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check out TorahJew.com , a
densely packed site that
covers the range of Jewish
life for those of a more
observant persuasion.
Don't look here for Reform or Reconstructionist links. The site's opening
page offers a number of categories: "Torah Study," "Commonly Asked
Questions," "Tefillah," "Chassidus," "Being Jewish," "Jewish Shopping" and so
on.
Click on each category to get a ton of links, mostly to other organizations
that provide the information you're seeking. There's a strong emphasis on learn-
ing sites, but also links to cultural institutions, Jewish news sources, kashrut and
singles sites.
The site also provides easy access to Jewish search engines.
TorahJew.com is a quirky place. A button at the top of the opening page
brings an essay by Mark Twain "defending" the Jews — a defense that will make
your skin crawl. Why it's there is anybody's guess.
The organization of the site leaves something to be desired, as well.
Links are jumbled together, and there's considerable overlap. Still, the site is
reasonably easy to use, and there's enough information here to keep you out of
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The so-called Messianic Jews -- Christians who claim to be "completed"
Jews, and who believe effective outreach includes telling real Jews how stu-
pid they've been for two millennia — are getting better at using the Web.
Several new messianic sites have appeared in recent months, cleverly
designed to look like "rear Jewish sites. So clever, in fact, that they've passed
the scrutiny of several top Jewish portal Webmasters.
"They're getting harder and harder to catch," writes Matthew Album,
proprietor of the superb Jewish portal Maven (vv-ww.maven.co .i1). Moral of
the story: check out new learning sites carefully. A site isn't kosher just
because it looks "Jewish."
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