Please note that this is an utterly incomplete list of resources, compiled by Rabbi Katja Vehlow, former rabbinic intern at the United Synagogue of Hoboken. We 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!)