Children will enjoy the escapades of Moti the mouse as he tries to help his family and humans in the holy city of Jerusalem, Israel, while modestly keeping his help secret. They will delight in the story's humor, enjoy the fun drawings, identify with Moti, and learn about Passover. Moti has his faults, as do we all. But what he has also - and what other should learn from him - is courage and the desire to help.

An examination of the remarkable penetrating mind of Moses Maimonides and to his rational eye-opening thoughts on many subjects. It includes ideas that are not incorporated in the usual books about this great philosopher because they are so different than the traditional thinking of the vast majority of people. It contrasts the notions of other Jewish thinkers, somewhat rational and others not rational at all. The reader will be surprised, if not shocked, to learn that a host of beliefs that are prevalent among the Jewish masses have no rational basis. This does not suggest that Judaism...