After surveying 10,000 of its customers, Artscroll has discovered that 95% of the books purchased were never opened and merely used for interior design purposes. Artscroll was curious about whether people purchase their books for actual usage or just for…
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Feldman hate campaign used to sell more books
They say that any press is good press and in the case of Deborah Feldman that couldn’t be more truthful. Ever since her book, Unorthodox, hit the stores there has been a heated debate among the very community she seeks…
Jewish books make me sad
Guest post by Talia from Nerd With a Voice Sometimes I wonder if English seforim ever go through an editor. I was reading a book that shall remain nameless, but it was a concise compilation of short anecdotes and one-line…
Want to know more about orthodoxy? Read Chaim Potok!
I started reading The Promise over shabbos and I must say it’s one of the best novels about orthodox Judaism I’ve ever read, it is the sequel to the more famous The Chosen and it really digs deep into issues…
Non-Orthodox Jews guide to Orthodoxy
Forgive me because I forgot who sent it to me, but someone sent me the cover of Rabbi David Baum’s book the Non-Orthodox Jews’ Guide to Orthodoxy and I was struck by how frum the couple who was supposed to…
Conversion Chronicles: Chaim Potok books are not kosher
Part of my friend’s conversion process requires that a Rabbi from the beis din he is working with to come over and meet with the family and take a look at their house. So he put away all of the…
Are you frum and off to prison? You may need to know new halachos?
The previous works of Rabbi Getzel Akum have established him as a Halachic expositor of the first order. His Mattir Issurim on the Halachos of commerce and Lo BaShamayim Hi on the Halachos of air travel remain modern classics of…
Yeshiva Memories: How to check a book to see if its kosher?
The first day of yeshiva was devoted to the general assembly in which we all sat down and learned what rules the yeshiva had instituted to make our lives as miserable as possible. These ranged from checking with the dorm…
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…
Jewish Bloggers writing books
I have been thinking about writing a book for a long time, something of a memoir, maybe combining my yeshiva years and day school years into a raw and up front look at my life. I have what may amount…
If Jewish books are sponsored why do I have to pay for them?
Every time I pick up any sort of sefer (Jewish book) I see that it is sponsored by someone. I understand the whole “sponsor in the name of” deal, but what’s the deal with the authors, do they get paid…
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…
What did you get for your bar mitzvah?
I was bar mitzvahd many years ago, but I still remember some of the gifts given to me. Since I come from a relatively poor family I used to gasp in horror when I realized that it was perfectly normal…
Are Jews disproportionately good at business?
Rabbi Levi Brack man seems to think so and he even wrote a book about it. Luckily for him, I went to his house in Evergreen Colorado last year for the second days of Pesach and since the food was…