UPDATE: Mavericks, Mystics, and False Messiahs by Rabbi Pini Dunner has been named a Finalist for a 2018 National Jewish Book Award! Mazal tov Rabbi Dunner! An 18th century eccentric, social justice minded, British nobleman AND a righteous convert to Judaism… that is the description of Lord George Gordon otherwise known as Yisrael bar Avraham Gordon.…
We’d like to introduce you to the newest author under the Koren publishing house (under the Menorah Books imprint): Sivan Rahav-Meir. For those who have not yet heard about Sivan, she is one of the most popular media personalities in Israel today. A prime-time news anchor Israel’s Channel 2 News, columnist in Yediot Ahronot and…
In Judaism, lengthy prayer services on the Yom Tovim can inspire reactions that range from uplifted to frustrated. The text, the additional services, the Torah and Haftarah readings come to bring us closer to the themes and significance of these special days, yet often seem foreign to many of us. To address this challenge, a…
The following is taken from our newest Passover Haggada: Redemption, Then and Now by the prolific Rabbi Benjamin Blech. What is it about the Jews that makes us so special? Scholars have long wondered why Jews who number less than one-quarter of 1% of the world – as Milton Himmelfarb memorably put it, “The total…
Koren is proud to announce the acquisition and re-dedication of Menorah Books, our new imprint for Jewish spirituality.