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Survey of Some of the Best English-Language Haggadot: Short Reviews and Snippets

The English-reading public has been blessed with an extraordinary array of Haggadot. We have come a long way from our…

BOOKS

Survey of Some of the Best English-Language Haggadot: Short Reviews and Snippets

The English-reading public has been blessed with an extraordinary array of Haggadot. We have come a long way from our…

BOOKS

Thread of Blue

Thread of Blue By Judy Belsky Targum/Feldheim Israel, 2003 104 pages This powerful, wrenching, and astonishing book is a memoir…

BOOKS

Many Worlds, One Faith

Many Worlds, One Faith By Ivriah Krumbein Levine Shashar Publishing Jerusalem, 2004 366 pages The etymology of the word “sincere”…

REVIEWS

Book Reviews

Nowadays, cooking, baking and all things related to food are quite en vogue. An entire television network is devoted to…

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If God is Good, Why is the World So Bad?

In my Jewish Perspectives on the Experience of Suffering, I wrote that those who place truth over happiness often get…

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Thoughts on Giving A prominent foundation director speaks candidly about raising and giving away money

In the 1920s, a poor Jewish immigrant came to the United States from Greece and amassed a great deal of…

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DNA and Tradition: The Genetic Link to the Ancient Hebrews

Rabbi Yaakov Kleiman has written a brief, clear, wide-ranging and accurate description of the use of DNA analysis to trace…

REVIEWS

Community, Covenant and Commitment: Selected Letters and Communications

This book comprises many letters that span the course of the Rav’s public life. Many pictures of the Rav emerge…

REVIEWS

Community, Covenant and Commitment: Selected Letters and Communications, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik

It is common knowledge that the Brisker method of Talmud study is difficult and complex. The terms “two dinim,” “gavra…

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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

“When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” These words, placed by Sir Arthur Conan…

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