Links recommended by the Pesti Shul

About different streams within Judaism

A longer article in Hungarian about streams in Judaism

Brigitta Gantner: Sources of modern orthodoxy (written version in Hungarian of a lecture held at Peshter Shul, Oct. 2002)

A simplified chart about streams within orthodoxy (in Hungarian, Dov Levy and Gergő Dénes, November 2002)

A comparative chart about streams of Judaism (in English, a little bit simplistic, maybe): http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/kenwald/pos4291/spring_00/jewish_practice.htm

A description of modern orthodoxy (in English) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Orthodox_Judaism

A writing of Rabbi Berman, a contemporary leader of modern orthodoxy (NB: Not all members of Pesti Shul accept all statements of Rabbi Berman; especially those concerning other streams): http://www.shma.com/feb01/berman.htm

Modern orthodoxy world wide

Yeshiva University (modern orthodox university, USA): http://www.yu.edu/

The Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS): http://www.yu.edu/riets

Bar Ilan University (relegious university in Israel): http://www.biu.ac.il

The International Center for Jewish Identity: http://www.biu.ac.il/ICJI

Edah (organization and newspaper): http://www.edah.org

Orthodox Union (USA): http://www.ou.org

Yeshivat Har Etzion (Israel): http://www.vbm-torah.org/yhemain.htm

Israel Koschitzky Virtual Beit Midrash: http://www.vbm-torah.org

Atid - Academy for Torah Initiatives and Directions: http://www.atid.org

Ne'emanei Torah vaAvodah: http://toravoda.org.il/

Shalom Hartman Institute: http://www.hartmaninstitute.com

The Orthodox Caucus: http://www.orthodoxcaucus.org

Tora u-mada - Torah and science

Rambi - Index of Articles on Jewish Studies: http://jnul.huji.ac.il/rambi/

Jewish Encyclopedia (published between 1901 and 1906) online http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com

Jewish Law Program on secular and Jewish law: http://www.jlaw.com

European Association for Jewish Studies (EAJS): http://nonuniv.ox.ac.uk/~eajs/

Central European University, Jewish Studies: http://www.ceu.hu/jewishstudies

Department for Judaic studies of the Eotvos University, Budapest: http://www.hebraisztika.hu/

Internet Jewish History Sourcebook: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/jewishsbook.html

 

General information on the Jewish world

Conference of European Rabbis: http://www.cer-online.org/

The Joint Distribution Committee: http://www.jdc.org

Jewish Virtual Library: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/index.html

On Hungary: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/Hungarytoc.html

On Budapest: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/Budapest.html

World Hungarian Jewish Observer: http://www.whjo.org

JTA Global News Service of the Jewish People: http://www.jta.org

The Jerusalem Post (Israeli daily newspaper in English): http://www.jpost.com

Forward (American Jewish weekly): http://www.forward.com

Visits to Israel: http://www.wzo.org.il/en/programs

The Memorial Museum of the Hungarian Speaking Jewry (Safed): http://www.hjm.org.il

The Slovak Jewish Heritage Documentation Project: http://www.slovak-jewish-heritage.org/

Arachim (an Israeli organisation for the promotion of Jewish values): http://www.arachim.co.il/

Some Jewish sites in Hungary

Articles on-line (mainly in Hungarian): http://zsidok.crossnuke.com

Association for the Jewish Tradition of Tokaj-Hegyalja: http://www.zsidohagyomany.fw.hu

Bálint Jewish Community Center: http://www.jcc.hu/

Centropa project (the history of Hungarian Jewis in the 20th century): http://www.centropa.hu/

Chabad Lubavitch Hungary: http://www.zsido.com

Haver: foundation for teaching about the Jewry and the Holocaust in school: http://www.haver.hu

Hungarian Jewish Roots (Hungarian Jewish genealogy): http://www.jewishroots.hu/

Hungarian Union of Jewish Students: http://www.ujs.hu

ISOH (Israeli students in Hungary): http://www.isoh.info/

JMPoint (Jewish Meeting Point): http://www.jmpoint.hu/

The Joint Distribution Committee -- Hungary: http://www.jdc.hu

Lauder-Joint International Jewish Youth Camp: http://camp.jdc.hu

Judapest (blogs, etc.): http://www.judapest.org/

Kidma zionist youth organization: http://www.kidma.hu/

Múlt és Jövő (periodical): http://www.multesjovo.hu/en/

Synagogue in the Frankel street: http://www.frankelzsinagoga.hu/

Sófár Egyesület: http://www.sofar.hu/

Synagogue in the Nagyfuvaros street: http://www.nagyfuvaros.hu

Szombat (monthly newspaper): http://www.szombat.org/

World Hungarian Jewish Observer: http://www.whjo.org

The Zionist Federation of Hungary: http://www.cionista.hu/

 

Useful links for people chosing a modern orthodox life

Arachim Hungary, Sefer ha-Chinuch - on-line study program in Hungarian: http://odur.let.rug.nl/~birot/arachim/

Project Genesis - on-line study programs in English: http://torah.org

Bible II (the full text of the Torah, of the hataroth, including the taamei ha-mikra): http://bible.ort.org/

The Jewish Publication Society translation of the Bible (1917): http://www.davening.net/jpstanach.html

An on-line Hebrew edition of the Bible, on-line copies of the Mishna, Tosefta, Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmuds and Maimonides' Mishne Torah: http://kodesh.snunit.k12.il

Soncino Talmud online: http://www.come-and-hear.com/tcontents.html

Further Hebrew books online:http://www.seforimonline.org, http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/talmud.htm, http://www.hebrewbooks.org, http://www.americanjewisharchives.org, http://www.publishersrow.com, http://www.jbooks.com.

Halacha Brura and Birur Halacha Institute (e.g. many sources online): http://www.halachabrura.org/

"Ask the Rabbi" providers:  Aish ha-Torah (http://www.aish.com/rabbi/)

Hebrew and civil calendars: Kaluach

Zmanim (calculating the time of prayers, candle lighting, motse shabbat, etc.): First you need the geographical coordinates of the given city (use for instance this link), and then calculate the exact time(using this or that).

Kashrut lists (lists of kosher foods): list of the Orthodox Union, list of the Dutch orthodox community (NIK) ( in Dutch, or shorter version in English). Further articles in English.

Synagogues, possibility to pray in community, world wide: http://www.godaven.com, http://www.synagogues.com/

Siddur (prayer book) on the internet (with phonetic transcription and with comments) http://siddur.webjew.org/