Book Memorializes Murdered Eight
The eve of Rosh Chodesh Adar (this coming Monday) will mark one year since an Arab terrorist walked into Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav in Jerusalem and murdered eight yeshiva students, ages 15-26. In the months following the attack people honored their memory in different ways. Some sought revenge; others sought spiritual succor in increased ritual observance.
Titles: Commitment and Complexity: Jewish Wisdom in an Age of Upheaval and Genesis and...
Yeshivat Har Etzion is one of the main centers of religious Zionism in Israel.
Reviewing The Koren Ethiopian Haggada Journey to Freedom
The Hebrew-English haggada provides a wealth of photographic evidence of the lives led by Ethiopian Jews. The pottery, the unembellished homes, school, and synagogues, the gaunt Jews in modest clothing and head coverings portray dedication to Torah values despite harsh political and topographical conditions.
Title: Shai LaMorah
Rabbi Shlomo Stern is a musmach of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel of Baltimore, and served as the executive director of HASC (Hebrew Academy for Special Children).
Stories To Light Up The Dark Winter
Rabbi Krohn is a deeply emotional person and this comes through in his dedication of the book to three sterling Teachers of Torah who all passed away this year.
Title: The Shmuz on the Parsha
You've probably seen the bumper stickers, bold black letters announcing "The Shmuz." They're all over the place - Brooklyn, Queens, Monsey, Lakewood. Well, now, "the Shmuz" doesn't have to be just a bumper sticker you pass on the road. "The Shmuz" is in your local bookstore.
Title: Crown of Aleppo: The Mystery of the Oldest Hebrew Bible Codex
The Jewish people are known as the "people of the book," and over the centuries it has sacrificed much not only to live by that book, the Torah, but to maintain the integrity of its text as well.
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.
The Legacy Of The Or Hachaim
Another remarkable fact concerning the Or Hachaim is that he is the only Sephardi commentator in most editions of the Mikra’ot Gedolot, a point that is little recognized today.
Title: The Hidden Hand: Uncovering Divine Providence in Major Events of the 20th Century
Yaakov Astor applies the time-honored tradition of examining world events through a Torah lens, which he applies to the 20th century, leaving readers wiser than they were before.
Title: The Lost Princess and Other Kabbalistic Tales of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
Storytelling conveys profound lessons about Hashem and our relationships with other people, and today's students and teachers continue to be inspired by these stories.
An Antidote To Despair
Every story, many of which are contributed by others, reminds us of how much we have to be proud of, as well offering hope and optimism for the work still to be done.
Title: The Bugs Are Burning: The Role of Eastern Europeans in the Exploitation, Subjugation...
In this meticulously documented treatise of centuries old European anti-Semitism, authors Drs. Sheldon Hersh and Robert Wolf graphically depict the hellacious barbarism and heinous atrocities committed against the Jewish people throughout Eastern Europe before, during and after the Holocaust by those they believed to be their close neighbors and friends.
Title: South African Journeys
Gita Gordon's fictitious tale of pre- and post-Holocaust migration of European Jews to South Africa is enthralling.
Title: Jewish Identity: Who is a Jew?: Modern responses and opinions on the registration...
Published originally in 1965, this reissue of a classic is now more relevant than ever. Jewish law legislates that a child is Jewish if the mother is Jewish, or one who had converted to Judaism according to specific halachic requirements. Jewish identity is thus not merely sociological and demographic (if Jews live in the land of Israel) nor ethnic (differences in customs, folkways, and liturgy and practice of Ashkenazi Jews vs. Sephardic Jews), but rather determined by a maternal hereditary religious blood covenant.
Across The Torah Landscape
Each essay, some adapted from lectures Furst prepared for live audiences, begins with several basic questions around a key topic.
Getting Little Help In The Kitchen
Cooking and kids – there’s a very special connection between the two. For busy parents and their even-busier children, working together in the kitchen to prepare a Shabbos meal or a weekday dinner can be a terrific bonding time.
Title: Torah Tigers
Mix Dr. Seuss-type rhymes with a healthful dose of Torah values and you get two terrific things: the first being Dr. Miriam Adahan's departure from her usually adult reading fare. The second is an effective tool for teachers, therapists and rabbanim faced with community members who just don't "get it" about how to behave as menschlich parents.
Briefs And Gift Guide
All the books reviewed in this supplement can serve as great gifts; the books reviewed briefly below do as well.
Holocaust Memoir From An Orthodox Viewpoint
The chronological voice within his writing is memoir-like in style – in the sense of a man looking back in time – but with the extant content of rapidly unfolding everyday events, like a diary.
Title: Adventures In The Produce Aisle & Other ‘Perelous’ Stories
At the bookstore recently, I saw how many new books had come out and was amazed at the sheer volume(s) of new material. I must admit that when it comes to reading, I prefer things on the lighter side. I don't need someone telling me about tragic situations or how difficult life is why would I pay money to get depressed?
Title: The Lonely Ayil
The book has wonderful colorful illustrations with wording that small children can easily follow.
Remember The Holocaust
"Hate is easy; it takes real courage to love."
Title: Delivery from Darkness – A Jewish Guide to Prevention and Treatment of Postpartum...
As far as Jewish lifecycle events go, there is no doubt that childbirth is the ultimate simcha that a woman and her family can ever experience. For some women, however, the days, weeks and months following childbirth can be a personally painful and daunting time, as they fall victim to unyielding hormonal upheavals that result in "the baby blues," postpartum depression and in some rare cases postpartum psychosis.
Title: Women at the Crossroads: A Woman’s Perspective on the Weekly Torah Portion
Over 30 years ago, Rebbetzin Chana Bracha Siegelbaum had not yet found the world of wisdom in the Torah.