orthodox judaism

When eleven-year-old Milla's best friend Honey joins her school for sixth grade Milla finds herself in her friend's shadow, but as the year progresses through the Jewish holidays Milla trys to cope with the tensions and the dramas of school--including the death of a beloved teacher.

After remembering the cause of her best friend Devory's suicide at age nine, Gittel is determined to raise awareness of sexual abuse in her Borough Park, New York, community, despite the rules of Chassidim that require her to be silent.

Offers advice to Torah-observant Jews on how to maintain relationships with non or less observant parents, siblings, and extended family members, discussing issues related to dietary laws, Sabbath and Jewish holiday observances, modesty and women, dating practices and married life, family life cycle events, and education.

After remembering the cause of her best friend Devory's suicide at age nine, Gittel is determined to raise awareness of sexual abuse in her Borough Park, New York, community, despite the rules of Chassidim that require her to be silent.

Traces the life of a twelve-year-old Jewish boy Zev Tsukerman, whose family moved to the United States from Odessa in the Soviet Union. Photographs capture the warmth of Zev's family and the faith that led them to a new life in America.

A study of fundamentalism in the Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim religions, discussing what this type of religiosity means, how and for what reasons it has developed, what it reveals about modern culture, and how it should be dealt with.

A collection of nine stories by Nathan Englander that address Jewish history and the customs of Orthodox life.

A little boy describes what it means to be an Orthodox Jew.