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strong Jewish identity and 
virtually gather with other 
Jews serves as a conduit for 
a high degree of indepen-
dent learning and engage-
ment. We believe that the 
emergence of these online 
platforms has personal-
ized in many ways one’s 
Jewish encounter. The 
climate is now primed 
for a decentralized member-
ship structure making way for 
a communal yet individualized 
model.
In this essay, we examine 
a number of individualized 
Jewish platforms. Indeed, 
there are today hundreds of 
such extraordinary and inno-
vative websites available to an 
inquiring audience of seekers. 
Among these myriad activities, 
we focus on: 
• Sites that encourage one-
time virtual learnings/gather-
ings.
• Sites that provide informa-
tion (i.e. Jewish texts, shivah 
ritual information) that then 
lead to communal experiences.
• Sites that provide some 
or all of the above and have 
developed membership mod-
els or other paths to ongoing 
consistent interaction.

A SAMPLING OF 
WHAT’S OUT THERE
Judaism Unbound, a digitally 
driven, radically open center 
for education, has been active-
ly grappling with larger para-
digm shifts and experimenting 
with an array of communal 
offerings. 
At the Well provides, 
among other learning and 
gathering opportunities, 
tools for women to create 
Well Circles, independently 
run groups of 6-12 women, 
based on the rituals of Rosh 
Chodesh.
Remote Shiva helps 
mourners who are not able to 

have a traditional in-person 
shivah, to recreate this expe-
rience as easily as possible 
online.
The Yiddish Book Center 
offers access to all avenues of 
Yiddish materials, permitting 
the individual to explore the 
richness of Eastern European 
culture.
Jewish Studio Project com-
bines creative practices from 
the field of art therapy with 
Jewish learning techniques and 
spiritual community building.
Custom & Craft is a plat-
form for DIY Jewish life and 
ritual. One can create and 
publish one’s holiday service or 
lifecycle event to craft an expe-
rience that reflects one’s Jewish 
values and spiritual practice. 
Institute for Jewish 
Spirituality offers programs 
and resources to cultivate 
mindfulness, deepen connec-
tion and enliven Jewish life.
Hadar empowers Jews to 
create and sustain vibrant, 
practicing, egalitarian commu-
nities of Torah, Avodah and 
Hesed.
Maor Intelligent Solutions, 
a technology firm, provides 
online resource materials for 
Jewish study and exchange. 
Two particular examples of 
this format are Knowledge 
Source and Tikun Teacher.
My Jewish Learning pro-
vides resources for life-cycle 
events and Jewish study for all 

Find Jewish music on 
Jewish Music Stream.

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