Reviewing: “Shalom Rav Haggadah” by Rav Shalom Rosner. Maggid Books. 2023. Hebrew and English. Hardcover. 376 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1592646173. The Talmud (Pesachim 6a) states that
Reviewing: “ArchitecTorah: Architectural Ideas in Judaism and the Weekly Torah Portion” by Joshua Skarf. Urim Publications. 2023. English. Hardcover. 598 pages. ISBN-13: 978-9655243680. The recent
Reviewing: “Transmitting Jewish History by Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi and Sylvie Anne Goldberg. Brandeis University Press. 2021. English. Hardcover. 208 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1684580613. A little over
Reviewing: “Saul Lieberman: The Man and His Work” by by Elijah J. Schochet and Solomon Spiro. JTS Press. 2005. English. Paperback. 332 pages. ISBN-13: 978-0873341110.
Reviewing: “Jewish Women in Time and Torah” by Eliezer Berkovits. Urim Publications. 2022. English. Hardcover. 144 pages. ISBN-13: 978-9655243659. About 15 years ago, a prominent
For those who like to read, the yamim noraʾim and Sukkos provide great opportunities to do that. This is what I read over the holidays.
The term “People of the Book,” which sounds much better in Hebrew, Am HaSefer, is indeed apt. Walk into any Jewish bookstore, and new titles
Reviewing: “Unmatched: An Orthodox Jewish woman’s mystifying journey to find marriage and meaning” by Sarah Lavane. Sifria Publishing. 2022. English. Paperback. 226 pages. ISBN-13: 979-8218010324
Reviewing: “The Koren Selihot Minhag Lita” by Rabbi Jacob J Schacter. Koren Publishers Jerusalem. 2022. Hebrew and English. Hardcover. 1314 pages. ISBN-13: 978-9657766682. Saying you
Reviewing: “Between Religion and Reason,” by Dr. Ephraim Chamiel. Academic Studies Press. Part 1: 2020. ISBN-10: 1644690721. Part 2: 2021. ISBN-10: 1644695707. In 2004, several
Reviewing: “American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York” by Nomi M. Stolzenberg and David N. Myers. Princeton University
Reviewing: ‘Pain is a Reality, Suffering is a Choice: Grappling with Divine Justice’ by Rabbi Asher Resnick. Mosaica Press. 2022. English. Hardcover. 416 pages. ISBN-13:
