In era of social acrimony, the Rebbe’s words and wisdom provide insight into bridging...
Chabad may be synonymous with Jewish outreach, but once a year, for three days, the movement reaches in.
The International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries (Kinus Hashluchim) usually draws as many as 6,000 rabbis and lay...
Book Details 200 Places Around the World of Jewish Interest
The Complete Jewish Pilgrim is Howard Kramer’s fourth book in the Complete Pilgrim series. Kramer, a peripatetic, created the series by touring nearly thirty countries, forty American cities, and taking hundreds of pictures of the...
The Polish Spy Who Reported on Auschwitz from the Inside
Witold Pilecki, a member of the Polish resistance, learned of a new camp established by the German Nazis in the Polish city of Oswiecim, toward what end no one knew yet. He volunteered to...
Humorous Stories for the December Holidays
This is a collection of 20 short stories about the upcoming December holidays. Three of the stories have distinctly Jewish angles, whereas others either are Christmas oriented or so general they might be told...
Refugee from Hitler Promoted Zionism in Britain and U.S.
This memoir combines journal entries of Zionist fundraiser Irma Ehrlich with the research and narrative of her granddaughter, Catherine Ehrlich, to tell the story of a strong-willed woman who migrated to England, and later...
Jewish Infighting Contributed to Fall of Jerusalem in 70 CE
Intrigue, maneuvering, scheming, plotting, and murder highlight the years from Herod’s reign to the Jewish rebellion against Rome, beginning in 66. Herod, the Great, acting more like the King of the Jews than a...
‘Nevergreen’: A Satiric Commentary on Contemporary College ‘Values’
Following a chance meeting aboard an airplane, a doctor simply identified as “J.” is invited to give a lecture at Nevergreen College, which was built on an island that formerly housed an insane asylum. ...
A Jewish Perspective on the Pandemic
Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel, spiritual leader of Temple Beth Shalom in Chula Vista, has created a pearl of a book that I highly recommend. It is a fascinating, encompassing, very erudite and broad in...
‘A Boy in Winter’ Brings Privation, Fear, Horror of Holocaust Graphically to Life
A Boy in Winter appears initially to be an firsthand account, told from the viewpoints of the various individuals involved – both directly and indirectly – in the roundup and murder of the Jews of...
Young Adult Novel Deals With Miscegenation, Dysgraphia, Antisemitism
This is a story for Young Adults set in the turbulent 1960s, shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously struck down anti-miscegenation laws in 16 states via its decision in Loving v. Virginia.
Leah, a recent...