book review

'Tunnel of Hope': The story of the Holocaust's biggest escape

Dr. Betty Brodsky Cohen, the daughter of Fanya Dunetz Brodsky, an escapee from the Novogrudok labor camp, has given names and faces to most who have no other memorial.

By YEHUDIT COLLINS
25/08/2024

'The Israel Test': Making the case for Judaism's 'culture of mind'

“The source of antisemitism,” George Gilder believes, “is Jewish superiority and excellence.”

 Daniel Pipes on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

'Israel Victory': Daniel Pipes talks what Israel should do next

Israel Victory is a no-holds-barred, clear-sighted analysis of the historic predicament facing Israel, which leads, inexorably, to what seems an obvious conclusion

 PORTRAIT OF Peter Himmelman.

'Suspended By No String': Peter Himmelman talks his soul-searching journey

The Magazine caught up with Peter Himmelman for an email interview recently from Seattle, where he and his wife were welcoming a new grandchild to their growing clan.

24/08/2024

'Amazons and Other Stories': 3 women in NYC act as moral avengers

The reader is left wondering how the first-person hero of the book got to America. Did his grandparents take him there? Did they raise him? And if so, why is he so secretive about this?

'Careful, Beauties Ahead!': Internal strife threatens Israel's success

Tuvia Tenenbom is a Zionist but, he says, "The Haredim are my family, whether I want it or not."

By HAROLD GOLDMEIER
11/08/2024

'Frayed': Looking at what is dividing the National Religious community

This book is a very detailed look at very specific topics – a specific one of the four tribes of Israel, and specific disputes that have created a potential schism.

By LARRY M. GOLDSTEIN
11/08/2024

The BBC: The story of the world’s leading broadcaster

The BBC is still grappling with its failure to live up fully to its aspiration of achieving genuine impartiality in issues of major importance.

'Weapons of Mass Deterrence': A look at Israel's capabilities as a nuclear power

Author Dan Sagir believes that a careful reading of how Israel’s capabilities have been integrated into the country’s general deterrence strategy can help plan for dealing with Iran.

23/07/2024
 Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff

'Ethics at the Center': Jewish ethics and its relevance for our time

This is a highly relevant book for our time, for scholars and laypersons alike, who are concerned with leading a moral life as people and as peoples.

By RON KRONISH
19/07/2024
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