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The Chasidic stories that anticipate the parables of Franz Kafka

Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav was one of the great Chasidic writers of the early modern period, and this Pushkin Press translation of his tales of rabbis, robbers, princes and paradoxes is a treasure

By David Herman

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Driven: Jewish judge Fritz Bauer (centre) in Frankfurt in 1964 and the biography about him

The Prosecutor review: ‘the Jew who put his country on trial’

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Normal people: Keith Kahn-Harris and his book

Why aren’t Jews allowed to just be ordinary?

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33 Place Brugmann review: ‘secrets, betrayal and courage in occupied Brussels’

33 Place Brugmann review: ‘secrets, betrayal and courage in occupied Brussels’

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A Fool’s Kabbalah review: ‘Is comedy a valid response the Shoah?’

A Fool’s Kabbalah review: ‘Is comedy a valid response the Shoah?’

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‘For Peter Beinart, focusing on the right of Jews to be secure from terrorists is immoral’

‘For Peter Beinart, focusing on the right of Jews to be secure from terrorists is immoral’

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Do the affluent and over-educated have problems?

Do the affluent and over-educated have problems?

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