Resources
Useful Links
– Prayer Transliteration: www.kakatuv.com
– Torah Reading Schedule: www.hebcal.com
– Online Tikkun: www.chabadofbeverlyhills.com/torah-reading/torah-menu.htm OR http://www.bible.ort.org/books/torahd5.asp
– Prayer Recordings: www.sidduraudio.com OR www.virtualcantor.com
– Haftorah Recordings: www.haftorahaudio.com
– Create your own Tikkun: www.lashon.net/cl
– The Hebrew Bible Online: www.mechon-mamre.org
– Good General Jewish information site: www.jewfaq.org
Recommended Liturgical Material
– Artscroll (orthodox prayerbooks, tikkunim, and other study materials) www.artscroll.com
– Siddur Sim Shalom (conservative prayerbook)
– Mishkan Tefilah (transliterated reform prayerbook)
– Metsudah Siddur (orthodox interlinear translation
– The Singlish Publication Society (pluralistic and egalitarian prayerbooks with interlinear transliterations and translations) www.singlishps.com
– Chanting the Hebrew Bible by Joshua Jacobson, Jewish Publication Society, detailed instruction on the cantilation of all chanted parts of the Bible, includes musical notation and a CD. The student edition is adequate and less expensive than complete hardback edition. (Conservative and Orthodox)
– The Art of Cantilation, Volumes 1 and 2 by Marshal Portnoy and Josee Wolf, UAHC Department of Synagogue Music. (Reform)
– Tha Cantors Assembly www.cantors.org. Sheet Music and CDs of all segments of the Conservative liturgy by Hazzan Pinchas Spiro.
– The JPS Hebrew-English Tanakh by The Jewish Publication Society
Recommended Reading and Resources
– To Life! by Rabbi Harold Kushner
– The Synagogue Survival Kit by Jordan Lee Wagner
– Jewish Literacy, Biblical Literacy, Jewish Wisdom 3 books by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
– The JPS Guid to Jewish Traditions by The Jewish Publication Society