Jack Riemer / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Jack Riemer / JNS.org
Jewish Renewal Movement Founder’s Insights Form a New Guide for Senior Living
JNS.org - Sara Davidson's The December Project is a new book that should be read by all senior citizens, and by those who hope...
An Honest Evaluation of Zionist Pioneer Ze’ev Jabotinsky (REVIEW)
JNS.org - I confess that I came to Hillel Halkin's "Jabotinsky: A Life" with some suspicion. First, Daniel Gordis wrote a book about former...
The Path of the Righteous (REVIEW)
JNS.org - There are lots of biographies of famous people lining the shelves of bookstores. There are movie stars who hire press agents, whose...
Abraham Joshua Heschel’s Insights Elucidated for a New Generation (REVIEW)
JNS.org - Abraham Joshua Heschel: The Call of Transcendence, by Shai Held. (Indiana University Press, 2013. 332 pages. $30.) Whenever a new book on the...
Modern Orthodox Women Struggle With Traditions and Modernity (REVIEW)
JNS.org - Rabbi Norman Lamm once said that when modernity fights with the liberal movements in Judaism, it is not a fair fight because...
Book: American Jews Are Endangered Species
JNS.org - Let the general reader be warned: Shaul Magid's new book, "American Post-Judaism," is not easy to read. The writing is dense, and the...
New Take on Prophet Jeremiah Shows How Bible Ought to Be Read
JNS.org - This is the way the Bible ought to be read. In graduate schools and in theological seminaries, the Bible is usually read by...
Reimagining and Rewriting the Binding of Isaac
JNS.org - There are only 19 verses in the story of the Binding of Isaac, which we read in synagogue each Rosh Hashanah, but there...