January 10, 2025

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(Mis)Using the Past

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

When Is it Time to Say No?

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

Great Jewish Summer Reads

“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

Examining the History of Hasidism

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

Unraveling A Family’s Past

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

Let’s Find the Humor in Growing Up

“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

ScaVentures, Israel’s Latest Touring Trend

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

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