The Spice Of Success
For Rabbi Dovid Hoffman what started as a modest weekly newsletter 12 years ago has evolved beyond his greatest expectations. That unassuming publication known as "Torah Tavlin" is now distributed to thousands of Jewish readers around the globe. It has emerged into the form of a new full-length book of the same name, published by Israel Book Shop.
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.
A Major Transition
The connection between what I experienced as a high school teenager and the adult I am today did not come easy to me.
Title: The Seven Healing Fruits of Israel
Nutritional and Health Counselor Shoshanna Harrari is a beloved fixture on Israel's organic foods scene.
Title: Rabbi Haim David Halevy: Gentle Scholar and Courageous Thinker
Halevy was a man of myriad talents. Be it a noted author, significant talmid chacham, master of kabbalah, gifted speaker and more.
Repentance As Personal Re-Creation
Those who abstain from using newer methods will often cite the much quoted, and much misunderstood quip from the Chasam Sofer that chadash assur min haTorah – new is forbidden by the Torah. Yet the danger of using that approach is that they do miss out on the new approaches that do work.
Book Review: Jan Grabowski, On Duty: The Polish Blue & Criminal Police in the...
The book is a quest to explain how these Polish policemen transformed into lethally proficient cold-blooded murderers of their own countrymen,
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?
Why Peter Beinart’s Judaism is Doomed
Moshe Koppel’s new book, “Judaism Straight Up: Why Real Religion Endures,” explains why powerless, diasporic Judaism has no future.
‘What Do You REALLY Want?’ by Rabbanit Shayna Goldberg
‘What Do You Really Want?’ reminds us that ‘trusting ourselves means knowing that whatever stands before us, we are up for the task’
Yosef: The Prelude to Pesach
Yosef, the biblical figure, has been the center of numerous contemporary works detailing his historical and religious importance to our faith, thus making a dramatization of his life at this time of year on the Jewish calendar all the more important.
A Fighter For Holocaust Survivors
Edith Pollak would go on to work 14 hours a day reading notes from survivors and gathering information for files needed to reclaim their stolen funds, such as age, town, and the concentration camp and ghettos where they were imprisoned.
A Jewish Walter Mitty
Green was an American volunteer in Israel’s 1948 War of Independence, but something happened In Israel that has haunted him ever since.
Title: The Heretic
The Heretic is a history of the early beginnings of the Spanish Inquisition in novelized form - a breathtaking tour de force that is both historically accurate and unusually entertaining, so that one can almost finish the nearly 400 pages in just two or three sittings.
Where Halacha And History Meet
When Rashi wrote in his commentary that he had to stop writing to go to his vineyard, it did not mean that it was his profession. He writes, Rashi may have been a vintner, but by the same token, he may have been an egg salesman.
Books To Curl Up With
This time of year, there is little pleasure greater than cozying up with a good book. The problem is, of course, that there is a lot to do.
A View From The President’s Office: A Reality-Driven Approach To The Middle East Conflict
Trump challenged the notion that America has to be an honest broker indifferent to its ally’s interests; instead, he felt that America should be a smart broker.
Title: Dragged Out of Gush Katif: The Tale of an American Who Flew To...
Dragged Out of Gush Katif by Steven Baum is a tell-it-all book that goes behind the scenes of the tragic and unforgettable 2005 Disengagement from Gaza. Baum gives the reader a first-hand account of the events leading up to and following the pullout from Gaza, and the terrible suffering it has caused so many Jews.
The Worldview Of R’ Yehuda HaChasid
Weissman's book analyzes the dead and the afterlife as manifested in R’ Yehuda HaChasid’s thoughts and how he came to them. In a somewhat radical approach, the book shows the significant Christian influence on R’ Yehuda HaChasid.
A Deeper Shabbos Experience
By teaching us mindfulness exercises for the beginner, and the expert, Polen helps us to build perspective, setting the stage for a mindful observance of Shabbos.
The Sound Of Silence (Part I)
By understanding the domestic politics of Italy and Germany vis à vis the Vatican, as well as how the United States, Britain, and the French government in exile fully comprehended the Pope’s duplicity,... we may understand, but never accept, the horrific and unforgivable conduct of the Pope.
Title: Hatred, The Psychological Descent Into Violence
Willard Gaylin, M.D., a prominent psychotherapist and psychoanalyst, as well as Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, has written one of
the most important recent books dealing with the etiology of all kinds of hatred, including those that are purely personal, and that may have actual meaning, of the person who hates, as well
as those derived from delusional thought, including (but certainly not limited to), anti-Semitism.
The Personal Experience Of Prayer
Her book, or rather her slim booklet of around 20 pages, does not come to teach, prescribe or preach how Jewish prayer should look. Plenty of other books have been written for that purpose.
Title: The Boy in Striped Pajamas
Publishers of this book (made into a movie of the same title currently in select theaters) hope that reviewers won't reveal the story's ending.
Title: Grains Of Sand: The Fall Of Neve Dekalim
Author: Shifra Shomron
Publisher: Mazo Publishers
Title: Kayla and Kugel’s Happy Hanukkah
Koffsky's vibrant and whimsical artwork complements her clear, lively, and informative text.
Title: Strengthen Your Emunah
Here is a text that first and foremost encourages questions and exploration, knowing full well that the Torah does not shy away, and never has, from any challenge that comes its way.
A Project Gone Wrong
Cade and Logan’s courage in the face of resistance from some in their school and community is a model for all people who seek to speak up for others and what they know is right.
Title: Noah’s Family Carousel
A family affair, this is a book to get your hands on - literally! Your family can join Noah's as you read about how they cared for the zoo within the ark on their 40-day and night journey.
Women Finding Their Voices
In addition to sharing how they processed trauma, frustration or sadness, many share happy, unexpected results of their struggles, and several note that the process of sharing their stories is therapeutic.