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

Reviewing: “Ani Maamin: Biblical Criticism, Historical Truth, and the Thirteen Principles of Faith,” By Joshua Berman. Maggid Books. 2020. English. Hardcover. 334 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1592645381. There

With four days of Yom Tov and Shabbat Chol Hamoed, no walks to shul—or outside, for that matter, Pesach was a time for learning and

 Reviewing: “Prepare My Prayer—Recipes to Awaken the Soul,” by Rabbi Dov Singer. Maggid Books. 2020. English. Hardcover. 292 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1592645374. Talking in shul is a very

Reviewing: “To This Very Day: Fundamental Questions in Bible Study,” By Rav Amnon Bazak. Maggid Books. 2020. English. Hardcover. 492 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1592645152. In a

Reviewing: “Takanas Hashavim,” by Rabbi Daniel Yaakov Travis. Ohel Rabbeinu Yonoson Ublima Foundation. Often people will (mistakenly) say something to the effect that there are

Reviewing: “The Koren Tanakh of the Land of Israel: Exodus,” edited by David Arnovitz; English translation by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks. Koren Publishers Jerusalem; 2020.

Reviewing: “Maimonides’ Grand Epistle to the Scholars of Lunel: Ideology and Rhetoric,” by Charles Sheer. Academic Studies Press; 2019. Paperback. 100 pages. English. ISBN-13: 978-1618119612

“I Kings: Torn in Two,” By Rabbi Alex Israel. Koren Publishers Jerusalem. 2013. Maggid Studies in Tanakh Series. English. Hardcover. 350 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1613290040. “II

Reviewing: “Explorations Expanded: Sefer Bereishit,” by Rabbi Ari Kahn. Kodesh Press. 2019. Paperback. 351 pages. English. ISBN-13: 978-1947857292. Reviewing: “The Jewish Ethic of Personal Responsibility: Volume