The Essence of Education
In his review of Glenn Dynner’s recent book on Polish Hasidism, Jon Kelsen argues that Dynner is engaged in an act of resistance against the prevalent view of interwar Hasidism as a movement in decline.
Book Review: The Devash Jr Book of Shemot
Joshua Ladon reviews the Devash Jr. Book of Shemot.
The New Modern Orthodox Humash At Last?: A Review of the Rabbi Sacks Humash
Yosef Lindell reviews Rabbi Sacks's Humash translation and commentary, and compares it with other translations used in the scope of Modern Orthodoxy.
Book Review: Rav Yehuda Henkin’s Responsa on Contemporary Jewish Women’s Issues (Expanded Edition)
Dena Rock reviews the new book of responsa on women's issues by Rav Yehuda Henkin (z"l).
Tradition for Non-Traditional Jews
Steven Gotlib review's Elliot Cosgrove's "For Such a Time as This: On Being Jewish Today," which urges unity among American Jewry.
Six: The Talmudic Histo-Remix
Rabba Wendy Amsellem reviews Gila Fine's new book, "The Madwoman in the Rabbi's Attic."
Book review – The Yemenite Children Affair: Ethnic Tensions, Immigration, and Public Records in...
The Yemenite Children Affair is among the most persistent myths in Israeli society. Ben Rothke reviews a recent book examining the evidence, or lack thereof, for the affair, as well as what its persistence means for community relations in contemporary Israel.
Divinity and History in the World of Chabad
Chesky Kopel reviews Eli Rubin’s new book Kabbalah and the Rupture of Modernity: An Existential History of Chabad Hasidism.
Moving Beyond the Scope: Translating Rambam/Maimonides
Yaakov Taubes review Vol. 2 of Artscroll’s Kisvei HaRambam.
Hearing the Shepherd from Tekoa
Ethan Schwartz reviews Yitchak Etshalom’s new volume on the prophet Amos, considering ways in which the author succeeds and fails to recreate the divine roar of Amos’ message.
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