The following is a list of Jewish- and Hong Kong-themed links which should be of interest to you.  If you know of a site that you think should be included, please let us know.
 
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Local Information
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American-Asian Kashrus Services

Am Yisrael

Bet Hat'futsot (Museum of the Jewish Diaspora)

Haruth

Shamash's Kosher Restaurant Database
 

Some of our Jewish institutions...

Carmel Jewish Day School - Southeast Asia's only Jewish day school.

Chabad of Hong Kong - Chabad Lubavitch congregation.

Consulate General of Israel in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival - The region's first and (so far) only festival showcasing Jewish-themed film.

Ohel Leah Synagogue - Modern Orthodox congregation and Hong Kong's oldest.

United Jewish Congregation - Hong Kong's only Liberal congregation.
 

Some non-Jewish information about Hong Kong...

Hong Kong Tourist Association - All sorts of tourist-related information is one click away.

Tropical Cyclone Center - Now you'll have no excuse to be caught outdoors during a signal #8 typhoon.

Weather Underground of Hong Kong - Find out what the weather is like today.

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Resources

BooksDirectory of Jewish Museums - The National Museum of American Jewish History's links page of Jewish museums around the world.

Free Jewish Clip Art and Graphics - What's not to like about this site?

Hag Sameach - A family-oriented site, in Hebrew, dealing with all the Jewish holidays.

Happy Passover Dot Com - A family-oriented site dealing with, you guessed it, Passover.

Internet Judaica Starter Kit - Links to a select collection of web sites providing Judaic content on the Internet, as well as a brief review of each site listed.

Jewish Children's Website Guide - Jewish-oriented links of interest to kids.

JewishGen - If you're planning on documenting your family tree, this site is a great place to start.

Jewish Genealogy Links - A virtual warehouse of information dealing with Jewish genealogy.

Judaism 101 - An online encyclopaedia of Judaism, covering Jewish beliefs, people, places, things, language, scripture, holidays, practices and customs.

Judaism and Jewish Resources - A very large links page from Shamash.

Museum of the Jewish Diaspora - Bet Hat'futsot in Israel's web site.

Shamash: The Jewish Internet Consortium - Aims to be the highest quality central point of Jewish information and discussion on the Internet.  Contains texts of the Tanach, divrei Torah, kosher traveller's database, and information about Israel.

The Ultimate Shabbat Site - Everything you need to know about Shabbat but are afraid to ask a rabbi.

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Holocaust
FlameHolocaust Resource Center - An excellent site to gather information about the Holocaust.

Simon Wiesenthal Center - The Wiesenthal Center carries on the continuing fight against bigotry and anti-Semitism and pursues an active agenda of related contemporary issues.

Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation - Established by Steven Spielberg after the filming of 'Schindler's List' with an urgent mission to chronicle, before it was too late, the first-hand accounts of Holocaust survivors and eyewitnesses, liberators and rescuers.

Women And The Holocaust - During the Holocaust, Jewish women were often more than fifty percent of a community the Nazis deported or murdered.  This site is about those Jewish women who bravely died as well as those who survived.

Yad Vashem on the Internet - The largest and the most comprehensive archive and information repositories on the Holocaust, housing more than 50 million pages of documents and hundreds of thousands of photographs and films.  Over 75,000 titles and periodicals comprise the most significant library on Holocaust research in the world.

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Virtual Jewish Communities
Magen DavidJewish Community Online - Search for Jewish web sites or browse from the various categories including Arts & Culture, Education, Family, Holidays, Israel, Spirituality and Youth.

JewishStar.com - Quality Jewish and Israeli web links.  Contains live audio from Israel's Reshet Bet.

Judaism Home Page from About.com - A guided tour of things Jewish.  If you like guided tours, this is your kind of site.

Maven - "The Portal Directory to the Jewish World."  It's similar to Jewish Community Online.

Virtual Jerusalem - It is everything about Israel online.  You can even see live video images of the Western Wall with Kotel Kam.

Zipple.com - "The Jewish SuperSite."  It's a portal, it hosts web sites, provides e-mail services and more.

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Jewish Media

Canadian Jewish News - News from Canada.

Channel 2 News Online - News from Israel in Hebrew.

Ha'aretz - News from Israel in English and Hebrew.

Hadassah Magazine - The magazine of the American women's Zionist organisation.

Jerusalem Post - Online news from Israel.

Jewish Chronicle - The world's oldest and most influential Jewish newspaper.

Jewish Post - Online news from the centre of the planet -- New York.

Sparks - A magazine for Jewish kids ages 9 - 13.  Interesting sound effects.

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Food & Drink
Dancing CutleryCyber-Kitchen - Hundreds of Jewish recipes from Appetisers to Vegetarian.

Empire Kosher Recipes - Delicious recipes and great stories from the people who brought you the chicken.

Jewish-Food Recipe Archives - This site has over 7,800 Jewish recipes in it.

Jewish Holiday Recipes - Can't figure out what to make for Passover or Rosh Hashanah?  Check out this branch of Epicurious' recipe web site.

Jewish Recipes - This branch of SOAR has over 200 Jewish recipes in it.  You can also check out the main index where you'll find over 65,000 recipes many of which can be made with kosher ingredients.

Jewish Vegan Recipes - A small list of Jewish recipes that are sure to please your non-carnivorous family and friends.

Reliable Kosher Symbols - KosherQuest's list of generally accepted kosher symbols from around the world.

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Shopping
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Travel

AirplaneJewish holiday calendar - Planning a holiday or a business trip?  Find out when the next  Jewish holiday is.  This calendar goes up to 2006/5766.

Jewish Travel - Focussing on the kosher traveller, but also serving the non-kosher, Jewish-oriented travel community.

The World Synagogue Directory - Are you travelling to another city and you want to go to synagogue while you're there?  Use this global directory to find out where the Jewish organisations are.

Travel Mania - If you're looking for a good deal on accommodation, flights and rental cars in Israel, you might want to visit this online travel reservation centre.

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