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Sunday December 13, 2009 12:32 PM
As I read through Rabbi Yechiel Spero’s newest book, A Touch of Inspiration, what amazes me most is the variety of the stories. This is his thirteenth book and the stories are still fresh, unusual, and, yes, totally inspiring. (more…)
Tuesday November 24, 2009 2:44 PM
This past week, when the biography of Rabbi Moshe Sherer went to press, the excitement in the ArtScroll office was palpable. Many ArtScroll staffers had personally known Rabbi Sherer, who led Agudath Israel of America for over four decades, (more…)
Thursday November 19, 2009 7:33 AM
By Rabbi Shloimy Dickman, Reviewed by Gavriel Sharf
Hilchos Shabbos issues are part of our lives on a weekly basis. How often do we come across a questionable (more…)
Tuesday November 17, 2009 7:10 AM
Reviewed by Chaim Schwarz
Dusty, hot and antiquated, Haret-al-Yahud, the Jewish Quarter of Damascus, Syria, has been a (more…)
Sunday November 15, 2009 10:45 PM
Sunday November 8, 2009 9:45 AM
Glenn C. Altschuler reviews “Mike Bloomberg: Money, Power, Politics,” a book by Joyce Purnick:
Just about no one imagined that the little Jewish kid from Medford, Massachusetts, the nerdy president (more…)
Tuesday September 29, 2009 2:52 PM
The acclaimed sefer Aleinu L’Shabeiach, by Rav Yitzchok Zilberstein, is now available in English for the very first time, thanks to our friends at ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications who have made this contemporary classic available to the English reader, Matzav.com has learned. The multi-volume (more…)
Wednesday July 29, 2009 7:36 AM
[Audio below.] Radio host Nachum Segal recent hosted Rabbi Paysach J. Krohn at his studio for a fascinating discussion. Rabbi Krohn, a renowned author, lecturer, mohel and tour guide, provided insightful thoughts and words of chizuk. Always rready with a good story, Rabbi Krohn, the famed author of the best-selling “Maggid Series” from ArtScroll, never leaves his listeners disappointed. To (more…)
Monday July 27, 2009 1:47 PM
Yahoo News yesterday had a report on what is considered one of the “toughest riddles ever,” a classic paradox involving a barber that may thrill you or drive you bonkers. This is a variation of Russel’s paradox, and there are several ways to solve, or attempts to solve, this depending on how it is interpreted. The riddle is as follows: (more…)