Wisdom Won from Illness: Essays in Philosophy and Psychoanalysis, by Jonathan Lear William Kolbrener on an extraordinary collection that explores literature’s role in shaping ethical thought and helping to ‘transform the psyche’ By William Kolbrener 27 April
How the Wise Men Got to Chelm: The Life and Times of a Yiddish Folk Tradition, by Ruth von Bernuth William Kolbrener on a study of the tales that centre on a place that is both a real Polish city and an imaginary realm By William Kolbrener 27 October
Trouble in the Tribe: The American Jewish Conflict over Israel, by Dov Waxman Projecting their hopes and fears on to Israel has polarised Jews in the US, says William Kolbrener By William Kolbrener 28 July
