As I prepare to teach at CBI's Tikkun Leyl Shavuot on Heksher Tzedek/Magen Tzedek, I noticed an email from American Jewish World Service about a new wiki they created. On1foot.org is a searchable database of Jewish Social Justice texts. This is how AJWS described it in an email I received:
As we prepare to celebrate Shavuot, the holiday that marks the receiving of the Torah, AJWS is proud to present On1Foot (www.On1Foot.org), an educational resource that will help the Jewish community apply the Torah's wisdom to the pursuit of social justice.
On1Foot is an online, open source database of Jewish social justice texts. We invite you to visit www.On1Foot.org to explore this exciting new resource for Jewish social justice education.
On1Foot allows users to:
* Search and browse hundreds of biblical, rabbinic and contemporary Jewish texts about social justice
* Upload new texts
* Comment on existing texts
* Create custom source sheets using the texts and suggested discussion questions
We hope that On1Foot enriches your learning and teaching about Judaism and social justice and look forward to your active participation on the site!
On1Foot is a project of American Jewish World Service and is co-sponsored by AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps, Hazon, Tzedek, Mechon Hadar and Uri L'Tzedek.
After a short time of use, I am hooked. I offered a few suggestions and have already loaded three sources. Check it out!
Showing posts with label Shavuot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shavuot. Show all posts
5/17/2007
Commencement & Shavuot
Smith is gearing up for 2007 Commencement (the Baccalaureate Service is starting as I write this). Friday night, we will have Shabbat services and dinner at Neilson Browsing Room starting at 5:30pm.
This coming Tuesday night is Shavuot--the Jewish holiday commemorating Revelation at Sinai.
If you are in the Five College area, I suggest you check out JCA (features a panel between Smith's Joel Kaminsky and JTS's Eddie Feld) or CBI's (highlights include the start of a year of learning about Abraham Joshua Heschel) Tikkun Leyl Shavuot programs. If not, enjoy your learning and celebration in your city. Here is a great group of resources and the Shefa Shavuot Blog.
I plan to teach at CBI. Hopefully, more to come.
RB
This coming Tuesday night is Shavuot--the Jewish holiday commemorating Revelation at Sinai.
If you are in the Five College area, I suggest you check out JCA (features a panel between Smith's Joel Kaminsky and JTS's Eddie Feld) or CBI's (highlights include the start of a year of learning about Abraham Joshua Heschel) Tikkun Leyl Shavuot programs. If not, enjoy your learning and celebration in your city. Here is a great group of resources and the Shefa Shavuot Blog.
I plan to teach at CBI. Hopefully, more to come.
RB
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