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by Rabbi Yonason Goldson

The Sopranos manipulates us into identifying with Tony's humanity so that we overlook his wickedness.

by Rabbi Benjamin Blech

God as a cosmic bellhop.

by Dina Coopersmith

Shaul Rosenblatt's new book is one of the best on the topic of suffering.

"Your book has confused opinion with fact, subjectivity with objectivity and force for change with partisan advocacy."

by Dov Moshe Lipman

Jewish lessons from the stunning Boise State victory.

by Leah Abramowitz

A recently published Holocaust diary that wavers between hope and despair.

by Alan Dershowitz

Why won't Carter debate his book?

Adviser breaks with Carter over Mideast book.

by Alan Dershowitz

Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid is so biased that it inevitably raises the question of what would motivate Jimmy Carter to write such an indecent book.

by Rabbi Boruch Leff

In life no one's a benchwarmer, and other key lessons from baseball.

by Jeff Fleischer

A new book looks at Jewish themes in the stories of popular superheroes.

by Alan E. Oirich

The Man of Steel has always been Jewish, and in his newest film, Superman returns to his roots

by Rabbi Benjamin Blech

The controversial book highlights the fundamental differences between Judaism and Roman Catholicism.

by Sarah Shapiro

What is the film "March of the Penguins" really about? A penguin speaks out.

by Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Munich is a distortion of truth and morality.

by Michael Oren

By reducing the Third Reich to a limited dementia, a new film absolves the German people of any moral culpability for perpetrating World War II and destroying European Jewry.

A Hollywood screenwriter brings to life his ailing son's vision: young-adult fiction that conveys good values.

by Daniel Eisenberg, M.D.

The Academy Award-winning film forces us to assess the value of life amidst a shattered dream.

by Wendy Shalit

We have relied for too long on people disaffected with the Orthodox world to produce an "Orthodox literature" that verges on caricature.

by Alan E. Oirich

There's a little bit of Judah Maccabee in the Academy Award nominated film, "The Incredibles."

by Tzvi Gluckin

Years of heartbreak, disaster, close-calls, cosmic blunders -- and the people still had hope and hung on.

by Rabbi Boruch Leff

Does God care about the baseball playoffs?

by Alan E. Oirich

The creator of a Jewish superhero comic book series weaves a web between Spider-Man 2 and Broadway's Fiddler on the Roof. Fasten your seatbelts…

by Tom Gross

The relentless career of a confidence man.

A novel captures Jerusalem's hidden world of matchmaking and Torah learning.

A well argued, fast-paced, and engaging book offers an authoritative and provocative portrait of one of the most controversial leaders of the 20th century.

by Aryeh Markman

Learning life lessons -- on two wheels.

Jerusalem and the Divine Presence in a flurry of color and movement.

by Marvin Hier and Harold Brackman

Mel Gibson has a responsibility to make a movie that does not contribute further to a legacy of pain and suffering.

An award-winning Israeli book that recounts a rabbi's experiences in the Yom Kippur war strikes a chord in both secular and religious society.

by Tamar Wisemon

The illuminated manuscripts of Michael and Danielle Chouraqui.

by Ron Dreher

The eerie relevance of The Two Towers.

by Rabbi Berel Wein

Jews raised as gentiles discover their Jewish roots.

Precious tales that give us a peek in to a world of devotional beauty that focuses on kindness.

by Emuna Braverman

The matriarch of the Jewish people embodies the opposite of typical daytime TV fare.

by Daniel Pipes

A new, definitive book on the Six Day War.

by Alan E. Oirich

Spider-Man mirrors the consciousness of Jewish activists. So says the creator of a Jewish superhero comic series.

Hollywood may not produce films with these superheroes, but the appearance of any of the following individuals would be greatly appreciated.

by Suzanne Fields

Bill Bennet's new book, "Why We Fight", is must reading for these tumultuous times.

Written in 1963, the words to this song are still relevant.

In sports and in life, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

by Thomas Hibbs

Evil and the cultural significance of Tolkien's masterpiece.

by David Carasso

A creative writing class unexpectedly unlocks metaphysical mysteries.

Born to great wealth, Roy Neuberger spent his youth and early adulthood in a frustrating search for meaning in life. Until he began to explore Judaism's spiritual life.

by Am Echad Resources

A new film examines the dichotomy of the Orthodox homosexual.

by Cliff Alsberg

America's favorite pastime may never be the same again. What's even worse, it may always stay the same.

by Michael Medved

Do you know what your kids are watching in the newest PG-13 films?

by Jon Entine

As the Maccabiah Games open in Israel, we are reminded of the days when -- believe it or not -- Jewish players dominated pro basketball.

by Avram Rothman

A popular novel characterizes the founders of the Jewish people as full of intrigue, lust and deceit. Should that bother us?