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Jewish, Religious, and Scholarly Links

  • Religious Books and Resources
    • Tanach
      • Navigating the Bible — Online edition of this well-made Torah study software. Includes Hebrew text of the parashiyot (with and without nikkudim) and haftarot, transliteration, and audio files to help you learn the trope. Also has a Torah translation and commentary, and a summary of each parasha.
      • Tanach with Cantillation — From Mechon-Mamre.org. Only works in Internet Explorer.
      • Tikkun — From Mechon-Mamre.org. The vowel points appear when you hover over a word. Only works in Internet Explorer.
      • Hebrew Tanach Interlinear — From Mechon-Mamre.org. Unicode version of the Tanach, side-by-side with English translation (JPS). Only works in Internet Explorer.
      • Hebrew Tanach (Aleppo Codex) — From Mechon-Mamre.org. Unicode version of the Tanach. Only works in Internet Explorer.
      • Aleppo Codex — A Flash site that allows you to read and look closely at the actual Aleppo Codex of the Torah. Requires broadband for best results.
      • Tanach (Snunit) — An all-Hebrew site, no vowel points.
      • Tanach MP3 - Chapters — Chapter-by-chapter recordings of someone reading the text of the Torah. He reads it fast and with Sefardic pronunciation.
      • Tanach MP3 - Books — Entire books of the Tanach, read by the same guy.
    • Torat HaShlichim/Septuagint
      • Parallel Greek New Testament — In Unicode, no accents. Includes the text of the following Greek codices: Stephens 1550 Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus, Byzantine Majority, Alexandrian, Hort and Westcott. Also includes the Vulgate and multiple English translations.
      • Bible In Greek — A very nice Greek Bible, in Unicode, with grammar and translation tools.
      • Greek Bible — Another very nice Greek Bible site. You can choose to view the text in the Symbol font (installed on all Windows computers), as images, in an ASCII font, or in a Unicode font.
      • Septuagint in Unicode — In Greek Unicode (no accents), on BibleDatabase.net (where you can also find a lot of other Bibles and translations).
      • The New Testament Gateway — Lots of resources on Greek study, as well as other areas of Biblical studies
      • The Septuagint Online — Links to various versions of the text.
      • Early Christian Writings — Peter Kirk’s valuable collection of Early Christian resources.
      • Greek NT downloads — You can download the text in a few different formats.
    • Bible Software
      • WORDsearch 8 — The fastest, easiest to use Bible software.
      • Bible Explorer — Free downloadable software with more than 150 free books. The best free Bible Software available.
      • Instaverse — If you see scripture references on the Internet, in e-mail, or in word processing documents, but always want to see what the passage says, this is the perfect tool for you. It pops up a small, customizable window when you hover over any Bible reference. Over 40 Bibles are available, many of them free. Uses the same books as Bible Explorer and WORDsearch.
    • English Bible
    • Talmud/Mishna
      • E-Daf.com — Scans of the actual Talmud pages, for use in reading the Daf Yomi.
      • Talmud Bavli (Snunit) — All-Hebrew site with the entire text of the Babylonian Talmud in Unicode.
      • Talmud Yerushalmi (Snunit) — All-Hebrew site with the entire text of the Jerusalem Talmud in Unicode.
      • Yedid Nefesh - Talmud Yerushalmi — Also all-Hebrew, also Unicode, but apparently not yet complete.
      • WebShas Index to the Talmud — A categorical index of subjects in the Talmud. Very useful for getting in the ballpark when looking for something specific.
      • The Real Truth About The Talmud — Statement of Purpose: “There are many lies circulating the Internet about the Jewish Talmud. These allegations are supported by ‘direct quotations’ from the Talmud that are frequently wrong or taken out of context. However, most people lack the scholarly background to verify these claims. Most people have no way of knowing that these accusation are false and malicious. What we are attempting is to demonstrate in detail how these accusations are both wrong and intentionally misleading. We are trying to show to the world the real truth about the Talmud.”
      • An Outline of the Talmud — An outline of the Talmud’s content (I cannot vouch for its validity, but it looks right).
      • Daf Yomi Shiur — Daily teaching on the Daf Yomi, for those interested in studying the Talmud over the course of seven years.
      • Mishna (Snunit) — All-Hebrew Unicode site.
      • Tosefta (Snunit) — All-Hebrew Unicode site.
    • Halacha
    • Targum
    • Hebrew
      • Hebrew Lexicon — Based on the Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon.
      • Masoretes and Hebrew (PDF) — From the British & Foreign Bible Society, an explanation of how the Masoretes added points to the text of the Tanach.
    • Greek
    • Apocrypha/Pseudepigrapha
    • Jewish Texts/Studies
      • Siddur Tehilas Hashem — All-Hebrew Hebrew Siddur (site created by Chabad).
      • Transliterated Siddur — A transliterated siddur (no Hebrew). Sephardi pronunciation, Ashkenazi nusach.
      • Virtual Cantor — A helpful tool for learning how to cant the Torah, Haftarah, and Megillot.
      • Early Jewish Writings — Peter Kirk’s collection of writings from early Judaism.
      • iTanakh — An index of Internet resources that might be of use in the academic study and teaching of the Hebrew Bible.
      • Online Jewish texts — A list of links to various texts, many of which are also linked to from here.
      • Hebrew Incunabula, Hebraica, and Manuscripts — A virtual guide to the great Jewish libraries and rare book collections online.
      • The Judaica Archival Project — A non-profit, preservation and access program that has preserved over half a million pages from thousands of rare, out-of-print and classic Hebrew works in Rabbinics
    • Christian Texts/Studies
    • Other Texts
      • The Qur’an — A copy of M. H. Shakir’s translation. Supplied by the Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia.
      • Internet Sacred Text Archive — A large repository of English translations of sacred texts from every conceivable religious group. I do not suggest you use their version of the Talmud, since it is a translation that is not accepted by Jewish scholars.
    • Miscellaneous
      • InscriptiFact — An image database of inscriptions and artifacts.
      • UniBible — Open Source Unicode Palm Bible program.
      • Inscriptions from the Land of Israel — The Inscriptions from the Land of Israel project seeks to collect and make accessible over the Web all of the previously published inscriptions (and their English translations) from the Land of Israel from the Persian period through the Islamic conquest (ca. 500 BCE - 640 CE).
  • Jewish Stuff
    • Hebrew
    • Hebrew Calendars
      • Zmanim — on OU.org. Halachic times for davening, holiday rituals, etc.
      • Hebcal Interactive Jewish Calendar — The best interactive Hebrew calendar on the web. It allows you to create customized calendars with Hebrew dates, Jewish holidays, and other information. I also allows you to download the calendars into Palm, Outlook, and other formats.
      • Hebrew Leap Year Explanation — This is a good explanation of the reasons for and practicalities of the Hebrew calendar’s leap years.
      • Parashiyot — From Judaism 101. A list of the Parashiyot and Haftarot, including special occasions.
    • Israel
      • FLAME — Facts and Logic About the Middle East. This organization publishes very informative and thought-provoking advertisements in major newspapers and magazines about what is really going on in Israel. They have all of their past ads on their site.
      • Daniel Pipes — An authoritative commentator on the Middle East, Islam, and related topics.
      • The Jerusalem Post - An online version of one of the best English-language Israeli newspapers.
      • Myths & Facts — Mitchell G. Bard’s Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict. Very informative and insightful.
      • Palestinian Media Watch — Take a look at what they are saying about themselves and about their real plans and goals.
      • MEMRI — The Middle East Media Research Institute. A great group that works on exposing bias in reporting about Israel.
      • The PLO Charter — In case you want to know what the PLO is really about...
      • The Temple Institute — An organization dedicated to preparing for the construction of the Third Temple. They are actually building the necessary implements.
      • Temple Mount & Land of Israel Faithful — “The goal of the Temple Mount Faithful is the building of the Third Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem in our lifetime in accordance with the Word of G-d and all the Hebrew prophets and the liberation of the Temple Mount from Arab (Islamic) occupation so that it may be consecrated to the Name of G-d.”
      • Palestine Facts — Palestine Facts is dedicated to providing comprehensive and accurate information regarding the historical, military, and political background to the on-going struggle between the State of Israel and the Palestinian Arabs.
      • Middle East Info — This group aims to advance democracy, pluralism and mutual respect in the Middle East. Not affiliated with any government nor any political party.
    • Kashrut
      • Kashrut.com — A great resource for kashrut observance.
      • Kosher.com — Primarily an e-store for kosher food, but also a resource for information on keeping kosher.
      • Star-K — One of the larger certifying agencies.
      • OU Kashrut — The most ubiquitous kosher certification agency.
      • OK Food Guide — Search for specific products or foods and get information on their kashrut status and any issues.
      • Vaad Harabbonim of Queens — An acceptable foods list, by type.
      • Chelm.org’s Kashrut Class Notes — Informative and practical information on kashrut.
    • Tzitzit
      • Radziner Techelet — One source for techelet tzitzit.
      • P’til Techelet — One source for techelet tzitzit. These are competing sources, with strong beliefs on each side.
    • Messianic
    • Austin Jewish Community
    • Texas Hillel — Kosher deli (not open for dinner), kosher catering, and numerous programs, etc.

    • HEB Kosher Store — A large kosher section (the only place to buy kosher meat in town), and a deli with great food.

    • Mardas Pavillion — Kosher Indian food.

    • Austinuts — Some of the roasted nuts are certified (check the label). Kind of pricey.

    • Jewish Community Association of Austin — The JCAA is the hub of Jewish life in Austin, Texas.

    • Congregation Agudas Achim — Conservative shul in town.

    • Austin Community Kollel — The Action Kollel is special in that the members of the kollel engage in their own studies early in the morning and in the evening, and make themselves available in the afternoon and night, both for the greater Austin community as well as for those affiliated with The University of Texas and other Austin colleges.

    • Chabad of Austin — On-campus at the University of Texas.

    • Shabbat
      • The Shabbat Primer — An in-depth and extremely helpful guide to following the Shabbat.
    • Torah Shebal Peh
    • Fonts
      • SIL Fonts — The Summer Institute of Linguistics in Dallas, Texas. This page has links to their fonts, which are all freely available and very high-quality.
      • Ezra SIL — SIL’s Unicode Hebrew Font, which is utilized on this web site.
      • SBL — The Society of Biblical Literature’s Hebrew Unicode font, another great font that follows the same normalization routine as Ezra SIL.
      • Fonts for Scholars —
      • SP Tiberian — A commonly-used Hebrew ASCII font, produced by Scholar’s Press. I do not recommend using it, but you might need it for some older web sites.
      • SP Ionic — Greek ASCII font from Scholar’s Press
      • SP Atlantis — Transliteration ASCII font from Scholar’s Press
      • Hebrew Fonts — From an Israeli fontographer.
      • Antioch - Vusillus font info — Another Unicode Hebrew font. Not free.
    • Miscellaneous
      • Master Torah Program — Rav Meir Pogrow, Sh’lita,has an ambitious goal: he wants the average Baal haBayit (householder), and not just the elite Torah scholars, to master the ENTIRE Torah, Mishna, Rambam, Halacha and Gemara—by heart!

      • Jewish and Hebrew Discussion Groups — A huge list of various discussion groups related to Jewish life and study.
      • The world does not like the Jews — From Yourish.com. A discussion on and links to examples of modern anti-Semitism and Israel-hating.
  • Blogs
    • Jewish
      • Hirhurim - Musings — A great blog about Jewish life and halacha.
      • parshablog — Commentaries and thoughts on the weekly parashiyot.
      • JRants.com — A list of Jewish Blogs and the most recent posts from them all.
    • Israel
      • IsraPundit — IsraPundit is dedicated to pro-Israel advocacy through the presentation of news and views.
      • Internet Haganah — Internet Haganah is a global open-source intelligence network dedicated to confronting Internet use by Islamist terrorist organizations, their supporters, enablers and apologists. Internet Haganah is also a grass-roots activist organization which encourages businesses to not provide services to Islamic extremists.
    • Biblioblogs
      • PaleoJudaica — Jim Davila. Tons of information on issues related to Ancient Judaism and Christianity. Dr. Davila adds new content every day.
      • Ralph the Sacred River — Edward Cook. Observations on language (mostly ancient), religion, and culture.
      • NT Gateway Weblog — Mark Goodacre’s blog for academic New Testament studies and related material.
      • The Coding Humanist — Eric Sowell. A techie and a scholar all in one. How much better could it get? (Well, he grew up about 30 minutes away from me, too!)
      • Biblical Theology — Jim West’s antiquities blog.
      • SansBlogue — Tim Bulkelly. “A blogging engagement with Biblical Studies, Open Scholarship, Appropriate Spirituality and (in general) life as a Bible teacher.”

Personal Links

  • Political
    • Fair Tax — Probably the best replacement for the Federal Income Tax.
    • WWII Japanese Balloons — A case of complete government censorship. explosive balloons that Japan sent over the Pacific to the Continental US, some of which killed civilians.
    • Tongue Tied — A great resource for the most recent idiotic examples of Political Correctness overload.
    • America Mired in Morass of Laws and Regulations — An article by Radley Balko. “America has too many laws, and the laws we do have are tedious, overly complex and sometimes not only impossible to understand, but impossible to comply with.”
    • AcademicBias.com — working to document the lack of intellectual diversity on American college campuses
    • Gun Laws Around the World — From the NRA: “Americans have been gravely misled about foreign gun ownership and the severity and effectiveness of foreign gun bans. It simply is not true to state that ‘the U.S. has more gun availability and far less restriction than any other modern industrial nation.’”
    • Gun Control Misfires in Europe — From the Texas State Rifle Association, printed in the Wall Street Journal Europe: “European gun laws have everything American gun control proponents advocate. Yet, the three very worst public shootings in the last year all occurred in Europe.”
  • Financial Sites
  • Geeky Stuff
  • Computer Products
  • Games and Fun
    • Movies
      • IMDb — The Internet Movie Database
      • ScreenIt! — Movie reviews and detailed information on all levels of objectionable content. Large database and great information.
      • Movie-mistakes.com — An in-depth look at the failings of Consistency Managers Hollywood-wide.
    • RISK 2210
      • MSN Group — Somewhat active group with conversations about strategies and other interesting topics.
      • Wizards — Avalon Hill’s Official Home page, with info about the RISK franchise and other AH games.
    • Interesting
    • Superman
    • Miscellaneous
      • Cockeyed.com — Rob Cockerham’s Web site, a very cool place with “What’s Inside”, amazing costumes, and various hilarious stuff. This is one of those sites that you will not want to stop reading.
      • Improv Everywhere — A very cool group in New York that puts on improvised stunts in unusual public places. Definitely worth a look.
      • Superhandz — Pen twirling, card shuffling, cup stacking, and other cool tricks.
  • Home Building and Sustainability
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Blogs
    • Political
      • Little Green Footballs — The best informational source on Islamic fundamentalism in America and Israel and other important topics. Charles is more right-wing than I tend to be, but the information here is up-to-date and invaluable.
      • Backspin — The Weblog of honestreporting.com
      • Mediacrity — A media insider’s occasional rants on goofs, bias and hypocrisy in the media.
      • Jihad Watch — “The West is facing a concerted effort by Islamic jihadists, the motives and goals of whom are largely ignored by the Western media, to destroy the West and bring it forcibly into the Islamic world -- and to commit violence to that end even while their overall goal remains out of reach.”
      • Dhimmi Watch — “Dhimmitude is the status that Islamic law, the Sharia, mandates for non-Muslims, primarily Jews and Christians. Dhimmis, ‘protected people,’ are free to practice their religion in a Sharia regime, but are made subject to a number of humiliating regulations designed to enforce the Qur’an’s command that they ‘feel themselves subdued’ (Sura 9:29). This denial of equality of rights and dignity remains part of the Sharia, and, as such, are part of the law that global jihadists are laboring to impose everywhere, ultimately on the entire human race.”

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