The Curious Jew

I read The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids by M...

After having heard Anouk and Judy speak at the recent 'Hasidic Worlds in Fiction' event at the DC JCC, I read I Am Forbidden , Anou...

I haven't concluded the second chapter of Shmuel with my kids yet, but I noticed something last class that I am planning to point out to...

I am studying Shmuel with my students. We have almost completed learning Perek Bet, which focuses on the sins of Chafni and Pinchas.  I p...

I'm teaching my students about Onaat Devarim, hurtful language. Part of this topic includes a discussion on bullying and cyberbullying, ...

There's a film going around the Internet that focuses on three different women who are the daughters of rabbis. In contrast to the major...

I read How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul Tough over the weekend. It was a good book, even if ...

Those of you looking for 'Hasidic Worlds in Fiction,' it will be back up in a couple of weeks but for right now, cannot be posted. S...

My mother's favorite book is Anna Karenina . Alas, when it comes to the Russian classics, I prefer The Brothers Karamazov. This having b...

“Salander had no faith in herself. Blomkvist lived in a world populated by people with respectable jobs, people with orderly lives, and lot...

The following is a poem by Rilke that I love. It is about God. It reminds me of the way the prophets feel and think. ~ Put out my eyes, ...

I read a piece by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks in his book ' Celebrating Life ' that really resonated with me. It's called 'God'...

In these few days before Yom Kippur, do you want to give some tzedaka ? Donate to the Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation and support my stu...

Over Rosh Hashana, I read, in addition to other things, the book What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets by Michael J. Sandel...

I was riding the bus in Maryland along with a friend of mine today. He was wearing a colorful knit kippah, swan earrings, a t-shirt and Arab...

(This review contains spoilers.)  I bought and read The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer today. The cover art was so very beautiful and I had hear...

I'm in the middle of reading the book Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eaglemen. I've come to a part of the book w...

(Contains spoilers) Things of note that are worth thinking about (especially since apparently everyone has missed a clue as to how Sherloc...

(Warning: This post contains spoilers for "The Dark Knight Rises") Unfortunately, I was disappointed by "The Dark Knight Ri...

I went to the public library before Shabbat and when wandering through the Reading List aisles (always my favorite section), happened acros...