Jennifer Lipman

Jennifer Lipman is a freelance journalist living in London, writing about current affairs, politics, culture and society. She tweets @jenlipman

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Books

The Genius of Israel review: Why the Jewish state is one of the best places to live

From its family ties to scouts and soldiers, Dan Senor and Saul Singer's work celebrates all that's great about the nation

3 min read

The Genius of Israel review: Why the Jewish state is one of the best places to live

The Future review: Gadgets, gizmos and AI Armageddon

2 min read

How a language student became the heroic saviour of 16 Jewish Nobel laureates

4 min read

Why I chose to send my son to a Jewish school

3 min read

This Bird Has Flown review: An entertaining romance from a rock music world pro

Bangles singer Susanna Hoffs’ debut never fails to entertain even if her understanding of Britain seems solely shaped by Jilly Cooper and Richard Curtis

1 min read

August 25, 2023 09:06

The Bangles' Susanna Hoffs poses in the press room during the 2019 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Barclays Center on March 29, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

The award-winning novel which asks: 'What happens when parents get things wrong?'

Hila Blum tells of the therapeutic effect of writing her book How to Love your Daughter

4 min read

August 17, 2023 14:57

EJ63P7 Cologne, Germany. 20th Mar, 2015. Israeli author Hila Blum reads at the international literature festival Lit.Cologne in Cologne, Germany, 20 March 2015. Photo: Horst Galuschka - NO WIRE SERVICE -/dpa/Alamy Live News

Summer reading 2023: Our pick of the best books for the beach

Our list ranges from sharp-eyed social satires to a Killing Eve-style thriller about a heroine bent on revenge

3 min read

July 13, 2023 16:30

Summer reading 2023: Our pick of the best books for the beach

Book review: Romantic Comedy - From meet-cute to happily ever after

Curtis Sittenfeld's latest features an appealingly flawed character, uncomfortable in her own skin, wary of introspection and keen to deflect any compliment

1 min read

May 5, 2023 10:30

Book review: Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia - Perfectionist girls who starve

Hadley Freeman's eating disorder memoir is a vital contribution that it’s hoped will change how we understand anorexia

3 min read

April 5, 2023 14:39

Journalist Hadley Freeman. Byline John Nguyen/JNVisuals 03/01/2022

Meet Daniel Greenberg: The orthodox Jew policing Parliament

If an MP misbehaves, there’s a new man to call. Meet Daniel Greenberg, Westminster sleaze-buster

7 min read

April 3, 2023 13:00

Meet Daniel Greenberg: The orthodox Jew policing Parliament

Book review: The Equal Parent - Lessons in child-rearing from a father

As a father in a same-sex relationship, Morgan-Bentley offers a unique perspective

1 min read

March 17, 2023 10:29

Book review: The Equal Parent - Lessons in child-rearing from a father

The Kindertransport refugee who is still writing books at 94

Her advancing years haven’t slowed down Lore Segal’s urge to fictionalise life. The Other People’s Houses author reveals why she still writes

5 min read

March 9, 2023 18:38

The Kindertransport refugee who is still writing books at 94

Uncovering the lies of a mother who survived the Holocaust

Writer Monique Charlesworth discusses the web of deceit woven by her German-Jewish mother

5 min read

March 2, 2023 16:45

Uncovering the lies of a mother who survived the Holocaust

Why the Church is right to de-gender God

if God can be all things, why not a woman?

2 min read

February 8, 2023 12:18

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 28: Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, listens a speech during the Lord Mayor's Banquet at The Guildhall on November 28, 2022 in London, United Kingdom. This follows Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's speech at the CBI conference last week in which the PM put himself at odds with the lobbying group chief Tony Danker in terms of post-Brexit immigration policy. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

In Search of Amrit Kaur Book review: An Indian Princess in Wartime Paris - Historical dig reveals little

Author's lacklustre findings on life of socialite might better have been contained to a magazine feature

1 min read

January 9, 2023 15:31

In Search of Amrit Kaur Book review: An Indian Princess in Wartime Paris - Historical dig reveals little

The meaning of things: Fascinating memoir celebrates the ordinary

Richard Rabinowitz's book traces his unremarkable parents’ lives by examining the possessions that gave their existence meaning

2 min read

November 24, 2022 17:17

The meaning of things: Fascinating memoir celebrates the ordinary

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Jennifer Lipman

Latest from Jennifer Lipman

The Genius of Israel review: Why the Jewish state is one of the best places to live

The Future review: Gadgets, gizmos and AI Armageddon

How a language student became the heroic saviour of 16 Jewish Nobel laureates

Why I chose to send my son to a Jewish school

More from Jennifer Lipman

This Bird Has Flown review: An entertaining romance from a rock music world pro

The award-winning novel which asks: 'What happens when parents get things wrong?'

Summer reading 2023: Our pick of the best books for the beach

Book review: Romantic Comedy - From meet-cute to happily ever after

Book review: Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia - Perfectionist girls who starve

Meet Daniel Greenberg: The orthodox Jew policing Parliament

Book review: The Equal Parent - Lessons in child-rearing from a father

The Kindertransport refugee who is still writing books at 94

Uncovering the lies of a mother who survived the Holocaust

Why the Church is right to de-gender God

In Search of Amrit Kaur Book review: An Indian Princess in Wartime Paris - Historical dig reveals little

The meaning of things: Fascinating memoir celebrates the ordinary