Reviewing: “A Stroll for the Soul: A Book of Jewish Poems” by Efrat Malachi. Independently published. 2021. English. Paperback. 148 pages. ISBN-13: 979-8526900256. Deep, meaningful
You’ve served as a community rabbi in four countries so far: Australia, the US, Canada and the UK. What would you say are the most
Highlighting: “The Kosher Palette: Revised Anniversary Edition” by Sandra Blank (co-editor) and Susie Fishbein (co-editor). ArtScroll Shaar Press. 2022. Hardcover. 312 pages. ISBN#: 9781422631751. In
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:
Highlighting: ‘Exalted Moments: Welcoming Shabbos: Stories, Inspiration, and Insights’ by Yisroel Besser. ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications. 2022. 130 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1422631836. (Courtesy of Artscroll) It’s the wondrous
Reviewing: “Women in Tanach” by Rebbetzin Leah Kohn. Mosaica Press. 2021. Hardcover. 267 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1952370649. Nowhere in literature or history can you read about
Highlighting: “Menucha for Menucha” by Yael Walfish; ISBN: 9781614655671; February 2022; 32 pages; Hardcover. “Menucha for Menucha,” written by Yael Walfish, LCSW, and published this
Highlighting: “Learn From My Experiences: A Collection of Essays on Fundraising” by Norman Gildin. BookBaby. 2022. English. Paperback. 260 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1667811512. A recently released
Reviewing: ‘Shomer Emunim: The Introduction to Kabbalah’ by Rabbi Yosef Ergas and Avinoam Fraenkel. Urim Publications. 2021. English. Hardcover. 1080 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1602804494. When a
On Sunday, June 12, I sat for over two hours at my son’s high school graduation, listening to speech after speech. And it did not
Three times a day, for almost 2000 years, we have faced Yerushalayim and prayed “והשב את העבודה לדביר ביתך” (Shemoneh Esrei). We implore Hashem to
Part IV German Consuls In Germany American consuls in Germany were giving visas to rabbis, but not to students. Irving Bunim, a key leader of
