Festivals of Faith : Reflections on the Jewish Holidays by Norman Lamm; edited by David Shatz. RIETS Yeshiva University Press & OU Press, 2011.

Rabbi Norman Lamm’s latest collection of sermons, Festivals of Faith, focuses on different themes of the Jewish holidays throughout the year. Who is the avaryan with whom we ask permission […]

Creating Space Between Peshat and Derash : a Collection of Studies on Tanakh by Rabbi Hayyim J. Angel. Ktav, 2011.

Rabbi Angel’s new book is a collection of essays dealing with different episodes and events in the Bible, focusing on the clashes between peshat and derash in biblical interpretation. One essay tantalizingly considers the […]

Mental Health Care in the College Community, edited by Jerald Kay and Victor Schwartz.  Published by John Wiley & Sons, 2010. Available at the Libary as an e-book.

In Mental Health Care in the College Community, Kay and Schwartz present sobering findings of the 2008 ACHA National College Health Assessment survey of 80,120 students:  “At […]

Mitokh Ha-Ohel: Essays on the Weekly Parashah from the Rabbis and Professors of Yeshiva University. The Michael Scharf Publication Trust of Yeshiva University Press; Maggid Books, 2010.

Mitokh Ha-Ohel is not just another book of divre Torah on the weekly parashah. It is a unique offering of Yeshiva University. A paradigm of Torah u-Madda, […]

Philip Larkin and His Audiences, by Gillian Steinberg. Palgrave-Macmillan, 2010.

In Prof. Steinberg’s new monograph on poet Philip Larkin, she examines how Larkin’s approaches to such topics as memory, religion, and jazz were informed by his awareness of his reading audience. Steinberg argues that by examining the poet’s treatment of his audience, one can […]