[First posted in 2012;  a MUST READ if you have missed reading the reposts, dear web visitor!  This is one of the essays by Abraham Joshua Heschel in the collection Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity, edited by his daughter Susannah Heschel. We have featured excerpts from this book; it is one of our treasured book-finds listed under the category MUST READ/MUST […]

[First posted in 2015, Here’s the original introduction:   This has been in the back burner for over a month now;  Sinaite VAN read it in aish.com and suggested posting it.  We asked for permission but have not received from aish. com as well as the original source (National Conference of Synagogue Youth).  Since we […]

[First posted in 2012.  This is a MUST READ for those wondering what Judaism is about. Its author Abba Hillel Silver, is considered as one of the great religious scholars of our time and in this book, he gives Jew and Gentile “the best introduction to Judaism” according to the Central Conference of American Rabbis […]

[First posted in 2013.  This speech was delivered by Supreme Court Justice Mario Victor “Marvic” F. Leonen, on the occasion of the 67th Commencement Exercises of the University of the Cordilleras, Baguio City, May 9, 2013.  After the preliminary ‘warm-up’ paragraphs expected of every graduation message, the better and the best part is definitely thought-provoking […]

[First posted March 20,2013; continuing excerpts from the MUST READ/MUST OWN book featured in  The Sabbath – Its Meaning for Modern Man.  Reformatted and highlighted for this post. — Admin1]       EPILOGUE:  To Sanctify Time Pagans project their consciousness of God into a visible image or associate Him with a phenomenon in nature, […]

  [First posted  March 20, 2013; one of our favorite authors whom we feature over and over in this website.—Admin1]     One of my most worn-out books— from thumbing through over and over and highlighting almost from top to bottom page after page—-is another GREAT and short pamphlet-length book by my favorite Jewish philosopher […]

[First posted in 2014 under the title: The Great Partnership – 5 – Epilogue.  It was the last installment from our Category Must Read/Must Own book by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.  Here are the previous posts: Must Read/Must Own – The Great Partnership – Diverging Paths – 3c Must Read/Must Own: The Great Partnership – Diverging Paths […]

[The Jewish Mystique by  Ernest Van Den Haag.  This book was donated to our Sinai 6000 library by a Filipino doctor who enjoyed going to  estate sales in the USA, where  ‘treasure finds’ sell for a pittance.  This half-a century hardback edition (1969) was published by Stein and Day, a husband & wife printing-venture in New […]

[This post was in the back burner for 6 months; we’ve been reluctant to feature this book, you’ll understand why.  The hypothetical title should be enough to pique anyone’s curiosity to either invest or waste money in buying it.  Human nature being naturally curious, our added negative comment, instead of discouraging,  probably further strengthens the […]

[First posted 2012; one of 40 essays written by Abraham Joshua Heschel (AJH) circa 1953, in a collection edited by his daughter Susannah Heschel, titled:  Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity;  another excellent MUST READ/MUST OWN for serious students of the “Bible”.   What AJH calls “the Bible” is only the TNK, the Hebrew Scriptures, not the Christian Bible, […]