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commentary

Essay

Pesach: The Most Under­rat­ed Holiday

Mark Ger­son
March 1, 2021
Non­fic­tion
Moral­i­ty: Restor­ing the Com­mon Good in Divid­ed Times
Jonathan Sacks
Excerpt

Excerpt: Now for Some­thing Sweet

Mon­day Morn­ing Cook­ing Club
December 14, 2020
Non­fic­tion
When We Turned With­in: Reflec­tions on COVID-19
Rabbi Menachem Creditor, Sarah Tuttle-Singer (eds.)
Non­fic­tion
Pos­i­tive Judaism: For a Life­time of Well-Being and Happiness
Dar­ren Levine
Non­fic­tion
The Mus­sar Torah Com­men­tary: A Spir­i­tu­al Path to Liv­ing a Mean­ing­ful and Eth­i­cal Life
Bar­ry H. Block
Non­fic­tion
The Art of Bible Translation
Robert Alter
Non­fic­tion
A Year with Morde­cai Kaplan: Wis­dom on the Week­ly Torah Portion
Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben
Non­fic­tion
In Good Faith: Ques­tion­ing Reli­gion and Atheism
Scott A. Shay
Essay—From the Journal

Com­ments on Commentary

Jew­ish learn­ing is not about cre­at­ing some­thing new, but rather about find­ing some­thing new. 

David Wolpe
December 22, 2017
Essay

Lessons from Bereshit for Con­tem­po­rary Novelists

Jacob Bacharach
March 16, 2017
Essay

How to Tell Good Chris­t­ian Ladies the Bible Is Weird

Jacob Bacharach
March 13, 2017
Non­fic­tion
The Zohar: Recep­tion and Impact
Boaz Huss
Non­fic­tion
The JPS Bible Com­men­tary: Song of Songs
Michael Fishbane
Non­fic­tion
Sage Advice: Pirkei Avot, with Trans­la­tion and Commentary
Irving (Yitz) Greenberg
Non­fic­tion
Shma Koleinu: A Jew­ish Peo­ple’s Com­men­tary on the Siddur
Rab­bi Steven Schwarzman

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