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Dr Harris Bor
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State of Halakha - Israel’s History in Jewish Law review: Examining Israeli history through the eyes of halakha
Rabbi and educator Aviad Tabory explores watershed events and major issues in modern Israeli history through the lens of halakha
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The sages put their faith in creative argument
The Snake at the Mouth of the Cave By Moshe Sokol Maggid Books, £18.99
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When machines outsmart humans
How Judaism can respond to the singular challenge of artificial intelligence
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A rabbi for all seasons
A Point In Time - Reflections through the Year, Rabbi Harvey Belovski, £7.99 or Kindle £3.99
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Topical Torah with a light touch
Hearts & Minds - an Original Look at Each Parsha in the Torah, Rabbi Pini Dunner, Otzrot Books, £18.99
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The case for traditional norms against liberal autonomy
Judaism Straight Up: Why Real Religion Endures, Moshe Koppel, £19.73 hardback, £5.95 Kindle
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What the anthropologist found in the yeshivah
Yeshiva Days – Learning on the Lower East Side, Jonathan Boyarin, Princeton University Press, £20
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A journey to the heart of Chabad
Hasidism Beyond Modernity - Essays in Habad Thought and History, Naftali Loewenthal, The Littman Library of Jewish Civilisation, £39.50
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Josephus, the priestly historian who divided critics
Josephus’s The Jewish War, Martin Goodman, Princeton, £20
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A colourful, pacy history of the Kabbalah
Kabbalah: Secrecy, Scandal and the Soul, Harry Freedman, Bloomsbury, £18.99
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Nietzsche - the surprising influence on Rav Soloveitchik
Nietzsche, Soloveitchik, and Contemporary Jewish Philosophy, Daniel Rynhold and Michael J Harris, Cambridge University Press, £75
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The evolution of halachah in American Orthodoxy
Social Change and Halakhic Evolution in American Orthodoxy, Chaim Waxman, Littman Library of Jewish Civilization/Liverpool University Press, £29.95
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How halachah evolved in American Orthodoxy
Social Change and Halakhic Evolution in American Orthodoxy, chaim Waxman, Littman Library of Jewish Civilization/Liverpool University Press, £29.95
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Review of Halakhah - the Rabbinic Idea of Law
Halakhah — the Rabbinic Idea of Law, Chaim N. Saiman, Princeton, £24
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Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo: a bold advocate of halachic change
Jewish Law as Rebellion, Nathan Lopes Cardozo, Urim, $29
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Candid views from an Orthodox blogger
What if God’s A Christian?, Daniel Greenberg, Grosvenor House Publishing, £10
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