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Gush Katif Expellees Attacked from Old Homes
One of the saddest ironies of the Disengagement is how the land “traded for peace” is often used as a launch pad for missiles and rockets into Israel. To read how the expellees are being a… more →
The Expulsion From Gush Katif
A Review of Visions from the Prophet and Counsel from the Elders
wrote 4 days ago: :From The Jewish Action Nevi’im and Ketuvim, the books of the Prophets and Holy Writings, tog … more →
Vision from the Prophet and Counsel from the Elders
wrote 1 week ago: by Gil Student Torah expertise requires, at a minimum, mastery of the entire corpus of primary liter … more →
A Review of Torah Conversations with Nechama Leibowitz
wrote 1 week ago: by Moshe Sokolow Nechama Leibowitz was an intensely private individual. In the thousands—if not tens … more →
A Circle in the Square
wrote 2 weeks ago: By Gary Rosenblatt, the Jewish Week A 2008 book, “A Circle in the Square: Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Reinve … more →
The Litvak Pluralist
wrote 2 weeks ago: by Gil Student Extreme religious pluralism is spiritual chaos, even when severely limited. If you a … more →
Nowolipie Street: A Review
wrote 2 weeks ago: by Emily Adams Nowolipie Street, a fantastic memoir of how one young Polish man’s life was changed f … more →
A Review of The Accidental Anarchist in the New York Journal of Books
wrote 3 weeks ago: by Charles Weinblatt The Accidental Anarchist tells the intriguing true story of the colorful Jacob … more →
A Review of God of Our Understanding: Jewish Spirituality and Recovery from Addiction
wrote 1 month ago: by Rabbi Louis A. Rieser There are those who wonder, for various reasons, whether twelve step progr … more →
The Search Committee: Not Quite "a Novel"
wrote 1 month ago: From Shiloh Musings: When I was at the recent Jerusalem International Book Fair, I was offered books … more →
Morality for Muggles: A Review
wrote 1 month ago: by Mary Lou Henneman Many readers are passionate about the Harry Potter books, and Moshe Rosenberg i … more →
Recalling the Covenant
wrote 1 month ago: by Rabbi Louis A. Rieser This thought-provoking commentary draws on classical Jewish sources as well … more →
A Review of The Essential Jewish Stories
wrote 1 month ago: by Rabbi Louis A. Rieser Stories tell the truth. Sometimes the truth is evident for all to see; som … more →
Sages of the Talmud: A Review
wrote 1 month ago: by Rabbi Ari Enkin Sages of the Talmud is an encyclopedic work on 400 Talmudic sages that are found … more →
A Review of Siddur Nehalel BeShabbat
wrote 2 months ago: by Sue Epstein, Voices Magazine We all have our siddurim, but Nehalel beShabbat (Nusach Ashkenaz. Pu … more →
A Review of A Neuropsychologist's Journal
wrote 2 months ago: by Dr. Batya L. Ludman I was recently invited to review A Neuropsychologist’s Journal: Interventions … more →
Review of Let My RV Go!
wrote 2 months ago: Just in time for the Pesach season, Mosaica Press released Let My RV Go!, by Nicole (Nathan) Bem. In … more →
Praise for the Nehalel Siddur
wrote 2 months ago: From Jewish Moms: “Wow, look at this, isn’t this AMAZING?” This sentence was repea … more →
A Review of Passages
wrote 2 months ago: A study of the weekly parasha that weaves literary analysis of the Biblical text with selected teach … more →
A Review of Everyday I Bless You
wrote 2 months ago: Every Day I Bless You teaches the resounding lessons that shiva can offer by interweaving ess … more →
