book review

'When the Stones Speak': Biblical archaeology in the City of David

Irrefutable archaeological evidence of Jewish history in Jerusalem annuls UNESCO’s 2016 ruling.

'Conceived in Hope': The stories of biblical women and motherhood

'Conceived in Hope' highlights the stories of biblical women and their relationship to mothering.

'The Hamas Intelligence War against Israel': Do terrorists read the 'Post'?

The book aims “to describe and analyze the evolution of Hamas’s intelligence warfare,” and does so admirably.

By COLIN SHINDLER
11/05/2025

'Yoko: A Biography': Have we underestimated Yoko Ono all along?

As more of her albums have been released and the number of art exhibitions has mounted, however, Ono has increasingly been recognized for what one critic called “the breadth, charm, and brilliance."

By GLENN C. ALTSCHULER
10/05/2025

'Extreme Trauma': Analyzing the horrors and heroism of October 7

In the hands of the right readers, Extreme Trauma can help ensure that the truth of what happened on Oct. 7 is neither distorted nor forgotten.

'On Democracies and Death Cults': Douglas Murray lauds Israel’s youth

On Democracies and Death Cults sets out Douglas Murray’s clear-eyed, reasoned, and deeply researched view of the pogrom committed by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023

'Sons and Daughters': The last great Yiddish novel now available in English

An English translation by Rose Waldman of Chaim Grade’s final, unfinished work has been published.

By GLENN C. ALTSCHULER
27/04/2025

'The Right to Happiness': Moving fiction about Holocaust survivors

While they are firmly grounded in the hearts and souls of the survivors and their families, these tales tell a universal story of love and loss that will appeal to any reader.

'Rabbinic Scholarship': How the Talmud Yerushalmi was made

This book is a deeply scholarly and ambitious work that sheds new light on the Talmud Yerushalmi and its place within the intellectual world of late antiquity.

By RABBI REUVEN CHAIM KLEIN
22/04/2025

'The Defeat of Evil': A warning for constant vigilance against a resurgent evil within

The Defeat of Evil ends with this somber warning: “Even in victory, we must remember: No triumph is ever complete or permanent. Safeguarding our values demands constant vigilance.”

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