Book Reviews
‘Catch the Jew!’ Replete With Diverse People in an Ideological Minefield
JNS.org - Alan Dershowitz is fond of pointing out that, were a Martian to land in the middle of the United Nations, he...
In ‘America in Retreat,’ a Real-Life Risk Board
JNS.org - "Risk: The Game of Strategic Conquest," the classic Parker Brothers board game, requires imperial ambitions. Players imagine empires and are pitted against each other, vying for world domination. Amid this fictional world...
When Torah Teaches Life and Life Teaches Torah (REVIEW)
JNS.org - Rabbi Gordon Tucker spent the first 20 years of his career teaching at the Conservative movement's Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) and the next 20 years as the rabbi of Temple Israel Center in...
Examining America’s First Foray into the Middle East (REVIEW)
At the turn of the 21st century through today, American involvement in Middle Eastern politics runs through the Central Intelligence Agency. In America's Great Game: The CIA's Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle...
Biography Sheds New Light on David Ben-Gurion’s Place in Jewish History
JNS.org - There is one sentence in "Ben-Gurion: Father of Modern Israel" that made me...
How a Jewish Leader With 3 Months to Live Created a ‘Seminar’ on Life
JNS.org - What would you do if you found out that you had only...
An Inside Look at the Hasidim (REVIEW)
The sight of young girls in pinafores and young boys wearing peyos - sidelocks -...
Surviving the Holocaust by Hiding Their Faith (REVIEW)
"Jews Out!" was just the name of a child's game that three little girls played...
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...
‘Catch the Jew!’ Replete With Diverse People in an Ideological Minefield
JNS.org - Alan Dershowitz is fond of pointing out that, were a Martian to land in the middle of the United Nations, he would...
In ‘America in Retreat,’ a Real-Life Risk Board
JNS.org - "Risk: The Game of Strategic Conquest," the classic Parker Brothers board game, requires imperial ambitions. Players imagine empires and are pitted against...
When Torah Teaches Life and Life Teaches Torah (REVIEW)
JNS.org - Rabbi Gordon Tucker spent the first 20 years of his career teaching at the Conservative movement's Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) and the next...
Examining America’s First Foray into the Middle East (REVIEW)
At the turn of the 21st century through today, American involvement in Middle Eastern politics runs through the Central Intelligence Agency. In America's Great Game: The...
Biography Sheds New Light on David Ben-Gurion’s Place in Jewish History
JNS.org - There is one sentence in "Ben-Gurion: Father of Modern Israel" that made me sit up in surprise. I thought that I knew the...
How a Jewish Leader With 3 Months to Live Created a ‘Seminar’ on Life
JNS.org - What would you do if you found out that you had only three more months to live? Gordon Zacks was a successful businessman,...
An Inside Look at the Hasidim (REVIEW)
The sight of young girls in pinafores and young boys wearing peyos - sidelocks - dangling over their ears is a sure sign that you...
Surviving the Holocaust by Hiding Their Faith (REVIEW)
"Jews Out!" was just the name of a child's game that three little girls played in World War II Europe. But all is not...
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...
Why the Holocaust Occurred in Germany, and Why So Few Resisted (REVIEW)
It's hard to make a new contribution to the field of Holocaust studies, but German historian Götz Aly accomplishes just that in Why the Germans,...
A Holistic Look at the Rebbe’s Life and Career (REVIEW)
Did you know that in the entire Bible, only one birthday is mentioned and it is that of Pharaoh? And did you know that according...
‘Some of My Best Friends’ is a Treatise on Modern Day Anti-Semitism (REVIEW)
Ben Cohen's new book, "Some of My Best Friends, A Journey Through Twenty-First Century Anti-Semitism," is a collection and analysis of previously published essays,...
A Human Portrait of the Rebbe (REVIEW)
Turning Judaism Outward: A biography of the Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, by Chaim Miller (New York: Kol Menachem Press, 2014). For the benefit of the uninitiated,...
Rabbis Write Up the Rebbe (INTERVIEW)
Two well-known contemporary rabbis. Two prolific authors. Two personal journeys. One Rebbe. Rabbis Joseph Telushkin and Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz have come out with new volumes on...
