Radical Resources

Jewdas’ pick of the web…

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We don’t edit this page much and some of these might now be total rubbish. In fact, just assume they’re total rubbish and occasionally be pleasantly surprised..

 

Jewish blogs

• jewcy
• jewschool
• Orthodox Anarchist
• Shalom Rav – Blog of Rabbi Brant Rosen
• Tikun Olam – Blog by Richard Silverstein
• The Book of Doctrines – notes on Jewish theology and Spirituality
• the edge of where? ‘arguably the best new blog by an Edgware dwelling Jew’
• Behar Sozialistim – anarcho religious Judaism in the UK

Diaspora Jewish Music

Musicians

• Daniel Kahn
• Socalled – klezmer hiphop
• Yidcore – all your punk barmitzvah favourites
• Geoff Berner
• Charming Hostess
• the KlezmerShack – a fantastic klezmer blog!

Institutions

• Jewish Music Institute – organisers of the uk klezmer festival Klezfest, as well as coordinators of klezmer music related events the rest of the year round.

Languages

Yiddish

• Teach yourself Yiddish:
  • Alef-Beyz by Khayim Beyder & Natalia Kazak – a Yiddish alphabet picture-book.
  • Grammar of the Yiddish Language, Dovid Katz – a solid text, available for free.
  • Yiddish Loshn links page – lots of useful Yiddish language links
  • Picture Dictionary – Yiddish, Hebrew, English, Russian and French

• Go on a Yiddish course:
  • Vilnius Yiddish Institute – from Oxford Uni to the Jerusalem of Lithuania, Vilna (Vilnius), this dep runs an intensive all level Yiddish summer course.
  • Paris Yiddish Centre – holds intensive Yiddish summer courses from the city of Europe’s largest Jewish community.
• Learn a few Yiddish insults:
  • Bubby Gram
• Live Yiddishkeit:
  • National Yiddish Book Center Digital Library – a gigantic free online library stocking thousands of Yiddish books. A real Jewish treasure trove! Funded by Steven Spielberg, of course.
  • Mendele: Forum for Yiddish Litterature and Yiddish Language – what it says on the tin, a popular Yiddish email forum, from Yale. Also hosts a great list of Yiddish web links.
  • Boston Yiddish Voice store – stocks Yiddish books

Ladino

• SephardicStudies –  What is Ladino
• Omniglot – How to Write Ladino
• BYKI – Lists of Ladino Vocabulary
• Orbilat – Brief Ladino Grammar
• Hippocrene Beginners Ladino Podcast

Ladino music and culture

• Traditional Ladino Music – 100 years of recorded Ladino music
• 14 Easy Ladino Songs Sheet Music
•  MyLadino – Poetry, TV and, Religious Songs and Services

Hebrew

• Hebrew Today
• Moving to Israel and doing ulpan

Esperanto

• Lernu – Learn the great international language, the deeply Jewish creation of Ludwik Zamenhof

Israel/Palestine

• What Happened Before That? – An online zine about the history of Zionism and Palestinian Nationalism, put together by one of our very own Jewdas members
• Anarchists Against the Wall – Israeli anarchists building bridges with Palestinians through demonstrations and direct actions. Solidarity!
• Electronic Intifada – regular news from the ground in Palestine and Israel
• Bat Kol – religious lesbian organisation
• Gush Shalom
• ICAHD – The Israeli Committe Against House Demolitions
• Al-Haq – Palestinian Human Rights Organisation
• Salon Mazal – Radical Social Centre in Tel Aviv
• Jews for Justice for Palestinians
• UK Boycott Israel Group – Let’s be honest now, Israeli hummus will be even better once the occupations over, right?

Radicals, Ranters and other Mitsve Notching Chaveyrim

• libcom.org – True descendants of the Brick Lane communards of yore
• Searchlight Magazine – MI5 for partisans
• Camp for Climate Action – Because God lied to Noah
• Jewish Socialist Group – Undz tate-mames?
• Unpious – Chasidim on the Fringe

Food

• Post Punk Kitchen – Amazing vegan recipes from Isa Chandra Moskowitz

Best of the rest

• Masada 2000 – not on it? why not?
• Chief Rabbi