To Tell the Truth or Not: A Talmudic Perspective – Reform Judaism.org Learning from Our Stories by Joanne Palmer – The Jewish Standard JWeekly Best Jewish Books of 2018 Video/Podcast Interview with Yeshiva University’s Daniel Rynhold The Forward: Why We Should Teach Our Children Talmud Folktales by Ilana Kurshan The Jewish Link of New Jersey: […]
Michael Carasik completes final volume of famed Commentators’ Bible
How was this project born, and what was it like to live with it for the past 17 years? The project got started more than a year before it was “born.” My wife (a physical therapist and physical anthropologist) got a National Science Foundation grant to spend July 2000 at the University of Alabama and […]
Reviews of ‘Turning Points in Jewish History’
Starred Review by Kirkus Jewish Book Council Review by Stu Halpern Reading Religion, March 2019, Marie Nuar
Rabbi Elliot Dorff on the Joys & Challenges of Conservative Judaism
What do you hope people will learn about Conservative Judaism through this book? I have dedicated this book “with deep appreciation for the people and institutions of the Conservative movement, who have gifted me with a form of Judaism that is totally honest and intellectually challenging while also being vibrant, joyful, caring, morally sensitizing, and […]
Love Song in Four Voices
The Jewish Standard http://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/love-song-in-four-voices/
Book Reviews – The Rashi Discussion Guide
The Atlanta Jewish Times The Jewish Action
Book reviews – Path of the Prophets
Ponderings on a Faith Journey The Jewish Standard http://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/character-matters-the-prophets-say/ http://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/martin-luther-king-jr-and-the-hebrew-prophets-a-50th-anniversary-appreciation/ ReformJudaism.org Jewish Book Council The Bible Today
Book Reviews – The Zionist Ideas
The Algemeiner Journal : Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life The Most Interesting Jews of 5779 – The Jerusalem Post Bridge Building Between Israeli and American Jews is Underway Jewish Review of Books https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/articles/3094/books-to-celebrate-israel-at-70/?utm_source=Jewish+Review+of+Books&utm_campaign=fc373e13c2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_538f7810ff-fc373e13c2-184185689 Jerusalem Post Commentary https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/continuing-promise-american-zionism/ Hadassah Magazine ‘The Zionist Ideas’ Reclaims Women’s Voices Hadassah Zionism Shaped American Zionism JTA Israel […]
Gil Troy Ignites a New Zionist Conversation
Updating Arthur Hertzberg’s classic was a monumental task. How did you approach this challenge? Humbly and naively. I knew I had huge shoes to fill – Hertzberg’s book was the Zionist Bible for me and for generations of Israel-lovers before me and after me. Still, I thought many more texts would be easily available on line, […]
Excerpt from The Zionist Ideas
The Zionist Ideas excerpt
