Madeleine Kingsley recommends a family story that is much more than conventional memoir
By Madeleine Kingsley
The Last Instructions for this book should have been don't publish and don't read, says Jenni Frazer
By Jenni Frazer
This Israeli novelist tells the truth about lies, says Keren David
By Keren David
In the Footsteps of King David, In the Footsteps of King David, Yosef Garfinkel, Saar Ganor, Michael G.Hasel, Thames & Hudson, £24.95
By Simon Rocker
Words in Pain is a new edition of the collected letters Olga Jacoby wrote towards the end of her life
This thriller sequel comes at the wrong time in the series, but still works well as a mystery set in the Strictly Orthodox world
By Alan Montague
David Conway admires an audacious argument about how liberal we should be
By David Conway
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The Art of Bible Translation, Robert Alter, Princeton, £20
Angela Kiverstein meet Israeli children's writer Shoham Smith
By Angela Kiverstein
Madeleine Kingsley enjoys a debut about a mother -daughter replationship
Daniel Snowman praises a historian’s historian
By Daniel Snowman
a series of interviews reveals the author's uncle
By Colin Shindler
Amanda Hopkinson admires a collection of personal histories.
By Amanda Hopkinson
Gaby Koppel’s love/hate relationship with her mother provided inspiration for her first novel
By Gaby Koppel
Everything you ever wanted to know about the long history of (normally) miniature messengers of God
By Jonathan Margolis
A tale of the human (and porcine) heart
By Alun David