Reviews in Brief – Fall 2025
Jewish Customs: Exploring Common and Uncommon Minhagim; Al HaRishonim Ve’Al Ha’Acharonim; Mastering the Mind: A Guide to Focused Learning and Torah Retention
Fighting the Good Fight: Kassy Akiva
Kassy Akiva has been fighting antisemitism for years. Ironically, for the vast majority of that time, she wasn’t even Jewish.
That Girl Who Loves the Jews: Adina Fernandez
I realized early on that my audience doesn’t need the education, they don’t need the political facts. . . . what they needed more than anything was to love their Judaism and have inspiration.
Leaving the Fold: The OU’s new study provides insight into attrition
The study aims to develop a more robust and wide-ranging understanding of the different ways and reasons people leave Orthodoxy.