Items with the category: Modern Jewish Thought | Jewish Book Council

Cover of Makers of Jewish Modernity: Thinkers, Artists, Leaders, and the World They Made

Makers of Jewish Modernity: Thinkers, Artists, Leaders, and the World They Made

Jacques Picard, Jacques M. Revel, Michael P. Steinberg, Idith Zertal, eds.

Cover of Never Better!: The Modern Jewish Picaresque

Never Better!: The Modern Jewish Picaresque

Cover of The Last Rabbi: Joseph Soloveitchik and the Talmudic Tradition

The Last Rabbi: Joseph Soloveitchik and the Talmudic Tradition

William Kolbrenner

Cover of Putting God Second: How to Save Religion from Itself

Putting God Second: How to Save Religion from Itself

Donniel Hartman

Cover of Judaisms: A Twenty-First-Century Introduction to Jews and Jewish Identities

Judaisms: A Twenty-First-Century Introduction to Jews and Jewish Identities

Aaron J. Hahn Tapper

Essay

The New Digital Discourse and Modern Orthodox Judaism

Zev Eleff is the author of Modern Orthodox Judaism: A Documentary History. He is guest blogging for Jewish Book Council all week as part of the Visiting Scribe…

Zev Eleff

August 24, 2016

Cover of Maimonides—Between Philosophy and Halakhah

Maimonides — Between Philosophy and Halakhah

Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik; Lawrence J. Kaplan, ed.

Cover of Faith Without Fear: Unresolved Issues in Modern Orthodoxy

Faith Without Fear: Unresolved Issues in Modern Orthodoxy

Michael J. Harris

Essay

Can Prayer Heal the World?

Earlier this week, Rabbi Mordecai Schreiber shared how writing Why People Pray changed his life. He is guest blogging here all week as part of the Visiting Scribe series…

Mordecai Schreiber

June 2, 2016

Essay

How Writing a Book about Why People Pray Changed My Life

Between his travels around the world, Rabbi Mordecai Schreiber is set to publish his latest book, Why People Pray, later this month. He is guest blogging here all week as…

Mordecai Schreiber

May 31, 2016

Cover of Six Memos From the Last Millennium

Six Memos From the Last Millennium

Cover of After One-Hundred-and-Twenty: Reflecting on Death, Mourning, and the Afterlife in the Jewish Tradition

After One-Hundred-and-Twenty: Reflecting on Death, Mourning, and the Afterlife in the Jewish Tradition

Cover of The 613

Cover of Sage Advice: Pirkei Avot, with Translation and Commentary

Sage Advice: Pirkei Avot, with Translation and Commentary

Irving Greenberg

Cover of Talks on the Parasha

Talks on the Parasha

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz; Yisrael Malkiel, ed.

Cover of Lessons in Leadership: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible

Lessons in Leadership: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks; Ronald Heifetz, fwd.