Books
A pro-Israel bookshelf: Top book recommendations by a veteran reviewer
Dedicated readers, I thought, might welcome the chance to learn about books and authors they could have overlooked.
Facing the reality slap: coping when life doesn’t go as planned - opinion
Stories of ghosts, grief and Shabbat gladness win top prizes in Jewish children’s literature
250 years later, Jane Austen lives on at the Jerusalem Cinematheque
From Miami to Beit Shemesh: A doctor’s mission to restore Hebrew pronunciation
Dr. Norman Bloom unveils a clear path to reading Hebrew as it was intended to be spoken, after decades of study.
'A 3,000-Year History of Jews and the Pig': A Hebrew, Talmud, rabbinic expert goes ‘whole hog’
At the beginning of the Second Temple period, in the Persian era of the 4th to 5th centuries BCE, pigs did not have a unique status; other animals were viewed as equally non-kosher.
From golems to Horton to banana menorahs: This year’s Hanukkah kids’ books light up the imagination
Three titles garnered the recommendation of the Association of Jewish Libraries: “Construction Site, Hanukkah Lights,” “Banana Menorah,” and “Lost and Found Hanukkah.”
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A book about Germans who had status, safety and power; and still chose to defy Hitler - review
In September 1943, a group that included aristocrats, a diplomat, a pioneering educator, and an intelligence officer gathered in a Berlin drawing room. Not to gossip, but to defy the Nazi regime.
'Don’t Feed the Lion': Israeli, US journalists collaborate to tackle antisemitism in middle school
CULTURAL AFFAIRS: Keshet 12's Yonit Levi and CNN’s Bianna Golodryga, both respected journalists and Jewish mothers, came together to create a book they wished they found for their own kids.
'Divrei HaLev': A renowned Talmudist rabbi's weekly Torah portion lessons - review
Rabbi Halivni’s magnum opus is 'Mekorot Umesorot' ('Sources and Traditions'), a monumental 10-volume, source-critical commentary on the Talmud in Hebrew.
'The True Power of Speech': Speaking improperly has cosmic consequences - review
It is a book about what happens in the spiritual world when we cross the boundaries of proper speech into the realm of lashon hara.
'Zaidy's Band': Revealing Canada’s contribution to World War II - review
Aron Heller's new book brings into the public arena the little-publicized history of the contribution in World War II of the Canadian Armed Forces, particularly its Jews.
'Moshe Dayan': Shedding analytical light on an Israeli war hero - review
Moshe Dayan: The Making of a Strategist is an outstanding book on multiple levels, offering valuable historical assessments and useful derivative opportunities to learn from Israel’s past.
