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Questions for Benjamin Shapell

There are other remarkable facts that characterize Lincoln’s legacy: When General Ulysses S. Grant was expelling the Jews from his…

MARRIAGE

Review of The Shame Borne in Silence: Spouse Abuse in the Jewish Community

Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski, prominent Chassidic rabbi, psychiatrist and prolific author, packs a powerful punch in his book about…

FOOD

Review of The Well-Spiced Life: A Food Memoir

For Barbara Bensoussan, life has been a journey both inside and outside of the kitchen. As chronicled in her new…

REVIEWS

People of the Book: Five Hundreds Years of the Hebrew Book From the Beginning of Printing Until the Twentieth Century

The Internet is only the latest, and probably not the last, of many information upheavals due to technology. An important…

REVIEWS

Torah MiEtzion: New Readings in Tanach – Bemidbar

Yeshivat Har Etzion has earned a well-deserved reputation for breaking new ground in Torah commentary. Its new Torah MiEtzion series,…

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To Fill The Sky With Stars: Women Explore Their Midlife Challenges and Triumphs

“Then comes a new stage in life . . .” Miriam Liebermann writes poignantly in her new anthology, To Fill…

REVIEWS

The Covenant Kitchen: Food and Wine for the New Jewish Table

The Covenant Kitchen: Food and Wine for the New Jewish Table By Jeff and Jodie Morgan Schocken Books/OU Press New…

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Patterns in Genesis and Beyond

Patterns in Genesis and Beyond By Rabbi David Sykes Patterns Publications 2014 589 pages Reviewed by Hayyim Angel The field…

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Birkas Yitzchak: Chidushim U-ve’urim al HaTorah

Birkas Yitzchak: Chidushim U-ve’urim al HaTorah By Rabbi Menachem Genack OU Press New York, 2013 Reviewed by B. David Schreiber…

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The Rabbi & The Nuns: The Inside Story of a Rabbi’s Therapeutic Work with the Sisters of St. Francis

The Rabbi & The Nuns: The Inside Story of a Rabbi’s Therapeutic Work with the Sisters of St. Francis By…

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Collected Essays, Vol. I

Collected Essays, Vol. I By Haym Soloveitchik Littman Library of Jewish Civilization Oxford, 2013 352 pages Reviewed by Jeffrey R. Woolf…

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