Free Spirit by Joshua Safran: A Review by The Mrs. Just to put it into perspective, I didn’t know this book was written by the guy whose wife said good shabbos to me several weeks ago in Oakland. There was…
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Book Review: Hot Mameleh
By C.M.F Hot Mamaleh – The Ultimate Guide for Every Woman of the Tribe (by Lisa Alcalay Klug) Well, maybe not every woman of the Tribe. Not at all suitable for frummies, the book would still prove hilarious for the…
Unorthodox: Book Review
I read Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots. It is unorthodox. It is a rejection. But I did not find it scandalous. Not at all. Guest Post by Rabbi Eliyahu Fink There is so much about this book…
The thinking Jewish teenagers guide to life
I get bored in shul and to tell the truth I usually grab a stack of those artscroll propaganda biographies of various gedolei ha-previous dor. I can honestly say that no matter how trumped up the stories of famous Rabbis…
If you saw your best friend getting raped, what would you do?
The answer seems pretty obvious, but in Hush (reviewed last week by Eliyahu Fink, because I hadn’t gotten my copy yet) it is anything but. Hush is the memoir-novel written for young adults about two best friends who grow up…
Hush – Book Review
My copy hasn’t come from the publisher yet, so here is Eliyahu Fink‘s review of Hush. This is a review of the book Hush by Eishes Chayil (pseudonym). I paid for the book and received no compensation for this review.…
Book review: Kvetch as kvetch Can
I just got this new book in the mail by Ken Krimstein called Kvetch as Kvetch can and I am addicted to it and so is everyone who had a chance to see it over shabbos, every single person I…
The Baal Teshuva survival guide
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Becoming Orthodox The cover of The Baal Teshuva Survival Guide, (Rossi Publications) a handbook to making it as a newly-minted Orthodox Jew, depicts a life preserver being tossed over a body of water. Get it? It’s…
New novel about a frum girl struggling with her sexuality
Gravity by Leanne Lieberman is a fictional story about a young orthodox girl struggling with her sexuality, it’s a simple take on the whole issue of being orthodox and gay, and ever since my friend came out of the closet…
Book Review: Losers by Matthue Roth
Matthue Roth is one of my favorite people to talk to, so I was obviously super excited to receive his latest book, Losers in the mail, it was free – and I promised to do a book review, but then…