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The Guide for the Perplexedis an outstanding sefer. However, it’s not meant for everyone. Its main target is Torah scholars since the sefer was written for the generation of the Rambam, and it mainly ...

In Dara Horn’s first novel, “In the Image,” published in 2002, Rosenthal, an elderly Jewish immigrant, tells young Jason about crossing the Atlantic in steerage. When the ship finally approached the ...

There are so many positive elements to Joel Drake Johnson’s new play “A Guide for the Perplexed” — receiving its premiere at Victory Gardens in Chicago — that it’s nearly possible to overlook its ...