Book review
'The Arab Case for Israel': Explaining the conflict between Jews and Arabs - review
The Arab Case for Israel is the book that I would recommend above all others for anyone who sincerely wants to understand the entrenched conflict between Jews and Arabs in Israel.
What Bill Clinton, Netanyahu, McDonald’s and Starbucks reveal about crisis leadership
'The Road to October 7': The long centuries of hatred that led to Hamas’s attack - review
'Stay Alive': A personal story of anti-Nazi Germans - review
'Frequencies of Deceit': Propaganda broadcasting in the heyday of the radio age - review
From the previously under-appreciated source of radio broadcasting, Margaret Peacock sheds new light on how and why today’s Middle East has developed.
'The Jewish South': Comfort and discomfort of southern Jewry - review
Most pioneering is her description of the Jews’ participation in the Confederate government and army, pinpointing by name the Jewish “rebels” serving in the army.
'Hostage': Eli Sharabi’s account of his captivity by Hamas - review
Two men grabbed Sharabi and dragged him out barefoot. He yelled to his family, promising to return. A terrorist hit him, causing his glasses to fall to the ground. He was beaten and kicked.
'Living Dangerously': A man's journey to business success and religion - review
Irwin Katsof considers that his “journey has been... connecting to my soul and to the Jewish people and to God so that I’m never really alone, and I can deal with anything that happens…”
Mermaids and a talking donkey: A treasure trove of ‘midrashic’ interpretations - review
Zev T. Gershon's '100 Wonders in the World of Torah' includes entries of little-known stories and oddities.
'Questioning Belief': Torah and tradition today - review
Understanding the Torah in ways that ‘make sense to the modern mind,’ to ‘facilitate a deeper connection with our traditions and our Creator.’
'While Israel Slept': Inside the failures of Oct. 7 - review
The book raises many questions of government and the IDF’s systematic failure on October 7.
'To Be Holy but Human': A look into the life ‘hesder yeshiva’ creator Rabbi Yehuda Amital - review
One of a kind: Rav Amital was that unique and unparalleled leader who lived at a time when he was needed the most.
'Life-Tumbled Shards': A journal on family, loss, and search for self-healing - review
We are all part of the trauma-filled family of Israel struggling to cope with a divine-given destiny beyond our comprehension. Sometimes God says “No.”
'Awakening to Radical Islamist Evil': A record of the Israel-Hamas War - review
Monty Penkower’s book is less of a “what went wrong” analysis and more a log book of entries as to what, mostly, went right, and in some cases, wrong.
