With Shabbos Shekalim and Adar II approaching, our minds, hearts and, yes, our pocketbooks are once again focused upon the most joyous of holidays, Purim.
In the winter holidays volume of his …
more
By Alan Jay Gerber
|
2/21/24
|
On a visit to Yad Vashem 10 years ago, Mitch Albom, the sports journalist turned inspirational book author, was struck by a story that emerged from one of the video displays. …
more
By Ellen Braunstein
|
2/14/24
|
As we enter Adar I, with Purim five weeks away, I’m pleased to present excerpts from an online interview with Dr. Erica Brown, author of “Esther: Power, Fate, and Fragility in …
more
By Alan Jay Gerber
|
2/14/24
|
Throughout history, heads of state have served as the personification of their people and their civilizations. For some, their legacy was to be one of cruelty, for others of plunder and ruin.
…
more
By Alan Jay Gerber
|
2/7/24
|
In an essay titled “Double Adar,” Rabbi Berel Wein writes that “there is an underlying value that the month of Adar possesses that no other month in the Jewish calendar can lay …
more
By Alan Jay Gerber
|
1/31/24
|
Next Thursday, Jan. 25, in the midst of winter, we celebrate Tu B’Shvat, the beginning of spring — albeit a spiritual spring — on the Jewish calendar.
This week I will present …
more
By Alan Jay Gerber
|
1/17/24
|
At over 1,000 pages, “A Lethal Obsession: Anti-Semitism from Antiquity to the Global Jihad” (Random House, 2010) does not lend itself to a quick read. Nevertheless, due to this large …
more
By Alan Jay Gerber
|
1/10/24
|
Rabbi Berel Wein, in his introduction to a translation of the Kli Yakar by his friend, Elihu Levine, said in regard to the art of translation: “To be truly faithful to the original, the …
more
By Alan Jay Gerber
|
1/4/24
|
It is not unusual for a book’s title to include a year. 1776 and 1912 are among my favorites. They resonate deep meaning and so does the year 1492.
“1492,” subtitled …
more
By Alan Jay Gerber
|
12/27/23
|
By Alan Jay Gerber
|
12/13/23
|