Keren David

Year in review: the arts 2016

Bob Dylan won a Nobel Prize, Judge Rinder wiggled his tuchas in Strictly and Carole King sang in Hyde Park 2016 may have been a grim year in many ways, but in the world of arts and entertainment there was much to cheer.

Why I'm not seduced by the seasonal sparkle

December was an emotionally turbulent time for me as a child. I was sick with anger and envy, miserable, lonely and wracked with guilt for caring so much.

Gerald Jacobs: love letters straight from the heart

It is a slightly worrying thing, the task of reading a colleagues book and interviewing him about it, especially as in this case the colleague is Gerald Jacobs, literary editor of this newspaper since the late 1980s, who, as a result, knows as much about books, and Jewish books in particular, as many a professor of literature.

Jodi Picoult - The book that changed me

Best-selling author Jodi Picoult tells Keren David about the lessons that she learned writing about racism

Jodi Picoult competition entry form

The JC at 175: From faxes to tweets, via Silk Cut

Sell-out crowd for the launch of UK Jewish Film Festival

Three weeks to go...time to write my JDOV talk

The 'library' that's a lifeline for families

A free book service for children is allowing Jews in remote communities to stay connected

'What makes a film Jewish? There are no easy answers...'

The CEO of the UK International Jewish Film Festival spills the beans on this year's festival

Young performers have to grow up fast

Donkey's delirious disco Dream

You need to have a drink before the show