Project Genesis is an

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organization based in

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, and created by Rabbi Yaakov Menken in 1993 to further the goals of the

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. Project Genesis promotes further Jewish education as represented in Jewish sources.

Major projects

Torah.org

Torah.org is the main web site of Project Genesis. It has a network of online classes and a program in Jewish studies. Teachers include Rabbis Yitzchok Adlerstein,

Pinchas Avruch According to the Hebrew Bible, Phinehas or Phineas (; , ''Phinees'', ) was a priest during the Israelites’ Exodus journey. The grandson of Aaron and son of Eleazar, the High Priests (), he distinguished himself as a youth at Shittim with ...

Yosef Kalatsky Yosef (; also transliterated as Yossef, Josef, Yoseph Tiberian Hebrew and Aramaic ''Yôsēp̄'') is a Hebrew male name derived from the Biblical character Joseph. The name can also consist of the Hebrew yadah meaning "praise", "fame" and the word ...

Mordechai Kamenetzky Mordecai (; also Mordechai; , IPA: ) is one of the main personalities in the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. He is described as being the son of Jair, of the tribe of Benjamin. He was promoted to Vizier after Haman was killed. Biblical acco ...

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, Yaakov Menken,

Naftali Reich According to the Book of Genesis, Naphtali (; ) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Bilhah (Jacob's sixth son). He was the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Naphtali. Some biblical commentators have suggested that the name ''Naphtali'' ma ...

Berel Wein Berel Wein (born March 25, 1934) is an American-born Orthodox rabbi, lecturer and writer. He authored several books, in both Hebrew and English (the latter published by Artscroll), concerning Jewish history and popularized the subject through mor ...

Rebbetzin Rebbetzin ( yi, רביצין) or Rabbanit ( he, רַבָּנִית) is the title used for the wife of a rabbi—typically among Orthodox, Haredi, and Hasidic Jews—or for a female Torah scholar or teacher. Etymology The Yiddish word h ...

Leah Kohn Leah ''La'ya;'' from (; ) appears in the Hebrew Bible as one of the two wives of the Biblical patriarch Jacob. Leah was Jacob's first wife, and the older sister of his second (and favored) wife Rachel. She is the mother of Jacob's first son ...

and many others. It is claimed to have over 70,000 subscribers, with over 20,000 in the largest "class."

Ask the Rabbi

JewishAnswers.org was designed by Project Genesis to offer many different rabbis the opportunity to receive questions from their local audiences. Currently over 70 Rabbis participate in the program.

Cross-Currents.com

In 1998, Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein published an online journal of Jewish thought, called Cross-Currents, with articles written by himself and others. Publication later lapsed. In 2004, Rabbi Yaakov Menken of Project Genesis suggested to Rabbi Adlerstein the development of an online Jewish weblog using the same technology that created Cross-Currents.com.

References

External links

Project Genesis websiteTorah.org
("flagship" website)
Cross-Currents
{{Organized Jewish Life in the United States Orthodox Judaism in Baltimore Judaism websites Orthodox Jewish outreach Orthodox Judaism in Maryland