Suggested Reading
 Allan Bloom Since its publication the most prestigious universities in America have seen a continual and ever more rapid decline in what little seriousness, depth, and intellectual discipline was left in them. This is true for both the students and especially the faculty. The best European universities.. |
 Rav Aryeh Kaplan Written in a clear but poignant style, Rav Kaplan, expounds on the deep historic-spiritual relationship the Jews have with the city of Jerusalem. Providing the fullness to why Jerusalem is so revered in the Jewish imagination and explaining in a lurid fashion the great devotion the Jews have had for.. |
 George Eliot George Eliot one of the classic Victorian authors, in her final masterpiece, Daniel Deronda tells a beautiful tale, love, duty and identity. This novel describes within it the budding Zionist movement, and reflected the strong sympathies of a large sector of British society for the restoration of the.. |
 Walter Laqueur Distinguished historian and former director of London's Wiener Library, Professor Walter Laqueur provides a chilling and intimate account of the secret of Hitler's "Final Solution," and the extent to which governments and agencies around the world knew about it as it was being implemented. |
 K. Kahana From the renowned legal scholar and rabbi, Koppel Kahana, The Case For Jewish Civil Law In The Jewish State shows how the distinction between Hukim and Mishpatim, the "province of the judiciary," provides a basis for an authentic and unified Jewish civil law. |
 David Mamet The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, filmmaker, novelist, and essayist offers a controversial look at anti-Semitism in modern life, examining the potentially destructive ways in which Jews themselves look for meaning and truth anywhere--in politics, other religions, and in mindless entertainment--but.. |
 Rav. Norman Lamm The Shema has been a central prayer in Jewish ritual and the foci of Jewish faith. For centuries, Jews have uttered these sentences that affirmed the Israelite God's unity as their final words before death, always beginning and ending each day with this prayer.
Using the Shema as his focus, Norman.. |
 Rav Yehoshua Kemelman Diaspora Jewry is dying, unable to regenerate its ranks because of rampant assimilation. In this book Rav Kemelman documents this phenomenon, provide practical suggestions to end this Jewish existential crisis. As he points out the challenges that needs to be addressed by the Jewish people, taking a.. |
 Joseph Conrad Conrad's classic and maybe most important stories deal at bottom with a single element: the politics of living. The stories are at once parable, fable, and chronicle and are filled with amusement as much as wisdom. |
 Andrew Bostom A painstakingly researched scholarly book on the sources and consequences of anti-Semitism in Islam. Dr. Bostom provides an objective look at the scriptural roots of Muslim anti-Semitism in the Koran and hadiths and shows how this hatred has been expressed throughout history.
Bostom completely.. |
 Sholem Aleichem A collection of some of the most important stories from the Jewish literature genius, Sholem Aleichem. These stories capture the subtleties of Jewish life and thought but are wrapped in enigamtic tales of humor tinged with sadness. |
 Conor Cruise O'Brien O'Brien, a scholar, former diplomat, and Irish politician, has written a highly prized history of Israel and Zionism. His historical analysis and interpretive critique is based on voluminous sources and knowledge of the secondary literature. His insights and reflections concerning zionism and the.. |
 Rav Avraham Isaac Kook Rav Kook as he is commonly referred to was a Jewish thinker, statesman, diplomat, mediator and a renowned Torah scholar. He believed that the modern movement to re-establish Israel as a state had profound theological significance.
He shouldn't be seen only as a Religious Zionist leader, Kook.. |
 Gerold Frank A must read, that is sure to be thought provoking. It is a story of the pre-state period of Israel, where one is given a front seat to the arguments, decisions and ideological divisions within the pre-state Jewish community in Palestine. |
 Eliezer Berkovitz A theologian, philosopher, communal rabbi, and teacher, Eliezer Berkovitz was one of the 20th century’s most significant and outstanding Jewish thinkers. His writings lay out a systematic approach to the modern world that retains full respect for Jewish tradition and law. |
 Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay The Federalist Papers is a must read for anyone interested in the origins of US government, American political values, the history of colonial America or Democracy. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay authored the 85 part piece as letters to the editor to gain public support for the new.. |
 Samson Raphael Hirsch, translation: Joseph Elias Writing under the pen name "Ben Uziel," Hirsch presents his original view of Judaism in the form of a fictional correspondence between a young rabbi and philosopher, and a young intellectual. |
 Paul Johnson A comprehensive one-volume survey covering four thousand years of Jewish history and the impact of Jewish genius and imagination on the world as we understand it today. |
 James Carroll Part history, part memoir, "Constantine's Sword" by novelist James Carroll traces the record of anti-Semitism and anti-Judaism in the Catholic Church, suggesting that centuries of hostility culminated in the Holocaust. Carroll also traces the development of his own thinking about Judaism: as a Catholic.. |
 Judah Halevi The immortal wisdom of Rabbenu Yehuda Halevi is found in this masterly work. Jewish philosophy is ilucidated clearly and Jewish history is presented within the framework of the Jewish purpose concerning mankind and its progression. |
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