A new book explores what the rabbis have to say about military ethics
By Simon Rocker
Challenges to our faith can yield new insights which help to strengthen it, says the author of a new book
By Rabbi Dr Raphael Zarum
“You will make planks for the Tabernacle” Exodus 26:15
By Rabbi Daniel Silverstein
Louis Jacobs and the Quest for a Contemporary Jewish Theology, Miri Freud-Kandel, Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, £29.95
Listening for God in Torah & Creation, Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg, Hatchette, £30
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Looking after the ‘stranger’ lies at the heart of the Torah
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What made Abraham stand out? Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg profiles the patriarch in an extract from his new book
By Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg
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We should do our utmost to minimise harm to civilians in Gaza
By Rabbi Dr Samuel Lebens
State of Halakha — Israel’s History in Jewish Law, Aviad Tabory, Maggid, £22.99
Mette Frederiksen spoke out after several burnings of holy books in recent months inciting global outrage
By Richard Percival
Justice minister Gunnar Strömmer has pledged to examine legal and legislative possibilities to ban the desecration of holy books in the country
The charities help scholars to devote time to study of the Talmud and rabbinic commentaries
Israeli representatives and a senior rabbi has condemned the decision
Israel's President Isaac Herzog was one of several Israeli representatives and Jewish organisations to immediately condemn the decision
By Hannah Gillott
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