After many years, a brand new volume in the famous Igros Moshe series by Hagon Harav Moshe Feinstein zt”l, has been released. This volume includes responsa on all four chalakim of Shulchan Aruch, as well as a section on Kodashim and Taharos, and NEW to this series, a section of “Igros Hashkafah”. An important addition [...]

Yoni Ploni Never Talks to Strangers is a 32 page illustrated children’s book geared for frum children, researched, written and published by Rabbi Yehoshua Danese, and illustrated by Yaakov Gerber, both of whom are fathers of growing families living in the Midwood section of Brooklyn. Strangers, stalkers, molesters, groomers, or worse, use known plots and ploys [...]

Dealing with the details of religious ritual observance is not often the subject of public discussion by prominent politicians. Senator Joseph Lieberman, who moves confidently in the highest echelons of political office, has maintained his observance of the Jewish Sabbath throughout his years in government. The Gift of Rest: Rediscovering the Beauty of the Sabbath, [...]

Learn, Live Teach: The Story of a Life by Esther Leah Avner Book review by C. B. Gavant  Imagine six seminary girls in Gateshead of the 1950s. It is the night of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and they want to celebrate. Off they go to the recently opened kosher café in Newcastle for a cup of [...]

When Kobi Levy, start reporter for one of the largest secular newspapers in Israel, took on the assignment of doing an expose on an Arachim seminar—from a virulently anti-Chareidi viewpoint—little did he realize what was truly in store for him… The Reporter, by Kobi Levy, is not your typical “baal teshuvah story” book. Firstly, the way [...]

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 place in the hearts of all those who have a love for the written word. Up until now, Batya’s writings were mainly short stories, interviews, essays, and poems. This past month, [...]

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 ways to behave around others, and oftentimes they have a hard time picking up the social cues as they grow older, too. As with any skill that we don’t expect our [...]

Pesach is a Yom Tov especially geared to children. There’s the Mah Nishtanah for them to recite, the afikoman for them to hide, treats for them to receive at the Seder in order to keep them up … and The Story of Pesach children’s haggadah for them to enjoy.   Written by Sarah Leon, The Story of [...]

The Jewish book market being what it is today, baruch Hashem, there is a plethora of reading material out there for adults, and so many books devoted to kids. What we don’t seem to find as often are books primarily geared to teenagers; books that reflect the thoughts and feelings that are unique specifically to [...]

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 essays would “tickle” my “funny bone.” Although we are advised as children not to judge books by their covers, this is one cover you can believe. When reading the prose and [...]