Books

JEWISH LAW

Review of Kanfei Yonah (Hebrew)

Rabbi Reiss offers readers a new means for exploring and understanding areas of practical halachah.

REVIEWS

Review of The Legends of Rabbah Bar Bar Hannah with the Commentary of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Hakohen Kook

As a Kookian scholar, Naor has invaluable insights into Rav Kook’s thoughts, writings and process.

REVIEWS

Review of Orchos Chaim: Ben Torah for Life

Ben Torah for Life is an essential resource for young men devoted to a Torah life and ready to engage…

REVIEWS

The Vale of Tears

This book moved me for the values that Rav Hirschprung embodied even while literally hovering between life and death.

BOOKS

Great Summer Reads

"I picked up the book, all 550-or-so pages of it, settled into an overstuffed sofa in my host’s living room,…

BOOKS

Raising a Generation of Readers

How does the Jewish community raise a generation of readers?

REVIEWS

Review of On My Own . . . But Not Alone: Practical Advice and Personal Stories

Acute loneliness, invisibility, lack of a definite role in a family-centric faith, socializing in a community of couples, invitations and…

REVIEWS

Review of Sarah Schenirer and the Bais Yaakov Movement: A Revolution in the Name of Tradition

What is a Bais Yaakov girl?,” a friend asked as we discussed Sarah Schenirer, the founder of the girls’ school…

REVIEWS

Review of Koren Tanakh of the Land of Israel: Exodus

There is precedent to read Sefer Shemot as a guide to returning to the Land. The nineteenth-century commentaries, the Netziv,…

REVIEWS IN BRIEF

Reviews in Brief – Summer 2020

Rather than claiming to be history, this book openly reports stories that reflect the worldviews of the speakers. These are…

KASHRUT

Review of Wine, Whisky and Halachah

With the upcoming obligation to drink the Four Cups at the Seder, the OU Kosher hotline is generally inundated with…

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