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Sunday, November 7 marks the culmination of the tremendous work undertaken by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz to make the Talmud more accessible to more people.  The completion of the Steinsaltz edition of the Talmud – 45 volumes translated over nearly 50 years – will be celebrated through a variety of global and local events. Local communities [...]

Open Learning and Social Media [By Caren Levine. Originally published in HaYidion by RAVSAK, Spring 2010] Social media and web 2.0 resources can facilitate the ways in which we create and share educational resources and collaborate. There is a developing trend towards a new openness in learning regarding access to people, content, and other resources.  [...]

I had the pleasure of hearing David Klevan speak today at the 3DTLC Conference in Washington about his work at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.  David shared his experiences related to the work that the USHMM is doing in Second Life. In observance of the annual Days of Remembrance, the United States Holocaust Memorial [...]

Beth Odets (Second Life name; Beth Brown, real life name) is the creator of the Second Life synagogue, Temple Beit Israel. Beth recently reflected on the background of the Jewish neighborhood and how it began: I did not start out to create the neighborhood. It started with the Synagogue, which was really an artistic rendering [...]

So, how might Jewish learning happen in a virtual, immersive environment? Below are a few examples of what Jewish learning might look like. Imagine: Students who are home schooled in Jewish studies meeting with peers from all over the world and studying together Jewish educators convening at a specially designed lounge, playground, and resource center [...]

Lately, I’ve been thinking about how to make the case for Second Life (SL) and education. I recently returned from the annual NECC conference. There were a few sessions on SL, and a special playground area and lounge set aside for SLers. I was not able to spend a lot of time there, but it [...]

There is an emerging Jewish presence in virtual environments. Second Life, for example, is home to a virtual Kotel and Torah learning center, Temple Beit Israel synagogue, a Jewish Historical Museum, a Holocaust Memorial Museum, an artistic representation of a mikveh, a Judaic gift shop, a cafe and Jewish art space, and Ir Shalom – [...]