Ma Nishtanah- How is Path of the Prophets different from all other books on the prophets? I would like to think that this is the first book to make the often challenging message of the prophets truly accessible to teens and adults. I try to accomplish this by melding biography and theology- zeroing in on one crucial […]
Why did you choose to write a book about the Rashi Commentary instead of other commentators? Rashi is regarded as the biblical commentator par excellence. For over 900 years, his commentary has served as an indispensable companion for studying the Torah, providing both the scholar and beginner with the key to unlock the Torah’s text. […]
Rabbi Held quoted in this Forward piece by Jane Eisner: http://forward.com/opinion/386768/how-do-we-be-jewish-after-a-year-of-trumps-America/ Rabbi Held included in the “Forward 50,” including a mention of the book: http://forward.com/series/forward-50/2017/shai-held/ Parabola excerpt listed in new issue’s TOC, ://parabola.org/current-issue/ Christian Century excerpt: https://www.christiancentury.org/article/critical-essay/babel-story-about-dangers-uniformity Review on Jewschool (https://jewschool.com/2017/10/80422/learned-jew-two-easy-steps/) Mention in Jane Eisner’s “The Happiest Day of My Life” in print issue of Forward magazine (online […]
Enjoy your JPS Tanakh audio. When you download the Tanakh, you will see 10 parts in your library. Each download part is divided into chapters. These chapters are not identical to the chapters of the Bible, so we have created a guide below to help you better navigate. If you would like to listen to […]
Q. What inspired you to write about chanting the Hebrew Bible? A. I’ve been chanting Torah since I was a teenager. I thought I understood the system of Torah chant until about 25 years ago, when a friend from my synagogue introduced me to the teachings of Michael Pearlman, an Israeli educator who had devised […]
Q. How did these two volumes of essays come to be? What led to you deciding to publish them? A. The essays that comprise The Heart of Torah began as a series of emails to an ever-growing list of subscribers. From the beginning, what was so striking to me was the sheer diversity of who […]
Listen to an interview with Rabbi Jeff Salkin about ‘The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary’
Read the article by Tammy Mark. “The people who did these things – these heroes- were people we can identify with, that did it for the simple reason that it had to be done.”
Read a review by Stu Halpern of Jewish Book Council. “His work is certain to inspire readers to seek further study of the Bible.”
Mordecai Paldiel, author of “Saying One’s One: Jewish Rescuers During the Holocaust,” published by JPS, in conversation with Lawrence Bush, of Jewish Currents, at Congregation Emanuel in Kingston, NY, May 31, 2017
