Books
The Chameleon in the Closet By BJ Rosenfeld 2010226 pages Reviewed by Jack Abramowitz I rarely read memoirs. So…
The Sages, Vol. 3: The Galilean Period By Rabbi Binyamin Lau Maggid Books Jerusalem, 2013 420 pages Rabbis are just…
Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks is perhaps the leading contemporary spokesman for a sophisticated Orthodox Judaism.
Some philanthropists do wonderful things by writing large checks to worthy causes. Harry Fischel did much more than that, and…
Rabbi Immanuel Bernstein’s Journeys in Talmud addresses a void which has not been filled—despite the explosion of Anglo-Jewish publications of…
As a law professor for almost three decades, I am familiar with the fine Understanding series of books (Understanding Contracts,…
Rabbi Yitzchak Abarbanel (Abravanel) lived at the end of the time of the Spanish Rishonim and his books reflect his…
In the preface to Relevance: Pirkei Avos for the Twenty-First Century, the author, Rabbi Dan Roth, notes that a librarian…
We live in an age of customization, when consumers demand products tailored to their specific desires.
A long-standing Daf Yomi devotee, I have become familiar with certain learning tools. These include pocket Agudah publications, the ArtScroll
I read cookbooks. Yes, I read them, cover to cover, page by page. I love to read about why the…
