Jewish Book Reviews

A Review by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times It is a little known fact, but the Midrash tells us that, according...

A Legend of Greatness: The Life and Times of Hacham Haim Yosef David Azoulay, is the first comprehensive, English-language, full-length biography focused exclusively on...

As Sefer Vayikra begins, we bring to the attention of our readers the appearance of a classic sefer, translated into English and now complete...

Calling all harried housewives, hungry husbands, and other stressed-out-from-Pesach-cleaning folk! Here is your chance to get your hands on the first and only book...

There are different types of novels out there. Some are the roller-coaster, spine-tingling ones, the ones with cloak-and-dagger material and guns and spies and...

You don’t have to be a Sephardic Jew to appreciate Yehuda Azoulay’s latest gem—as with all of this noted author’s beautiful works! A Legend...

A groundbreaking new sefer in time for Daf Yomi Eiruvin! Years of research, hundreds of color, computer-generated 3D images, and a knack for accuracy and...

Is it Elul Yet? Sometimes you just feel you need some kind of book or text to put you in the right frame of mind....

THE MALBIM ON IYOV: THE SEARCH FOR FAITH AND MEANING AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE MALBIM’S CLASSIC COMMENTARY ON THE BOOK OF JOB Translated by Herbert...

It’s the sort of book that no one ever wants to need, and that everyone hopes no one else will need- even the author!...

How much would you give for the privilege of getting to know a tzaddik? For the sum of $10 you can become acquainted with...

Danny: “With more than two hours to go before sundown this past Friday, I logged onto the Web. When I glanced up from the screen,...

Set against the backdrop of the early nineteen hundreds, This is America! is a magnificently written, well-researched historical novel. It literally makes you feel as if...

Mommy, Tell Me More is the perfect book for mommies and little ones to cuddle up with together. Each book contains text especially geared to a...

Being stuck in traffic late Friday afternoon. Getting pulled over by a cop. Needing a coffee at a rest stop that does not have...

Get ready for your kids to erupt into gales of giggles with our newest children’s book! Meet the one and only Doda Golda! She...

Divided Attention is a book that has it all—an intriguing, suspenseful, not-your-run-of-the-mill type of plot, realistic characters, fast-paced, entertaining reading, and a satisfying ending...

By: Yochanan Preiser I recently picked up the new book, The Secrets of the Stars, by Rabbi Ari Storch. It offered me an entirely new...

Tefila is one of the cornerstones of our religion. We are privileged to be able to speak with Hakadosh Baruch Hu three times a...

Mention the name “Meir Uri Gottesman” to any avid reader, and chances are you’ll immediately see a gleam come to the person’s eyes. Gottesman?...

Have a teenage girl at home who’s been helping out enormously with Yom Tov and is deserving of a treat? Or are you that...

It’s rare when a manuscript is so gut-wrenching yet simultaneously heartwarming, that it causes editors, proofreaders, and typesetters alike to cry while working on...

“Mommy, look! That girl is in a wheelchair!” As parents, few comments of our kids make us cringe the way announcements such as the above...

Are you looking for the perfect Yom Tov gift? A book is always appreciated! Or do you need some great reading for yourself for...

Over the past seventy years the Jewish nation has seen a truly remarkable development, the multitudes of Jews returning to their roots. Our leaders...

by A. Ben-Chaim  Rabbi Avigdor Miller didn’t just teach Chovos Halevavos. He lived and breathed that classic mussar sefer for decades. Shaar Habechina—the second chapter of...

The Ben Ish Hai: The Life and Times of Hacham Yosef Haim (Israel Bookshop) explores the remarkable life of one of the most extraordinary...

After many years, a brand new volume in the famous Igros Moshe series by Hagon Harav Moshe Feinstein zt"l, has been released. This volume...

Yoni Ploni Never Talks to Strangers is a 32 page illustrated children’s book geared for frum children, researched, written and published by Rabbi Yehoshua...

Dealing with the details of religious ritual observance is not often the subject of public discussion by prominent politicians. Senator Joseph Lieberman, who moves...

Learn, Live Teach: The Story of a Life by Esther Leah Avner Book review by C. B. Gavant  Imagine six seminary girls in Gateshead of the 1950s....

When Kobi Levy, start reporter for one of the largest secular newspapers in Israel, took on the assignment of doing an expose on an...

With her unique style of writing—a rare combination of carefully crafted sentences, depth, and humor—popular Binah and Hamodia columnist Batya Ruddell has found a...

It’s a known fact that many kids need help learning social skills. In fact, it’s quite normal. Kids are not born knowing the appropriate...

Pesach is a Yom Tov especially geared to children. There’s the Mah Nishtanah for them to recite, the afikoman for them to hide, treats...