Reviewing: “The Art of Bible Translation,” by Robert Alter. Princeton University Press. 2019. English. Hardcover. 152 pages. ISBN-13: 978-0691181493. The Talmud records that when the

Reviewing: “The Lost Library: The Legacy of Vilna’s Strashun Library in the Aftermath of the Holocaust” by Dan Rabinowitz. The Tauber Institute Series for the

Passaic is a special community, such that three of my friends have come out with their own versions of the Pesach Haggadah this year. So

Reviewing: “Setting the Table: An Introduction to the Jurisprudence of Rabbi Yechiel Mikhel Epstein’s Arukh HaShulhan,” by Michael J. Broyde and Shlomo C. Pill. Academic

Reviewing:“Widen Your Tent: Thoughts on Life, Integrity & Joy,” by Rabbi Micha Berger, (Mosaica Press 978-1946351555, 2019. One of the more famous commercials in television

Reviewing “Jews in Medicine: Contributions to Health and Healing Through the Ages,” by Ronald L. Eisenberg, MD. Urim Publications. 2019. Hardcover. 464 pages. English. ISBN-13:

Reviewing: “Six Days of Cosmology and Evolution: A Scientific Commentary on the Genesis Text with Rabbinic Sources,” by Daniel Langer. KTAV Publishing House. 2018. English.

Reviewing: “Mavericks, Mystics & False Messiahs: Episodes From the Margins of Jewish History,” by Rabbi Pini Dunner. Toby Press; 2018. Hardover. 231 pages. English. ISBN-13:

Reviewing: “Was Yosef on the Spectrum? Understanding Joseph Through Torah, Midrash and Classical Jewish Sources” by Samuel J. Levine. Urim Publications. 2018. English. Hardcover. 141

Reviewing: “Time in the Babylonian Talmud: Natural and Imagined Times in Jewish Law and Narrative,” by Lynn Kaye. Cambridge University Press. Hardcover. 2018. English. ISBN-13:

Reviewing: “Halakhah: The Rabbinic Idea of Law” by Chaim N. Saiman. Princeton University Press. 2018. Harcover. ISBN-13: 978-0691152110. The subtitle of the classic medieval work “The

Reviewing “Tzvi Tifarah: Biurim V’haarot L’piyut Anim Zemirot” (Hebrew) by Rabbi Elchanan Adler. Self-published, 2018. It’s said that familiarity breeds contempt. While many people may