Jennifer Lipman

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

Latest from Jennifer Lipman

We can change for the better after this crisis

' It’s been edifying to see mutual-aid groups springing up across Britain, encouraging the young and able to check on neighbours, and support those who need to self-isolate.'

3 min read

We can change for the better after this crisis

A quiet revolution: we’re hanging up our hats

3 min read

Review: The Sisters of Auschwitz

2 min read

Baghdad’s Jews remembered

6 min read

Here’s my communal To Do list for the 2020s

'A new decade offers a reset; time to make resolutions for the future. As a community, it’s an opportunity to reflect on what we want from the coming decade.'

3 min read

January 2, 2020 11:14

Here’s my communal To Do list for the 2020s

Ancient feminism

Jennifer Lipman reviews Simon’s Wife by L. M. Affrossman

1 min read

December 18, 2019 16:45

I won’t vote Labour, but I’ve no plans to leave

'A Labour majority would announce that we, as a community, don’t really matter and can no longer take our security here for granted.'

3 min read

November 21, 2019 16:15

I won’t vote Labour, but I’ve no plans to leave

My father's 13,000 mile escape

A new book tells the extraordinary story of the Jewish children who travelled 13,000 miles through Siberian gulags and central Asia to escape the Holocaust

6 min read

November 21, 2019 11:52

How to attract young families to shul? It’s easy

'There’s one area where our community could make an enormous difference; childcare. Almost every parent I know spends their life navigating its complexities.'

3 min read

October 10, 2019 13:58

How to attract young families to shul? It’s easy

Refugee, feminist, pioneer

Publisher Ursula Owen's new book traces her life as a refugee from Germany

6 min read

October 10, 2019 13:05

Do succah suppers leave you cold?

It's the season for eating al fresco - or al succo - as Succot approaches. But you you love or hate eating in your temporary hut? Jennifer Lipman and Angela Epstein debate.

3 min read

October 10, 2019 11:37

Be more like Chuka, moderate Labour MPs

They are asking us to hold our breath and vote in a man who has demonstrated a consistent record of cosying up to people with questionable ideologies, says Jennifer Lipman

3 min read

August 29, 2019 14:12

Etgar Keret's IKEA way to write a story

The best-selling Israeli author has a new collection of stories out in September

6 min read

August 16, 2019 10:23

My Jewish wishes for my newborn baby son

'I hope he will indeed develop a proud Jewish Identity; that he will be someone for whom his faith sits at the heart of his being.'

3 min read

July 18, 2019 11:04

My Jewish wishes for my newborn baby son

Is this the female Philip Roth?

Debut novelist Taffy Brodesser-Akner has written a book about a middle-aged Jewish doctor - and the plaudits are coming in thick and fast

6 min read

June 27, 2019 15:24

Hankering for the old days of positive politics

Being 'not Corbyn', 'not May' and 'not bad news for Jews' is a pretty low bar, says Jennifer Lipman. It’s a dispiriting fact of politics that we’re at a stage where that could seem enough.

3 min read

June 6, 2019 14:32

Hankering for the old days of positive politics

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Jennifer Lipman

Latest from Jennifer Lipman

We can change for the better after this crisis

A quiet revolution: we’re hanging up our hats

Review: The Sisters of Auschwitz

Baghdad’s Jews remembered

More from Jennifer Lipman

Here’s my communal To Do list for the 2020s

Ancient feminism

I won’t vote Labour, but I’ve no plans to leave

My father's 13,000 mile escape

How to attract young families to shul? It’s easy

Refugee, feminist, pioneer

Do succah suppers leave you cold?

Be more like Chuka, moderate Labour MPs

Etgar Keret's IKEA way to write a story

My Jewish wishes for my newborn baby son

Is this the female Philip Roth?

Hankering for the old days of positive politics