book review

'Uncovered': Examining Halacha through a female lens

Each of its nine chapters includes source material from biblical verses, Talmudic discussions, and classical and contemporary responsa, in Hebrew/Aramaic and English, presented chronologically. 

Nexus: Analyzing Yuval Noah Harari's take on AI

"The problem, Harari argues, is not necessarily information itself. The problem is perhaps that we have been asking the wrong questions."

By SHLOMO MAITAL
15/12/2024

'This is their song too': A look at Phish and their Jewish fans

The book, clearly written for a very narrow audience of Jewish fans – many have seen several hundred shows – details every possible point of connection between Phish and Judaism.

By HOWARD BLAS
15/12/2024

'Jerusalem That Once Was': An architect's look at the history of Israel's capital

A new book by famed architect and former Jerusalemite David Kroyanker shines a penetrative loving light on the capital’s fading beauty.

08/12/2024
Albert Einstein

What did Einstein think of Zionism, Jewish nationalism?

Volume 17 contains an intriguing expression of Albert Einstein’s strong support for Zionism in the early 1920s.

'This Is Not a Cholent': Stories of Jews from the Middle East and North Africa

"This Is Not a Cholent" contributes to the history and legacy of these refugees and these communities’ cultural and emotional experiences. 

By LEAH MEDIN
30/11/2024

'The October 7 War': A photojournalist’s testimony of horrors and resilience

Ziv Koren’s The October 7 War is heavy to pick up and hard to put down. This is not a classic coffee table photography book but it is of lasting importance.

 JEWS FROM the mountain village of Maswar, in northwest Yemen, in 1902.

'The Lost Orphan Boy': A treacherous journey from Yemen to the Promised Land

Reading The Lost Orphan Boy spotlights the struggles of the Jewish communities in Arab lands, bringing them to the forefront of our national and personal consciousness.

‘WHAT ARE the effects, in Israel, in the US, and the rest of the world, of the perceived opinions of

'Tikkun Ha'am': Is there a future for Liberal Judaism in America?

You will have to be ready to be provoked a little bit (or a lot) and to think more creatively than you usually do about the condition of non-Orthodox Jews in America in our time.

By RON KRONISH
24/10/2024

'One Day in October': Dramatic stories of heroism from Oct. 7 massacre

Some stories in One Day in October feel almost cinematic in their tales of dramatic heroism and last-minute, miraculous turnarounds rivaling Hollywood movies.

By SARAH RINDNER BLUM
14/10/2024
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