David Herman is the JC’s chief fiction reviewer
This book is a deeply moving account of a devastating attack and its consequences, but it is also guilty of sins of omission
The defiance of a Jewish artist and poet in hiding in wartime Holland is explored in a deeply moving new exhibition in the German capital
This is an extraordinary collection of essays about some extraordinary emigré artists and writers
David Herman finds much of interest in two timely essay collections about antisemitism — but why is there so little emphasis on Iran or immigration?
David Herman relishes the comic energy of Jacobson’s new novel
David Herman pays homage to an unforgettable Holocaust memoir
David Herman applauds a memoir that examines the life of Amos Oz
British poet and novelist inspired by London’s immigrant life
Poet Itzik Manger creates in prose a biblical fantasia, full of references to King David, Solomon and the Psalms
Powerfully told dark stories should help author break through to a new British audience
This is a fine account of one of Britain’s greatest Jewish intellectuals of the 20th century
The English Passengers novelist returns with a disappointingly flat story about a cinematographer on a tour of fascist Europe
Unlike his father, the novelist had an abiding interest in the Holocaust and the great modern Jewish-American writers
Deborah Levy's new novel about a gifted pianist is a slow burner but takes off in the final 200 pages
A critic's fond memories of a writer with a love of Westerns
How persecuted voices from the past are inspiring a new generation
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