Angels at the Table: A Practical Guide to Celebrating Shabbat By Yvette Alt Miller Continuum New York, 2011 367 pp. + vii Reviewed by Hillel Goldberg After I read Abraham Joshua Heschel’s beautifully… Read more

The Elephant in the Room: Torah, Wisdom & Inspiration for Life By Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman Mosaica Press, Inc., 2012 185 pages Reviewed by Yael Wedeck I’m finding it harder to be inspired in my… Read more

The Best Is Yet to Be: Women Share Their Midlife Challenges and Triumphs Edited By Miriam Lieberman Targum Press Brooklyn, 2011 447 pages Reviewed by Sarah Shapiro It has often been said that people… Read more

Morality for Muggles: Ethics in the Bible and the World of Harry Potter By Rabbi Moshe Rosenberg Ktav Publishing House New Jersey, 2011 128 pages Reviewed by Jack Abramowitz A number of years ago,… Read more

By Shira Smiles Feldheim Publishers Jerusalem, 2010 224 pages Reviewed by Holly Pavlov Shira Smiles is a well-known name in Jewish education, and has been one for many years. Torah Tapestries, her… Read more

Vision and Valor: An Illustrated History of the Talmud By Berel Wein Maggid Books Jerusalem, 2010 255 pages + xiv     The Oral Law of Sinai: An Illustrated History of the Mishnah By Berel… Read more

The former Israeli prime minister, Levi Eshkol, was very busy and tried to avoid meeting an American philanthropist, but couldn’t. As the gentleman entered, Eshkol said, “Look, you’re busy, I’m busy.… Read more

Seasons of the Moon By Yaakov Asher Sinclair Focus Publishing Auerbach Edtion Brooklyn, New York, 2008 167 pages Reviewed by Judy Belsky Readers familiar with Rabbi Yaakov Sinclair’s Torah essays will… Read more

Rashi By Elie Wiesel Random House Books New York, 2007 90 pages Reviewed by Avigdor Bonchek When I saw that noted Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel recently wrote a book on Rashi… Read more

Religious Compulsions and Fears By Avigdor Bonchek Feldheim Publishers Jerusalem, 2009 198 pages Reviewed by Rivkah Rabinowitz It is often difficult to distinguish between “normal” meticulousness and… Read more