The Search for the Stones: A Conversation with “Ari”

As I sit on my living room couch enjoying the incredible pictures in Shaar Press’s newest book for young people, The Search for the Ston
es, I’m struck by the vivid sense of life in each of its full color illustrations. The artistry and brilliance of animator and artist Marc Lumer gives each picture a feeling [...]

Meeting Rav Pam’s Challenge: Positive Word Power

A decade ago, at a forum sponsored by the Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation, Rav Pam zt’l, venerable rosh yeshiva of Torah Vodaath, made a plea – and issued a challenge. The topic he was speaking about was ona’as devarim – hurtful speech, which, in Rav Pam’s own words “…is comprised of words that cut deeply [...]

“Joy Made Easy”: A Conversation with Rabbi Zelig Pliskin

 Good news for Rabbi Zelig Pliskin’s thousands of devoted readers: his newest book, Life is Now, has just been released.  One of the book’s chapters is titled “Joy Made Easy.”  During a recent conversation with Rabbi Pliskin I saw how true those words are. It’s easy to be joyful when you’re talking to this warm, [...]

Nachum Segal interviews Leah Jacobs, co-author of Shidduch Secrets

To hear Leah Jacobs, co-author of the classic Shidduch Secrets, talk about  her book, the “shidduch crisis,” and how to successfully find your “bashert,” , click here.

Patent Number 6778950: ArtScroll’s Interlinear Translations

 Not far away from such venerable American institutions as the Capitol and the Smithsonian stands the U.S. Patent Office. Here we can find more than 5 million patents, fascinating records of humanity’s imagination and ingenuity. Among them are those that brought light (patent number 12631 — the incandescent light bulb) and knowledge (patent number 3120606 [...]

Rabbi Nosson Scherman speaks about the last hours of Tisha B’Av

As the Tisha B’Av fast comes to an end, hear Rabbi Nosson Scherman share thoughts for the last hour of Tisha B’Av. Listen to “ArtScroll on the Air”  with Nachum Segal,  this Thursday night, AM 620 in the NY/NJ area from 8:00-8:30 PM and also on www.nachumsegal.com.

“Every person has a story”: A conversation with Binyomin Pruzansky

He writes about “regular people who do great things.” Rabbi Binyomin Pruzansky talks about his stories, his books, his life.  To hear an inspiring interview, click here.

Suffering and Greatness: Holocaust Reading for the Nine Days

 Many people find the days leading to Tisha B’Av a fitting time to study and reflect upon the Holocaust, the terrible churban of contemporary times.  Certainly, books on the Holocaust place us in the somber, mournful mood so appropriate to this sad season. But more: while difficult and often heart-wrenching, many accounts of the Holocaust [...]

Rabbi Heshy Kleinman speaks about “The Tefillah Revolution”!

Rabbi Heshy Kleinman, author of the bestselling Praying With Fire  and Praying with Fire Volume 2, talks about his books, and how we can tap into the incredible power of prayer. To hear this inspiring interview, click here.

To Truly Feel Tisha B’Av: ArtScroll books for the Three Weeks and the fast

There is no tragedy in the history of the world that has been marked for so long, by so many, and with such depth of feeling, as the destruction of the  Temple. Year after year, generation after generation, exile after exile, the Jewish People have remained faithful to the memory of the Temple and the [...]