Maxima New Media Launches Jewish Heritage Online Magazine

Posted on December 30, 1997

MAXIMA New Media has announced The Jewish Heritage Online Magazine, a magazine which brings Jewish culture and heritage to a wide audience of readers. The online publication is sponsored by the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture. Following the traditional path of Jewish study - namely using texts to approach concrete subjects - the magazine makes Jewish learning thoroughly accessible and enjoyable using the latest in interactive technology.

Articles are written by leading Jewish scholars, writers and teachers and are always text-based. The articles in the first edition cover everything from sibling rivalry in Genesis to What jelly donuts have to do with a Hebrew root-word.

Jewish Heritage Online also features an online resources library, with an ever-growing list of dictionaries, glossaries and the like, perfect for professional and lay educators, for parents and children, and for anyone interested in knowing more. In addition, a colorful monthly forum addresses a selected topic from a variety of angles: through biblical text, midrash, folktale, art, ethnography, language and literature. The central theme of the first edition of jewishheritage.com launched Hanukkah time is FIRSTS: first names, first words, first light, the magic in firsts, the first prayerbook, the first burial, firstborn and first fruits. Upcoming forum topics include: Celebration; Money; Desire; Dreams; Blood; Kin; Initiation. The short, coherent articles offer insights interesting to both the beginner and the veteran in the world of Jewish study.