The first time I read The Cuckoo’s Calling, I didn’t know who wrote it. It was the debut novel by an unknown writer, Robert Galbraith,...

If a book makes you want to keep reading to figure out what happens but massively underwhelms in the end, how do you evaluate its...

“But what if it had been your family?” This is the question people always seem to ask when discussing the death penalty. What if YOU were...

As our societal awareness of mental health has grown, so too has an industry focused on selling us the best ways to take care of our...

There are a LOT of self-help books out there. This does beg the question: if the books are any good, why do we need so many? It seems...

The trailer for the new Netflix movie Luckiest Girl Alive caught my attention. Mila Kunis is a favorite of mine, and a suspenseful drama...

The following is a sermon delivered on April 21st, 2023 at the Valley Temple in Wyoming, Ohio. This week’s Torah portion,...

During the hardest parts of the COVID shutdown, my wife and I watched a lot of stand-up comedy. There was something refreshing about...

The sports industry has been surprisingly puzzling in the past decade or so. During a period of entertainment innovation, you would think...

Everything starts from a place of relationships. This is true in every industry, but is perhaps most often ignored in a business setting....

Books on personal growth are as popular as ever, likely because it is pretty darn difficult to be a human being in the modern world....

Good Enough wasn’t really written for me. I’ve read books by Kate Bowler before, and I liked them enough to read this, no questions...

If at all possible, I like to read the book before I watch the TV or film adaptation of a project. If I see the video content first, I...

Ritual is an essential component of Judaism. Zionist essayist Ahad Ha’am famously said “more than Israel has kept Shabbat, Shabbat has...

I so badly wanted to like this book. In fact, I am, in many ways, trying to WRITE this book. But Why Do Jewish: A Manifesto for 21st...

Jacob is the last of our major patriarchs in Judaism, and his death closes the book of Genesis. Throughout his story, we see a...

Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America was an uncomfortable book to read. And that was kind of the point. I’ve read some of...

We’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but are we allowed to judge a book by its title? Because We Need New Stories, by Nesrine...

“Watson struggles in season debut.” That was the notification I got this weekend from the NFL. I wouldn’t have known any other way. I...

Different people approach the Bible with different needs. Some read the book in order to learn the history of our people (reading the...