As recommended by Rabbi Esther Hugenholtz of Agudas Achim Congregation. Please note: this is a living document, so check back frequently.
YouTube:
BimBam YouTube channel: Jewish educational channel for adults and children with how-to videos.
Religion for Breakfast: a religious studies scholar who breaks down scholarly teachings in accessible ways.
Alef Beta channel: interpretations from the Torah from a reliable and accessible Orthodox Jewish perspective.
The YouTube Rabbi: beginners-friendly approach to Hebrew and Jewish prayer.
Be’chol Lashon: Jewish diversity and racial justice organization.
Rabbi Juan Mejia: leading rabbinic voice on conversion and teaching Torah from a Conservative Jewish perspective on YouTube.
Judaism Unbound / Rabbi Lex Rofeberg: the YouTube home for Judaism Unbound episodes.
Explanation of Jewish Denominations: by Useful Charts (non-Jewish resource).
Podcasts:
Unholy: Two Jews on the News: current events in Israel and the Diaspora from a Jewish journalistic perspective.
Judaism Unbound: cutting-edge podcast.
On The Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah with Rabbi Rick Jacobs: perspectives from the leader of Reform Judaism.
Seven Minutes of Torah with Rabbi Micah Streiffer: the podcast to accompany ‘Laasok: a Liberal Beit Midrash’
Chutzpod!: frank conversations on living a good Jewish life with Rabbi Shira Stutman and journalist Hanna Rosin.
Books/Booklists:
MyJewishLearning.com’s ‘12 Great Introduction-to-Judaism’ books.
HeyAlma.com’s ‘The Best Books for Exploring Conversion to Judaism’
ReformJudaism.org’s ‘Recommended Reading to Learn More About Judaism’
‘Choosing a Jewish Life: A Handbook for People Converting to Judaism and for Their Family and Friends‘ by Anita Diamant
‘Living a Jewish Life” by Anita Diamant & Howard Cooper.
‘Essential Judaism – A Complete Guide to Beliefs, Customs and Rituals’ by George Robinson.
‘Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality and a Deeper Connection to Life-In Judaism’ by Sarah Hurwitz.
‘To Be As a Jew: A Guide to Jewish Observance in Contemporary Life’ and ‘To Pray As a Jew: A Guide to the Prayerbook and the Synagogue Service’ by Rabbi Hayim Halevy Donin.
Books Read in Rabbi Hugenholtz’s Big Ideas in Jewish Books Club
- Rabbi Adina Allen, The Place of All Possibility: Cultivating Creativity Through Ancient Jewish Wisdom
- Peter Beinart, Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning
- Rabbi Julia Watts Belser, Loving Our Own Bones: Disability Wisdom and the Spiritual Subversiveness of Knowing Ourselves Whole
- Doris Bergen, War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust
- Michael Brenner, A Short History of the Jews
- Rabbi Sharon Brous, The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World
- Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, Heart of a Stranger: An Unlikely Rabbi’s Story of Faith, Identity, and Belonging
- Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, For Such a Time as This: On Being Jewish Today
- Molly Crabapple, Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund
- Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, Wounds into Wisdom: Healing Intergenerational Jewish Trauma
- Rabbi Shai Held, Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life
- David Kraemer, Embracing Exile: The Case for Jewish Diaspora
- Joshua Leifer, Tablets Shattered: The End of an American Jewish Century and the Future of Jewish Life
- Rabbi Alan Lew, This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared: The Days of Awe As a Journey of Transformation
- Rabbi Shaul Magid, The Necessity of Exile: Essays from a Distance
- Mark Mazower, On Antisemitism: A Word in History
- Rabbi Alicia Jo Rabins, When We’re Born We Forget Everything: A Memoir
- Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World
- Rabbi Rami Shapiro, Judaism Without Tribalism: A Guide to Being a Blessing to All the Peoples of the Earth
- Rabbi Abby Chava Stein, Becoming Eve: My Journey From Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman
- Rabbi Milton Steinberg, As a Driven Leaf