Jewish Book Reviews

It all began when Rabbi Aron Rabin, talented and popular youth group director in Miami Beach, FL, realized that he had a problem...

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?...

Some books just have the ability to speak to you. They get you to think, to reflect on a certain message, and even to...

The Jewish book market being what it is today, baruch Hashem, there is a plethora of reading material out there for adults, and so...

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....

By Bracha Goykadosh (Reviewed by Chaim Schwarz) Choosing books that are both appropriate and entertaining for young adults can be a delicate task. Literature that is...

By BrachaGoykadosh On Friday night, I began reading Chaya Sara Schlussel’sThe Punch Line, expecting to smile.  The cover after all, promised that Schlussel’s collection of...

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

Reviewed by Chaim Schwarz Dusty, hot and antiquated, Haret-al-Yahud, the Jewish Quarter of Damascus, Syria, has been a haven for Jews since their expulsion from...

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,...

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!...

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...

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...

It’s the classic case: You had a flight to catch for an extremely important visit or appointment somewhere, and you were running late—and missed...

Forever with Me is a moving memoir depicting the searing pain of a teenager who watches her mother suffer from a terminal illness and...

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...

You want to buy a can of soda, but all the customers in the supermarket checkout line have full carts. May you cut the...

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...

Excerpted from A Time to Laugh, A Time to Listen by Rabbi Yehoshua Kurland, a novel collection of over forty original and inspirational articles,...

“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...

How My Daughter's Short Life Changed Mine By Seth Clyman 126 pp. (Reviewed by Yonina Hall) They say that good things come in small packages. A hundred-page book...

She couldn’t understand what was happening to her. She had just given birth to a healthy baby, and everything was doing great. She had...

‘’READING REVIEWS’’ Mrs. Ruchie Schwartz  ‘The foundation of all righteousness and the root of the perfect service of Hashem is that a person should clearly know...

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...

When Rachel Stein, popular children’s author and Yated columnist, began learning bei’ur tefillah in depth with a friend, she marveled at the layers of...

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

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...

An interview with Chava Goldman, author of “How to Succeed on Any Diet: A Jewish and Friendly Guide to Dieting and Exercise”, (distributed in the...

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...

Political cartoonist Yony needs no introduction. His illustrations have enhanced thousands of pages of books, newspapers, and magazines for years. And when you have...

Bitachon. Complete trust in Hashem. That much-desired trait that we all yearn to have. It is the key to shalom bayis, parnassah, and to...

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...

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...

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...