“Kosher Nation: Why More and More of America’s Food Answers to a Higher Authority” by Sue Fishkoff (Kindle Edition) In this informative and revealing primer on kosher food, practice, business, and history, Fishkoff delves into the ins and outs of why the kosher industry continues to grow at an astounding rate despite the small number [...]
Maimonides (Jewish Encounters) by Sherwin B. Nuland (Kindle Edition) Maimonides, one of the preeminent personalities of medieval Jewish history, was a jurist, philosopher, expert in Jewish law, physician at the court of Saladin and a respected and dedicated communal leader. Given all that, it’s difficult to understand the decision to present Maimonides’s legacy primarily through [...]
Midrash & Medicine: Healing Body and Soul in the Jewish Interpretive Tradition by William Cutter (Kindle Edition) The Jewish healing movement is an effort to promote the use of Jewish beliefs and traditions among doctors and health care workers. The rabbis and other community workers who founded this movement believed that patients and people facing [...]
“Maimonides: The Life and World of One of Civilization’s Greatest Minds” by Joel L.  Kraemer (Kindle Edition) The first definitive biography of  Moses Maimonides, one of the most influential intellects in all of human history, illuminates his life as a philosopher, physician, and lawgiver. Recalling such bestsellers as David McCullough’s John Adams and Walter Isaacson’s [...]
“Gates of  Mitzvah: A Guide to the Jewish Life Cycle” by Simeon J. Maslin (Kindle Edition) A comprehensive guide to Jewish observance throughout the cycle of life. Included in this volume are sections on birth, childhood, education, marriage, the Jewish home, death and mourning, complete notes and a wide selection of concise essays on related [...]
New Artscroll iBook: “Daily Dose of  Torah, Series 2 – “Volume 11: Weeks of Mattos through Va’eschanan” by Rabbi Yosaif Asher Weiss for people on the go. For people who make their minutes count. For people who want the stimulation of classic Torah sources every single day. Even if you have a regular learning program,  A [...]
New Artscroll iBook: “Daily Dose of  Torah, Series 2 – “Volume 10: Weeks of Pinchas through Korach” by Rabbi Yosaif Asher Weiss for people on the go. For people who make their minutes count. For people who want the stimulation of classic Torah sources every single day. Even if you have a regular learning program,  A [...]
The Transfer Agreement: The Dramatic Story of the Pact Between the Third Reich and Jewish Palestine by Edwin Black (Kindle Edition) The Transfer Agreement is Edwin Black’s compelling, award-winning story of a negotiated arrangement in 1933 between Zionist organizations and the Nazis to transfer some 50,000 Jews, and $100 million of their assets, to Jewish Palestine [...]
“Peace in the Making. The Menachem Begin – Anwar Sadat Personal Correspondence” by Zvi Harry Hurwitz, Yisrael Medad. Here, for the first time, is the complete correspondence between Israel’s Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egypt’s President Anwar el-Sadat as they wrestled with what would become their Nobel Peace Prize–winning accomplishment. The letters, together with transcripts [...]
“Silver from the Land of Israel: A New Light on the Sabbath and Holidays From the Writings of Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaKohen Kook” by Chanan Morrison Because of their poetic and mystical nature, Rav Kook’s writings are dificult even for readers who are fluent in Hebrew and rabbinic texts. Silver from the Land of Israel [...]
“The Wisdom in the Hebrew Alphabet” by Michael L. Munk From the very first Kabbalistic work, through the Talmud, through an impressive array of rabbinic literature, great minds have found the Aleph-Beis to be a gold mine of wisdom and guidance. This fascinating best-seller weaves these golden threads into a glorious tapestry, presenting hundreds of [...]
New Artscroll’s eBook: “Daily Dose of  Torah, Series 2 – “Volume 09: Weeks of Bamidbar through Shelach” by Rabbi Yosaif Asher Weiss for people on the go. For people who make their minutes count. For people who want the stimulation of classic Torah sources every single day. Even if you have a regular learning program,  A [...]
Gold from the Land of Israel – A New Light on the Weekly Torah Portion from the Writings of  Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaKohen Kook (Kindle Edition) Gold from the Land of Israel presents Rav Kook’s thoughts in easy-to-read chapters that are sure to provide inspiring new perspectives on the weekly reading. – Rabbi Ari Enkin [...]
“Tzava’at Harivash - The Testament of Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov“, translator: Jacob Immanuel Schochet Tzava’at Harivash is an anthology of teachings and instructions attributed to the Baal Shem Tov and his successor, R. Dov Ber, the Maggid of  Mezhirech. Tzava’at Harivash is one of the early publications of  Chassidism, but was printed later than the works [...]
Kindle Edition of “The Empty Chair: Finding Hope & Joy – Timeless Wisdom from a Hasidic Master, Rebbe Nachmann of Breslov” (transl. Moshe Mykoff) A treasury of insights and advice for living joyously and spiritually today. A little treasure of aphorisms and advice for living joyously and spiritually today, written 200 years ago, but startlingly [...]
