Do you know why we are here? Why do we go to shul? The answer should be obvious—to pray to God. But why is there
Parshat Chukat Although we often search to find a connection between the parsha and its haftarah, we have no need to wonder about Chazal’s selection
Tomorrow morning at an early hour I will be getting into our car and driving to Baltimore, Maryland. What’s in Baltimore you ask? I am
It was the flash of color on a drab bench in a crowded railway station in Taiwan that attracted Allan Schwartzbaum’s attention. Especially since it
“The Weight of Ink,” by Rachel Kadish, 2018. Mariner Books. Hardcover. Paperback, 592 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1328915788. Winner of the Assoc. of Jewish Library’s Jewish Fiction
Reviewing: “Hasidism: A New History,” by David Biale, David Assaf, Benjamin Brown, Uriel Gellman, Samuel Heilman, Moshe Rosman, Gadi Sagiv, Marcin Wodzinski, Arthur Green, Princeton
The 2018 eLit Awards, a global awards program committed to honoring the very best of English-language digital publishing entertainment has selected “HOOPSTERS: Don’t Be a
One of the 36 Hidden Tzaddikim From the inhumanity of Soviet Russia to the holiness of Yerushalayim, Rav Yitzchak Zilber lived a life of total
Reviewing: “Beauty Queen of Jerusalem,” by Sarit Yishai-Levi. Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin’s Press. Hardcover, 374 pages. Original text copyright, 2013 by
“For This I Had to Grow Up?” by Mordechai Schmutter, Israel Bookshop Publications. 2018. 424 pages. ISBN-10: 1600916023. Have you ever asked kids what they
(Courtesy of Yeshiva University) Rabbi Dr. Ephraim Kanarfogel, E. Billi Ivry University Professor of Jewish History, Literature and Law at Yeshiva University’s Bernard Revel Graduate
Highlighting: “ScaVentures Jerusalem,” by Tali Kaplinski Tarlow, Publisher: Israel ScaVenture, 2018, Hardcover, 204 pages, ISBN: 978-965-572-536-0, 150 NIS. Families who plan to travel to Israel
