Books
We pray and recite blessings in Hebrew, study sacred Hebrew texts and speak Hebrew in Israel. But what is this…
The story is told of a visitor to the Netherlands who was given a lengthy tour of that nation’s extensive…
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin has a remarkable record of achievement. His ability to inspire and to evoke the deepest emotions combined…
There is a long and not especially successful history of attempts to popularize a Yom Ha’atzmaut machzor for the English-speaking…
Circle, Arrow, Spiral: Exploring Gender in Judaism is a fascinating book that turns the women in Judaism conversation on its…
This year marks the centenary of the release of D.W. Griffith’s monumental Birth of a Nation, a film that—despite the…
The Awesome Adventures of Pickle Boy is a rousing action adventure plucked straight out of the hyper-fueled fantasy world of…
At first glance, a book review might be considered an odd choice for this section. However, this article by Rabbi…
We often associate the reflourishing study of Tanach in the Orthodox community with the impressive analytics of the “New School”…
Isaac Bashevis Singer, the Nobel prize-winning Yiddish author, was once famously asked, “Do you believe in free will?” He wryly…
On Shabbat morning, July 4, 1863, in Mikveh Israel Congregation in Philadelphia, Sabato Morais, not knowing that the Union had…
