David Herman

Book review: Reassessing Kafka 100 years on

Literary sorcerer focused on the instability of life

Our writer pays tribute to Paul Auster who died this week

Knife by Salman Rushdie, review: What about the other victims of the new fundamentalism?

This book is a deeply moving account of a devastating attack and its consequences, but it is also guilty of sins of omission

My father risked his life making fun of Hitler

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

How Jewish refugees changed British childhood

This is an extraordinary collection of essays about some extraordinary emigré artists and writers

These books about hate are already out of date

David Herman finds much of interest in two timely essay collections about antisemitism — but why is there so little emphasis on Iran or immigration?

What Will Survive of Us by Howard Jacobson review: How smart word play can conceal an inner emptiness

David Herman relishes the comic energy of Jacobson’s new novel

The details of concentration camp life are brought to terrifying life

David Herman pays homage to an unforgettable Holocaust memoir

Amos Oz: Writer, Activist, Icon review: Getting personal with a literary giant

David Herman applauds a memoir that examines the life of Amos Oz

Obituary: Tobias Hill

British poet and novelist inspired by London’s immigrant life

The Book of Paradise review: Moonlit nights, pious Jews and demons

Poet Itzik Manger creates in prose a biblical fantasia, full of references to King David, Solomon and the Psalms

The House of Love and Prayer and Other Stories review - Dark tales of Orthodox life with a feminist twist

Powerfully told dark stories should help author break through to a new British audience