Staying Inspired
He encourages readers to love and respect parents, set spiritual goals, and find mentors and friends.
“And None Shall Make Them Afraid” A New Book by Rick Richman
An interview with the author
The Appalachian Family Berger
Tzirel Rus Berger is a woman who is in love with her Judaism. But she wasn’t always Tzirel Rus Berger and she wasn’t always a Jew. In fact she began life as Sheryl Youngs, the daughter of a devout Christian pastor in Southern California, before marrying John Massey and following him to the Appalachian backwoods. There she raised their ten children, living a life so impoverished that she didn’t even have indoor plumbing.
Bird’s Head Haggadah Revealed – The Medieval Haggadah: Art, Narrative & Religious Imagination
Bird’s Head Haggadah Revealed
The Medieval Haggadah: Art, Narrative & Religious Imagination
By Marc Michael Epstein, Yale University Press, New Haven and London 2011
Opening The Eyes Of Our Youngsters
As we all know, time is of essence to transmit the saga of our parents' suffering in the Holocaust before there are no more witnesses alive to tell their stories. Chavi Diamond, a daughter of survivors, is a woman with a mission. She feels this urgency keenly and has initiated a groundbreaking series of Holocaust children's books geared to ages 6-12.
Deal With The Challenges Of Antisemitism
Once the general parameters of antisemitism have been defined for the purposes of the book, the authors of the articles are free to discuss contemporary antisemitism in the three remaining sections.
Israel Through The Parashot
Thousands of pages have been written explaining why Maimonides didn't include dwelling in Israel in his list of 613 mitzvot. Notwithstanding that, the book shows that irrespective of whether it is a mitzvah, the land of Israel and the Torah are one.
Tanach As A Unified Whole
The vast majority of violations identified have a rabbinic resolution, often with more than one way to explain the situation.
A Giant Of Torah And Chesed
The Rebbe’s suggestion – just combine the shuls! Never mind the significant ideological differences and different nusach.
Title: One Shot
ne Shot, authored by M. Wiseman, is an emotional drama that focuses on issues faced by some teens nowadays.
In Suburbia, U.S.A., lived three extraordinary young men, Baruch, Nadav and Rafi. Nadav and Rafi have been friends forever, and Baruch joins the crew in his later teens. Pain is the bond that brings the threesome together. Baruch and Nadav have emotional pain and Rafi suffers from a physical pain; he discovered that he had advanced-stage cancer. The cancer was serious – too serious for the doctors, so they eventually stopped treating him.
How Important Is A Book’s Introduction?
Once the reader understands the framing of this book, it is a gold mine.
Title: Contemporary Halakhic Problems: Volume 7
One of the more forceful and vital chapters is towards the end of the book when Rabbi Bleich discusses vaccinations.
Driving Rav Soloveichik
These differences are what makes Rabbi Adler’s new book so significant: He knew the Rav both in the classroom and in person. Even those of us who had the privilege of attending The Rav’s shiur had only an occasional glimpse from the vantage point Rabbi Adler offers us.
A Glimpse Of The Beginning
We learn, for example, that his paternal uncle rabbi Shmuel Schneerson awarded his nephew rabbinic ordination;;
The Night Archer and Other Stories, by Michael Oren
Michael Oren's characters are terrifying, tragic, passionate and yes, also funny as hell.
Title: The Light of Thirty-Six: Accessing the Hidden Light of Creation on a Daily...
Readers and nervous newshounds wondering how to become more spiritual in a hurry can take steps toward meeting that goal by studying The Light of Thirty-Six: Accessing the Hidden Light of Creation on a Daily Basis. Read and re-read the book. Invest time, effort and thought into your spirituality-seeking process so you can act on the book's lessons seriously, not superficially.
Title: The Rarest Blue
I’ve always had an interest in the intersect between halacha, history, and archaeology. It is this interest that led me to research and write about the status of Purim in modern-day Israeli cities that are adjacent to ancient cities that had a wall around them in the days of Yehoshua Bin Nun. I concluded, in regards to Beit Shemesh at least, that there is much merit in observing a second day of Purim, on the 15th of Adar.
Shivim Panim L’Torah
The reader will both enjoy and benefit from the clear organizational structure of each chapter which starts with an introduction that provides historical context as well as an appreciation for the educational and sometimes polemical mission and style unique to each commentator.
Title: The Oral Law: The Rabbinic Contribution to Torah sheBe’al Peh
Rabbi Schimmel’s greatest contribution, aside from his organization and clarity, is his discussion of the rabbinic mind.
Ingenious
The book opens with Rav Shlomo Yosef Zevin's observation of the Rogatchover. He writes that the Rogatchover was made of a completely different mold and material, and notes that no one was like him in his generation or in many generations before or after him.
Should He Stay Or Should He Go
His parents make it clear that they feel the right thing is for Avi to visit his grandfather, but they leave it up to him.
Title: The Person in the Parasha: Discovering the Human Element in the Weekly Torah...
Weinreb shares with us his personal triumphs and tribulations, and lessons from his many travels across the Jewish world.
One Man’s Mission To Save Lives
As an organization, it's just a matter of time until United Hatzalah of Israel will have saved six million lives.
Modern Scholars Bring Book Of Samuel Brilliantly To Life
How do we approach the Jewish study of Tanach as a text with a universal message as well as a special message for the Jewish people?
Finding Self-Help In The Torah
You will find commentary on the Torah explaining key takeaways from Avraham’s mission to leave his household, and taamei hamitzvot, explanations of the commandments... Yet you will also learn from G.I. Joe: “Knowing is half the battle.”
School Daze
How much privacy is warranted once the information becomes public? What can everyone do when all the girls are talking about it among themselves?
The Ultimate Guide To Understanding Antisemitism
A Brief and Visual History of Antisemitism is thoughtfully written and designed to appeal to young readers, the smart phone-obsessed, and anyone else with a short attention span, all while being researched and thorough enough to keep the methodical reader clinging to every page.
Reinvigorating The Study Of Tanach
The penultimate section of the book serves as a primer to modern Biblical scholarship and Orthodox responses.
A Handbook For The Holidays – And More
One of the beauties of this book is its superb organization. Topics are split up into logical sections with clear titles and footnotes, allowing the reader to quickly locate the answers to everyday questions.
ZIONIST Underground Poet Rediscovered in New Book
“Stern’s spirit of freedom, pride, and sacrifice birthed the Jewish Insurgency and eventually its State, and, now in English, may well spark a revolution in the hearts and minds of the English-speaking Jewish world.”