Judaism

Judaism is the religious culture of the Jewish people. It is one of the first recorded monotheistic faiths and one of the oldest religious traditions still practiced today. The tenets and history of Judaism are the major part of the foundation of other Abrahamic religions, including Christianity and Islam.

External links

General

• Judaism 101, an extensive FAQ written by a librarian.
• Microsoft Encarta article on Judaism
• Judaism article from the 1901-1906 Jewish Encyclopedia
• Extensive Collection of Links, from Shamash.org
• Introduction to Judaism from About.com.
• Judaism from ReligionFacts.com.
• Jewish Concepts from the Jewish Virtual Library.

Orthodox/Modern Orthodox/Hasidic

• Orthodox Judaism - The Orthodox Union: Official website
• Chabad-Lubavitch: Official website
• What is Orthodox Judaism? Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
• The Various Types of Orthodox Judaism
• The State of Orthodox Judaism Today

Conservative

• The United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism: Official website
• Introduction to Conservative Judaism
• The State of Conservative Judaism Today

Reform

• Reform Judaism (UK): Official website
• Reform Judaism (USA): Official website
• The Origin of Reform Judaism
• What is Reform Judaism? Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
• Jewish Virtual Library articles on Reform Judaism

Reconstructionist

• Jewish Reconstructionist Federation: Official website

Humanistic

• Society for Humanistic Judaism: Official website

Karaite

• World Movement for Karaite Judaism

Jewish religious literature and texts

• Wikisource Pentateuch (in Hebrew).
• Complete Tanakh (in Hebrew, with vowels).
• English Tanakh from the 1917 Jewish Publication Society version.
• Torah.org - The Judaism Site. (also known as Project Genesis) Contains Torah commentaries and studies of Tanakh, along with Jewish ethics, philosophy, holidays and other classes.
• The complete formatted Talmud online. Interpretative videos for each page from a Orthodox viewpoint are provided in French, English, Yiddish and Hebrew.
• Links to many sources of Divrei Torah. Interpretations and discussions of portions of the Tanach from many different viewpoints.

Wikimedia Torah study projects

Text study projects at Wikisource. In many instances, the Hebrew versions of these projects are more fully developed than the English.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

• Mikraot Gedolot (Rabbinic Bible) in Hebrew (sample) and English (sample).
• Cantillation at the "Vayavinu Bamikra" Project in Hebrew (lists nearly 200 recordings) and English.
• Mishnah in Hebrew (sample) and English (sample).
• Shulchan Aruch in Hebrew and English (Hebrew text with English translation).