
Please note that this is an utterly incomplete list of resources, compiled by me, Katja Vehlow, the rabbinic intern at the United Synagogue of Hoboken. I hope it will give you some new topics to explore!
Some general resources
Go out and learn!
Do you have kids in your life? Look here!
News, Blogs & Essays
Words that awaken: podcasts on Jewish life, news, and culture
Music to my ears
Some general resources
- The official website of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, with a list of synagogues throughout the United States affiliated with Conservative Judaism
- My Jewish Learning—a pluralistic platform for Jewish holidays, rituals, celebrations, recipes, Torah, history, and more.
- Sefaria—your one stop resource for Jewish religious texts in Hebrew and English.
- Hebcal—Hebrew calendar site with downloads to many platforms.
- Jewish Historical Society of NJ--learn more about the history of the Jewish community in New Jersey!
- Jimena--upholding the cultures and interests of north African and mizrachi Jews.
Go out and learn!
- Yeshivat Hadar--full-time learning in New York City and online programming, including 1:1 learning in Project Zug; also Hadar music resources for acquiring Jewish prayer skills.
- Svara--a yeshiva dedicated to study through the lens of queer experiences located in Chicago, including a queer talmud camp.
- Ammud--providing Jewish education for Jews of color.
- Conservative Yeshiva--a learning community located in Jerusalem with summer and year-round programs.
- Pardes--a learning community based in Jerusalem and world-wide.
Do you have kids in your life? Look here!
- bimbam—digital storytelling for the entire family
- Pflag lists resources for LGBTQ families and teens
- PJ library–so many resources for families with kids, especially from 2-12
- Kveller—on Jewish motherhood, kids, and Jewish culture
News, Blogs & Essays
- Jewish Currents—news and more from a progressive perspective
- The Forward—established 1897, the Forward is a national Jewish media outlet
- Tablet Magazine—news and more
- Tribe Herald—news and more for Jews of color, LGTBQ Jews and their allies
- Alma—pop culture, news, politics, feminism, identity, rituals, dating, and holidays
- Lilith--independent, Jewish & frankly feminist since 1976.
Words that awaken: podcasts on Jewish life, news, and culture
- JTS Torah Online—podcasts, videos, courses taught by the faculty and teachers of the Jewish Theological Seminary.
- Parsha in Progress—a discussion of the weekly Torah portion with Abigail Pogrebin and Rabbi Dov Linzer.
- Kosher Queers—a queer discussion of the parsha with Jaz Twersky and Lulav Arnow.
- Radio Free Babylonia--dangerously talmudic - Mo Martin looks at the talmud as a tool for radical change.
- Awake with Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt—daily 10 minutes on Jewish mystical teachings with "RBG's rabbi."
- Responsa Radio--a podcast about Jewish law from Hadar. Rabbis Avi Killip and Ethan Tucker address challenging questions in Jewish law.
Music to my ears
- Rising Song Institute--stream and buy music by artists of the Hadar such as Joey Weisenberg, Rabbi Yosef Goldman, Deborah Sacks Mintz, and Rebekka Goldsmith.
- Debbie Friedman--the artist who brought us a beloved misheberakh and so much more.
- Cantors' Assembly YouTube playlist--many many videos on a variety of musical styles.
- Rabbi Rob Scheinberg's (United Synagogue of Hoboken) Musical Prayer playlist.
- Piyyutim (liturgical poems) galore.
- PJ Library collection of kid's songs (with sleepytime mode!)