THE MAP SEEKER: One Woman’s Quest

By Leah Kotkes, Israel Bookshop Publications Reviewed by Chaim Schwarz Leah Kotkes experiences life. With the vivid expression of a novel or a symphony or a...

Living Legend: This Season’s Must-Have Book That Everyone is Talking About!

Living Legend is the life-changing story of Rav Yitzchak Dovid Grossman of Migdal Haemek, one of our generation’s greatest heroes, a selfless man who...

To Remain A Jew: The Life of Rav Yitzchak Zilber

By A.Y. Schreiber The adage, "Truth is stranger than fiction," gets a powerful jolt in the arm with the appearance of To Remain A Jew,...

Certainty Comes To Seder Night

Eating Matzah and Maror at the Seder has always been a challenge. Eating the right amounts is of paramount importance, since Matzah is a...

Sefer Review: Sefer Eis Laledes

Reviewed by Rabbi BZ Karman Pregnancy is a time buoyed with happiness yet fraught with worry. As the ‘soon to be’ parents prepare for their...

THE EMPTY WAGON: A Review of R. Yaakov Shapiro’s [Flawed] Attack on Zionism

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman Yaakov Shapiro’s “Empty Wagon” is certainly one of the most controversial books to hit the Orthodox world in decades. Its 1373...

Naava Kodesh Weekly – The Modzitzer Rebbe

Real Life Stories and Experiences of Yidden Settling in Eretz Yisroel. The second Modzitzer Rebbe, Rabbi Shaul Yedidya Elazar Taub, (1886-1947) an outstanding Talmid Chochom,...

The Shmuz: ‘Stop Surviving, Start Living’

By Mrs. Ruchie Schwartz ‘The foundation of all righteousness and the root of the perfect service of Hashem is that a person should clearly know...

“A Time for Truth” by Senator Ted Cruz: Summary and Review

By Avrumi Weinberger Arguably the most contentious member of the U. S. Senate, Texas Senator Ted Cruz has captured the attention of the nation as...

Book Review: The 39 Melachos with Rabbi Juravel

By Rabbi Dovid Juravel Reviewed by Rabbi Chaim Serebrowski An incident happened recently at the Shabbos seuda of a friend of mine: A discussion arose around the...

Hashem Led The Way

Haaretz Hatovah Real Life Stories and Experiences of Yidden Settling in Eretz Yisroel. Our Aliyah story is a bit different than others. I guess I can...

Living in a Conversation with Hashem – Mendel Schulman’s Story

Haaretz Hatovah Real Life Stories and Experiences of Yidden Settling in Eretz Yisroel. I grew up in a frum home in West Hempstead New York. When...

Aleinu L’Shabeiach from Rav Zilberstein Now Available in English for the First Time

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...

Bnei Aliyah – Setting An Example

Haaretz Hatovah Real Life Stories and Experiences of Yidden Settling in Eretz Yisroel. I grew up in Kensington – that's between Boro Park and Flatbush, for...

Sefer Review: Kovetz Hilchos Ribbis-Birchas Eliyahu

By Rav Boruch Eliyahu Isaac Reviewed by Rabbi BZ Karman As the Daf Yomi cycle just finished learning Perek Eizehu Neshech, which deals primarily with the...

10 Years in the Making: “Rabbi Sherer”

This past week, when the biography of Rabbi Moshe Sherer went to press, the excitement in the ArtScroll office was palpable. Many ArtScroll staffers...

Book Review: Musawi – A Novel by A. Shalom

Reviewed by Chaim Schwarz Dusty, hot and antiquated, Haret-al-Yahud, the Jewish Quarter of Damascus, Syria, has been a haven for Jews since their expulsion from...

Book Review: Innocent Deceptions – When Lies Shatter Lives

By Chava Dumas  Shira was a vivacious, dynamic go-getter, a shining star in her class. Donny was a quiet underachiever, living in a cramped, one-bedroom...

Unexpected Turns

Haaretz Hatovah Real Life Stories and Experiences of Yidden Settling in Eretz Yisroel. My life keeps on surprising me! Unpredictable turns are what led to my...

The Story of Pesach: A Groundbreaking Work that Brings Yetzias Mitzrayim Alive for Children

Eli is a child just like your children. He lives with his mother and father, who love him very much. He loves his six...

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