Reviews
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…
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…
Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski, prominent Chassidic rabbi, psychiatrist and prolific author, packs a powerful punch in his book about…
For Barbara Bensoussan, life has been a journey both inside and outside of the kitchen. As chronicled in her new…
The Internet is only the latest, and probably not the last, of many information upheavals due to technology. An important…
Yeshivat Har Etzion has earned a well-deserved reputation for breaking new ground in Torah commentary. Its new Torah MiEtzion series,…
“Then comes a new stage in life . . .” Miriam Liebermann writes poignantly in her new anthology, To Fill…