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies — for Conservative West Coast. Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies — for Conservative West Coast. paragraph [About Sefaria](https://www.sefaria.org/about) — Sefaria. About Sefaria — Sefaria. paragraph [Learning Schedules](https://www.sefaria.org/calendars) — Sefaria. Learning Schedules — Sefaria. paragraph [Links](https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/links) — Jewish Virtual Library. Links — Jewish Virtual Library. heading Reconstructionist and Renewal Reconstructionist and Renewal paragraph Reconstructing Judaism (reconstructingjudaism.org). Reconstructing Judaism (reconstructingjudaism.org). paragraph ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish [Renewal](/glossary.xml#letter-R) ([aleph](/glossary.xml#letter-A).org). ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal (aleph.org). heading Tanakh and Text Tools Tanakh and Text Tools paragraph Mechon Mamre (mechon-mamre.org) — full Tanakh and [Mishneh Torah](/glossary.xml#letter-M) in Hebrew, with parallel English. Mechon Mamre (mechon-mamre.org) — full Tanakh and Mishneh Torah in Hebrew, with parallel English. paragraph JPS Tagged Tanakh (jps.org/tagged-tanakh) — searchable JPS English translation with grammatical tags. JPS Tagged Tanakh (jps.org/tagged-tanakh) — searchable JPS English translation with grammatical tags. paragraph BibleHub — useful for parallel Hebrew/English/Greek (use with awareness that it is a Christian-oriented site). BibleHub — useful for parallel Hebrew/English/Greek (use with awareness that it is a Christian-oriented site). paragraph Bible Project — high-quality animated explanations of biblical books (Christian; treat the New Testament videos accordingly). Bible Project — high-quality animated explanations of biblical books (Christian; treat the New Testament videos accordingly). heading Israel and News Israel and News paragraph JTA (jta.org) — the Jewish news service. JTA (jta.org) — the Jewish news service. paragraph Times of Israel (timesofisrael.com) — daily English-language Israeli news. Times of Israel (timesofisrael.com) — daily English-language Israeli news. paragraph Haaretz (haaretz.com) — Israeli daily, English edition. Haaretz (haaretz.com) — Israeli daily, English edition. paragraph Jerusalem Post (jpost.com) — Israeli daily, English. Jerusalem Post (jpost.com) — Israeli daily, English. paragraph Tablet Magazine (tabletmag.com) — long-form Jewish journalism. Tablet Magazine (tabletmag.com) — long-form Jewish journalism. paragraph Mosaic Magazine (mosaicmagazine.com) — high-quality essays on Jewish thought and politics. Mosaic Magazine (mosaicmagazine.com) — high-quality essays on Jewish thought and politics. heading Where Denominations Diverge Where Denominations Diverge paragraph Listed by denominational affiliation above. The Tanakh tools are denomination-neutral. Listed by denominational affiliation above. The Tanakh tools are denomination-neutral. heading Sources Sources paragraph Each website's About page and editorial standards. Each website's About page and editorial standards. heading Further Reading Further Reading paragraph The Books chapter for the offline equivalents. The Books chapter for the offline equivalents. websites-sefaria Sefaria /articles/websites-sefaria.xml websites-chabadorg Chabad.org /articles/websites-chabadorg.xml websites-myjewishlearning MyJewishLearning /articles/websites-myjewishlearning.xml websites-aleph-beta Aleph Beta /articles/websites-aleph-beta.xml going-deeper-deeper-reading-a-going-deeper-library A Going-Deeper Library deeper /articles/going-deeper-deeper-reading-a-going-deeper-library.xml websites-hadar Hadar deeper /articles/websites-hadar.xml websites-pardes Pardes deeper /articles/websites-pardes.xml Chabad חב״ד Chabad-Lubavitch is a Hasidic movement, historically headquartered in the Russian town of Lubavitch, known today for its worldwide network of Chabad Houses that offer hospitality, classes, and holiday services to Jews of every background, often in places with no other organized Jewish community. community-finding-a-shul Conservative Judaism Conservative Judaism holds Halacha as binding while empowering its Committee on Jewish Law and Standards to adapt Jewish law to modern circumstances through rabbinic enactments (takkanot) — a deliberate middle path between Orthodox and Reform approaches to Jewish law. how-to-use-this-field-guide Daf Yomi דַּף יוֹמִי 'The daily page' — the worldwide program of studying one Talmud folio each day, completing the entire Babylonian Talmud in about seven and a half years. calendar-daf-yomi-a-page-a-day Halacha הֲלָכָה Jewish law — literally "the way one walks" — the legal system that develops from the Torah's mitzvot through the Mishnah, Talmud, and the great codes; the movements differ on how binding it is, not on its centrality to the tradition. essentials-essential-questions-what-is-halacha Mincha מִנְחָה The afternoon prayer service, the shortest of the three daily services; its name recalls the afternoon grain offering brought in the Temple. going-deeper-deeper-prayers-the-three-daily-services Mishkan מִשְׁכָּן Literally 'dwelling place' — the portable sanctuary the Israelites built and carried through the wilderness, the forerunner of the Temple in Jerusalem. Mishneh Torah מִשְׁנֵה תּוֹרָה The Rambam's monumental 12th-century code of Jewish law — the first work to organize the whole of Halacha systematically, from prayer to Temple service. Pardes פַּרְדֵּס Literally 'orchard.' In Jewish learning it is also the acronym for the four levels of Torah interpretation: peshat (plain sense), remez (hint), derash (interpretation), and sod (secret). Reform Judaism Reform Judaism treats Halacha as a source of values and meaning rather than binding law, emphasizing individual autonomy, ethical monotheism, and tikkun olam; it was the first movement to fully recognize patrilineal descent and ordain women as rabbis. how-to-use-this-field-guide Renewal Judaism Jewish Renewal is a small but influential movement drawing deeply on Hasidism and Kabbalah, combined with feminist and ecological commitments and an experimental, often neo-Hasidic approach to prayer and spirituality. how-to-use-this-field-guide Shema שְׁמַע The central declaration of Jewish faith — 'Hear, O Israel: the Lord is our God, the Lord is One' — recited with its Torah paragraphs every morning and evening. essentials-essential-prayers-the-shema Talmud תלמוד The vast rabbinic work — the Mishnah together with the Gemara's discussion of it — that develops the Oral Torah into Jewish law and thought. It is the central text of Jewish study after the Bible itself. essentials-essential-facts-the-talmud-in-one-article Tanakh תנ״ך The Hebrew Bible, named for the initials of its three sections: Torah (the Five Books), Nevi'im (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings) — twenty-four books in the traditional count. essentials-essential-facts-the-tanakh-in-one-article Torah תּוֹרָה The Five Books of Moses — the scroll at the center of Jewish life — and, more broadly, the whole of Jewish teaching. 'Learning Torah' can mean anything from Chumash to Talmud. aleph א The first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It is silent — it carries whatever vowel it is given — and has the numerical value of one. hebrew-the-aleph-bet parshah פָּרָשָׁה parashah The weekly Torah portion — one of 54 divisions of the Torah, one (occasionally two) read each Shabbat so that the whole Torah is completed every year. The plural is parshiyot. calendar-the-parshah-cycle teshuvot תשובות Responsa (singular teshuvah, 'answer') — written halachic rulings issued by rabbis in reply to submitted questions; the responsa literature is how Jewish law meets new situations. zmanim זמנים Halachic times of day (singular zman) — dawn, sunrise, the latest hour for the Shema, sunset, nightfall — calculated daily and by location, since prayers and observances are keyed to them. parent Tools & Resources /sections/library-tools.xml related Sefaria /articles/websites-sefaria.xml related Chabad.org /articles/websites-chabadorg.xml related MyJewishLearning /articles/websites-myjewishlearning.xml related Aleph Beta /articles/websites-aleph-beta.xml related A Going-Deeper Library /articles/going-deeper-deeper-reading-a-going-deeper-library.xml related Hadar /articles/websites-hadar.xml related Pardes /articles/websites-pardes.xml