My Rebbe by Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz. (Maggid, 250 pp. $24.95) Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History by

Almost 30 years ago, Simon Schama wrote that “all history tends towards autobiographical confession.” Now Schama ranges across lands and times and languages to confess through his own…

Each holiday has a sibling; according to the rabbis, Purim is matched with Yom Kippur—biblically known as Yom Ha-kippurim. Kippurim is taken to mean “like Purim,” and there

For the first time in millennia, it may be that freedom in Egypt will not consist of yetziya, leaving. But that is far from certain.

I was 12 when I stopped believing in God. I lost my faith when I first encountered the horrific images of the Holocaust in the

Each year on Passover we are asked to imagine ourselves as slaves in Egypt: Avadim hayinu lefar’o bemitzrayim. For those of us who live in