New Jewish Books
Truth and love are the twin foundations upon which all Yiddishkeit rests. There is only one truth the truth of the Creator as He reveals Himself to us. And there is only one love...
Much of what we know about life in the medieval Islamic Middle East comes from texts written to impart religious ideals or to chronicle the movements of great men. How did women participate in...
Bringing an animal into one’s home carries great responsibility. Pets in Halacha addresses: May I own a guinea pig, a boa constrictor, or a pit bull? May I feed a pet basar vechalav, pork, or shemittah produce? Must...
In May 1945, as World War II ended, an all-black U.S. Army truck company, including Lieutenant John L. Withers of Greensboro, North Carolina, rushed emergency supplies to an unknown German town. Long victims of...
Once upon a time in an enormous forest lived a woodcutter and his wife. The woodcutter is very poor and a war rages around them, making it difficult for them to put food on...
The Arab-Israeli conflict constituted a serious problem for the American Left in the 1960s: pro-Palestinian activists hailed the Palestinian struggle against Israel as part of a fundamental restructuring of the global imperialist order, while...
This summary edition is a complete and all encompassing summary of all the laws relating to Sukkos, including The building and Kashrus of the Sukkah, the Mitzvah to dwell in the Sukkah, the Mitzvah...
What do traditional contemporary Jewish sources have to say about… Signing a DNR? Pain and suffering? Artificial nutrition and hydration? Palliative care? Withholding treatment? A Comatose patient? Hazardous procedures to save a life? Morphine...
How an antisemitic legend gave voice to widespread fears surrounding the expansion of private credit in Western capitalism The Promise and Peril of Credit takes an incisive look at pivotal episodes in the West’s centuries-long...
Illustrator: Colleen Madden It’s almost Sukkot, and Micah and his family are heading to Farmer Jared’s pumpkin patch. Micah wants to find the very best pumpkin to decorate his family’s sukkah, but Farmer Jared...
