Section archive - Learning Resources

For 3,000 years, Jewish tradition has grappled with what is fit—kosher—for us to eat. Today, questions about food have become ever more complicated as we come up against changing nutritional news, the use of chemical pesticides, and industrial farming. Health issues such as obesity and environmental damage are intrinsically connected to our personal and national food choices. Hazon offers resources, curricula, and training about food and Jewish tradition in a new network.

An Ethical Start is an ethics curriculum for preschool children, parents, and teachers developed by the Jewish Community Center Association based on the ancient Jewish text, Pirkei Avot. The program is developed through exploration of the text, “Ethics of Our Fathers”, environmental enhancements, multi-media exploration through music, books, Peer K doll and the emergent curriculum. It is presently implemented in 40 JCCA preschools nationwide.

The National Yiddish Book Center offers online access to the full texts of nearly 11,000 out-of-print Yiddish titles from its collection. The books can be browsed, read, downloaded or printed free of charge.

CET has completed development of a unique online resource – The Jewish Lexicon, which contains over a thousand entries in Hebrew based on the cultural work of the Jewish People over 3000 years of history in their land and in the Diaspora. About 200 entries are expanded entries (about 1200 words) divided into secondary entries. Over 800 entries are concise (about 300 words). The information in the lexicon is presented in a friendly format, but is accurate and reliable containing references, explanatory notes and links to both external and internal resources.