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Newest Articles
Homeland Security?: Our friends at JBooks share a wonderful review of the new book, The Place Will Comfort You by up-and-coming author Naama Goldstein.
Football and Fish Nets: Lydia Aisenberg details the Israeli Arab soccer club of Sakhnin and it's travels on the yellow brick road of Israeli football history.
Ten Steps To Raising a Decent Human Being: This month we offer you an outstanding excerpt from the new book More Money Than God: Living a Rich Life Without Losing Your Soul By Steven Z. Leder. Leder offers his advice on some basic rules of parenting.
What's
a holiday without music?: Sue Edelman previews a special two-disc
set released just in time for Hanukkah from legendary six-man band Safam.
Your Prize Awaits: Are you a Jewish leader, in your community or in business? Then you'll want to find out more about the recently-announced Charles Bronfman Prize, writes editor Josh Eagle.
Listening in on the Fools of Chelm: Now your kids can actually listen to the foolish folks from Chelm on an audio book. Discover Mark Binder's magic and hilarity that will have your whole family in stitches.
Reviewing Trees, Earth and Torah: Gabriel Goldman analyzes one Tu B'Shevat anthology and discovers that "the festival has evolved in America to become an occasion for celebrating the gifts of the Land of Israel specifically and the gifts of nature generally."
A
Mystical Sound: Singer Laura Wetzler connects with her ancestors and
pleases listeners with Kabbalah Music – Songs of the Jewish Mystics.
What
is so funny?: Eddy Friedfeld lets us in on the joke, and explains why
Alan King makes us laugh so heartily.
Reviewing The
Speed of Light: In the aftermath of September 11, many interested readers
missed out on a great book. Mindy Aber Barad reviews one particular gem dealing
with the issues of the "second generation" of Holocaust survivors.
At
the Movies: We welcome back an old friend of JewishFamily.com, Ronnie Friedland,
who gives us some insight into two stunning new films. Ronnie
takes
a look at The Believer, a disturbing film about the emotional damage
caused by anti-semitism. Next up is a review
of the equally disturbing Late Marriage, which explores the relationship
between a middle-aged single man and his mother.
Don't
Miss: Ronnie's
interview with the director and the female lead of Late Marriage.
For
thoughtful reviews of books of interest to our readers, check out our newest
online magazine: JBooks.com
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