Passover Haggadah Graphic Novel Has Something for Everyone
Review By Michele Justic
As well-intentioned as Chazal were to create learning opportunities within the Seder, some people can lose interest through the night. The Haggadah was compiled before many...
Book Review of ‘Dear Rebbe’
By Yochanan Gordon
Since this is a book comprising the chronology of correspondence that the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, ob’m, a chassidic rebbe, had with specific individuals, it would...
Author Judith Kerr Dies Weeks Before Her 96th Birthday
Kerr wrote about the Holocaust in a way children could understand
Jewish and German-born British writer and illustrator Judith Kerr died on May 22, 2019 at the age of 95....
One of Manhattan’s Remaining Judaica Stores to Close
BY JOSEFIN DOLSTEN
NEW YORK (JTA) — Locals and visitors looking for a Judaica store here will soon only have two options.
J. Levine Books and Judaica, a longtime seller of...
The 3 Images—True Stories And Lessons For Introspection
By Toby Klein Greenwald
I need to open with a small disclaimer. I have not really known the author of this book, Rabbi Zev M. Shandalov, as an adult, other...
Rabbi Hutner And The Rebbe
Reviewed by Yochanan Gordon
There’s a story of the Kotzker Rebbe who was asked by a group of chassidim how well he knew his followers. They began singling out individuals,...
Professional Organizer Morphs Her Skills Into A Book On Jewish Life
By Toby Klein Greenwald
Some people give tzedakah or sponsor lectures in memory of their loved ones. The more affluent write sifrei Torah or donate rooms, or buildings, or Torah...
YU’s Nechama Price Publishes Book Exploring the Twelve Tribes
The Graduate Program in Advanced Talmudic Studies for Women at Yeshiva University (GPATS) is proud to announce the publication of "Tribal Blueprints" by Nechama Price, director of GPATS. The...
Book Review: “Together Again” By Rabbi David M. Cohen
By 5TJT Staff
I spent Shabbat reading Rabbi David Cohen’s latest book, “Together Again,” and I’m happy to report it truly transformed my Shabbat.
In his book, Rabbi Cohen takes a...
Shall We Wake the President?: Disaster Management from the Oval Office
Book Review by Michele Justic
In light of the current Coronavirus Crisis, 5TJT is revisiting this book review, modified from the original printed in 2017. Tevi Troy has also published...