The teachings of the Torah can help us manage time more effectively, according to a new book
By Rabbi Osher Chaim Levene
“Among the cities you shall give to the Levites, shall be six cities of refuge, which you shall provide [as places] to which a murderer can flee” Numbers 35:6
By Rebbetzin Shuli Liss
The great artist’s and biblical hero’s approach to mortality show a revealing contrast
By Rabbi Dr Raphael Zarum
The feminine imagery associated with Shavuot underlines the importance of women’s role in education
By Ma'ayan Shoshana Landau
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
“You will make planks for the Tabernacle” Exodus 26:15
By Rabbi Daniel Silverstein
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Louis Jacobs and the Quest for a Contemporary Jewish Theology, Miri Freud-Kandel, Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, £29.95
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Listening for God in Torah & Creation, Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg, Hatchette, £30
By Rabbi Dr Harris Bor
Looking after the ‘stranger’ lies at the heart of the Torah
Rabbi Scott Kahn, who is speaking at Limmud, co-hosts a podcast on sex and relationships
What made Abraham stand out? Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg profiles the patriarch in an extract from his new book
By Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg
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
