Books – Author
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Harmonisation as Theological Hermeneutic: the Interpretative Methodology of Rabbi Shemuel Bornstein of Sochaczew, (PhD dissertation published online, 2011), Scholars' Press hard-copy edition forthcoming
- The Shabbat Siddur Companion (Southfield, MI: Targum Press, 2002)
- Shem MiShmuel: Selections on the Weekly Parashah and Festivals (Southfield, MI: Targum Press, 1998), French edition 2012
Books – Contributor
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70 Days for 70 Years
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Morasha Kehillat Yaakov (festschrift for Lord Sacks), 2014
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Sefer HaShiva, 2014
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The Jewish Year Book, 2014
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Bnei Akiva Sefer HaSefirah, 2011
- Inner Lights from Jerusalem, 2007 (preface)
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60 Days for 60 Years, 2005
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Inspiring Lights, 2004
Book in Development
- Never Eat Spaghetti on a Date (working title)
Jewish Chronicle Articles
- Challenge and Continuity: Rabbinic Responses to Modernity, Science and Tragedy (2017, Review)
- Akiva: Sage of the Talmud (2017, Review)
- Why I Support the Libel Action against Farage (2017)
- The Last Rabbi: Joseph Soloveitchik and Talmudic Tradition (2017, Review)
- Transforming the World: The Jewish Impact on Modernity (2016, Review)
- Judaism and Other Religions: Models of Understanding (2015, Review)
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A Flawed Partnership (2015)
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The Terrible Beauty of the Evil Man (2014, Review)
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The Talmud: a Biography (2014, Review)
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Too Much Dancing is Bad for the Simchah (2013)
- The Legacy: Teachings for Life from the Great Lithuanian Rabbis (2013, Review)
- The Sages: Character, Context and Creativity (2012, Review)
- Angels at the Table: a Practical Guide to Celebrating Shabbat (2011, Review)
- Festivals of Faith: Reflections on the Jewish Holidays (2011, Review)
- A Torah haven in the Geordie heartlands (2011)
- The Relationship of Orthodox Jews with Believing Jews of Other Religious Ideologies and Non-Believing Jews (2011, Review)
- Exodus: The Book of Redemption (2010, Review)
- Nathan or Dathan? How to pick a Hebrew name (2010)
- A trip to Israel is the best batmitzvah gift (2010)
- So why isn’t our meat good enough rabbi? (2009)
- An Introduction to medieval Jewish philosophy (2009, Review)
- JCoSS is non-Orthodox, not ‘cross-communal’ (2009)
- Intoxicated with God and Torah (2009, Review)
- There’s plenty of colour among the black hats (2008)
- Is it ethical to ‘hijack’ an Internet connection? (2008)
- How rabbis take on the software pirates (2008)
- Welcome to techno-Torah (2008)
- Must your online shop shut on Shabbat? (2008)
- So... can you write God’s name on a computer? (2008)
- How Torah can take on the internet (2007)
- At least, remember the rabbi’s joke (2007)
- Men, you mustn’t hear this woman sing (2007)
- Beware. This fish is kosher-style (2007)
- Haircuts on Lag ba’Omer (2007)
- Internet ask-the-rabbis: the Judge’s verdict (2007)
- What do the e-rabbis know? (2007)
- When a woman may shake a man’s hand (2007)
- Custom and Practice – choosing a Lulav and Etrog (2006)
- Custom and Practice – leading the Grace (2006)
- Keep Adam and Eve out of the science class (2006)
- Custom and Practice – wishing someone ‘a long life’ (2006)
- Custom and Practice – Tu Bishvat (2006)
- Custom and Practice – guarding the dead (2005)
- Custom and Practice – locusts (2005)
- Custom and Practice – sleeping in the Sukkah (2005)
- Custom and Practice – sheva berachot (2005)
- Custom and Practice – repeating chazanim (2005)
- Custom and Practice – peyot (2005)
- Shiur magic (2005)
- Small talk (2005)
- Look who’s talking (2004)
- Going up the country (2004)
- It looks like bread, it tastes like bread, but it isn’t (2004)
- Ark royal (2004)
- Custom and Practice – when to wear a talit (2003)
- The beast in the cathedral (2003)
- Enjoying the fruits of freedom (2003)
- Apocalypse soon? (2003, Review)
Cross-Currents Articles
- Early entry in Pesach silliness award (2010)
- The place of a non-believing Jew (2010)
- Rabbi in Israel – War in Gaza (2009)
- Heady reflections on a Sukkot adventure (2008)
- Statues in Montreux (2008)
- What’s that for? Musar from a three-year-old (2008)
- The Pope and Praying in Hebrew (2008)
- Pesach Questions 5768 (2008)
- Haggadah – Two Views (2008)
- Means and ends (part 2) – Mazal Tov edition (2008)
- If you prick us, do we not bleed? (2008)
- Of Tu BiShevat and Etrogim (2008)
- Modern Orthodox or Chassidic? (2008)
- Leading From Behind (2007)
- Un-hijacking Hanukah (2007)
- Yippee: a Journey to Jewish Mazursky (2007)
- A Week in Jerusalem (2007)
- A visit to Sochaczew (2007)
- Our lives in our hands on Sukkot (2007)
- The Avinu-Malkenu Paradox, Resolved (2007)
- Hard Questions About Kiruv (2007)
- Remembrance of Tisha B’Av Past (2007)
- The Most Annoying Phrases (2007)
- Sacred or Superficial? (2007)
- Dating in Context (2007)
- Halachic Child (2007)
- Means and Ends (2007)
- Under-breeding Ourselves Out of Existence: A View From London (2007)
- A Grave Matter (2007)
- Why I Am A Boring Guest (2007)
- The Herd Mentality (2007)
Other Articles
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Anti-Semitism: The Longest Hatred, Jewish Action (2015)
- Is it Right for Religions to Treat Men and Women Differently? The Tablet (2013)
- First Impressions of the Koren Talmud, Jewish Action (2013)
- The Orthodox Family of the 21st Century, Jewish Action (2012)
- Pesach and Altruism, Jewish Volunteering Network (2011)
- What’s in a Word? You & US (2011)
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Discovering the Shem Mi'Shemuel of Sochaczew: Rosh Hashana and the tension between submission and self-expression, Degel (2010)
- Passion and Normality in Jewish Life, You and US (2010)
- A Jewish Response to Human Catastrophe, Jewish Action (2010)
- The Rock-Steady Suspension Bridge: on Principles and Acknowledging Difference, You & US (2010)
- Avoiding the Slide into Extremism, Jewish Action (2007)
- How portable is your faith? Jewish World Review (2006)
- Of Rosh HaShanah and Monkeys, Jewish World Review (2005)
- A First Response to the Tsunami Disaster, Jewish World Review (2005)
- This Year, throw away your Haggadah, Jewish World Review (2004)
- Multimedia Tool of Antiquity, Jewish World Review (2004)
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