A Going-Deeper Library
Twelve books that take the New Jew from Essential to fluent.
The Library & The Tools
Books, websites, and the best of the digital beit midrash
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Essential Reading: A Starter Library
A small shelf of well-chosen books gives a New Jew everything needed for the first year.
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An annotated walk through the most useful books for the New Jew, organized for cumulative learning.
Sefaria
The single most important digital tool in contemporary Jewish learning.
Chabad.org
The most comprehensive, accessible, Orthodox-perspective Jewish website on the internet.
MyJewishLearning
The pluralistic Jewish encyclopedia of the internet — covering every denomination, every topic, accessibly.
Aleph Beta
Rabbi David Fohrman's video-based parshah and Tanakh learning, with a distinctive textual-analytical approach.
OU.org (Orthodox Union)
The Orthodox Union's home — the standard kashrut certification, plus comprehensive Orthodox educational and pastoral resources.
Hadar
The Hadar Institute — intensive Traditional Egalitarian learning, particularly strong on Talmud and liturgy.
Pardes
The Pardes Institute in Jerusalem — the great pluralistic North American yeshiva on the Israeli ground.
Other Essential Websites
A brief tour of the other digital tools every New Jew should know about.