Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter Seven: ‘Get Thee Forth to the Land’
"Oy Golda, Oy Golda," Tevya moaned. "Is this to be your reward? To be thrown to the fish? To have your bones scattered to the ends of the seas? Without any dry earth to warm you, or a flower to grow over your head? Is this to be your reward for being Tevye's wife for twenty-eight years and for raising his seven daughters?"
Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter Twenty-Five: Tevye Cures the Muktar’s Daughter
On the arranged date, the Jews set out to survey the land which their Arab neighbors wanted to sell. The Muktar Abdulla...
Title: Maimonides: Between Philosophy and Halakhah: Rabbi Joseph B Soloveitchik’s Lectures on the Guide...
The Rav argues that for Rambam, a great deal of man’s striving to understand God is related to trying to understand His deeds and imitating them.
Reviewing Torah Tapestries: Shemos
Anyone interested in meticulously researched writings important to the future of Am Yisrael should add 190-page hardcover Torah Tapestries: Shemos to public and private libraries.
A Tale Of Love In The Face Of Darkness: Speaking with Yossi Klein Halevi
For Halevi, however, the soldiers of the 55th were not only at the forefront of national triumph, but also became the flesh and blood manifestation of his love for the country and his desire to make the Land of Israel his home.
Title: Grains Of Sand: The Fall Of Neve Dekalim
Author: Shifra Shomron
Publisher: Mazo Publishers
Title: No Greater Glory: The Four Immortal Chaplains And The Sinking of The Dorchester...
During the Second World War, a top-secret mission was organized to establish a military base in Greenland that would enable the recent invention of radar to be tested.
Remembering Through The Story Of A Nazi Collaborator
On the one hand, Rashke tells the political story about the motives behind the U.S.‘s welcoming of war criminals onto its land. On the other hand, he successfully balances it with the emotional story of the Holocaust.
Title: A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax
Achieving a deep-level reading of the Chumash requires an understanding of the syntactical relationships.
Title: SNAPSHOTS In Memory of Ben
The unthinkable tragic death of one's child is a topic most of us find difficult to embrace.
Title: Mr. Mentch
Pitspopany Press has released another colorful paperback for children.
Title: Four in One
The Jewish world owes Yaffa Ganz a big "Thank you!" for the newly available reprint of some of her classic stories.
Title: The Skeptic and the Rabbi: Falling in Love with Faith
The reader is able to suspend their prior knowledge and remain engaged with the text, a testament to Gruen’s writing skills.
A Creative Orphanage Director Before His Tragic End
Indeed, these interviews make enriching readings for professional educators and parents
Title: To Mourn a Child: Jewish Responses to Neonatal and Childhood Death
Once you pick up To Mourn a Child, you will not be able to put it down, but not for the usual reasons. There is no suspense here, as we know from the outset the sad end of each story.
Title: Rabbi Meir Kahane – His Life and Thought – Volume One: 1932-1975 (Hebrew...
Anyone reading this well-researched and objective biography (just translated into Hebrew) has to be struck by how the focus of Rabbi Meir Kahane's life was on promoting Jewish identity, pride, values, knowledge, and even music, and how minimal a role that actual violence played even in the "militant" Jewish Defense League. Even the limited violence was for deterrence and limited primarily to property damages.
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.
Human Destiny And The Jewish People
Sadly, Dr. Zvi Faier, the gifted Torah scholar, theoretical physicist and poet, passed away in 2009, on the 10th of Tevet 5769, after a long illness borne with dignity and courage. There recently appeared the first of two posthumously published works that show the amazing breadth of his knowledge, insights and interests.
Title: Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira – Sermons from the Years of Rage
Although the manuscripts of the Rebbe’s writings were brought to Israel many years ago, this publication reveals extensive new information on the details surrounding their burial and discovery.
LGBT Jews Excited About Kids’ Purim Book With Two Dads
In honor of the upcoming Jewish holiday of Purim, gay news site Queerty is encouraging LGBT Jews to buy a new book featuring a Jewish boy with two fathers, the first of its kind to bring Judaism, children, and homosexuality together.
In A Lyrical Way
Very few of the poems follow an expected rhyme or meter.
Passover As Destiny
A bit of give and take ensues but finally the name Passover wins the day.
Title: Benny the Big Shot
This colorful tale about the green-eyed monster called "Kina" puts jealousy into Jewish perspective. Share it with children of all ages and let the relief begin. The surprise ending will knock some reality into prejudiced thought patterns.
Title: Arise and Shine!
The book’s main characters are not mere action heroes, but deep ideological thinkers, motivated by the 2,000-year dream of re-establishing the nation of Israel in its Divinely-promised homeland.
Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter Forty-One: War
The next chapter of the award-winning novel.
On The Bookshelf
What books might people be surprised to find on your bookshelves?
Titles for Children
Admit it; when Chanukah comes we all become kids again. But still, the actual kids get pride of place on this holiday, as they do for all holidays. Anyway, they’ll certainly be the ones clamoring for gifts. Whether it’s for your children, or relatives’ or friends’, why not treat them to the gift of a good book?
Title: Where Am I?
A sweet book for young fingers learning to turn pages, Where Am I is an introduction to literature for little ones. Familiar places and situations will delight the tots identifying them.
How To Cook Without Measuring
There are two primary forms of measuring when it comes to cooking, and our goal is to wean you away from both of them to the greatest extent possible. (There is also a third form of measuring, but doing without it can be risky and, based on my own disaster-stories, I don’t advise it.)
Title: For the Love of Israel and the Jewish People
These introductory lines capture the book's essence: "The land of Israel and the Jewish people are bound together in mysterious ways difficult to grasp. The relationship between them goes beyond the conventional"