Remember that raven in The Magician’s Nephew? The one who was the first joke in Narnia? It’s clear that God wants lots of laughter in the world, because I’m frequently a joke myself. Nearly always to my delight! I’m so thankful that the experience of semi-literacy that comes with learning a language is nearly always [...]
We found pottery roof tiles, thick pottery oven lining, and the occasional mosaic piece. Oh, and I found part of a ring-shaped pottery stand for pointy-bottomed pots. Meanwhile, the excitable young man hit the jackpot: he found not one, but two coins in his drain! Tiny, slightly irregularly shaped coins no bigger than the tip [...]
My alarm went off at 4:45 in the morning. Bandana, check. Sneakers, check. Packed breakfast, check. Sunscreen, check. By 5:30, I was sitting at the bus stop, not at all sure when the buses actually started running. Fifteen minutes later, I was on my way.
It was a glorious morning. And of course, since it was [...]
The moment my eyes fell on the cover of The Torah Story I was, like any good bibliophile, aching to get my hands on it and just sit and read.
It is a textbook, yet accessible to the lay person. While addressing complex topics and drawing together the Torah and its Biblical context in an unprecedented [...]
Both my dad and youngest brother spent many hours the last few months with their noses buried in thick books.
I finally realized the significance of the books. Once Dad told me the story of Joel Rosenburg’s life and writing I raced to my laptop to research it for myself. Very, very intriguing.
Mortimer Zuckerman, editor-in-chief [...]
