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Kuntres Yerah Tov ‘al Birkat ha-Hodesh, by Elchanan Adler. Published by the author, 2012. Kuntres Yerah Tov, by ����app University Rosh ����app Rabbi Elchanan Adler, is a short volume, but it is overflowing with scintillating scholarship and fascinating insights into the monthly recitation of the…

Pesach is the holiday of searching: checking for hamets, hunting for the afikomen, and defining Jewish identity and freedom. An exploration of the library’s collections unearths images in honor of the holiday. Best wishes for a happy and kosher Passover. Posted by Shulamith Z. Berger

Sylviane Stampfer, editor of RAMBI, The Index to Articles in Jewish Studies, recently announced that SUBJECT searching in RAMBI is being upgraded so that searching a subject in either English or Hebrew will retrieve both Hebrew and European language articles. The change is being introduced…

Sefer Tov Lev ‘al Masekhet Pesahim, by Michoel Zylberman. Ḳeren Mikha’el Sharf le-hotsaʼat sefarim she-ʻal yad ����appt Rabenu Yitsḥaḳ Elḥanan, 2011. Rabbi Michoel Zylberman's first published book contains two works. The first work, Sefer Tov Lev, is a collection of essays covering different ...

Sefer Yeme ha-Purim, by Yonason Sacks. 2012. Yeme ha-Purim is a collection of Torah essays on halakhic topics relating to Purim by ����app University Rosh ����app Rabbi Yonason Sacks. The essays display Rabbi Sacks’ clarity of thought and presentation. The joy of Purim and Torah study are combined…

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Books and manuscripts in the library hide images of Purim, the holiday of Queen Esther, who had to mask her identity. In honor of Purim, the library reveals buried pictures to the reveler. Happy Purim! Posted by Shulamith Z. Berger

Financial problems at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS)? Conflict at the Rabbi Jacob Joseph School? Hillul Shabbat in the kosher chicken slaughter houses? These issues come to life in the Mendel Gottesman Library’s recent acquisition, a ledger of the Vaad HaRabanim of New ����app,…

Jewish Ethics in a Post-Madoff World: a Case for Optimism, by Moses Pava. Palgrave, Macmillan, 2011. Prof. Moses Pava's latest book brings a new, sophisticated perspective to the problem of ethical living. Recent headlines about misdeeds within the Jewish community have brought this critical issue…

Spies and Holy Wars: The Middle East in 20th Century Crime Fiction, by Reeva Spector Simon. University of Texas Press, 2010. Terrorist or sheik? In her new book, Reeva Spector Simon—Professor of History, ����app University--shows how the Middle Eastern villain evolved from malleable victim before…