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

Book Review: Strangers With the Same Dream

Jennifer Lipman reviews Alison Pick's novel about the pitfalls for pioneering families in the Jewish utopia of kibbutz life

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Book Review: Strangers With the Same Dream

I’m totally British, in my own distinct fashion

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‘I have a real hunger for Jewish themes’

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Advice for Israel Tour

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Art: Enid Marx

She's best known for the seat covers she designed for London Underground, but a new exhibition delves deeper into the painter and designer's archives

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June 15, 2018 10:06

Book review: The Pisces

This painfully honest book will divide readers, but delight some

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June 14, 2018 09:12

The president’s wife and her lover

US author Amy Bloom’s latest book delves back into American history to shed light on one of its most formidable women: Eleanor Roosevelt

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June 8, 2018 15:30

I deserve to be heard

How do you choose to speak out about Israel?

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May 25, 2018 13:17

Was that safety and security just a blip?

It really felt like things were going in the right direction - when the 2012 Olympics opened, it felt as if the battle of ideas was being won. But that's all changed, writes Jennifer Lipman

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April 12, 2018 11:14

Was that safety and security just a blip?

A love that endured despite the Shoah

Felix and Fela were teenage sweethearts in Poland before the war. She was sent to Auschwitz, he ended up in Communist Russia. Their story is now told in a remarkable memoir.

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April 4, 2018 13:40

Should mothers matter more than fathers?

Growing up, I always knew that, whoever fathered my future children, they would be considered Jewish, but should that now change, asks Jennifer Lipman

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March 1, 2018 11:22

Should mothers matter more than fathers?

A best-selling author’s nearly Jewish life of crime

Crime writer Laura Lippman talks about her Jew-ish life

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February 22, 2018 12:26

A best-selling author’s nearly Jewish life of crime

The children's champion

Her father's plight as a child refugee from Nazi Germany inspired Carolyn Hamilton's career fighting for children's rights worldwide. Jennifer Lipman met her.

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February 8, 2018 10:43