The Rabbi’s Bookshelf

In this classic memoir of Jewish resistance, Menachem Begin tells the story of the Irgun and its struggle against the British to achieve Jewish independence. It is the book that turned Menachem Begin into Rabbi Soloveichik's political hero, and holds important lessons about the Jewish fighting spirit.

This memoir beautifully describes why food lies at the heart of Jewish faith.

A friendship between a haredi Jewish family and a Roman Catholic scholar exemplifies the best of interfaith relationships.

Perhaps the greatest children’s book ever written, this book sparks the imagination to ponder the nature of language, numbers, and knowledge itself.

This is the book that helped inspire Rabbi Soloveichik’s love of Rembrandt, and of the artist’s deep insights into the Hebrew Bible

This Christian work contains many Jewish lessons. Learn why Rabbi Soloveichik thinks it is the greatest book of general ethical instruction (or mussar) ever written.

An epic work of biography that tells the story of an ordinary American who was providentially put in a place of power and achieved greatness.