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Its rhyme scheme is a little off, and the illustrations, while colorful and cheery, are pretty standard cartoon fare. But the message! Oh, the message! It will grab you by the heart right away.
The suspense in the novel is heightened as the author masterfully moves back and forth between older Fraidy and younger Fraidy.
Rabbi Zimmerman was also quite well-versed in the sciences, including advanced mathematics, philosophy, and physics.
By Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
Rabbi Kahn goes through a more than exhaustive array of sources. Yet, despite the breadth of his erudition, his conclusion is fittingly humble.
When all is said and done, this reviewer counted more than 10 different opinions on where the halachic dateline ought to be placed – all of which are thoroughly considered in Crossing the Dateline.
By dvora
"Chock full" is an apt description of this work, as it offers insight on many issues. These include why it’s inaccurate to say the Jews displaced another people in returning to Eretz Yisrael, why support for Israel is growing in the Christian world, and why giving away parts of Israel doesn't work.
By Guest Author
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.
Did you ever wonder how someone grew up to become a name that others recognize?
By Baruch Lytle
“Writing a summary is always challenging since the compiler must accurately captures the key points of the text he feels should be highlighted,” Rabbi Tayar told The Jewish Press.
Schonfeld didn’t just save the children from a distance, but got involved in their struggles. “He was a father figure and had a personal relationship with many of the children,” Riki says.
Rabbi Schimmel’s greatest contribution, aside from his organization and clarity, is his discussion of the rabbinic mind.
Today, mysticism abounds, whether from the traditions of Chasidism, the Arizal, the Maharal, or some new combination. And yet, these approaches do not satisfy everyone.
For whom was this work written? There have been other attempts to introduce the Talmud to beginners, but none of them appeal across the board as does Introduction to the Talmud.
By Guest Author
Nisan's book provides a human and political vision of bad actors and good actors here that can bring a great deal of understanding of what happens in Israel.
By Guest Author
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.
By Ben Rothke
In The Intellect and the Exodus, Rabbi Jeremy Kagan attempts to reconcile the rationality of western thought and culture, with religious faith.
By Ben Rothke
There are so many this year that it would take months to go through all of them. For 2019, I found the following 5 haggadahs to be noteworthy.
More than just a resemblance of the mortar paste used to make bricks during our slavery in Egypt, she investigates further into the Talmud.
It may seem jarring to open the haggadah commentary with such a somber tone, but it is impossible to ignore the indelible imprint of the Holocaust on Rabbi Berkovits's thought.
By Guest Author
Seen through Rabbi Nataf’s eyes, however, the seemingly divided text of Vayikra becomes a cohesive whole.
Combining cartoons and sage advice, Lipsky moves readers through the process of minimizing distraction and heightening intention.
By Ben Rothke
The word snowflake is a term for a person with among other things, an unwarranted sense of entitlement.
By Ben Rothke
And suddenly, it was all gone. Idolatry and the temptation for it abruptly exits.
By Ben Rothke
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.
The book is also not completely sure whether it is an academic work or a Torah work for a more general audience.
By Ida Kaplan
This book left me profoundly moved, and changed.
Halacha is something not just applied as a legal system, but a corpus that is valued and studied for its own sake...
By Ben Rothke
Achieving a deep-level reading of the Chumash requires an understanding of the syntactical relationships.
The attacks last week in Israel have once again brought to the fore the blind Islamist hatred for the Jewish people and the Jewish state they’ve succeeded in rebuilding.
Perhaps the Nazis could destroy the bodies of the Jews but not the Torah and the soul...
Chapter by chapter the author analyses the interactions of Yosef through the prism of autistic spectrum disorder.
Of course, the spiritual path is something we have to work at continuously throughout our daily lives.
Mr. First is not scared of offering creative, original explanations and rejecting what scholars before him understood to be fact.
Whether the rest of us admit it or not, covers draw our attentions and create the initial impressions we have with books.
While I do a lot of non-fiction writing, including copy writing for organizations which involves its own form of creativity, fiction was, and still is, my first writing love.
His extensive research and considerable expertise notwithstanding, Rabbi Weiner writes in a manner that is clear to the scholar and layperson alike.
Before presenting the 15 innovations he chooses to highlight, Jorisch sets the stage by reviewing Israel’s commitment to the greater good from its very inception.
There’s much, much more in Naftali’s remarkable life, and yet, ultimately, one wonders: this is all well and good, but where is Dr. Reich going with these stories?
By Sandy Eller
Here are some of the latest and greatest in the world of Jewish books that will keep your brood entranced and enchanted.
For the Greeks, everything that was externally beautiful was good; to the Jew, everything that is inwardly good is beautiful.
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.
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.
The Rav explains that Hashem is everyone's rebbe. Whenever someone learns, he is learning with Hashem.
When was the last time you exited Shabbos more spiritually uplifted than when you entered?
The aim of this book is to demonstrate that the Torah’s account of Creation is not in conflict with the sciences of cosmology, geology, or evolution.
By Ben Rothke
The astute reader that he is, Cohen teases lots of insights into these nuanced differences.
By Ben Rothke
As to the lack of written work by Rav Soloveitchik, Rabbi Shatz notes that this was a common lament during the Rav’s lifetime.
By Duvi Honig
Thankfully, this is the first Yomim Noraim ever where these halachos are easily within reach of every yid, thanks to the publication of Sefer Parnassah K’Halacha earlier this year.
The book has wonderful colorful illustrations with wording that small children can easily follow.
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.
I slowly began to realize that my grandfather’s story did not follow the typical plot of a Holocaust survivor’s account.
Setting a Table for Two is a lively, no-holds-barred guide to marriage based entirely on a profound understanding of Torah as the ultimate guide to life.
By Ben Rothke
A superb essay which illustrates Angel’s approach is the story of Yakov and Esav, and Yakov’s seeming deception to obtain the valuable blessings from this father.
Diskin paints with a historical brush, using historical names, places and facts to back up a richly embroidered fictional account that proves to be a page-turner one can’t put down.
By Ben Rothke
A recurring theme in the book is that life has its challenges, and struggling with those challenges is what life is about.
Cammarata, who lives to be an enamorata, offers a positive philosophy of child-rearing that we learn much more from our children than we can ever teach them, and to always treat them like small persons, not merely little children.
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.
It won’t surprise anybody that the vast majority of the images Haruni’s book are of men and boys.
It’s not about troubled youth, but any youth that may face troubles. Look at trouble not as an adjective but as a verb. The core issue of such youth is the feeling of loneliness.
Title: Art of Revelation – A Visual Encounter with the Jewish BibleYoram Raanan and Meira Raanan Art is supremely the language of the spirit. Few artists in the Jewish world today better capture the beauty of holiness than Yoram Raanan – Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks The first time I saw Yoram Raanan's work on […]
By Bracha Hertz
Several of the poems have Jewish subjects, but still touch on universal themes, such as freedom and unity.
While Rabbi Dalfin is himself a Lubavitcher, he admirably attempts to be evenhanded and to allow the facts to speak for themselves.
By Ben Rothke
Nechama was a dedicated and tireless teacher who spent decades creating and disseminating her gilyanot (worksheets).
Her buried records have never been retrieved but it is strongly believed that her efforts prevailed and that those who were rescued by her survived the Holocaust.
By Shaindy Perl
With raw candor and authenticity, Bracha shares her painful struggles, as she seeks to understand the meaning of life and the inconsistencies of the feminist movement that she supports.
The single devastating element that unified his patient clientele was that they had all been diagnosed with some form of pediatric cancer.
By Elliott Katz
The Talmud teaches that all Israel are responsible for one another. Risa writes that the terrorists attacked Chaim with a knife to his head because he was a Jew -- therefore the Jewish people had to take special care of him.
By Ben Rothke
The Rav astutely notes that the story of Esther tells us in the most lively, realistic fashion, with a tinge of refined yet biting sarcasm, about paradoxical, absurd events, which are both tragic and comical at the same time.
One thinks of family as an all-embracing sanctuary – a safe haven and a refuge from the outside world. But this is rarely the case.
Some of the most famous and important works of literature contain passages and themes that are immodest in nature. May a G-d-fearing Jew read these works for the good they contain, or must he forgo reading them entirely?
She becomes a typical American girl and suppresses all her Holocaust memories, never discussing them even with close friends.
By Ben Rothke
It quotes stories and lessons from the Lubavitcher Rebbe, The Rav, Rav Kook, Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach and many other luminaries.
The reader is able to suspend their prior knowledge and remain engaged with the text, a testament to Gruen’s writing skills.
By Ben Rothke
Halevy was a man of myriad talents. Be it a noted author, significant talmid chacham, master of kabbalah, gifted speaker and more.
It's hard to read a book and get up and move simultaneously. But this book, more than any other, did get me to get up and move.
This book is, "The riveting and untold story of the intelligence task force that launched a dynamic new front in the war on terror. A thrill ride with one of the most important Israeli start-ups of them all."
Kristallnacht marked a turning point for the more than half million German Jews.
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.
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.
We let the children know that this was our time to recharge, reconnect, play, and perhaps enjoy a little quiet.
Aside from just seeing his name associated with the Koren liturgical works there is a very special person behind the name David Fuchs whose biography will be the subject of this week’s essay.
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.
By Ben Rothke
In the preface, Rabbi Menachem Genack writes that halacha, in the Rav’s analysis, transforms eating by means of a new institution, the se’uda.
How many people know the lineage of King Antiochus, known formally as Antiochus IV Epiphanes?
By JoeSettler
Assaf A. Voll has written one of the most comprehensive books on the history of the Palestinian People.
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.
By Morris Aryeh
Torah-based sources can be powerful tools for overcoming anxiety.
By Ben Rothke
Weinreb shares with us his personal triumphs and tribulations, and lessons from his many travels across the Jewish world.
By Sandy Eller
Despite not having any religious identity, Mrs. Teitler recalls that she and her younger sister were both beaten up at the trailer parks where they lived for being Jewish.
By Ben Rothke
One of the more forceful and vital chapters is towards the end of the book when Rabbi Bleich discusses vaccinations.
We learn, for example, that his paternal uncle rabbi Shmuel Schneerson awarded his nephew rabbinic ordination;;
Rabbi Lichtenstein’s analysis of the events, especially the dialogues between them, serves as a lesson for our people’s leaders to read, and emulate in the many years to come.
Rabbi Blech projects this example of optimism as a most important component to the liberation of the Exodus.
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.
Now approaching the program’s 67th year, the National Jewish Book Awards celebrate Jewish literary achievement in a wide range of genres and form, honoring writers in 20 different categories each year.
Rabbi Cohen was raised in holiness by the original codifier of some of Rav Kook’s writings when Rav Kook was still alive.
Even the very physicality of the seder participant is given narrative space so as to give the participant the rational for the physical choreography of the seder night’s ‘program’.
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