Title: Sefer Hasidim and the Ashkenazic Book in Medieval Europe
Marcus observes that we tend to superimpose our understanding of authorship, and think that authors write a book in a linear manner, and that it is ultimately preserved in one or more manuscripts.
Looking Forward
Written entirely through Frayda’s eyes, the reader is drawn by her unassuming personality.
The Inside Story Of Hebron
The Land of Israel is ours by divine bequest; we need only claim our heritage.
A Satisfying Shabbos Read
Pomerantz’s character modeled how to be sensible, intelligent, strategic, kind, firm, courageous and principled.
Children Learn About Good Health
Unfortunately, now our generation is drowning in unhealthy food choices. For this, we and our children need navigation and inspiration to make healthy food choices.
Looking Doubt In The Face
If you’re a frum person seeking traditional answers to modern questions, this is a resource you’ll want to have on your shelf.
Two New Books on Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
The OU Press has brought out two very significant books on the thought of the Rav, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik.
All Of His Wonders
A while back I inducted a new rabbi into office. It’s something I do often, and there is a certain predictability to the proceedings. I give the new rabbi my blessings and encouragement. He in reply thanks those who have helped him through the years, and sets out his aspirations as a spiritual leader and his vision for the future of the congregation.
Roundup of Jewish Children’s Books
Here are some of the latest and greatest in the world of Jewish books that will keep your brood entranced and enchanted.
A New Way To Look At Vidui
Rav Weinberg does not leave us feeling lacking. With each entry, he helps to instruct us how we can go about repairing our mistakes, be they between each of us and our fellow, between us and G-d, or between us and ourselves.
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).
Book Review: “The Great Revolt” by Dr. Michael Ben Ari
The winners write the history books
Loving And Living With Dead Jews
Horn speaks incisively to the threat of the misuse of the Jewish past posed by those who are least interested in preserving and honoring the Jewish present.
Title: Turf Wars
The book contains multitudes, all woven together so beautifully. The story is complex, as are the characters. It is fast-paced and character-driven. A page-turner.
Co-Existence
Ultimately, the essays show that there does not have to be serious contradiction between Torah and western thought.
Title: Not My Kind? I Don’t Mind!
When the Fine family (not related to the Feiners from Alone in Africa!) move into a new neighborhood, the twin siblings named Nesanel (again, not related to Nesanel Feiner) and Nechama set out on a very important mission – finding friends to rescue them from their boredom.
Title: Yaakov and the Secret of Acra Fortress
How many people know the lineage of King Antiochus, known formally as Antiochus IV Epiphanes?
The Kiruv Expert Who Was ‘Too Shy To Talk’
While anyone can find Rav Schuster’s story inspiring, I think shy children will get an extra dose of inspiration.
Title: Lilmod Ulelamed
In my weekly Jewish Press column, “Dear Dr. Yael,” I occasionally recommend books that will enhance shalom bayis, parenting skills and the quality of the Shabbos table. Lilmod Ulelamed, eloquently written by Rabbi Mordechai Katz, is a newly revised and expanded version of the original that was published by Feldheim Publishers in 1978. It is a book that can truly improve your Shabbos table.
Learning to Feel the Music of Creation
We find perspective on the precious world around us, our own observance, and the vicissitudes of human experience.
Different From You And Me
“Have you forgotten your dreams?” The Hope Merchant asks a defeated and hopeless Lily when she “happens” upon his shop.
Living With One Parent
The book is exquisitely illustrated and young children will find it very easy to relate to every page.
A Glimpse Of The Beginning
We learn, for example, that his paternal uncle rabbi Shmuel Schneerson awarded his nephew rabbinic ordination;;
Defending G-d And Our Patriarchs
One of the most challenging questions posed is whether there are fundamental differences between divine justice and human justice.
You Can Tell This Book By Its Covers
You can tell Rabbi Yossy Goldman’s book From Where I Stand: Life Messages from the Weekly Torah Reading by its covers. The front cover is a photograph of a rabbi in a shul that is full of light.
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 Fitting Coda For A Life Lived Well
Direct and indirect references to his previous works provide brief insights into his ideas about happiness, meaning, materialism, alcoholism, character, marriage, anger, sensitivity, honesty and teshuvah.
Title: From Day To Day: Young Scholar’s Daily Calendar & Encyclopedia
This rediscovered treasure was the project of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, which he compiled in 1943 as a calendar and in 1944 as an encyclopedia, as instructed by his father-in-law, Rabbi Joseph Isaac Schneerson, the sixth Chabad Rebbe, whom he later succeeded as Rebbe in 1950.
New Dershowitz Must Read Memoir for Friends of Israel
From the aliyah of Soviet Jewry to the new anti-Semitism, Alan Dershowitz’s “Defending Israel: The Story of My Relationship with My Most Challenging Client” is almost a history of Zionism.