Halakhah — the Rabbinic Idea of Law, Chaim N. Saiman, Princeton, £24
By Dr Harris Bor
Daniel Sugarman admires this Israeli thinker for his clarity
By Daniel Sugarman
David Herman is taken along a north-west passage
By David Herman
Peter Lawson reads some near-poetic prose — and actual poetry.
By Peter Lawson
Marina Gerner finds hope in a tale of a troubled hero in Claire Hajaj's fiction
By Marina Gerner
This weekend Natalie Livingstone hosts the second Cliveden Literary Festival.
By Gerald Jacobs
Anne Garvey salutes a grounded American feminist
By Anne Garvey
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Angela Kirverstein reviews various books for kids age 3+
By Angela Kiverstein
Madeleine Kingsley reviews Lisa Zeidner's 'Layover', which explores grief expressed as wild sexual abandon
By Madeleine Kingsley
Ahron Bregman commends a deadly investigation by Ronen Bergman
By Ahron Bregman
Ben Barkow reviews Steven J Zipperstein's portrait of a prototype pogrom with pieces missing
By Ben Barkow
Jonathan Margolis finds Seth Greenland's The Hazards of Good Fortune is too good to be a movie
By Jonathan Margolis
Justice for All, Jeremiah Unterman, JPS, £29.99
By Simon Rocker
Angela Kiverstein reviews some children's books that will leave you spellbound by creative storytelling
Jennifer Lipman reviews Alison Pick's novel about the pitfalls for pioneering families in the Jewish utopia of kibbutz life
By Jennifer Lipman
Hester Abrams reviews Yael Neeman's book about the bleaker side of kibbutz life
By Hester Abrams