Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z”l passed away last week
He served as the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth from 1991 to 2013. On this site I posted at least four of his books: two from his series on...
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The Locket: A historical romance by Rita Delude
Editor: Samantha Talarico Vanessa Minkle and Simon Rosenstein meet and fall in love in the Warsaw Ghetto. Eventually, like so many others, they are shipped to Birkenau to work or die. He promises that...
Not A Partnership: Why We Keep Getting Marriage Wrong & How We Can Get It Right
Authors: Tod Jacobs MS and Peter Lynn MAPP A new book on marriage that combines Judaism and Positive Psychology. What is a great marriage? What does a healthy marriage even look like? If we...
Facebook and Twitter Anniversaries of JewishBookWorld.org and Instagram milestone
I had set up the Facebook page (facebook.com/JewishBookWorld) and Twitter account (Twitter.com/JewishBookWorld) for this page exatly 7 years ago, on November 11, 2013. It is a good time to pause for a second and...
Miracles and Menorahs by Stacey Agdern
Sarah Goldman loves Hanukkah, and she’s thrilled to be appointed as vice chair of the Hollowville Hanukkah Festival. So when the festival is threatened with cancellation, she comes up with an idea: a new...
The Crown and the Courts: Separation of Powers in the Early Jewish Imagination by David C. Flatto
A scholar of law and religion uncovers a surprising origin story behind the idea of the separation of powers. The separation of powers is a bedrock of modern constitutionalism, but striking antecedents were developed...
When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father’s War and What Remains by Ariana Neumann
In this remarkably moving memoir Ariana Neumann dives into the secrets of her father’s past: years spent hiding in plain sight in war-torn Berlin, the annihilation of dozens of family members in the Holocaust, and...
The Piano Student by Lea Singer
Translator: Elisabeth Lauffer The Piano Student centers on an affair between one of the 20th century’s most celebrated pianists, Vladimir Horowitz, and his young male student, Nico Kaufmann, in the late 1930s. As Europe hurtles...
The Longer, Shorter Path by Moshe Bogie Ya’alon
Few Israelis are as deserving of the title “Mr. Security” as Moshe “Bogie” Ya’alon. His history of military and political leadership speaks for itself. A unique voice on the Israeli political scene, Ya’alon holds...
Cain v. Abel: A Jewish Courtroom Drama by Dan Ornstein
Enter the packed courtroom and take your seat as a juror on the Cain v. Abel trial. Soon, the prosecution and defense attorneys (angels from Jewish legend) will call Cain, Abel, Sin, Adam, Eve, and God...
