David Herman

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Our fiction reviewer picks his books to get you through isolation

David Herman lists the Jewish books you probably always meant to get round to

The ancient lineage that makes writers Jewish

What unites such different writers as Bellow and Bruno Schulz, Roth and Primo Levi? With Jewish Book Week approaching, it's time to ask what makes a writer a 'Jewish writer'?

Review: Forgetting

A fascinating book of reflections on memory and forgetting, says David Herman

Review: The Jews, The Holocaust, and The Public

This new collection of essays demonstrates Cesarani’s extraordinary range of interests and his formidable intellectual energy, writes David Herman

Review: That’s Funny, You Don’t Look Anti-Semitic

David Herman reviews two books on antisemitism

Review: The Gunzburgs: A Family Biography

This book is full of big names, fascinating stories and teems with detail, says David Herman

Jonathan Miller

Review: Berlin to London

Saraga tells the story not only of who was left behind in Berlin, but also of what, says David Herman

The woman who championed a distinct American art

An exhibition at New York's Jewish museum celebrates the contribution of Edith Halpert, a gallery owner who defined a new American art

Review: Fly Already

Etgar Keret is a master of melancholy, but also of terror, says David Herman