Last month, we launched Jewishchoices.org, a new interactive community dedicated to open discussion of the ethical issues facing all of us in the Jewish community – and in the world at large. The website sprang from the content in our Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices book series. The site allows users to participate in forums and in live chat opportunities, and to read blog posts from contributors to our ethics books and other interested readers, as they regularly discuss today’s hot topics.
Turns out, Jewishchoices.org is one of a growing number of online resources where you can go to discuss Jewish ethics. Check out some of these noteworthy sites, and keep coming back to Jewishchoices.org to participate in our evolving community!
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Jspot.org: Sponsored by Jewish Funds for Justice, Jspot.org is an online hub for netroots action. In addition to providing educational resources, the site’s blog includes a wide variety of Jewish perspectives on contemporary issues of social and economic justice.
2. Jewish Values Online: At Jewish Values Online, a panel of Conservative, Orthodox and Reform rabbis offers their perspectives on your questions about Jewish ethics. The site includes a database of existing questions, but also allows you to submit your own.
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Repair the World: Repair the World is an organization that works to encourage Jews to participate and find meaning in service opportunities. Besides the blog, a great feature on the site is the Knowledgebase, which provides information about Jewish perspectives regarding critical issues, biographies on Jewish social justice heroes, and links further reading.
4. Pursue: Pursue is a project of American Jewish World Service and AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps that engage Jews in their 20s and 30s in social justice activities by integrating their Jewish and social justice values. The site includes a blog that covers different issues and how we can help.
Check out these sites and share in the conversation! If you know of any other Jewish ethics sites worth mentioning, let us know in the comment section.
-Jill Finkelstein





