David Herman

David Herman is the JC’s chief fiction reviewer

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I read 250 books for the JC - these are the best

In 40 years, David Herman has reviewed the cream of Jewish literature. To mark his 250th review, he's picked out his favourite reads

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I read 250 books for the JC - these are the best

Obituary: Stephen Sondheim

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Book review: Without Let or Hindrance

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10th December 1956: Australian dancer, choreographer and actor Robert Helpmann as Shylock and British actress Barbara Jefford as Pertia in a production of Shakespeare's 'The Merchant Of Venice' at the Old Vic theatre, London. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Review: A Companion to British-Jewish Theatre Since the 1950s

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Israeli writers don’t need a Sally Rooney lecture

The Irish novelist prefers dogma to engaging with others, and reveals her own ignorance

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October 21, 2021 15:14

Israeli writers don’t need a Sally Rooney lecture

Mark Rothko and the Jewish battle for soul of modern art

The opening of an exhibition of the painter’s work in Whitechapel 60 years ago marked a turning point for Jewish artists

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October 7, 2021 18:44

Mark Rothko and the Jewish battle for soul of modern art

Review: Nabokov and the Real World: Between  Appreciation and Defence

Robert Alter’s latest book, Nabokov and the Real World, is a selection of his essays on Nabokov’s masterpieces

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July 15, 2021 18:46

Review: Nabokov and the Real World: Between  Appreciation and Defence

George Segal

Hollywood star who helped bring a new Jewish visibility to mid-century American films

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July 2, 2021 13:00

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Book Review: The Netanyahus

David Herman enjoys a novel with a famous family name

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May 6, 2021 12:07

Professor Otto Dov Kulka

Holocaust survivor who became one of the leading Israeli historians of his generation

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April 30, 2021 01:00

DJ0M5W Munich, Germany. 18th Nov, 2013. The Israeli historian and Holocaust survivor Otto Dov Kulka poses with his book 'Landscapes of the metropolis of death: reflections on memory and imagination' after a press conference in Munich, Germany, 18 November 2013. Kulka will receive the 34th Geschwister-Scholl Prize. Photo: INGA KJER/dpa/Alamy Live News

Parting Words: 9 lessons for a remarkable life

Benjamin Ferencz’s is a classic rags-to-riches story written with touching modesty, writes David Herman

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March 12, 2021 17:22

Parting Words: 9 lessons for a remarkable life

Joan Micklin Silver

Key figure in the American breakthrough of women screenwriters and directors

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March 12, 2021 11:36

Comedy with a capital J

Brauner does a first-rate job of showing what makes Howard Jacobson such a good writer, says David Herman

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March 4, 2021 18:23

Family memoirs shine in book award

Hadley Freeman, Bess Kalb among nominees for Britain's pre-eminent Jewish books prize

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January 28, 2021 13:19

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 12: Hadley Freeman at BFI Southbank on December 12, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)

Review: Käsebier Takes Berlin

This novel, written in the 1930's, is about the media, celebrity and fake news, and therefore remarkably topical today

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December 17, 2020 13:04

Review: Women

A modern translation of a 1933 collection of four connected stories

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November 12, 2020 10:24

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David Herman

Latest from David Herman

I read 250 books for the JC - these are the best

Obituary: Stephen Sondheim

Book review: Without Let or Hindrance

Review: A Companion to British-Jewish Theatre Since the 1950s

More from David Herman

Israeli writers don’t need a Sally Rooney lecture

Mark Rothko and the Jewish battle for soul of modern art

Review: Nabokov and the Real World: Between Appreciation and Defence

George Segal

Book Review: The Netanyahus

Professor Otto Dov Kulka

Parting Words: 9 lessons for a remarkable life

Joan Micklin Silver

Comedy with a capital J

Family memoirs shine in book award

Review: Käsebier Takes Berlin

Review: Women

Review: Nabokov and the Real World: Between  Appreciation and Defence