Jewish Press Writer Releases New Book
After nearly every interview is a postscript describing what the interviewee and/or his cause has been up to since the interview first appeared in the pages of The Jewish Press.
Rachmana Latzlan
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. It is rather the searing emotional intensity of this book that will grab you and compel you to keep reading.
Who Killed William Of Norwich?
How did an unresolved murder case turn into an accusation of ritual murder?
An Appreciation Of Rav Lichtenstein
A student of Rav Yosef Soloveitchik and of Rav Yitzchak Hutner, he would impart their wisdom to generations of Jewish students in America and in Israel for over a half-century.
Off The Couch
So if you’re a patient who needs to know that you’re not alone, a mental health professional who wants to see what it’s like in the office of a psychiatrist working here in Jerusalem, or just about anyone who cares about the Jewish people, you’ll find the book quite relevant. This is 360 pages of pure gold.
Title: Mipeninei Noam Elimelech
English-language readers are fascinated with Rabbi Tal Zwecker's Mipeninei Noam Elimelech.
Title: The Search Committee
"Members of the search committee You asked me to respond to three questions, and I will do so ... to avoid the appearance of being uncooperative. My husband, too, objects to your impertinence in summoning me Number one: do I want my husband to be rosh yeshiva?"
Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter One: Anatevka
Nemerov, the district Police Commissioner, reared his horse in the air. "Three days," he warned. "The Jews of Anatevka have three days to clear out of the area." It didn't matter that the Jews had lived in Anatevka long before the Russians. The Police Commissioner didn't care that Tevye's great-grandfather, may his memory be a blessing, had cleared the forest by the lake and built the first house in the region. It didn't matter to the Czar and his soldiers that for as long as anyone could remember, the Jews had dutifully paid the taxes which had laden the Czar's table with food, while the pantries of the Jews remained bare.
A New Guide To Practice And Halacha In Mourning
These topics lead to a sizable 600-plus page volume, but the book is incredibly well organized, allowing ease of reading for one who is studying the topic for a quick search for a particular halacha.
Title: In the Footsteps of the Kuzari: An In-troduction to Jewish Philosophy, Two volumes
In the Footsteps of the Kuzari is a translation of Prof. Shalom Rosenberg's Hebrew work that has had significant influence in Israeli religious circles.
Revealing The Hidden Part Of The Mishna
The Soul of the Mishna is a masterwork on teaching us how to see what was always there in front of our eyes the whole time.
First Ever Book About the Jewish Festivals for Emerging Jewish Communities Released in Time...
The author of the book Ronit Treatman, the daughter of Israeli diplomats who speaks several languages and lives in Philadelphia, was inspired to write the book after she became involved with the Bnei Anousim, the tens of millions of people around the world descended from forcibly converted Spanish and Portuguese Jews through the organization Reconectar.
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?
Title: Personal Policy Making; Canada’s Role In The Adoption Of The Palestine Partition Resolution
Is there anyone among us who doesn't know the pivotal role in the establishment of The State of Israel played by Chaim Weizmann; or Ben Gurian; or U.S. President Harry Truman; or countless other well-known personalities?
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.
A Complicated Jew
Cohen’s paradoxes are such that he provokes readers and writers alike to riff on their own.
Titles That Caught Our Eye
Officially, one is not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but we can’t help ourselves; some titles sound too good not to share with others.
Deep Dive Into The Arukh HaShulchan
In contrast to the Chafetz Chaim, Rabbi Epstein returns to the Talmud and commentaries to analyze which ones seem to offer the most accurate interpretation of the Talmud text.
Title: In the Footsteps of the Kuzari: An In-troduction to Jewish Philosophy, Two volumes
In the Footsteps of the Kuzari is a translation of Prof. Shalom Rosenberg's Hebrew work that has had significant influence in Israeli religious circles.
Title: Aliza in MitzvahLand
After reading Aliza in MitzvahLand your children may never again be able to get away with saying, "I'm bored!" This brand new, refreshingly imaginative picture book is a boredom buster!
Enriching Your Study Of Tanach
His students can attest that Rabbi Blau does not waste one extra word as he opens the richness of the text.
It’s All From Hashem
A chacham striving for self-control over his emotion to act vindictively against someone who wronged him should make use of the concept of hashgachah pratisto achieve this goal – as if the aggressor had no free-will and was compelled to wrong him.
Returning To The Rav’s Teshuvah Lectures
One unique feature of this book is that over the past few years, Lustiger has been posting to YouTube powerful video clips of the Rav (most of them in Yiddish with subtitles).
The Fascinating History Of An Unknown Jewish Community
The first Jews of Eastern Europe were of a distinct variety who spoke a Judeo-Slavic dialect known to scholars as Knaanic. This dialect was later rendered obsolete by the arrival German/Yiddish-speaking Ashkenazim, whose language became somewhat influenced by Knaanic, but also essentially caused it to fizzle out
Title: Kosher Elegance
Kosher cookbooks have come a long way to being what women need. Flimsy paperbacks and poorly bound hard covers with yellowed, deteriorating pages that kept falling out have become beautiful, helpful and long-lasting. With Kosher Elegance, author Efrat Libfroind brings classic culinary skills to the table with clear directions and illustrative photos that portray aroma and taste. You'll want to eat the pictures!
Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter Twenty-Seven: Hodel Leaves Perchik
Overnight, Tevye's new cottage became a warm, haimisher home...
Reinvigorating The Study Of Tanach
The penultimate section of the book serves as a primer to modern Biblical scholarship and Orthodox responses.
Title: Scattered Blossoms
Gita Gordon's well-structured, interesting historic fiction contains the building blocks of a decent society.
Questions for Rabbi Maurice Lamm
Creativity without clarity is not sufficient for writing. I am eternally thankful to Hashem for his gift to me.
Title: English to Hebrew by Subject: Topic Dictionary for Learning & Reference
Readers can be more fluent and confident in their Hebrew communication efforts in only 231 paperback pages when they read English to Hebrew by Subject: Topic Dictionary for Learning & Reference. The second edition paperback is packed with 41 chapters full of necessary words and phrases for present-day and future life in Israel. A companion CD in each edition allows listeners to hear words and phrases clarified for listeners with British or American accents.