‘Fantasies of Cheescake’ – A review of ‘Ask the Rabbi’ by Reuven Ben Dov

Originally published in The Jerusalem Post, 20 May 1999. An ideal book for an easy browse on Shavuot night is Ask The Rabbi. Questions and Answers on Judaism by Louis Jacobs (London, Valentine Mitchell: 237 pp.; price not stated). This collection of answers to questions posed by readers of the Jewish Chronicle would be interesting, if…