Reviewing: “Hasidus Meets America: The Life and Torah of the Monastryshcher Rebbe,” by Ora Wiskind. Ktav Publishing. 2024. Hardcover. 216 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1602805248. If you
Reviewing: “Letter and Spirit: Evasion, Avoidance and Workarounds in the Halachic System” by Daniel Z. Feldman. Maggid Books. English. Hardcover. 352 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1592646500. Noted
The following cartoon from the pro-Israel blogger known as the Elder of Ziyon does a good job of summing up how the United Nations deals
Reviewing: “Dark Clouds Above, Faith Below” by Rav Moshe Taragin. Kodesh Press. 2024. Hardcover. English. 213 pages. $24.95. ISBN-13: 979-8888940259. Rav Kook was known for
Reviewing: “Circumventing the Law: Rabbinic Perspectives on Loopholes and Legal Integrity,” by Elana Stein Hain. University of Pennsylvania Press. 2024. English. Hardcover. 240 pages. ISBN-13:
The Pew Research Center reported in 2021 that about three in ten U.S. adults are now religiously unaffiliated. This trend has been going on for
Reviewing: “Talmud Reclaimed: An Ancient Text in the Modern Era” by Rabbi Shmuel Phillips. Mosaica Press. 2023. 509 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1957579986. While the Jewish Bible
Book Review: Ethics of Our Fighters: A Jewish View on War and Morality. Maggid. 2023. 412 pgs. There is a UPS commercial from years back
Reviewing: “Perpetuating the Masorah: Halakhic, Ethical and Experiential Dimensions” by Yitzhak Twersky. Maggid Books. English. Hardcover. 188 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1592646043. The “Maggid Modern Classics” from
Reviewing: “Halakhic Man” by Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. The Jewish Publication Society; 40th Anniversary edition. 2023. English. Hardcover. 408 pages. ISBN-13: 978-0827615601. Some years back,
Reviewing: “The Great Z’manim Debate: The History, The Science, and The Lomdus” by Rabbi Ahron Notis. Mosaica Press. 2022. English. Hardcover. 188 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1957579122.
Reviewing: “Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East” by Uri Kaufman. St. Martin’s Press. 2023. English.
