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Once again, we will look at Israeli radio on the Web. This time, we'll also listen to Jewish stations from around the world and some stations that you can hear only on the Internet.

The Jerusalem Post creates regular "radio" broadcasts that are geared to Internet listeners only at www.jpostradio.com. The site presents a very impressive mix of the latest news in English combined with features on the latest individual honored as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem, as well as "Sportswatch," Rabbi Berel Wein on the weekly parashah and a sampling of Israeli pop music (not Macintosh-friendly).

Eretz Magazine, the glossy geographic magazine from Israel, sponsors an interesting mix of English-language programs daily at www.broadcastnewsworks.com. You can listen to a two-minute review of the day's headlines, business highlights and an interesting feature called "Israel is Great, But." On the day I listened, it featured a report about the rate of child labor in Israel and what can be done to lower the figures.

Newsfromisrael.com at www.newsfromisrael.com seems to be presented by the same people who produce "Arutz 7" found at www.a7.org. Click on the short English-language newscast, which is constantly rebroadcast and periodically updated.

Coverage of the Jewish world continues on the Internet outside of Israel. WFMU in New York broadcasts Jewish-related content for 15 hours weekly at www.jmintheam.org. You can listen to the live shows, or you can choose from a massive archive of music and interviews. I listened to an interesting interview with Arthur Cohn, producer of the Academy Award-winning documentary "One Day in September" about the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre.

"From Cleveland Ohio to the World…" via the Internet you can tune in to the self-defined North America's favorite Jewish radio program, "Phil Fink's Shalom America" show at http://shalom-am.com. On the day I tuned in, the schedule consisted of news, followed by cantorial music, "The Chameleon Hour" (Israeli rock with Baruch Friedland), "Classical Works by Jewish Composers" and "Kosher Cooking With Myra Chanin." I found the quality of the signal good, but there was an annoying choppiness causing drop-offs in the music.

Click on to "The Yiddish Voice" at www.yiddishvoice.com from WUNR in Brookline, Mass., and you'll be greeted by the friendly voice of Chasia Segal over the theme song, "Lomir Ale in Eynem." Even if you're not listening in to the live broadcast Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m., there's plenty to hear right on the Web site: interviews, music and even a rare recording of Sholom Aleichem reading from his story "If I Were Rothschild (a Rich Man)."

If you like music and plenty of it, try out Nusach, a Web-only radio station hosted by Winston Weilheimer at http://sites.netscape.net/nusachmaven/nusach24hours. Along with his children's-oriented "Shalom Yiladim," Weilheimer provides Jewish music 24 hours a day. I did have some difficulty connecting, but once in, quite enjoyed the service.

And we'll conclude in France with a really surprising find. Radio Kol Hachalom (The Voice of Peace) is based in Grenoble, France, and has been broadcasting since 1983 at www.rkhfm.com/info2.html. On its English-language Web page, it defines its mission as defending Judaism and Israel against "the misinformation or the undeniable bias" of much of the Western media. Mostly volunteers for the community of 7,000 Jews established the station, but since it began Webcasting last year, it has a much larger potential audience. You will need the free Quicktime plug-in to listen to this service, available at www.apple.com/quicktime/download. I found the sound quality excellent. Programming is in French and Hebrew and, aside from news and live interviews, quite a range of music you might not hear elsewhere.

As a side note, the Jerusalem Post has created a marvelous page with links to all the major Israeli media, political parties and government institutions and lobbying groups. And if you want to see how the conflict is being reported in the Arab press, there also are links to major media within the West Bank and throughout the Middle East. The Jerusalem Post list can be found at http://info.jpost.com/2000/Sites/.