mail order Jewish resources pt 3 (long & useful)
Seidman
A.O.S. Inc Imports/Zerach Greenfield
A.O.S/Greenfield
140-35 69th Avenue
POB 670263
Flushing, NY 11367
(718) 263-6445
(800) 263-6445
(718) 263-6447
74640,21...@compuserve.com
Israeli Judaica imports, presumably at wholesale prices. Quantity ordering
and special orders available, etrogim, tefillin, torah, aleph-bet beads,
and just about everything else one could think of. for example, tefillin
are $155 in orders of 16/year. I haven't recieved word on how reliable the
kashrut of the tefillin are, however; but does sound like a
sensational price.
Any Wear You're Frum
Any Wear You're Frum
P.O. Box 9149
Calabasas, CA 91372-9149
(888) 4-MODESTY (toll free)
(888) 466-3378 (toll free)
(818) 222-6887 FAX
This is a Halachically Correct (HC) clothing catalog for women replete
with dresses (slightly below
the elbow, and just above the ankle), hats, comfortable looking shoes,
along with quotes from Mishle
(Psalms). The strong point of this catalog is hats. Some of the
dresses appears to be designed
to be equally suitable for maternity and non-maternity use.
Best
Best
Religious Articles & Embroidery
4021 14th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11218
Really fancy looking items suitable for synagogue use: Amud & Bima
Covers, Poroches, Mantels, Chupas
Mischsos (coffin covers), Plaques, also sort of Judaica Silver items
for Synagogue and institutional
use, Challah covers (their brochure suggests that the synagogue name
can be embroidered on the
challah covers and then these be used as a nice way to show gratitude
to a group of philanthropists
that just pledged a big donation :) Various custom work available.
Brica Sargous Jacobs
Brica Sargous Jacobs
2424 Brambleton Rd.
Baltimore, MD 21209
(401) 664-5658
Custom tallit, etc.
California Stitchery
California Stitchery
6015 Sunnyslope Ave.
Van Nuys, CA 91401-3020
(800) 345-3332
(800) 781-2120 FAX
Judy Rosenbaum has a large collection of jewish needlework including
challah cover (kits), cross-stitch and needlepoint pictures, keppot,
tallis bags (tallit too). I haven't found any other source for
jewish needlework (all kits, these are not premade).
Contemporary Synagogue Art
Presentations Gallery
200 Lexington Ave.
New York, NY 10016
212-481-8181
212-779-9015 (FAX)
Ascalon Studios
115 Atlantic Ave.
Berlin, NJ. 08009
(609) 768-3779
Jaffa Collections
(800) 274-0086 (East Coast)
(800) 473-5232 (West Coast)
Copa Judaica
Copa Judaica
13065 SW 133 Ct.
Miami, Fl 33186
(800) 727-2672 (COPA)
(305) 251-5859
(305) 235-6070 (FAX)
copaj...@aol.com
Very artistic Shabbat Candelabra, Menorah, Sedar Plates, Mezuzah
Cases, Jewelry,
Wooden Judaic Dominoes (unique item), Modernistic Yads (unique), etc.
Corporate Expressions
Corporate Expressions
421-13 Route 59
Monsey, NY 10952
(800) 336-2291
Bentchers, Yarmulka's Ketubahs, etc. Complete catalog Quantity
discounts for weddings, 16 different kinds of really nice bentchers, 10
different kinds of kipot (in leather).
Crown Wholesalers Inc.
Crown Wholesalers Inc.
5424 11th AVE (side entrance)
Brooklyn, NY 11219
(718) 871-6416
(718) 851-3492 (FAX)
(800) 636-0417 (outside of N.Y.S.)
They sell Atarah and Yarmulkahs, A. Morgenstern, President. Give them
a shot and get
the color brochure, the Atarahs look pretty good. Also, the prices on
the Yarmulkahs
do look like they might actually be wholesale for real!
Eichler's
Eichler's
5004 - 13th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11219
(718) 633-1505
(718) 633-1506 (FAX)
(800) EICHLER (outside of N.Y.S)
Very complete selection of religious articles, gifts and books. They stock
some very hard to find Judaica books. Open sunday, and worldwide shipping
within 24 hours. Seforim, Taleisim, custom Kesubos, Tefillin, CD's you
name it! For wholesale call 718-633-2933. Located in the heart of
Borough Park.
Galerie Robin
Galerie Robin
P O Box 50536
Nashville, TN 37205
(800) 635-8279
Galerie Robin puts out a catalog specializing in Jewish art; and
artistic religious objects and jewelry. Some of the chanakah menorah
are not kosher (because the candles are at different heights) and the
mezusot come with 'paper scrolls' (they should be parchment). THe cases
are neat and you could get your own parchment from a real scribe for
about $25+. They show the scrolls put in rolled inside out so you can
see the writing (and with mirrors so you can see the 'paper' all the way
around)...i am still wondering if that is kosher, even if the mezuzah
was real parchment and hand written :)
Genny's Table
Genny's Table
711 Chuckanut Drive
Bellingham, WA 98226
(800) 903-0357
(360) 733-2964 (fax)
Beautiful and traditional tablecloths, challah covers, silk tallit,
matzah and afikomen
covers, wall hangings. Most of the stuff is all in Hebrew which i
like (who needs translations
on challah covers :)
Greenfeld Bros
Greenfeld Bros. Talitinia Distr.
5205 13 th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11219
(800) 336-1210 Out of N.Y.
(718) 633-8103
FAX: (718) 438-2846
Talit, Kippot...big color catalog
Hamafitz
Hamafitz
361 Kingston Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11213
(800) 622-STAM
(718) 774-0900
(718) 221-0642 FAX
Another Place that sells religious articles, mainly. They have a
more limited selection of books. Prices here on etrogim, kippot seem
to be very good. Very competive pricing for talitim, shofars, and
peshutim tefillin. Give them a call. A really nice item is
an all cotton-beged talit katan imported from Israel (top quality
only $14)
Hamakor Judaica-The Source for Everything Jewish
The Source for Everything Jewish
P.O. Box 48836
Niles, IL 60714-0836
(800) 426-2567
FAX (708) 966-4033
Art, books, menorahs, shofars, Maccabee Bear T shirts, toys, and the
like
Heritage
Heritage
4908- 13th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11219
(718) 972-5252
Gifts for all occassions, plus lots of Hebrew Seforim. Will ship, an
800 number will be forthcoming. Located in Borough Park.
Holy Land Art
HolyLandArt
2480-4 Briarcliff Road #311
Atlanta, Georgia 30329
(404) 986-6030
(800) 274-4ART
(404) 986-8113 (FAX)
74461...@compuserve.com
http://www.worlplaza.com/aleph1/holyland/holyland.html
Has a catalog of contemporary inspirational prints based on biblical
images originally created in felt applique by Jerusalem-based artist
Bracha Lavee. Other Jewish objets d'art available. credit card
orders also.
Jacquelyn International Fashion
Jacquelyn International Fashion
Dept. J-H
15 W. 37th Street
New York, NY 10018
(800) 272-2424
(212) 302-2266
Wigs.. etc. presumably good ones. Includes human hair wigs...looked
pretty good, many are in the $300 price range.
Jewish Bride... & More!
Jewish Bride... & More!
P.O. Box #26341
Tamarac, FL 33320
(954) 721-5660
(800) 864-1390
http://www.gate.net/~jbride
Incredible plates, kiddish cups, china, decanters, menorahs,
havdalah sets and many other gift items; some are high quality
with prices to match. Talits, kippots, imprints etc.. check it out.
Judaica Art Kits
Judaica Art Kits
PO Box 10828
Rochester, NY 14610
(800) 862-3449
Make your own family heirlooms...like Talit, etc.
Judaica Occassions
Judaica Occassions
55 Union Road, Suite 203
Spring Valley, NY 10977
(914) 352-9426
(914) 356-8502 (FAX)
(800) 336-2291
Large 14 page catalog, mainly of gift items. Nice jewelry
Little Israel
Little Israel
392 Harvard St.
Brookline, MA 02146
(617) 734-4014
(617) 566-9646 (FAX)
Judaica Gifts, Music, including a small section of books (had a shelf
of used Israeli books). They sell a nifty watch that has Hebrew
numberals on it (much nicer than Roman numerals :) they will ship.
Kosher Klothes
Kosher Kolthes
P.O. Box 582
Mercer Island, WA 98040
(800) 399-4240
A family business that makes table clothes, table runners, aprons,
napkins and kipot from of designs of Jewish interest. A 52x70" tablecloth
is $20.00 I have no idea if that is even a good price.
Leiter's Sukkahs
Leiter's Sukkas
1346 39th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11218
(718) 436-0303
(718) 436-0909
(800) 422-9199
(718) 871-7136 FAX
Advertised as the largest manufacturer of sukkahs in the world, they
offer many designs, including custom sizes. Canvas, fiberglass,
modular wood, etc.
Also bamboo poles, bamboo or mehadrin mats. Bear in mind that mats must come
with some kind of kosher certification (as the mats had to be made
expressly for schach)
Mah Jongh Company
MasFJocAh Company (free catalog)
(800) 821-3029
Mazel Tov Exclusives
Mazel Tov Exclusives
2109 W. Parker Rd. Suite 204
Plano, TX 75023
(800) 977-7999
214-758-4400
214-379-3160
Offers a 20 page full color catalog of many unique Yom Tov items like
Placemats, Napkins, linen, table runners etc. Also many T-shirts that
one might find amusing.
Merkaz Stam
Merkaz Stam
309 Kingston Avenue
Brooklyn04N.U 11213
(800) 264-7705
(718) 773-1120
FAX: (718) 773-0090
This store will do mail order; they have Tefillin, Tzitzis, Mezusos,
books, and Religious articles. THe prices seemed very good, and they
are located right in Crown Heights with apparently a decent reputation
around there. I have seen their muzzahs and the workmanship looks good.
They also provide free cases and handy instructions on hanging them. Muzzas
start at about $26 (quite good for kosher ones). Rabbi Y. Mishulovin
Messing/Candle Lites
Messing/Candle Lites
6307 Pimlico Road
Baltimore, MD 21209
(410) 358-5713
(410) 358-1708 (FAX)
http://zeus.towson.edu/~ymessi1/
Instead of messing with wax candles for shabbas and yom tov, this company
sells 4 kinds of hand-blown pyrex bulbs that fit into your existing
candlesticks.
THey use lamHfikÆjnd a permanent reusable wick. Olive oil units available.
Also colored oil is available.
National Sukkah Outlet (formerl©½NoAŠhern Nersey Sukkah Outlet)
National Sukkah Outlet
283 High Street
Passaic, NJ 07055
(800) 778-5624
(201) 778-5624
(914) 578-5624
They make Modular sukkahs from textured fiberglass, douglas fir, or canvas.
The canvas ones can be set up in less than 30 minutes with a single
tool (provided).
Delivery, installation, and custom designed sukkas are available.
OSY, inc.
O.S.Y., INC.
4424 16th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11204
(718) 436-0222
(800) 322-WIGS
(718) 972-5998 (FAX)
(800) 424-9447 (in Canada)
03-5704-253 (in Israel)
01-806-4852 (in London)
Very very stylish collection of human hair and synthetic wigs
that comes in a color catalog arranged as a nice Hebrew calendar.
Prices are not included; try the 800 number.
Ruth Leah Designs
Ruth Leah Designs
Coral Springs, FL 33071-6824
(800) 752-9323
(305)753-7872 (fax)
Custom design of prayer shawls for women, and now also for men. I've
seen the glossy photographs of the possible designs that are available
and will just state flatly that they are incredibly beautiful. Very
impressive and one can get the full range of simple elegance to very fancy
and all sorts of personalized hebrew script and/or embroidery, colors, etc.
S&S Worldwide
S&S Worldwide
PO Box 513
Colchester, CT 06415-0513
(800) 243-9232 (toll free calls)
(860) 537-3451 (local)
(800) 566-6678 (FAX)
(860) 537-2866 (local FAX)
ser...@snswwide.com
http://www.snsside.com
Judaic crafts, many oriented for children. good for hebrew day schools
and the like.
Sadigh Gallery Ancient Art
Sadigh Gallery Ancient Art
303 5th Avenue Suite 1603
New York, NY 10016
(800) 426-2007
(212) 725-7537
FAX: 212-545-7612
Sell [authentic] ancient artifacts. They send regular catalogs and
take bids on items by mail or phone.
Suggestions
Suggestions
P.O. Box 4109
Highland Park, NJ 0890
(800) 447-4440
Hard to find gifts of a general nature.
Sukkah Center, the
The Sukkah Center
3720 14th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11218
(718) 436-6333
(800) 227-SUKA
All kinds of prefab sukka's. Also bamboo matts that can be used
as schach that are certified by O-K (Organized Kosher Laboratories).
Keep in mind that a bamboo mat must have a hechsher as only a mat that
was constructed with the intent (plus some other detailed halacha's) can
be used as schach. THey have canvas and fiberglass sukkot. Also the
canvases are beautifully silkscreened.
The Toycrafter
The Toycrafter
1237 East Main St.
Rochester, NY 14609
(800) 433-8697
(800) 654-7820 FAX
http://world-web.com/toycrafter
spi...@vivanet.com
All sorts of fancy dreidles (mainly wooden) and a few other items.
W & E Baum Bronze Tablet Corp.
W & E Baum Bronze Tablet Corp.
200 60th Street
Brooklyn , NY 11220-3712
(718) 439-3311
(718) 439-6556 (FAX)
(800) 922-7377 (outside of N.Y.S)
All sorts of English, and Hebrew memorial plaques, nameplates, etc.
Yahrzeit Tablets, Donor Walls, Bulletin Boards, Awards, etc.
Weave Alot Studio
Weave Alot Studio
RR1 Box 1158
Troy, ME 04987
(207) 984-2130
Handwoven Tallits, Yarmulkes, etc. $2.00 for brochure.
Ziontalis
Ziontalis
48 Eldridge St.
New York, NY 10002
(212) 925-8558 (call or write for catalog)
As expected, they sells religious articles and lots of different tallit
(but I haven't gotten word on the quality of their products yet) They
sell 'Kosher' mezuzah parchment for $15.00 which seems so cheap I
question whether it is can really be Kosher or not.
Zust
Lauren J. Zust
1753 Alma Street
Palo Alto, CA 94306
(415) 326-9725
ESTH...@aol.com
Custom linoleum carving of Hebrew letters by a real sculptor, with a
MFA from U. Penn! The linoleum blocks are used to make handrubbed in
prints. I've seen the photos: some pretty neat stuff.
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Subject: SERVICES, INFORMATION, NEWSPAPERS
first some miscelaneous phone numbers
You can call 1-(800) SAB-BATH to get candlelighting times based on date and
zipcode. It's all automated. Use a touchtone phone. (this one seems to be
disconnected... but there is another number:
You can ask Shabbat shailos (ie. questions)
and get Shabbat hospitality by calling 1-(800) SHA-BBAT.
Try: 1-(800) 4-MOSHIACH to see what happens (ala Chabad :) also, 1-(800)
BE-GOOD-1
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Academy of Hebrew Language
Academy of Hebrew Language
p.o.b 3449
Jerusalem 91034
Israel
972-2-632-242
972-2-632-243
This institution is part of Hebrew Unviversity in Jerusalem,
Givat Ram
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai Brith
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai Brith
309 W. Washington
Chicago, IL 60606
The Archive of Australian Judaica.....
The Archive provides assistance to researchers from Sydney,
interstate and overseas - theses writers, authors, film makers etc.
If you would like any further information please contact: Marianne
Dacy by phone: 02 692 4162 fax: 02 692 2890 or
email: da...@tmx.mhs.oz.au
Chicago Community Kollel
Chicago Community Kollel
6506 North California
Chicago, IL 60645
(312) 262-9400
(312) 262-7866
ccko...@aol.com
http://www.shalomnet.com/org/cjep
They publish a terrific booklet called "Right or Left" by Rabbi
Dovid Wolpin on "Laws and customs relating to the hand one should
use when preforming Mitzvos" It includes a special succos section.
One should be aware that a left hander does not simply reverse their
hand in all cases. Sometimes yes, and sometimes no... therefore this
booklet is an absolute must!
Hebrew Publications for Children, Inc.
Hebrew Publications for Children, Inc.
110 E. 59th St. Suite 4100
New York, NY 10022-1373
(212) 339-6018
"Olam Hadash" is the "Illustrated Hebrew Magazine for Children & Youth"
Annual subscription rate is $12.00 (School Bulk rate available) for
magazine published monthy from Sept.-May,
by Hebrew Publications for Children, Inc. in cooperation with the
Department of Education and Culture of the World Zionist Organization
and the Jewish National Fund of America. You can also write to
the publications department/Jewish Agency at the same address to
subscribe to "Lamatchil": a vowelled Hebrew bi-weekly newspaper
published October through June at $12.00/year.
Hillel, 1640 Rhode Island Avenue, NW. Washington DC, 20036
Histadruth Ivrith of America
Histadruth Ivrith of America
Hebrew Language and Culture Association
47 West 34th Street, Room 609
New York, NY 10001
(212) 629-9443
(212) 629-9472 (FAX)
This is a really good place to write to. Among other things
they publish "Lamishpaha" an illustrated monthly in simple Hebrew
with a dictionary on each page. $15/year. They publish "Hadoar",
a bi-weekly in Hebrew, and "Tov Lichtov" an international literary
program that encourages creative writing in Hebrew along with
various Ulpanim and trips.
Jewish Braille Institute
Jewish Braille Institute
110 East 30th Street
New York, NY 10016
The Jewish Braille Institute has books in Braille, in large type, and
on cassette. JBI has the Five Books of Moses in Hebrew,
English, and Yiddish on cassette, and in H and E in large type and braille
All of this material is available free-of-charge to those who have
certification that they are blind, visually impaired or learning disabled
There is even a Braille Jewish calendar, and a newsletter which
includes articles from a diverse range of Jewish periodicals and other
periodicals' material on Jewish topics. They also need volunteers
The JBI is non-sectarian, that is, it does not favor or discriminate
against any stream in Jewish religious, cultural or spiritual life.
They have a number of different kinds of Passover Haggadahs: plan ahead!
The JBI also helps students by reproducing textbooks or other
student books into Large Type, Braille or onto cassette.
Jewish Bulletin of Northern California
Jewish Bulletin of Northern California
88 First St. Suite 300
San Francisco CA 94105-2522
(415) 957-9340
(415) 957-0266 (FAX)
Jewish newspaper, of general interest, social, or political articles.
If you subscribe you get the 93 edition of "RESOURCE: A Guide
to Jewish Life in the Bay Area"
Jewish Children's Adoption Network
(303) 573-8113
The Jewish Development Company, 18331-C Irvine Blvd.; Tustin CA 192680
(714) 730-1419
Jewish Deaf Community Center
Jewish Deaf Community Center
1717 Bagley Avenue
Los Angelos, CA 90035-4109
JDCC...@aol.com
(310) 836-2666 (TDD)
(310) 202-0035 FAX
They have a bi-monthly newsletter.
198X Jewish Directory and Almanac, write
Pacific Press Inc.
501 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2203
New York, NY 10017
212-687-0500
There are some really great items in here! (Apparently, this is no longer
published. the last one I have seen is 1986...i wonder if there are any more
recent ones The above address is no longer valid)
The Jewish Heritage for the Blind
The Jewish Heritage for the Blind
1655 East 24th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11229
Jewish National Fund (trees) 42 East 69th Street; NCY 10021. (212) 879-9300
Jewish Women's Resource Center, National Council of Jewish Women, New York
Section, 9 East 69th Street, New York, NY 10021, (212) 535-5900: They
maintain a library achive materials (for possible research) plus they sell
a few books by mail, and provide some other local services.
Kashrus Magazine
Kashrus Magazine
P.O. Box 204
Brooklyn NY 11204
Every year, Kashrus magazine publishes an index
to all the Kosher symbols and the people behind them.
The latest index was published in Issue #71, dated
Kislev 5755, November 1994. Request the "Kosher Supervision Guide"
issue, number 71.
The cost is $3.00 for one copy, $2.00 for two to ten copies, and
$1.50 for 11 to 50 copies. Better rates for more than 50 copies
National Congress of Jewish Deaf, and Jewish Deaf Congress, Inc.
Judy Slomivic Gunter
33 South Landing Road
Rochester, NY 14610
(716) 387-0762 TTY/Voice
(716) 387-0763 FAX
Quarterly (Newsletter), Youth retreat, and outreach, archives, dictionary
of Judaic signs, shabbatons are a few of their activities.
National Jewish Outreach
National Jewish Outreach
485 Fifth Avenue, Suite 701
New York, NY 10017
(212) 986-7450
(212) 986-7476 (FAX)
(800) 44-HEBRE(W)
(800) 44-TORAH
(800) MMM-SHAB(BOS) for list of partcipating synagogues
Off a free Hebrew Reading Crash course at 300 locations around
the US. Also Crash Course in Basic Judaism, Level II Hebrew Reading
Course and over 150 Beginners Services around the country.
check it out!
Outreach Judaism
Outreach Judaism
PO Box 789
Monsey, NY 10952
(800)-315-5397
Counter-missionary books, tapes. Their materials are generally pretty
informative, even for people who are not amateur counter-missionaries :)
In particular, the set of tapes of lectures by Rabbi Tovia
Singer are well worth the $59. I have heard the lectures live as
well as the tapes and printed material that accompanies the tapes and
have found it very well researched. He has collected information that
is very hard to find anywhere else. There are 15 tapes that cover
how missionaries have manipulated the so-called Old Testament with
mistranslations and misquotations fit their own agenda. He discusses
many topics from Sin & Atonement, to Isaiah 53, to other messianic
passages clearly explaining what the Hebrew actually means and how
these verses have been historically distorted.
The following two locations might still be valid:
National Computer BBS (313) 967-5397
Jews for Judaism, Box 15059, Baltimore, MD 21208. (410) 602-0276.
gopher://israel.nysernet.org:70/11/judaica/answers/missionaries
http://www.utexas.edu/students/cjso/untitled_folder/Truth_page.html
Prayer Hotline to Israel (800) 545-PRAY Rufuah/Yeshuah, 1469 42nd Street,
Brooklyn, NY 11219
Project Genesis
Project Genesis
P.O. Box 1230
Spring Valley, NY 10977-8230
(914) 356 - 3040
(914) 356 - 6722 (FAX)
Net: gen...@israel.nysernet.org
http://shamash.nysernet.org/genesis/
They can provide speakers for contemporary Jewish social and political
issues. They also operate a number of mailing lists over internet.
Shaar Lematchil
Shaar Lematchil
P.O. Box 199
Tel-Aviv 61001
Israel
If you are interested in receiving Sha'ar Lematchil, which is an Israeli
newspaper written in easy Hebrew: The subscription rate in the U.S. is
$115 (USD) per year. You can send them a check directly with your name
and address printed
Shalom Home (800) 8-SHALOM (help relocating, finding kosher food, schools..)
Simon Wiesenthal Center
Simon Wiesenthal Center
9760 West Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90035.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center is on the lookout for hate propaganda
including revisionists on the Internet & BBS'es. If you come
across any, please let them know immediately. They can be
contacted at:
Temple Beth Solomon of the Deaf
Temple Beth Solomon of the Deaf
13580 Osborne St.
Arleta, CA 91331
(818) 896-6721 TDD
(818)899-2202 Voice & FAX
They can send further info to you about finger spelling the Hebrew aleph
-bet, and a list of Jewish signs used at Temple Beth Solomon, and further
info.
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