Rabbi Howard Cooper

Rabbi Howard Cooper is a minister at Finchley Reform Synagogue

Latest from Rabbi Howard Cooper

Embracing Exile: The Case for Jewish Diaspora review: ‘The case for the diaspora’

This is an erudite, provocative and timely book on Jewish accomplishments in ‘exile’, and how they have been to the benefit of Jews and non-Jews alike

3 min read

Towering figure: a modern statue of the philosopher Maimonides beside the city walls in Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain shows the legacy of the diaspora

Christian Supremacy: Reckoning with the Roots of Antisemitism and Racism review

3 min read

This Is Europe: The Way We Live Now review - All of human life is here

2 min read

The God Desire Review: Judaism doesn't count in David Baddiel's new book

3 min read

Book review: The Memory Monster

Yishai Sarid's dark satire exposes the bleak underbelly of Israeli Shoah remembrance

2 min read

January 30, 2022 20:38

Review: Jews Don’t Count: How Identity Politics Failed One Particular Identity

Feeling something is true doesn’t make it so, writes Rabbi Howard Cooper

2 min read

February 11, 2021 10:12

Review: Jews Don’t Count: How Identity Politics Failed One Particular Identity

Book review: What Are Jews For?

If there was a prize for Best Book Title of the Year, Adam Sutcliffe’s latest work would surely walk off with it.

2 min read

August 20, 2020 10:30

Review: The Accusation — Blood Libel in an American Town

This eye-opening and timely book includes weaving into a local story the larger history of the European blood libel, says Howard Cooper

2 min read

December 18, 2019 17:56

Review: The Accusation — Blood Libel in an American Town

Review: Dissident Rabbi

This definitive study illuminates ways in which Sasportas’s text and conservative stance 'came to serve as a stand-in for a habit of mind that rejected novelty', writes Howard Cooper

2 min read

December 18, 2019 17:24

Rabbi's 'don't vote Corbyn' message will only stoke Jewish fears

Rabbi Romain broke ethical and professional guidelines

2 min read

November 4, 2019 12:56

Rabbi's 'don't vote Corbyn' message will only stoke Jewish fears

The mental health of biblical heroes

The Hidden Psychiatry of the Old Testament, Dr George Stein,Hamilton Books, £42.95

1 min read

July 5, 2019 13:16

The mental health of biblical heroes

The author offers detailed, scholarly explorations of the biblical texts themselves and finds multiple opportunities for relating their language and themes to modern clinical diagnoses.

1 min read

July 5, 2019 13:16

Rabbi Howard Cooper

Latest from Rabbi Howard Cooper

Embracing Exile: The Case for Jewish Diaspora review: ‘The case for the diaspora’

Christian Supremacy: Reckoning with the Roots of Antisemitism and Racism review

This Is Europe: The Way We Live Now review - All of human life is here

The God Desire Review: Judaism doesn't count in David Baddiel's new book

More from Rabbi Howard Cooper

Book review: The Memory Monster

Review: Jews Don’t Count: How Identity Politics Failed One Particular Identity

Book review: What Are Jews For?

Review: The Accusation — Blood Libel in an American Town

Review: Dissident Rabbi

Rabbi's 'don't vote Corbyn' message will only stoke Jewish fears

The mental health of biblical heroes

The mental health of biblical heroes