General Jewish Resources
ONLINE BOOKSTORE AND JEWISH SOFTWARE
The Jewish Guide to the Internet by Diane Romm for lists of additional websites
TORAH STUDY
Torah Study Opportunities on the Web
PARSHAT HASHAVUA
(Weekly Torah portion)
Ohr Torah Stone: Shabbat Shalom
Dept. for Jewish Zionist Education: Parshat Hashavua
Conservative/Masorti Movement: Opportunities for Adult Study
STARTING YOUR HOME JEWISH LIBRARY
Essential Judaism: A Complete Guide to Beliefs, Customs, and Rituals<, by George Robinson
Living Judaism: The Complete Guide to Jewish Belief, Tradition, and Practice, by Wayne Dosick
To Life! A Celebration of Jewish Being and Thinking, by Harold Kushner
Embracing Judaism, by Simcha Kling
The Tapestry of Jewish Time, by Nina Beth Cardin
Living a Jewish Life - Jewish Traditions, Customs, and Values for Today’s Families, by Anita Diamont and Howard Cooper
The Jewish Holidays, by Michael Strassfeld
Basic Judaism, by Milton Steinberg
Jews, God, and History, by Max I. Dimont
RABBIS' FAVORITE JEWISH BOOKS
Tales of Love and Darkness (autobiography), by Amos Oz
(Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton)
Open, Closed, Open (poetry), by Yehuda Amichai
(Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton)
The Sabbath, by Abraham Joshua Heschel
(Rabbi Steven Schwartz)
The Yeshiva, by Chaim Grade
(Rabbi Steven Schwartz)
The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Clay, by Michael Chabon
(Rabbi Steven Schwartz)
The Horizontal Society, by Jose Fauer
(Rabbi Alan Yuter)
People of the Book, by Moshe Halbertalm
(Rabbi Alan Yuter)
RABBIS' FAVORITE SECULAR BOOKS
Middlemarch, by George Eliot
(Rabbis Elizabeth Bolton and Steven Schwartz)
Bleak House, by Charles Dickens
(Rabbi Steven Schwartz)
Blood Meridian, by Cormac Mcarthy
(Rabbi Steven Schwartz)
The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkein
(Rabbi Steven Schwartz)
The New Testament, by Raymond Edward Brown
(Rabbi Alan Yuter)
The Gnostic Gospels, by Elaine Pagels
(Rabbi Alan Yuter)
JEWISH TRAVEL RESOURCES*
Jewish Travel Worldwide
*The Baltimore Board of Rabbis does not assume responsibility for kashrut claims made by these tour operators or agencies.
RABBIS' FAVORITE PLACES IN THE WORLD TO VISIT
Yellowknife/Great Slave Lake
Canadian territories
(Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton)
The Negev desert in Israel
(Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton)
The Canadian Rockies
(Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton)
The Salzkammergut in Austria
(Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton)
RABBIS' FAVORITE FILMS
To Kill a Mockingbird
(Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton)
A Few Good Men
(Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton)
Contact
(Rabbi Steven Schwartz)
The Lord of the Rings
Fellowship of the Ring
(Rabbi Steven Schwartz)
Casablanca
(Rabbi Steven Schwartz)
RABBI'S FAVORITE RECIPES
Homemade Vegetarian Chili
Moosewood Banana Bread