Rabbi Dr Harvey Belovski
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Winnie the Pooh’s tip for celebrating birthdays
Is there a Jewish way to mark the occasion? The ever-green children's character might have the answer
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Karma and Kabbalah: reincarnation reconsidered
The Soul Survivor: Reincarnation – based on the Writings of the Zohar, Leonard Book, Tuchams Publishing House, £16.99
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The Orthodox rabbi with an answer to biblical criticism
Academic study of the Bible has often undermined traditional beliefs in its origins but a new book responds to the challenge
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Nathan Adler, the forgotten master of Anglo-Jewish Orthodoxy
Chief Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler: The Forgotten Founder, Derek Taylor, Vallentine Mitchell, £40
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From house sales to kosher cheese - an accessible guide to topics in the Mishnah
Ner Eyal, Samson Raphael Grunfeld, Radan Publishing, £19.50
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Modern challenges for traditional rabbis
Challenge and Continuity: Rabbinic Responses to Modernity, Science and Tragedy Yoni Birnbaum, Valentine Mitchell, £25 (pb £12.95)
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Akiva, the shepherd who became a sage
Rabbi Akiva: Sage of the Talmud By Barry Holtz, Yale University Press, £16.99
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Why women shouldn't be called to the Torah
Partnership minyans are outside the boundaries of Orthodoxy, says a leading United Synagogue rabbi
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The Terrible Beauty of the Evil Man
The evangelist who converted
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