Jewish Divorce Book: Healing From the Break
Healing from the Break by Abigail Rosenberg (not her real name) is recommended reading for anyone who goes through a divorce, Jewish or not. Though many of the references are “Jewish”, the themes are...
Author: tostien
Unchosen: Hidden Lives of Hasidic Rebels – From the Re-chosen
Maybe one day I will get to reading books as they come out – while I was about 60 years too late commenting on Lawrence of Arabia I’m only about ten years behind for...
Why Aren’t There 100,000 Jews in the Dominican Republic?
My interest in Jews of the Dominican Republic piqued (or peaked, or maybe peeked) after my visit to the country. The Rabbi on my Dominican Republic kosher vacation casually mentioned how hundreds of Jews were...
Lawrence of Arabia & Israel
How I came to This Book Sometimes I find books by putzing around on Amazon . . . my latest comes from putzing around a library. I roamed the shelves and picked up a...
Why Do Christians ‘Pick and Choose’ From the Bible? Homosexuality bad, shellfish good?
The Attack on Christians & A Defense The news as of late about the United States granting legal marriage certificates to couples of the same sex got me thinking. The Jewish view is clear...
Dominican Republic Kosher Restaurant & Hotel in Puerto Plata – Part II
The below article is from 2015. See the 2019 update here. In this article, more details about a trip to the Lifestyle resort with kosher restaurant and synagogue will be explored. If you haven’t...
Kosher Vacation Hotel – Dominican Republic – Puerto Plata – Part I
The below article is from 2015. See the 2019 update here. Introduction A very large resort with beaches, public and private pools, and an on-site kosher restaurant (sometimes two) serving three meals a day...
Garden of Emuna – Book Review – R’Shalom Arush
This book is interesting. 79% of readers on Amazon give it 5 stars out of 5. “Goodreads” gives it a 4.6 out of 5. All that stuff on this blog about philosophical reasoning to...
Why I Choose to Be an Orthodox Jew – Positive and It Fits [Part 3/3]
In part 1 I discussed living for meaning and how that brings one to go towards an infinite purpose beyond our lives and world which is destined to end. In part 2 I discussed...
Why I Choose to Be an Orthodox Jew – The Alternatives [Part 2/3]
In a first post, I wrote I chose to be an Orthodox Jew, focusing mainly on belief in a Creator. How does that get me from Creator –> this particular belief system? In part...