The grinning cat, the spiritual tinkerer and the legacy of Rabbi Louis Jacobs
Louis Jacobs and the Quest for a Contemporary Jewish Theology, Miri Freud-Kandel, Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, £29.95
A wise, inclusive but sometimes over-protective approach to Torah
Listening for God in Torah & Creation, Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg, Hatchette, £30
Negotiating the moral maze
Review: Pathways to their Hearts – Torah Perspectives on the Individual, Rabbi Nachum L. Rabinovitch, Maggid, £22.95
Rabbi Sacks for all the family
A new edition of his sidrah commentaries is designed to encourage family discussion
Abraham the activist, who challenged God
What made Abraham stand out? Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg profiles the patriarch in an extract from his new book
The internal struggle within Israel's new ruling elite
Religious Zionists dominate public life, but they may not be as united as critics think, says the author of a new book
The renaissance of halachah in modern Israel
State of Halakha — Israel’s History in Jewish Law, Aviad Tabory, Maggid, £22.99
The pursuit of unity is a religious ideal we must not forsake
A more than timely work from the chairman of World Mizrachi, Rabbi Doron Perez
United Synagogue publishes new Singer's Siddur
Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis said the siddur is the 'only prayer book' congregants need
How old Is Judaism? The answer might be younger than you think
A new book argues the Torah may not have been widely recognised until the days of the Maccabees
The start-ups that spell hope for American Jewry
A new book argues that Judaism in the US is on the cusp of radical change
To dip or not to dip? The Shakespeare Haggadah
IT worker from New Jersey has written a Bard's version of the text we read every Pesach... with a little technical help
Stop Look Listen book review: The spiritual beauty of Shabbat
Nehemia Polen argues the ultimate purpose of Shabbat is to bring us to a zone of enhanced spiritual awareness
The genius of Jonathan Sacks
Final volume of his Torah commentaries shows late chief rabbi at the height of his powers
Hidden for centuries, the Bible that changes everything
Codex Sassoon — the oldest nearly complete version of the Hebrew Bible — will go on sale at Sotheby’s in New York in May
How monotheism prompted the quest for scientific discovery
An extract from the new book, A Guide for the Jewish Undecided, on why Orthodox Jews have reason to believe
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