Index of BJE’s Jewish Learning Pages

Teaching Resources to Purchase

Teaching Resources to Purchase

Basic Judaism

Basic Judaism

‘Jewish’ Items & Objects

Judaism Explained for Kids

The Jewish Calendar

Jewish Calendar
- Rosh Chodesh (New Month)
  - Women and Rosh Chodesh
  - How to Run a Women’s Rosh Chodesh Group
- Shmittah (the Sabbatical Year)

The Month of Iyar

The Month of Sivan

The Month of Tammuz

Tu v’Av – the 15th of Av

Holydays & Fasts

Holydays & Fasts

Rosh haShanah

Yom Kippur

Sukkot

Shemini Atzeret

Simchat Torah

Chanukah

Fast Days

Jewish Symbols

Jewish Languages (incl. Hebrew)

Hebrew and Other Jewish Languages (Introduction)
Hebrew:
- The Hebrew Alphabet
- Overview of the Hebrew Alphabet
- For links to our pages about individual Hebrew letters, please see our Hebrew & Other Jewish Languages page
- History of the Hebrew Language
- Hebrew Printing
- Gematria
- Links to other Pages & Sites about Hebrew

Other Jewish Languages:
- Introduction to Other Languages
- Ladino
- Yiddish
- Jewish Writings in Arabic
- Aramaic (links to other sites)
- New ‘Jewish’ Words

Jewish Life Cycle

Bar & Bat Mitzvah:

Kashrut (Keeping Kosher)

Kashrut (Keeping Kosher)

Jewish Texts (Books)

Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers)

Siddur (the Jewish Prayer Book)

Jewish Ethics

Personal Relationships

Environmental Ethics

Pirkei Avot – the Ethics of the Fathers (Mishnaic tract)

Jewish Prayer

Kaddish

Yizkor

Havdalah

Hitboded – a Chassidic Concept

Jewish Self

Jewish Communities

Links

Israel

Geography
People
Symbols
History of Modern Israel:
- Time Line
- Historical Jewish Presence
- Israel and the Arabs
- Zionism
- Wars & Disputes 1948-2001
- The Peace Process (link to page at Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- The War on Terrorism (links to assorted external pages on this topic)

Media Bias
Programs (to experience Israel first-hand)
Links
Learning Activities
Tel Aviv

Jewish History

Australian Jewish History
History of Modern Israel
The Holocaust
Synagogues
The Cairo Genizah (repository of a treasure trove of Jewish documents from medieval times onwards)
Germany 1918-1945 (links to relevant pages & sites about Nazi Germany)
Links

Jewish People

Jewish Communities

South African

Turkish

Indian Jews

Famous Jews Through History

Studies of Religion

(pages specifically for students undertaking the NSW Studies of Religion course for HSC students)

Books about Judaism

Books About Judaism (recommended books on various aspects of Judaism, includes story books for young children)

Courses for Adults

Courses for Adults (places & institutions where Sydney-based adults may undertake Jewish Studies)

Links to Other Jewish Sites

Links to Other Jewish Sites

Payments to BJE

Donations to BJE

Testimonials

Since being a madrich I have only had the opportunity to take the older years or mainly year 11/12, so this year having the year 7/8 group was very different. Seeing year 7/8 in discussion was something I hadn’t seen before, I couldn’t believe how involved they were, it was truly amazing.
Their overall response to camp was that they found it amazing and wanted to know if we had more camps running throughout the year. Most of them didn’t come from a religious household so seeing a full Shabbat with shule service and dinner was pretty different for them, and I think those were the chanichim that enjoyed it the most.
All of the chanichim loved their madrichim and were sad to leave after having such an amazing time
Simon Spiro 12 November 2015

I came one week late so the depth of the first week can be compared to the kiddies rock pool in Bondi beach. From the moment I arrived everyone welcomed me and I felt at home even though I was in a country that was almost the geographical polar opposite of Australia.
I met so many new people and forged new friendship that I know will last a life time. The endless banter, inside jokes and outright ridiculousness that occurred made the trip that much more amazing.
Oliver Karras 12 November 2015

Our son started year 5 at Moriah this year. I was a bit concerned when they decided to only have alef and bet streams for Ivrit this year and no gimmel, as this would be a big challenge for him coming into such an immersive environment.
But I have been pleasantly surprised when helping him with his Hebrew homework at how well beautifully he reads which has been helping him keep up.
Credit goes to all the great work that you do at BJE. What a great contribution make to our children's lives!
Jonathan Benjamin Parent - Clovelly Public School 12 November 2015

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