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A Time to Speak
Controversial Essays That Can Change Your Life
by Martin Stern

"Martin Stern has produced an innovative work – part original scholarship, part provocative polemic – that will entertain, inform, and challenge both the academic scholar of Judaism and the observant and engaged member of the Orthodox community. His breadth of interests is impressive, perhaps indicative of his origins in the Torah im Derech Eretz School of German Orthodoxy. A book to be studied and contemplated as it reveals much of the ancient wisdom of Israel for the contemporary, skeptical age."
-Dr. Z. Yaakov Wise

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Reasonable Doubts
A Religious Skeptic Learns a Thing or Two About God
by Cheryl Berman

"Cheryl Berman's memoir is warm, poignant, and witty, as well as philosophically astute and informed. Her imaginative examples make complex philosophical ideas accessible and relevant. The book is proof that philosophy can speak to the problems of life – and religious life in particular – in a meaningful and inspiring way."
–Professor David Shatz

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Sages of the Talmud
The Lives, Sayings and Stories of 400 Rabbinic Masters
by Mordechai Judovits

"English-speaking students of rabbinic literature will be grateful for this comprehensive, easy-to-use guide, Sages of the Talmud. Mordechai Judovits, student of the Talmud, has produced an eminently useful reference tool for anyone interested in the biographies, maxims and historical context of the ancient rabbis whose teachings shaped Rabbinic Judaism."
-Professor Jonathan D. Sarna

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A Window to the Siddur
An Analysis of the Themes in Jewish Prayer
by Rabbi Dr. Walter Orenstein

"Rabbi Dr. Walter Orenstein introduces us to the philosophical and halakhic concepts of Tefillah through the dialogues of a husband and wife studying the Siddur. What a wonderful medium to absorb the knowledge without going through the endless tomes, pages, and sources. This book will give the reader an insight into the hashkafic concepts in the Siddur and thereby inspire one to pray with greater fervency and understanding."
-Rabbi Meir Bilitsky

Nehama Leibowitz
Teacher and Bible Scholar
by Yael Unterman

* 2009 National Jewish Book Award finalist winner

in the category of Modern Jewish Thought and Experience


"The Midrash states that teachers go straight to heaven because they have more than their fair share of hell on earth. But this is one of the few times I disagree with the Sages, because I think that teachers have more than their fair share of heaven on earth!"
-Professor Nehama Leibowitz

Quest for Authenticity
The Thought of Reb Simhah Bunim
by Rabbi Dr. Michael Rosen

"If anyone wants to know what has gone wrong with Orthodoxy today you only need to read "The Quest For Authenticity
The Thought of Reb Simcha Bunim" published by Urim. In it he describes the "court" of Peshischa in Poland under its leading eighteenth and nineteenth century charismatic leaders, Yehudi, Simcha Bunim and Menachem Mendel of Kotzk, charismatic, fiercely honest individuals who were opposed to conformity. Sadly the rest of the Hassidic world closed ranks against them. The movement was suppressed by the miracle working, rebbe worshipping, hereditary, reactionary, pseudo mystical Hassidism that now dominates much of Judaism. They didn't much like Simcha Bunim either because he had trained as a chemist, supported himself, had travelled, spoke many languages and, crime of crimes, wore normal western dress...."
-Rabbi Jeremy Rosen

For the Love of Israel
Essays and Studies on Israel, Jews and Judaism
by Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo

"Perhaps one of the most under-appreciated Jewish theologians of our time is Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes Cardozo of Jerusalem. I say this because despite the eloquence and timeliness of his message, found in over half a dozen books, Cardozo is rarely cited in religious or political circles. That is unfortunate for all of us and this review is an attempt to rectify that…."
–Alan Jay Gerber, The Jewish Star

Covenantal Imperatives
Essays by Walter S. Wurzburger on Jewish Law, Thought, and Community
edited by Elie Jacobs and Rabbi Shalom Carmy

Covenantal Imperatives, a collection of essays selected from the nearly six decades of Rabbi Dr. Walter Wurzburger's illustrious career, combines the author’s mastery of Halakhah with a deep understanding of Jewish philosophy. By adopting religious cohesion as the cornerstone of his ideas, Rabbi Wurzburger builds a case for the meeting point of ethics and traditional Judaism.

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The Path of Torah
The Introduction to Ha'amek She'elah
by Rav Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (The Netziv)
Translated into English and annotated by Rabbi Elchanan Greenman

"This work which now becomes available in English is worthy of being published and disseminated as a source of study and inspiration for the understanding of Torah learning."
-Rabbi Gedalia Dov Schwartz

Gold from the Land of Israel
A New Light on the Weekly Torah Portion From the Writings of Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaKohen Kook
by Rabbi Chanan Morrison

"In these succinct and clearly-written essays, Rabbi Morrison has succeeded in expounding on major themes from Rav Kook's thought."
-Rabbi Yehoshua Magnes

"Rabbi Morrison has done a remarkable job in presenting the teachings of Rav Kook - a giant of twentieth century Jewish thought - in a clear and approachable fashion."
-Rabbi David Samson

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