Books

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The Gift of Stuttering 

Moe’s courageous story and personal advice is a superb and inspiring guide not only for stutterers, but for anyone who…

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Airport Lights: Poems

I am deeply moved by what Rabbi Shulman has done through reflecting upon and writing poetry inspired by the teachings…

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Summer Reading: Revisiting Our Old Friend K’tonton

K’tonton may be a beautiful amalgam of the fairy-tale stories that came before him, in all of their varying cultural…

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Search Engine: Finding Meaning in Jewish Texts

Rabbi Student displays an uncanny ability to explain Orthodoxy in a way that makes sense to readers, regardless of their…

HEALTH

Family Friendly, Mediterranean-Style Cooking: With a Groundbreaking Guide to Weight Loss, Weight Control and Cardiovascular Health

Nutrition analysis of nearly all the recipes—listing the carbohydrate, calories, fat, saturated fat, fiber and sodium per serving—is a nice…

REVIEWS IN BRIEF

Reviews in Brief

Has Rabbi Abramowitz undermined Maimonides’ literary concealment? Can a soldier pray in his uniform? Is the Torah pro or anti…

BOOKS

Off the Derech: Why Observant Jews Leave Judaism

Off the Derech: Why Observant Jews Leave Judaism By Faranak Margolese Devora Publishing Jerusalem, 2005 429 pages Reviewed by Hillel…

BOOKS

A Different Dimension By Yaffa Ganz

Despite my reservations, I was surprised by how much I enjoyed seeing the world through this author’s eyes. Her wise…

BOOKS

Torah from the Years of Wrath: The Historical Context of the Aish Kodesh

A collection of derashot delivered within the darkness of the Warsaw Ghetto, the result is one of the most important…

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The Skeptic and the Rabbi: Falling in Love with Faith

Yet I walked away with two deep takeaways. The first was to stop being afraid to talk about God.

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Signs and Wonders: 100 Hagadda Masterpieces

The art choices of haggadot throughout history reflect not only traditional Jewish thought but also the contemporary circumstances and the…

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