This book belongs in any library of Jewish folklore. The stories are well-written and delightful; and often provide a new spin on a familiar tale. Excerpted (and cited, of course) they make excellent anecdotes. Woven together, they provide a sense of the rich and vivid tapestry that comprises Jewish folktales. Sometimes irreverent, sometimes poignant, and always real; there is something for everyone here.

Jay Rochlin has turned his PH.D Dissertation into a thoughtful book about the "Arizona Experience"..an insight into the experiences of Minority students at a large public university. This is a "must read" for students of the sociology of higher education. It personalizes the theoretical frameworks of graduate school and puts a face on "the minority student"...too often viewed as a problem to be solved, rather than a person to be valued. Jay is a friend, and an excellent writer..I look forward to more books!.

What a great book! The author brings Pancho Villa and his gang to life in this story of adventure and intrigue. You don't know who to trust or if the good guys can pull it off. The author weaves historical references into a baudy tale of deceit in South Texas and boys town on the border.

I love historical fiction. This book weaves together the past, the present, and an unlikely combination of settings to produce a fascinating story. The characters are so well-drawn that I ended up sympathizing even with the ones I was sure I wouldn't like. It reminded me of Charles Dickens in its irony and unvarnished views of life, and also in the fact that it's no easy read. If you're a fan of light fiction, this book is probably not for you, but if you like depth, action and plot twists, you won't be disappointed.

Although much of the book is fairly complicated science, the book is a wonderful resource for those individuals who have been diagnosed with Raynaud's Phenomenon. Finally I found a source that explained many of the "side effects" of Raynaud's at a level that I could understand.

If you, or someone you know, has been diagnosed I (a fellow Raynaud's "sufferer") absolutely recommend it!

Setting up a Red Hat Internet Server? Then "Red Hat Linux
Internet Server" is the book for you. I had previously read Red
Hat Press's "Red Hat Linux Networking and System Administration"
by Collings and Wall. Though a good book, I had expected a bit
more from one blessed by Red Hat. "Red Hat Linux Internet
Server" does live up to its expectations of being blessed by Red
Hat. "Red Hat Linux Internet Server" is the better of the two
books.

This book is better focused on its subject of setting up an
Internet server and its more common Internet services. There is
lots of practical advice based on what is considered SOP for good
Unix/Linux Internet server schemes. (From my own experiences, I
did not find anything to disagree with them on and I liked their
take on learning the CLI first before going off into GUI-land.)
At least a quarter of the book is focused on security (a good
thing). I suspect this has much to do with Jay Beale, being from
the Bastille Project. Noteworthy are chapter 3 on setting up
DSL, chapter 10 on the Postfix mail server and chapter 13 doing
backups via Amanda.

If you are new to Red Hat Linux and can afford it, buy both
books. If you've been around awhile in the Red Hat world, then
Sery & Beale's book is the better choice.

One-page essays on a wide variety of subjects, starting from the author's rabbinical perspective but showing clear, free and original thinking. They will stick with you for a long time. Also well worthwhile is his 1990's sequel of sorts, Reflections on a Lily Pad.

Jay Rothman writes lyrically, engaging readers in a thoughtful analysis of theory and practice. An expert researcher, practitioner and storyteller, Rothman maps out directions to more peaceful nations, organizations and communities. The book includes extensive bibliographic notes and forges connections across disciplines. It offers the "best of the best" thinking, step by step guides to practical application and approaches for a variety of situations. Jay Rothman, respectfully and intelligently, invites readers to explore the many signs, directions and paths of conflict. He writes "Conflict begs to be viewed not merely as a problem waiting to be solved but an opportunity for growth, cooperation and development waiting to be fulfilled." Rothman is a capable and compelling guide, showing the way to peacemaking

This is an outstanding book. It is not, however, a beginner's book and will be appreciated best by those already familiar with the field. Two of its most interesting claims are as follows. First, that emotions are constitutive of the practice of holding people morally responsible. That is, to say what it is to hold someone morally responsible--to blame someone, for instance--one must make reference to the emotions of the person who is holding the other responsible. To blame someone for something necessarily involves feeling appropriate emotions like resentment or indignation for the other's failure to live up to one's expectations regarding moral behavior. Or, if one does not actually feel resentment (as when one forgives someone whom one regards as morally responsible and blameworthy), one must at least think that feeling such an emotion would be justified. Second, the author contends that in order to be responsible for something, the responsible party need not have had any alternate possibilities to the blameworthy or praiseworthy action. This claim is supported by a detailed examination of the grounds for excuses and exemptions from moral responsibility. We exempt people from moral responsibility because they lack the capacities necessary for it, and we excuse people from moral responsibility because what they did or failed to do lacked moral fault. This sometimes, but not always, coincides with the absence of alternate possibilities for action, but it is lack of capacity or absence of fault, not absence of alternate possibility, that explains the exemption or excuse. This is a careful and stimulating study by a scholar who has mastered the literature in the field. It is likely to have a deep impact on philosophical thinking about freedom and responsibility.

Never giving answers, never really asking questions, Jay questions everything without questioning... by pulling quotes from all kinds of religious and non-religious texts, he swirls you through all kinds of "arguments". Not a book to make you believe, but a book to make you look again at the world around you. Without coming off as pure rhetoric or too "New Age", this book leaves you floating in space, not really sure which way is up. Also, don't try to read this book from cover to cover... but then again, who am I to tell you how to read it?

My roomie and I took a roadtrip from San Fran to New Orleans and we pulled out this book that she got from a friend. It was so much fun. This little thing had everything. We went the whole trip and only got half way through it. It was hilarious and really intelligent. This thing had everything. We were using it for practical info and as a navigational guide. At one point, we were like "I wish we had the author in the car with us." Everybody should have this one. Damn, it's funny and smart.