The Kosher Bookworm
by Alan Jay Gerber
Issue of March 12, 2010/ 26 Adar 5770 As we come upon the shloshim (30 days) of the passing of Rabbi Dr. Bernard Lander, I would like to bring to your …
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3/10/10
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The Kosher Bookworm
by Alan Jay Gerber
Issue of February 26, 2010/ 12 Adar 5770 The signature ritual of Purim is the reading of the Book of Esther that details the events that led to the …
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2/24/10
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The Kosher Bookworm
By Alan Jay Gerber
Issue of February 19, 2010/ 6 Adar 5770 With the joyous holiday of Purim just one short week away, our annual commemoration of the events described in …
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2/17/10
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The Kosher Bookworm
By Alan Jay Gerber
Issue of February 12, 2010/ 28 Shvat 5770 There is no shortage of topical Jewish articles on various subjects; high-quality articles are another story. …
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2/10/10
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Kosher Bookworm
By Alan Jay Gerber
February 5, 2010/ 21 Shvat 5770
I had always assumed that learning long and hard was a virtue, and that looking for the short and easy way out was a …
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2/3/10
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The Kosher Bookworm
by Alan Jay Gerber
Issue of January 29, 2010/ 14 Shvat 5770
At over 1,000 pages, “A Lethal Obsession: Anti-Semitism from Antiquity to the Global Jihad” [Random …
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1/28/10
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The Kosher Bookworm
by Alan Jay Gerber
Issue of January 22, 2010/ 7 Shvat 5770 As in past years, a number of high quality new commentaries and translations are newly available on the Book of …
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1/20/10
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The Kosher Bookworm
by Alan Jay Gerber
Issue of January 15, 2010/ 29 Tevet 5770
Last Wednesday, January 6th was the 806th yahrtzeit of the Rambam [Maimonides]. Some scholarly …
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1/13/10
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A review of “1492: The Year the World Began”
by Alan Jay Gerber
Issue of January 1, 2010/ 15 Tevet 5770
It is not unusual for a book’s title to include a year. 1776 and 1912 are …
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12/30/09
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A review of relevant literature for the Fast of the Tenth of Tevet
Reviewed by Alan Jay Gerber
Issue of Dec. 25, 2009 / 8 Tevet 5770
According to several essays that I recently read by the …
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12/22/09
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