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This week's links: Podcast Alley Podcast 411 Apple iTunes

This week's links: Light of the River songs available for download on Download.comJewish Music section of Download.com

This week's links: Judaism 101: Tu B'Shevat Wikipedia's listing for Tu B'Shevat The Jewish Virtual Library's listing for Tu B'Shevat Test Your Tu B'Shevat IQ Seder for Tu B'Shevat Plant trees in IsraelIsrael's passion for trees

This week's links: Judaism and Same-Sex Marriage, from MyJewishLearning.com Jewish Group OK's Same-Sex Marriage, from the Boston Globe The Reform Movement on LGBT Issues, from Jewish Mosaic Wedding Liturgy for a Same Sex Marriage, from the Shalom Center

This week's links Wikipedia entry for Siddur Siddur Audio, an online source for learning Siddur liturgyThe Transliterated Siddur  

This week's links: Wikipedia entry on Torah reading Jewish Virtual Library entry on Torah reading Wikipedia entry on cantillation 

This week's links: Iranian Holocaust Conference (CNN.com coverage) Jerusalem Post coverage of Israeli reaction to the conference USC Shoah Foundation Institute  Wikipedia listing for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  Wikipedia listing for Holocaust denial  ADL document on Holocaust denial

This week's links: Rabbis for Human Rights  Rabbinic Conference on Judaism and Human Rights  Conference Coverage from Washington Jewish Week 

This week's links Contra Costa County Winter Nights ProgramTemple Isaiah's Winter Nights 2006 home pageYJN #15: Rabbi Graetz on Winter Nights, November 17, 2005

This week's links: Find a JCC Camp How Jewish is Summer Camp? from the New Jersey Jewish StandardJewish Summer Camps in America, from About.comCamps Newman and Swig (Local to Temple Isaiah)

This week's links: December Holiday Guidelines for Public Schools, from the Anti-Defamation LeagueThe December Dilemma, from MyJewishLearning.comInterfaith Families Face December Dilemma, from USA TodayHolidays' Convergence Adds to December Dilemma, from The New York TimesOn Being a Jew at Christmas

This Week's Link: Women of Reform Judaism

This week's links: Jewish WebcastingTemple Judea PodcastTemple Judea Podcasts on OdeoWomen of Reform JudaismWomen Explore New Commentary (Baltimore JewishTimes.com)

This week's links: Synagogue affiliation growing (a 2002 article)Shul affiliation rising (United Jewish Communities article)Building your synagogue community (from URJ)  

This week's links: Simhat Bat, the synagogue naming ceremony for girlsRituals for a Baby DaughterBrit Milah, birth ceremoniesThe New Jewish Baby Book by Anita Diamant (from Amazon.com)

A 100% all-music podcast! Shira Tirdof (featuring Jeremy Gimbel and Brad Lennox -- a nationally acclaimed song leader, and an accomplished camp educator, respectively), meaning "song shall you pursue," showcase modern musical interpretations of age-old texts through their eclectic variety of musical offerings. This music is from the Podsafe Music Network.

This week's links: Wikipedia listing on circumcision Listing from Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion Wikipedia listing for "mohel" Questions to ask a mohel

This week's links: Wikipedia's listing for the term, "Avodah""Let's Go Israel," the annual East Bay Israel trip Temple Isaiah's Avodah program supports

This week's links: Creating a technology plan for your synagogue, a PDF document from the Center for Congregations The PC in Your Synagogue, from the Union Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Temple Isaiah's website

This week's links:Jacqueline Jules' websiteAmazon listing for "The Hardest Word" by Jacqueline JulesAmazon listing for all books by Jacqueline Jules