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Extensive collection of material on the history of American Jewish women. Teachers will find the section Go & Learn useful pjwa.org/teach/golearn. It has primary documents and lesson plans. Also, the website contains an encyclopedia of famous Jewish women. There are multimedia exhibits with lesson plans as well.

Information about Torah portions, biblical history, biblical figures and the haftorah melodies. The following study sections are available: "Translation," "Torah," "Haftarot," "Brachot" and "Divrei Torah." Also, it provides a calendar for Torah portions, an audio singing section to learn Torah trope, and a genealogy section of biblical figures.

A curriculum for middle and high school students using the work of photographer Zion Ozeri to explore diverse Jewish communities and their traditions. Students then focus on their own communities - documenting their communal values on film and curating on-site exhibits of their work. The project culminates with an exhibition that ties together the work of students from all participating schools. For educators and students, the website provides links to the sites of world Jewish communities, American history, the Talmud, Jews and photography and photography for social change.

A collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use. Provides links to the documents through sourcebooks of various time periods. The site also contains an assortment of audio music related to the topics of the documents.

MyBatMitzvahStory.org is a project of the Jewish Women's Archive, whose mission is to uncover, chronicle, and transmit to a broad public the rich history of American Jewish women. MyBatMitzvahStory.org was created to provide young women with information about Jewish women role models and a forum to express themselves and their Jewish identities creatively. Though we believe that girls AND boys, women and men, need to know the history of Jewish women, we have started by focusing on bat mitzvah.

Find out about your family members and create a family museum of scrapbook with theseWebsites recommended by your Homeschool Guide.

Gives an easy outline of major events, heroes and dates in Jewish History.Has both Hebrew and Civil dates for reference.

Online resources including: lessons, activities, teacher guides, The Holocaust Encyclopedia, on-line exhibitions, animated maps, Holocaust chronology [PDF], photos of artifacts [PDF], library, and an on-line teacher workshop.

This site shows a standard printed Talmud page, with hyperlinks to explore that span many centuries of Jewish religious scholarship, from the Bible to the beginning of the twentieth century. The page can serve us as a port of departure on a voyage through the history of Jewish religious literature. Clicking on any portion of the image links you to a description of that element of the Talmud page. The description will tell you when and where the text was composed, its contents and purposes, and other interesting information.