Related Links

OTHER SITES FOR STUDENTS OF HEBREW -

Online Resources - a page of useful Hebrew resources available over the internet, from the Online Hebrew Tutorial section of this site. Contains some recommendations on commercial Hebrew learning material gathered together into one useful place.
Morfix Dictionary - excellent web based English/Hebrew dictionary.
Milingua - Hear and Read easy Hebrew on the Web - for English speakers.
Google Translate - machine translates between various languages, including Hebrew.
The Maskilon Book Set - excellent set of four grammar books, with three of them on the web. A must see!
Hebrewworks - Windows application that does Verb tables amounst other things.
Hebrew Verbs - website promoting a new book teaching Hebrew by Shahaf Peleg, with a verb based approach. The book contains 1500 verbs and their conjugations, distinguished by a different teaching methodology. Have a look at the sample online chapter. There is comprehensive online audio coverage of pronunciation, and the author answers questions.
Israeli Movies on DVD - movies with subtitles are an excellent way of improving your listening and comprehension skills.
Hebrew Language at the University of Texas - excellent online interactive content. Don't miss the tutorials and sound bites pages.
Davar: Hebrew Dictionary and Study Tool - freeware Windows dictionary/translator by Josef Planeta.
Biblical Hebrew Reading - teaches Hebrew Reading. Includes online lessons that can be emailed for marking by a teacher.
Israel Club - Hebrew news and other broadcasts and archives (audio and video).
Hebrew on the Internet - resources and information about hebrew email, web browsers, keyboards etc.
Morim - a French/English site that has a collection of resources for you to learn Hebrew.
Kol Yisrael - voice of Israel online - read or listen.
World Wide Internet TeleVision - go to Israel and watch the free to air channels.
At Home With Hebrew - commercial Windows application to teach Hebrew for Beginners. AHWH has an easier learning curve that this site, which some students may find more beneficial. Neal also runs a virtual classroom.
Lev Software - commercial Hebrew Programs. Some demos available for download.
Yiddish Alphabet - explains the Yiddish alphabet.
Langenscheidts Vokabeltrainer - a computer vocabulary trainer designed mainly for German native speakers to learn various foreign languages. The site includes a free evaluation version of the program and downloadable vocabulary lists in 50+ languages.
Ellie's Torah Trope Tutor - free resource for learning cantillation of the Torah and other texts.
Navigating the Bible - the Hebrew scriptures online, originally conceived as a tutor for Bar/Bat Mitzvah students. Includes audio of all texts, classical commentaries and translations in multiple langugages. Magnificent multimedia, and free.
TropeTrainer software - a complete set of lessons teaches the user the fundamentals of tropes and their cantillation (commercial).
Hebrew-English Bible - complete Masoretic text from Mechon Mamre.
Hebrew Speaking Skills Language Examination Training Package - this a test exam used by Year 12 students in NSW Australia. Includes a listening exercise.
US National Centre for the Hebrew Language - has some excellent links to resources such as newspapers and childrens Hebrew material, for an English speaking audience.
Speedskin Keyboard Covers - is a plastic keyboard key cover that allows your regular keyboard to function as a Hebrew one.
Psalms with Interlinear translation - this is a novel idea for learning Biblical Hebrew, a sample provided from the impressive Artscroll publishing house.
Magnetic Hebrew Letters for Young Children - for ages 3 and up, letters that stick on a board, and placemats for the table.
Project Ben-Yehuda - is intended to make accessible the classics of Hebrew literature (poetry and prose at first, and then essays etc.) to the reader of Hebrew.
Hebrew Vocubulary Trainer for Windows CE - PocketPC vocabulary trainer (unfortunately does not handle vowels/niqudot).
IBA Israel Television channel 1 - TV broadcast in Real Media.
My Hebrew Name - Have you ever wondered what your name is in Hebrew? "My Hebrew Name" is a new, online, database to lookup, view, print and save your Hebrew name.
Shema Yisrael's Learn Hebrew - the Shema Yisrael Torah Learning Network has produced a set of nine audio-visual CD ROMs presenting the essence of the Hebrew language.
Colour Coded Genesis Text - this has the prefexes and suffixes highlighted for the student - makes it easy to pick out the the word roots.
MP3 Recordings of the Hebrew Bible - Mechon Mamre's chapter by chapter recordings in plain Sephardic accent (no cantillation).
Learn Hebrew Prayers - flash movies of the most common prayers.
Learn Hebrew Verbs - conjugations of common Hebrew words.
Learn Hebrew Online - live Hebrew lessons with teachers from Israel.
Seforim Store - The one stop Seforim Store for Hebrew Seforim and Jewish Books. Thousands of Jewish Books, Siddurim, and Hebrew and Yiddish Seforim, including those rare and out of print. Profits to Jewish families in need.
FSI Hebrew Course - 'FSI courses are amongst the most effective available. They combine rigorous explanation of grammar with audio based drills, which inculcate grammar well enough to use it spontaneously in speech.' This course is now public domain, care of the US Government.
Crazy Herb's Hebrew Words - memory systems for learning Jewish culture and Modern Hebrew.
Orit's Coursebook - Parts of a new coursebook in the process of being posted online. The teaching method uses first person speach, by two people who have coincidentally met on the Internet. Uses lots of mindmap memory devices which appeals to many people.
Hebrew Online - live Hebrew lessons with teachers from Israel.
Learn Hebrew Pod - Hebrew lessons delivered as a podcast.
Hebrew eTutor - personal Hebrew instruction online.
JLearnit (Hebrew) - Java based Flashcard program for Hebrew to English, Spanish, French etc. Can run on your phone, PDA, computer.
Learn with YouTube (Hebrew) - site in progress, includes vocalisation videos.
Learn Hebrew with Pictures and Audio - Learn Hebrew with Pictures and Audio is a free, online, educational resource to learn Hebrew words in a fun way. The site has 425 words and photographs ranging from fruit and vegetables to household items.
Hebrew Disney Movie Clips - YouTube
Zemirot Database - an editable online database for zemirot, liturgy, and other Jewish songs.
Shiron - Israeli pop song lyrics and samples.
The Hebrew Language - large compilation of free online resources to learn Hebrew including Alphabet, Biblical, Dictionaries, Fonts, Forums, Games, Names, News/Blogs, Reading, Songs, Texts, TV/Radio, Tutorials, Ulpan, Vocabulary, Writing

JUDAISM -

Ohr Somayach Lectures - hundreds of hours of RealAudio Online Learning (English) of religious and ethical topics. Ohr Somayach brings together a group of Rabbis from various Yeshivot.
http://www.toranet.co.il/ - an Orthodox resource site.
Jewish Law - resource for Jewish doctors, lawyers, professionals etc on advanced Halakah.
Hebrew World - sells Hebrew learning software, orientated towards Judaism. Some free audio and other material.
Teach It To Me - Rabbi Botton's Judaism site. Includes MP3 lecture downloads.
Hebrew Calendar - online calendar, exports dates to popular calendar programs and PDAs.
Business Ethics Centre of Jerusalem - If I park at a parking meter before the time is expired, do I have to reimburse the previous occupant of the spot?
SimpleToRemember - Every person should ask, why do I exist? Judaism portal, with lots of links to online audio.
Lidrosh - Audio lectures.
Jewish World Radio - streamed audio on Jewish topics, English and Spanish.
Frum Here - an online social networking site connecting Jews to each other and their communities through forums, events, chevrusas, dating, networking and tefilah.
Tanakh Profiles - an encyclopedia of everybody in Tanakh.
Virtual Cantor - learn the Tropes.
Breslov World - The site with a soul, offering insights on Jewish Spirituality from the wellsprings of Breslov Chassidus.

HEBREW LANGUAGE COMPUTER RESOURCES -

ARCHAEOLOGY/HISTORY -

The Temple Mount Archaeological Destruction. In November 1999, illegal construction and excavation work took place on the Temple Mount, causing irreparable damage to the area's archaeological treasures. This is part of a larger trend of illegal work carried out by the Wakf (the religious body in charge of Moslem holy sites) to change history and, in particular, to eradicate the remains of Jewish history on the Mount. The dirt dumps from these illegal works, saturated with archaeological finds, were removed by bulldozers and trucks and discarded in the Kidron Valley. Though these remains are no longer in their original context, they include great and important archaeological potential. Systematic scientific archaeological excavation and supervision has never been permitted on the Temple Mount, and these dumps contain the only archaeological evidence available from the site.
Hieroglyphics Tutor - click on Applets and then Hieroglyphics to get to John Spracklin's Java based Hieroglyphics Tutor.
Moon Phase 5000 Year Catalogue - contains Solar and Lunar eclipses 2000 BCE to 3000 CE for historic research purposes.
Starry Night - general purpose astronomy program for PC and Mac. Using the demo I was able to "observe" ancient solar eclipses from any point on Earth.
The Origins and Emergence of West Semitic Alphabet - Semitic language inscriptions on rocks in the Negev and Sinai.
First Alphabet Invented Centuries Earlier Than Believed - Current finds suggest it may be 1900 BCE when the first alphabet was recorded by Semitic people living or working in Egypt.
West Semitic Research Project - Contains a searchable database of artefact images.
Genetic Archaeology - Aaron, the brother of Moses was the first Cohen, or Priest. His DNA is apparently still walking around today. This is perhaps the strongest direct evidence corroborating a Biblical narrative.
Semitic Genetics - DNA evidence confirms the Jewish Diaspora experience.
A History of Modern Hebrew - talks about how Hebrew was revived from a liturgical language to the language spoken in the state of Israel today.
Jews in Arab Lands - a photo exhibition.

GENERAL SOFTWARE-

Perl 5 on Unix Graphical Counter 1.3 - this is my graphical counter. Has concurrency support making it suitable for large sites, access control for security, and one central counter file for convenience. New pages can be added without configuration.

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