A series of Jewish encounters

The Jerusalem Post, December 18, 2009 In the spirit of Jonathan Rosen’s The Talmud and the Internet, the Jewish Encounters Series marries subjects that readers might not expect to see between the covers of one book. “The series knits together different impulses,” Rosen, creator and editor, comments. A joint imprint of Nextbook and Schocken, Jewish …

Body and Jewish souls

  Body and Jewish souls: review of Melvin Konner’s The Jewish Body The Jerusalem Post, July 10, 2009 Who knew that Dr. Ruth, the grandmotherly sex expert, was a Haganah fighter in Israel’s War of Independence? How often the Nazis’ considered the “final solution” a public health program? And when we think of the nose …