Bialik’s life story places his poetry in new light
Rabbi Jack RiemerMar 23, 2017
I have questions about some of the subjects that have been chosen for the Jewish Lives book series from Yale University Press. I wonder what Sarah Bernhardt or Benjamin...
Modern twist on the ancient sin of lashon hara
Rabbi Jack RiemerDec 24, 2015
THIS BOOK, an exploration into lashon hara in contemporary culture, arrives at a very opportune time. The Jewish community has just gone through a fierce battle over the...
Riemer’s best new Haggadah of year
Rabbi Jack RiemerApr 10, 2014
PASSOVER 5774 EDITION SECTION A PAGE 13 IMAGINE having a Soloveitchik, a Kuk and a Shlomo Carlebach at your seder How would you like to sit at the seder with […]
A Zionist’s polemic: a dismal prognosis comes true
Rabbi Jack RiemerDec 05, 2013
I REMEMBER reading the first edition of this book when it came out in 1977 and how depressed it made me feel. Now I have reread it in its new […]
Novels on how to deal with terrorism
Rabbi Jack RiemerAug 14, 2008
The diplomats and the political leaders do not seem to be having much success in dealing with Moslem extremism; perhaps the novelists can do better. So I turned to these...
