Dr Harry Freedman
How Rabbi Akiva saved the Shema for Judaism
The sage’s battle to stop the prayer’s appropriation by early Christians
How Orthodox women moved on in 20 years
Under My Hat -— How Orthodox Women are Shaping the Future of Judasim, Sally Berkovic, Ktav, £21.95
Belief in an age of uncertainty
'British Jews rarely produce theology that demands to be read. Tony Bayfield has'
How to deal with a dybbuk
How rabbis performed exorcism - from a new book on Kabbalah
Are American synagogues on the road to renewal - or perdition?
A new study of religious trends inside the largest diaspora community
A poetic way to read the Psalms
The Psalms should be read as poetry, as an English rabbi's new, rhyming translation reminds us
The secret dialogue between Orthodox and Progressives
Former JC journalist Meir Persoff documents the history of the dialogue between Chief Rabbi Jakobovits and Liberal Rabbi Sidney Brichto
The phenomenal rise of Chasidism
Hasidism, A New History, David Biale and others, Princeton University Press, £37.95
Understanding the twists and turns of our religious history
A History of Judaism, Martin Goodman, Allen Lane, £30
Martin Luther's unacknowledged debt to the Jews
The role of Hebrew should not be overlooked in the commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation
Why translation was a hot topic
Are Jewish weddings sexist and outdated?
In a traditional Jewish marriage, the woman technically becomes the property of her husband
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