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What's New
 July 2008 Updates 
07.04.08
Re-added the links for Torah Topics, Nevi'im Topics, and Ketuvim Topics that were accidently deleted from the Tanach page.

 June 2008 Updates 
06.29.08
Updated the Weekly Torah Portion page by adding information about this coming week's (July 5) reading.

06.22.08
Updated the Shoah (Holocaust) page by adding a section for the Camps of the Shoah.
Updated the Jewish Books page by adding a section for Aliyah and updating the sections of Jewish Mysticism and Hebrew/Yiddish.
Updated the Jewish Law page by adding a section about the Mishneh Torah.
Updated the Religious Objects page by adding information about the Chair of Elijah, Challah Cover, Seder Plate, and Tehillim.
Updated the Weekly Torah Portion page by adding information about this coming week's (June 28) reading.
Updated the Women in Judaism page by expanding information about Rosh Chodesh.

06.15.08
Updated High Holidays Services on the Jewish Prayer page by describing the individual prayers.
Added A Kosher Kitchen section to the Keeping Kosher page.
Added Bnei Noach: The Seven Universal Laws video and Thirteen Priciples of Faith video to Videos page.
Updated the Weekly Torah Portion page by adding information about this coming week's (June 21) reading.

06.08.08
Updated the look of the entire site to make it look cleaner and easier to navigate as well as cleaning up the xhtml.
Added Places of the Tanach page.
Updated the Weekly Torah Portion page by adding information about this coming week's (June 14) reading.

06.01.08
Updated Pogroms and Anti-Semitic Incidents on the Anti-Semitism page by adding incidents in the United States and Russia.
Added Jewish Messiah to Judaism 101 page.
Added Noah (Genesis 6:9-9:19) to Noahide page.
Updated the Weekly Torah Portion page by adding information about this coming week's (June 7) reading.

 May 2008 Updates 
05.27.08
Updated the Weekly Torah Portion page by adding information about this coming week's (May 31) reading.

05.18.08
Updated the Weekly Torah Portion page by adding information about this coming week's (May 24) reading.

05.13.08
Updated the Weekly Torah Portion page by adding information about this coming week's (May 17) reading.

05.04.08
Updated Answers to Missionary Proofs, Answers to Missionary Scriptural Interpretations, and "New Testament" Contradictions on the Counter-Missionary page by adding links to Tanach references which provide both Hebrew and English version of the texts.
Updated the Glossary page by adding more definitions and dividing the glossary into seven separate pages.
Updated United Nations and Israel on the Israel page by adding more 2006-2007 U.N. Security Council Resolutions.
Updated Jewish FAQ page by adding "What is the Shemitah (Sabbatical) Year and Yovel (Jubilee) Year?".
Updated Rabbis page by adding information about more rabbis.
Updated Tzedakah Explained on the Tzedakah page by expanding the information.
Updated the Weekly Torah Portion page by adding information about this coming week's (May 10) reading.

 April 2008 Updates 
04.28.08
Updated the Weekly Torah Portion page by adding information about this coming week's (May 3) reading.

04.22.08
Updated the Jewish Links page by adding links to Audio and Video, Judaica, and Noachide.
Updated the Videos page by adding more video links.
Updated the Weekly Torah Portion page by adding information about this coming week's (April 26) reading.

04.13.08
Updated Jewish Holidays on the Downloads page by adding a Tenth of Tevet Word Search Puzzle
Updated the Jewish Holidays page by adding additional information and family activities links.
Updated the Jewish Law page by adding a separate page for the 613 Mitzvot.
Updated the Religious Objects page by adding: Haggadah, Havdalah Spice Holder, Machzor, Siddur and Tikkun,.
Updated the Tanach page by adding separate pages (Torah, Nevi'im, Ketuvim) for the individual information about each book of the Tanach.
Updated the Weekly Torah Portion page by adding information about this coming week's (April 19) reading.
Updated Word Search on the Youth page by adding a Tenth of Tevet Word Search Puzzle.

04.06.08
Updated the look of the entire site to make it look cleaner and easier to navigate as well as cleaning up the xhtml.
Updated Online Learning on the Jewish Links by adding more links.
Updated the Weekly Torah Portion page by adding information about this coming week's (April 12) reading.

 March 2008 Updates 
03.30.08
Updated Kosher Supervision Agencies on the Keeping Kosher by updating information and adding a new hescher.
Updated the Weekly Torah Portion page by adding information about this coming week's (April 5) reading.

03.23.08
Updated Pogroms and Anti-Semitic Incidents on the Anti-Semitism page by adding more incidents.
Updated the Weekly Torah Portion page by adding information about this coming week's (March 29) reading.

03.16.08
Updated the Glossary page by adding more terms.
Updated Modern History on the Israel page by adding more historical information.
Updated Jewish History on the Jewish History page by adding more historical information.
Updated Biblical Archaeology on the Jewish History page by adding more archeological information.
Updated Pesach on the Jewish Holidays page by adding the order of the seder.
Added Human Soul to the Jewish Mysticism page.
Updated the Missionary Activity Alerts page by adding more alerts for 2008.
Updated Synagogue Service on the Shabbat page by expanding and explaining the sections of the services.
Updated the Weekly Torah Portion page by adding information about this coming week's (March 22) reading.

03.09.08
Updated the Weekly Torah Portion page by adding information about this coming week's (March 15) reading.

03.02.08
Updated Wallpaper on the Downloads page by adding a Psalm 18 wallpaper.
Updated Hebrew on the Hebrew, Yiddish, and Ladino page by adding the Old Hebrew Alphabet.
Updated the Jewish Law page by adding Shemitah and Yovel.
Updated the Hebrew Letters (now Hebrew Letters and Gematria) on the Jewish Mysticism page by adding information about Gematria.
Updated Torah on the Tanach page by adding name meaning for each parsha.
Updated the Weekly Torah Portion page by adding information about this coming week's (March 8) reading.

 February 2008 Updates 
02.24.08
Updated the About page by updating the Mission Statement section and updating the Registered With section.
Updated Jewish History on the Jewish History page by adding information to the Biblical Period and Second Temple Period.
Updated the Weekly Torah Portion page by adding information about this coming week's (March 1) reading.

02.22.08
Updated the look of the entire site to make it look cleaner and easier to navigate as well as cleaning up the xhtml.
Added a Copyright Information page to further explain the copyright of this site.
Added a Weekly Torah Portion page to keep readers informed about the weekly Torah reading, Haftarah reading, and aliyot.

02.17.08
Updated the Missionary Activity Alerts page by adding more alerts for the year 2008.
Updated the Counter-Missionary page by adding a printable counter-missionary survival guide.
Updated the Judaism on the Downloads page by adding a counter-missionary survival guide.
Updated Shacharit Prayer on theJewish Prayer page by adding an explanation of the prayers.
Updated Minchah Prayer on the Jewish Prayer page by adding an explanation of the prayers.
Updated Maariv Prayer on the Jewish Prayer page by adding an explanation of the prayers.
Updated Synagogue Service on the Jewish Prayer page by adding an explanation of the prayers.
Corrected I Kings section on the Tanach page by adding information about chapters 18-21, correcting chapter 22, and correcting internal links.

2.10.08
Updated Terror Victims on Arab-Israeli Conflict page by adding the number of those injured or killed by the Kassam rockets.
Updated the Biblical Genealogy page by making it easier to read and adding a printable pdf link.
Updated Jewish History on the Downloads page by adding a printable biblical genealogy pdf link.
Updated the Glossary page by adding more terms.
Updated Hebrew on the Hebrew, Yiddish, and Ladino page by information on the Dagesh and rearranging the Hebrew aleph-bet.
Updated Jewish Calendar Explained on the Jewish Calendar page by adding Hebrew to the Hebrew months.
Updated Biblical Archaeology on the Jewish History page by adding recent finds.
Updated Jewish History on the Jewish History page by adding recent history.
Added Tanya to the Jewish Mysticism page.
Updated Common Prayers and Blessings on the Jewish Prayer page by adding HaMotzi.
Added High Holidays Services to Jewish Prayer page.
Updated Link to Site page by adding Jews by Choice.Org to the Friends List.
Updated Talmud on Talmud page by adding Hebrew to the seders and tractates.

02.03.08
Added How-To to the Downloads page.
Added Printable PDF to the How-To page.
Added Build a Sukkah to the How-To page.
Updated Aliyah on the Jewish Links page.
Updated College Students on the Jewish Links page.
Updated Conversion on the Jewish Links page.
Updated Jewish Advocacy on the Jewish Links page.
Updated Jews of Color on the Jewish Links page.
Updated Judaica on the Jewish Links page.
Updated Noachide on the Jewish Links page.
Updated Youth on the Jewish Links page.

 January 2008 Updates 
01.20.08
Updated the Biblical Genealogy page by adding the number of years lived to various names.
Added the Updated Hebrew Aleph-Bet Chart to the Hebrew page.
Added Audio Link to Havdalah on the How-To page.
Added Audio Link to Light Chanukah Candles on the How-To page.
Added Audio Link to Shabbat Eve Kiddush on the How-To page.
Added Audio Link to Tallit on the How-To page.
Updated Kashurt Explained on the Keeping Kosher page by adding the general rules of kashrut.
Added Audio Links to Talmud on the Talmud page.
Added Audio Link to Torah Blessing on the Tanach page.
Updated the Videos page by adding video links.

01.08.08
Updated Jewish Blogs on the Jewish Links page.

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