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Judaism

Judaism: Religious culture of the Jews, one of the world's oldest religious traditions. Judaism constituted (and traditional Judaism today constitutes) an integrated cultural system of Jewish law, custom, and practice encompassing the totality of individual and communal existence.

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• Ancient Hebrew Research Center - Online Ancient Hebrew resources with history of the alphabet and different scripts, pronunciation, lexicon and bookstore.
• BBC Online: Judaism - Review of the religion its ethics and history.
• Everything Jewish - Detailed guides to Shabbat, Rosh HaShanna, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Hanukkah, Purim, and Passover.
• Hebcal Jewish Calendar - Complete Hebrew calendar program for Unix and Windows. Candle lighting times, holidays, Omer counts, and Torah readings. C and Perl source code available, as well as a Windows executable and links to Web versions of the software.
• Judaism and Jewish Apologetics - To many Jews the basic tenet of Judaism and Jewish teaching is a message of morality, tolerance, peace and human dignity. This article deals with the moral aspects of the Jewish religion.
• Jewish Holidays - Dates of all major and minor Jewish holidays and fast days, with explanations, observances, and links to other articles of interest. From the OU.
• Jewish Community Online - Web presence of the Jewish community on America Online.
• Jews for Judaism - Response to missionaries and Jews for Jesus who target Jews. Information to help Jews refute Christians' arguments in favor of conversion.
• Kolel Online - Updated twice daily with news, articles, reader submissions and an area for families.
• Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust - Online exhibits, special events, admissions and directions details, and a signup form for emailed updates and announcements.
• Project Genesis - Disseminates traditional Torah learning by sponsoring a number of online classes and discussion groups, many of which require no previous educational background. Most classes are archived. There are links to other Torah-learning resources.
• Synagogues Worldwide - A database of synagogues worldwide with contact information for each.
• What is the Torah? - Basic table of contents for the Torah (including the entire Jewish Scriptures and the Talmud) with an explanation of the concept of the written and oral laws.