Hazon Eli, The Targum Shlishi Jewish Library, Thane, India
Targum Shlishi donated and organized the first shipment of books on Jewish topics to a brand-new library serving the Jewish population of Thane and Bombay, India. The library is part of the Jewish Learning Center, run by the foundation Hazon Eli (Vision of My God), which opened in fall 2004 and offers a variety of programs to the 3,000-member Jewish community. This community as a group does not have a strong Jewish education and has not had much access to Jewish books in the past. The library is free, open from 9 am to 9 pm, and it is hoped that it will become a valuable and well-used community resource. The library “will be a spiritual haven for the community, which has unfortunately become estranged from its roots,” predicts Rabbi Joshua Ezra Kolet, chairman of Hazon Eli. Rabbi Kolet describes the community as a unique Sephardic community with little formal Jewish education. Support from Targum Shlishi will also cover a second installment of books in 2006.

Chabad Lubavitch of Cannes, Jewish Children’s Library, Cannes, France
Targum Shlishi funded the establishment of the Jewish Children’s Library at the Jewish School of Cannes, which opened in September 2005. The school, run by Chabad of Cannes, is one of only two Jewish schools in the South of France. The lending library is a resource both for the school’s students and for children not enrolled, who are invited to borrow books. 

Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, Electronic Resource for Teaching Judaism Through the Arts, Jerusalem
Currently in development, this website will provide access to an electronic catalogue of four thousand works of art related to Jewish themes for use by Jewish educators, providing a unique educational resource integrating the arts and Judaism. The images, which are being scanned from slides, catalogued, and indexed, will be made available with information in Hebrew and English. A Russian language version is planned for the future. It is estimated that the project will take approximately three years to complete. www.schechter.edu

The Lookstein Center for Jewish Education in the Diaspora at the School of Education of Bar-Ilan University and The Shul of Bal Harbour, International Conference on Jewish Education, Miami
Targum Shlishi helped support the International Conference on Jewish Education, held January 11-13, 2005 in Miami. The conference brought together experts in Jewish education from Israel, the U.S., Canada, and elsewhere. Participants found it inspiring to be among a group of dedicated professionals, benefited from the conference by interacting with peers, and received much-needed support, advice, and training. www.lookstein.org

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