Links
Other places of interest on the web. Please contact us if you think your link is worthy of our list.
Featured Links
- Jewish War Veterans - Veterans organization that specifically supports Jewish service members.
- Jewish Welfare Board - The endorsing body for Jewish military chaplains and layleaders who serve in the Armed Forces and VA chaplaincy services.
- Kosher Troops - Send kosher care packages to deployed troops
- National Museum of American Jewish Military History
- The Aleph Institute - A non-profit org that supports Jews in the armed forces with books, materials, and moral and spiritual support.
- The Bar Mitzvah Site - A surprisingly comprehensive collection of siddur audio files for Shabbat and beyond.
Jewish Blogs
- A Simple Jew - Another great Jewish blogger who supports our Jews in uniform.
- Jewlicious - A unique look at the Jewish world around us.
- JewSchool - Enough Jewish humor, politics, and religion to offend and please everyone all at once. One of the coolest Jewish weblogs out there.
- Lazer Beams - A spiritual journey with Rabbi Lazer Brody, an IDF vet whose outreach program sends CDs to deployed Jewish troops.
Learning & Study
- Aish.com - A great portal for Jewish learning and spirituality.
- Ask Moses - A unique online knowledge-base with a live 24-hour question and answer staff.
- Edah - Learn more about Modern Orthodox Judaism.
- Jewish Law - Halachah applied to modern issues.
- Lidrosh - Answers for the thinking Jew. Lidrosh aims to make Torah available free of charge to every Jew.
- My Jewish Learning - Transdenominational learning site.
- Partners in Torah - Study Torah over the phone on your schedule for FREE!
- Siddur Audio - Donwnloadable audio to accompany the Siddur Sim Shalom
- Siddur.org - An online, fully transliterated siddur.
- Tablet Magazine - A national initiative to promote Jewish cultural literacy in new and innovative ways.
- The Bar Mitzvah Site - A surprisingly comprehensive collection of siddur audio files for Shabbat and beyond.
- Torah.org - Online classes and learning resources.
- Web Yeshiva - An online Yeshiva. Now all of their Torah classes are FREE! Also check out their blog at blog.webyeshiva.org.
Miscellaneous
- Hebcal - Everything related to Jewish dates and times. You can create your own custom calendar (in many supported formats) with candle lighting times and more.
- Jewish World Review - Jewish news and learning. They are often very supportive of those Jews serving in the military.
- JIG Online Yarzeit List - A list of fallen Jewish servicemembers from the GWOT.
- MyZmanim - Instant Daily Zmanim Times Worldwide
- Official Army Chaplain Website - Learn what the Army has to offer you as a chaplain.
Religious Needs
- Chabad - Chabad-Lubavitch official website.
- goDaven - A worldwide searchable database of Orthodox Minyan information, including minyan locations, times, and contact information.
- Hillel - The ultimate resource for Jewish college students.
- JRF - Reconstructionist Judaism.
- Mikvah.org - Find the nearest Mikvah anywhere in the world.
- Orthodox Union
- Reform Judaism
- Shamash – Kosher - This is the Web’s most complete and accurate database of kosher restaurants and locations around the world. Here are listings of over 2850 restaurants in over 50 countries updated daily with the input of thousands of volunteers around the world.
- USCJ - Conservative Judaism.
Resources
- The Soldiers Project - Free trauma counselling for veterans and their families.
- Veterans Directory - Directory of Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses
- Veterans Homebuyer Network - Non-profit that Educates the Military Community about the VA Home Loan Program. Run by a fellow Jewish Vet.
Supplies
- Ben's Tallit Shop - Olive green talit katan for wear with your uniform.
- Judaica Treasures - The supplier for most of the military’s Judaica items. A great place to order things outside of the supply chain.
- La Briute Meals - Kosher MRE alternative.
- Mazeltops - Order a camouflage keppa (tell them we sent you).
- My Own Meals - Order kosher MREs.
Supporting Troops
- Kosher Troops - Send kosher care packages to deployed troops
- Soldier’s Angels - Send care packages to service members.