September 2002
http://www.gemsinisrael.com/talkingmaps.html
Who says you can't win twice. A little over a year ago, we gave one of our Best Site Awards to Gems in Israel. Recently, they put in a wonderful new section which includes talking maps. While they won't tell you how to drive and where to eat, they do tell you the exact way each city is pronounced. Some of the maps have links which lead to explanations. Once again Kol Hakavod.
It's that time of year where many of us go out and buy new calendars. Others may want to find out about the yartzeit of a relative. In any case, here is one bare minimum site, Jewish Calendar Tools I would almost use the word graphically deprived but despite that, it is worthy of a visit. It has just what you need, comes up fast and does the job.
This site, on the other hand, is what you call, graphically enhanced. WebYeshiva, is a virtual Jewish learning center, catering to all levels, that puts classic Jewish texts and commentaries on-line, provides user-friendly tools to work with the texts and provides a platform for real-time individual, partner (chavruta), and group learning. What I found most endearing was their Help file. Instructions are extremely clear and helpful. Recommended for the technophobic.
All you ever wanted to know about this time of year and more. The Jewish New Year -5763 is packed to the gills (reminder to serve a fish head) with information for both adults and children, ranging from the month of Elul through Simchat Torah. Their homepage is "awe"some.
http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~mtwersky/
For greater detail on the historical priestly worship on Yom Kippur, check out The Avodah of Yom Kippur hosted at Brooklyn College. It uses simple graphics, but does much to explain what the traditional Avodah was all about. The letter by a Roman citizen who witnessed the Kohain Gadol's removal to the Beit Hamikdash seven days before Yom Kippur was especially moving.