
Two New Books on Bereishit
Rabbi Yosef Soloveitchik has often been quoted as saying that if he could add to Maimonides’ 13 Principles of Jewish Faith, it would be that
Rabbi Yosef Soloveitchik has often been quoted as saying that if he could add to Maimonides’ 13 Principles of Jewish Faith, it would be that
The oft used term “People of the Book,” which sounds much better in Hebrew, Am HaSefer, is an apt term. Walk into any Jewish book
Reviewing: “Bright Beginnings Workbook Eilu Metzios Vol. 1” by Rabbi Aaron Spivak/Rabbi Yakov Horowitz. Israel Book Shop. 2018. Paperback. 128 pages. ISBN-13: 978-0996349765. Imagine a fifth
Highlighting: “The Crowns on the Letters: Essays on the Aggada and the Lives of the Sages” By Rabbi Ari Kahn. OU Press. 2020. English. Hardcover.
Reviewing: “Dissident Rabbi: The Life of Jacob Sasportas,” by Yaacob Dweck. Princeton University Press. 2019. English. Hardcover. 504 pages. ISBN-13: 978-0691183572. Visit a Satmar community, and
Reviewing “Hidden Heretics: Jewish Doubt in the Digital Age” by Ayala Fader. Princeton University Press. Princeton Studies in Culture and Technology (27). 2020. English. 288
In my article last week, I wrote of a widespread email scam that attempted to get people to send hundreds of dollars of iTunes gift
Last week, a member of the PassaicJews mailing list had their email account hacked. The attacker then sent a message to everyone in the person’s
Reviewing: “Tribal Blueprints: Twelve Brothers and the Destiny of Israel,” by Nechama Price. Maggid Books. 2020. English. Hardcover. 308 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1592645459. With a few
Reviewing: “Tzurba M’Rabanan—Volumes 1-5,” by Benzion Algazi. Doron Podlashuk, Eli Ozarowski, translators. Mizrachi Press. 2019. Paperback. English. 344 pages. One of the challenges of learning
Reviewing: “Degrees of Separation: Identity Formation While Leaving Ultra-Orthodox Judaism,” by Schneur Zalman Newfield. Temple University Press. 2020. English. Paperback. 248 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1439918968. While
Reviewing: “Rav Noach Weinberg: Torah Revolutionary,” by Yonasson Rosenblum. Mosaica Press. 2020. English. Hardcover. 454 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1946351876. Two sentences into the long-awaited biography “Rav