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Quest for authenticity: the life of Rav Simha Bunim
The Kosher Bookworm By Alan Jay Gerber Issue of November 27 2009/ 10 Cheshvan 5770 Alan Jay Gerber A rebbe who does not speak Yiddish; a rebbe who speaks a fluent German; a rebbe who dresses in the “m… more →
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Quest for authenticity: the life of Rav Simha Bunim
Jewish Star Editors wrote 1 week ago: The Kosher Bookworm By Alan Jay Gerber Issue of November 27 2009/ 10 Cheshvan 5770 Alan Jay Gerber A … more →
Rav Chaim of Volozhin
michaelorbach wrote 3 weeks ago: The Kosher Bookworm By Alan Jay Gerber Issue of November 13 2009/ 26 Cheshvan 5770 The beginning of … more →
The Kosher Bookworm: Two legacies worthy of your attention
Jewish Star Editors wrote 1 month ago: The Kosher Bookworm By Alan Jay Gerber Issue of October 30 2009/ 12 Cheshvan 5770 Just when I though … more →
The Kosher Bookworm: Continued new beginnings
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Jewish Star Editors wrote 1 month ago: Every year at this time our thoughts go back in time to an age of antiquity that beckons us to ponde … more →
The Kosher Bookworm: New beginnings for Genesis
Jewish Star Editors wrote 1 month ago: By Alan Jay Gerber Issue of October 16 2009/ 29 Tishrei 5770 With the songs and festivities of Simch … more →
Letters to the Editor 10-2-09
Jewish Star Editors wrote 2 months ago: Issue of Oct. 2, 2009 / 14 Tishrei 5770 Stalin not such a bad guy? To the Editor: A recent article b … more →
Legacy of the Netziv: “The Path of Torah”
Jewish Star Editors wrote 2 months ago: Just the name, the Netziv, HaRav Naftali Tzvi Yehudah Berlin zt”l, should give a shiver of awe and i … more →
Kosher Bookworm: A prayer-intensive experience
michaelorbach wrote 2 months ago: Perhaps no other holiday season in the Jewish calendar is as prayer-intensive as Rosh Hashanah and Y … more →
Kosher Bookworm: A myth destroyed
michaelorbach wrote 2 months ago: Perhaps one of the most nefarious myths of World War II was that Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was the … more →
Letters to the Editor 9-11-09
michaelorbach wrote 2 months ago: Issue of September 11, 2009 / 22 Elul 5769 Defending Kennedy To the Editor: I am writing to comment … more →
The Kennedy legacy: American tragedy or betrayal?
michaelorbach wrote 3 months ago: By Alan Jay Gerber With the passing of Sen. Edward Kennedy the United States has lost one of its mos … more →
The Kosher Bookworm: Rav Kook and Teshuva for our time
Jewish Star Editors wrote 3 months ago: The Kosher Bookworm Issue of August 28, 2009 / 8 Elul 5769 You might not know this from most of the … more →
The Kosher Bookworm: Torah from the heart
Jewish Star Editors wrote 3 months ago: A cardiologist’s commentary collection Reviewed by Alan Jay Gerber Issue of August 21, 2009 / 1 Elul … more →
The Kosher Bookworm: A hidden chapter of American Jewish History and Ellis Island
Jewish Star Editors wrote 3 months ago: Reviewed by Alan Jay Gerber Issue of August 14, 2009 / 24 Av 5769 Were I to survey readers and ask t … more →
The Kosher Bookworm: Why a teacher is reviewing a book by a writer named Student
Jewish Star Editors wrote 4 months ago: By Alan Jay Gerber Issue of August 7, 2009 / 17 Av 5769 Our review this week is of a book by an auth … more →
The Kosher Bookworm: Kindness and bereavement
Jewish Star Editors wrote 4 months ago: How to respond to grief with chesed and Torah learning By Alan Jay Gerber Issue of July 31, 2009 / 1 … more →
The Kosher Bookworm: Tisha b'Av reading for adults
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Jewish Star Editors wrote 4 months ago: Issue of July 24, 2009 / 3 Av 5769 By Alan Jay Gerber The upcoming Fast of Tisha b’Av gives us an op … more →
The Kosher Bookworm: What to read for the Three Weeks (part two)
Jewish Star Editors wrote 4 months ago: The Legacy of Irving Bunim By Alan Jay Gerber Issue of July 17, 2009 / 25 Tammuz 5769 While the popu … more →
The Kosher Bookworm: What to read for the Three Weeks (part one)
Jewish Star Editors wrote 4 months ago: A time of year that helps teach us why Jerusalem is so important By Alan Jay Gerber Issue of July 10 … more →
