The Kosher Bookworm
by Alan Jay Gerber
Issue of August 13, 2010/ 3 Elul 5770
Rav Avraham Yitzchak Kook and Rav Yehudah Amital were destined to serve their people in two successive …
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8/11/10
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The Third of Elul marked the 80th yahrtzeit of the saintly Rav Avraham Yitzchak Kook, zt”l. This week’s tribute — the fourth in a series of four — was written by one of our …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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8/19/15
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He holds a distinguished pulpit in Silver Spring just outside our nation’s capital.
Recognized locally as a poseik (decisor) on Jewish law, Rabbi Moshe Walter provides his most fortunate pulpit at the Woodside Synagogue Ahavat Torah a reliable source of Torah and halacha, both practical and theoretical.
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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2/12/14
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South Shore Rep. Kathleen Rice issued the following statement:
“Last week, I was horrified to learn that a young man from our district, Eli Borochov, was shot in the leg by a sniper while …
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Rep. Kathleen Rice
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11/18/15
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Several high-quality books have recently been published dealing with tefillah, a Jew’s conversation with G-d.
The first book, “From Within the Tent: The Shabbat Prayers” …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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7/27/16
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Reviewed by Alan Jay Gerber
Issue of June 26, 2009 / 4 Tammuz 5769
Let me start by saying that this is a very informal, somewhat irreverent book –– zany at times about subjects that are …
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6/24/09
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Two years ago Rabbi Moshe Sokolow of Yeshiva University penned an essay entitled, “Thanksgiving: A Jewish Holiday After All,” wherein he cited the following historical item that was recently highlighted in an excellent expository essay by Rabbi Meir Soloveitchik of Congregation Shearith Israel entitled, “G-d’s Providence and the United States: A Thanksgiving Reader on Judaism and the American Idea” [Torah To-Go, Nov. 2013, YU ].
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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11/20/13
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Recently the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA), together with Koren Publishers, released a new prayer book titled Siddur Avodat Halev, the third time the RCA has published a siddur under its …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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11/13/18
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Last week’s Kosher Bookworm featured an excerpt from a new book by Rabbi Avi Feiner of Lawrence, “Purim Eternal: Inspiration and Depth” (Mosaica Press, 2019). This week, in an …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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3/20/19
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This week we are focusing on an autobiography of Isaac Sturm, titled Filling in the Pieces: A Survival Story of the Holocaust [Gefen Publishing, 2019], timed to the upcoming observance of the Three …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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7/2/19
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