Unhappy Families: Elhanan Nir’s Rak Shnenu
The Agnon scholar, Jeffrey Saks, sees some Agnonian work in modern Israeli literature.
A New Book Brings Hebrew Language and Liturgy to Life
Daniel A. Klein reviews a new book on Hebrew by Mitchell First.
A Halakhic Guide to Dealing with Mental Illness
Meir Ekstein review Yonatan Rosensweig’s recently translated book on mental Health and Halakhah.
Book Review: Haroset: A Taste of Jewish History by Susan Weingarten
Yakov Ellenbogen reviews Susan Weingarten's Haroset: A Taste of Jewish History.
Animating the Dialogue – A Review of Yeshiva Days: Learning on the Lower East...
Sima Fried reviews Jonathan Boyarin’s Yeshiva Days, illuminating the challenges of examining a community as both an insider and an outsider.
Judaism and Christianity: A Star-Crossed Affair?
Steven Gotlib reviews Eugene Korn’s book on the future of Jewish-Christian relations.
“Doctor, I Need My Rabbi”: How can Halakhah be Practical in Medical Ethics?
Zackary Sholem Berger Reviews Rabbi Jason Weiner's Jewish Guide to Practical Medical Decision Making.
“Of Persons and Peoples” – A Review of Gleanings: Reflections on Ruth
David Bashevkin reviews Gleanings: Reflections on Ruth.
Seinfeld at Your Seder
Esther Lindell reviews “The Haggadah about Nothing,” Rabbi Sam Reinstein’s not-too-serious exploration of how the Haggadah relates to Seinfeld, the ever-popular 90s sitcom.
Book review of For Women and Girls Only: Reshaping Jewish Orthodoxy through the Arts...
In his review of Jessica Roda's For Women and Girls Only: Reshaping Jewish Orthodoxy through the Arts in the Digital Age, Ben Rothke considers the ways Orthodox women have dealt with halachic obstacles a claim a space for themselves as performers using new and social media.
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