Latest articles


Sorry I’ve gotten behind on updating my blog. Here are my last latest articles:

Four articles in the Jewish Home last week:

LOCAL EXPERT ADDRESSES OUR SECURITY NEEDS

TEACH CA WORKS TO INCREASE STATE SECURITY FUNDING FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

FEMININE TORAH FROM BAT AYIN COMES TO LOS ANGELES

LAG B’OMER CONCERT UNITES THE GREATER LOS ANGELES JEWISH COMMUNITY

An article from the previous issue of Jewish Home:

MENTAL HEALTH PANEL ADDRESSES PRESSING QUESTIONS

(There was also an article in that same issue about the upcoming Israel Festival, but that already took place.)

I’ve also been writing for a new publication, Kesher Magazine, local to LA. The previous issue had two of my articles related to the attack at Chabad of Poway. The upcoming issue, IY”H, will have an article about the life of a hospital chaplain.

Pesach story and article

My story, To Remain Free, is in Hamodia’s Story Supplement. Hope you enjoy it!

And here is my article in Jewish Home: LOCAL SCHOOLS SEND PESACH PACKAGES TO JEWS IN THE MILITARY

Chag kasher vesameach! Have a wonderful, liberating Yom Tov!

First book review for Secret and Sacred, and two articles in Jewish Home

Here’s the first review of the final installment in the Chanuka trilogy, Secret and Sacred.

And two articles in the latest Jewish Home:

https://jewishhomela.com/2019/01/17/rabbi-shaya-cohen-inspires-parents-and-teachers-to-work-together-to-motivate-our-childrens-spiritual-growth/

Have a great week!

Story in Inyan and article in the Jewish Home

My story On the Run, about King Shaul’s pursuit of David Hamelech, is in this week’s Hamodia’s Inyan Magazine.

And my article about the amazing and inspiring OU West Coast convention last weekend is in this week’s Jewish Home.

Have a wonderful Shabbos!

Book excerpt and article in Jewish Home

An excerpt from my new book, Secret and Sacred, is in Sasson Magazine.

My article about the latest Simxa Shabbaton is in this week’s Jewish Home LA.

Happy Chanuka, good Shabbos, and chodesh tov!

New Chanuka novel is out!

The third, and final, Chanuka novel in the series is finally available, just in time for Chanuka! Secret and Sacred, a sequel to Swords and Scrolls and Spies and Scholars, is a YA novel set in the times of Chanuka. Here is the description from Amazon.com:

Only a miracle can save the Maccabees when King Antiochus’s massive army enters the land of Yehuda to crush the Jewish rebellion once and for all. Elisha and Pinchas prepare for the biggest battle of their lives. Meanwhile, a mysterious stranger appears in Modiin. Miriam must find out if she is friend or foe. But facing one’s own relatives turns out to be the greatest challenge of all.Sequel to Swords and Scrolls and Spies and Scholars.

The first two novels in the series are currently on sale at Feldheim.com.

Happy reading, and happy Chanuka!

Story in Inyan this week

As part of the Ani Ve-Ami curriculum I’ve been working on short stories set in the times of the Tanach. One of them, To Rule the Land, is in this week’s Hamodia’s Inyan Magazine. More stories coming soon, IY”H.

In other news, my book Spies and Scholars, the second in the series, is now available from Feldheim, online and in your local Jewish bookstore. And the third and final novel in the series, Secret and Sacred, should be available on Amazon.com in the next few days, IY”H.

Hope you enjoy them!

Ani Ve-Ami Curriculum Guides (and new novel coming soon, IY”H!)

Hello everyone!

I’m sorry I haven’t updated my blog in a while. I’ve been busy with a lot of things and haven’t been publishing much lately. Though I hope you saw my story in Hamodia’s Sukkos Story Supplement. A couple more stories are coming up in Hamodia’s Inyan soon, IY”H.

Meanwhile, I’ve been hard at work on the Ani Ve-Ami Curriculum Guides, which are now available in three different formats. If you homeschool, or teach elementary or middle school, or are generally interested in learning and teaching materials, please check out the guides, as well as the Ani Ve-Ami curriculum, the first of its kind.

In other news, my third book in the Chanuka series, Secret and Sacred, should be out by the end of this week, IY”H. And the previous book, Spies and Scholars, should be in Jewish bookstores by Chanuka, IY”H. I’ll do my best to keep you posted. Hope you and your family enjoy them!