The 7 Deadly Myths: Antisemitism from the Time of Christ to Kanye West

Alex Ryvchin’s book reviewed by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen Read more

The Interpretation of Cakes

A book review by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen Read more

Wisdom Grows in My Garden: a book review by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen

If the writings of Rabbi Paul Plotkin were anything like the sermons he gave, then people would be flocking to hear him. Read more

ISRAELOPHOBIA: The Newest Version of the Oldest Hatred & What to do about it

A book review by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen Read more

My Father’s Shadow: a memoir – written by Sandra Goldbloom Zurbo

A book review by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen Read more

The Angel of Kings Cross: The Life and Times of Dr Fanny Reading

A book review by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen Read more

Funny You Don’t Look Funny: Judaism and Humour from the Silent Generation to Millennials

Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen reviews a book by Jennifer Caplan Read more

Book review – Care and Covenant- A Jewish Bioethic of Responsibility

Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen reviews Rabbi Jason Weiner’s book. Read more

Judaism Disrupted: A Spiritual Manifesto for the 21st Century

Michael Strassfeld’s name may not be familiar to all those who read J-Wire. Read more

What I Wish I Had Known: Resisting the Urge to Live

Jeffrey Cohen reviews Dasia Black’s book. Read more

Living in an Upside-Down World: Finding Meaning in Complex Times

Jeffrey Cohen reviews Rabbi Ralph Genende’s book. Read more

The Possibly True Story of Martin Gardiner: A Historical Novel

Jeffrey Cohen reviews the novel written by Graham Cohen. Read more

The Hunt: A Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus thriller

Faye Kellerman’s book reviewed by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen. Read more

A Jewish Girl in Paris: a book review by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen

It is now over 75 years since the end of the Shoah and World War II. One wonders how many more novels have yet to emerge. This is one of the better ones. Read more

The Choice: A Novel of Love, Faith, and the Talmud – reviewed by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen

Maggie Anton has introduced us to a number of stories around Jewish life, beginning with her series on Rashi’s Daughters [3 novels] followed by Rav Hisda’s Daughter [2 novels] and one about personal relationships {Fifty Shades of Talmud]. Read more

Portrait of an Unknown Woman: book review by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen

This is Daniel Silva’s twenty-fifth novel and the 22^nd, with Gabriel Allon as the chief protagonist. Read more

Abomination: a book review by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen

This book begins in 1999 and is set in Melbourne. Read more

Leo and Mina Fink: For the Greater Good – a book review by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen

For those of us of a certain age (say over 50) and raised in Melbourne’s Jewish world the names of Leo Fink and Mina Fink will recognise the names even if they did know them. Read more

The Covered Wife: a book review by Jeffrey Cohen

Over the past year or so there seems to have been a fascination in one way or another with Orthodox Judaism. Read more

Can Robots be Jewish? And other pressing questions of Modern Life: a book review by Jeffrey Cohen

Amy Schwartz serves as the opinion and book editor at Moment Magazine. Moment is one of the more independent and thought stimulating magazine in the Jewish world started by Leonid/Leibl Fein over fifty years ago and is still being published today as an independent but also inclusive journal. Read more

Have I got a Cartoon for You: The Moment Magazine Book of Jewish Cartoons

Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen reviews the book edited by Bob Mankoff. Read more

Coherent Judaism: Constructive theology, Creation & Halakhah: A book review by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen

I am sure that a number of my colleagues (and friends) would question whether Judaism could ever be coherent, especially with the words Halakhah as well as theology in its title. Read more

Light beyond the Shadows: The Legacy of the Czech Torah Scrolls

Book Review: Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen reviews Light beyond the Shadows: The Legacy of the Czech Torah Scrolls by Sheila Pallay and Julius Muller. Read more

Last Kings of Shanghai: a book review by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen

There are many who will read this review who would have heard of the Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara who issued some 1800 visas in Kovno in 1940 which enabled the holders to transit Japan and spend the war years in Shanghai. Read more

The Miracle Typist: a book review by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen

Leon Silver’s The Miracle Typist is a powerful true story of one soldier’s long journey home. Read more

Curious Obsessions in the History of Science and Spirituality – a book review by Jeffrey Cohen

Rachael Kohn was for over a quarter of a century the religious voice at the Australian Broadcasting Commission, having retired from the ABC in 2018. Read more

Reason to Believe: The Controversial Life of Rabbi Louis Jacobs

It seems strange that I received this book on the day I heard about the death of Jonathan Sacks, the Emeritus Chief Rabbi of the United Synagogue of the United Kingdom…writes Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen. Read more

Heart of Violence: Why People Harm Each Other – a book review by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen

Paul Valent brings two unique interests in writing this book. Not only was he the long-serving President of the Child Holocaust Survivors Melbourne but he has been a major voice in the study of Trauma and Founder of the Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Read more

The Order: a book review by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen

This is Dan Silva’s twenty-third novel and as usual features as its chief protagonist is Gabriel Allon who is not only head of Israel’s secret service, the Mossad, but also an art restorer. Read more

The Powerbroker: Mark Leibler, An Australian Jewish Life

My first response when I picked up this book was how appropriate it was that a University Press named after one of Australia’s greatest Jews should publish a book about one of contemporary Australian Jewry’s most powerful, and most important Jews. Read more

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