Posts Tagged: Jack Riemer
New Biography of Philanthropist Fails to Ask Key Jewish Questions
JNS.org - Professor Hasia Diner has a well-earned reputation as an insightful historian. But in her new book, Julius Rosenwald: Repairing the World, she seems to...
New Commentary on Book of Ruth a Refreshing Approach to Bible Study
JNS.org - The megillah (scroll) of Ruth, read annually on the second day of the Shavuot holiday, is nothing new to synagogue-goers. But a...
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...
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...
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...
