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Keren David

Keren David

Keren David is Managing Editor of the Jewish Chronicle. She is also the award-winning author of 13 books for young adults, her most recent is Say No to the Dress, published by Barrington Stoke

Latest from Keren David

There’s a word missing from ‘book week’

Its stuffed with star names and fascinating events, but not the word ‘Jewish’

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Jacobson speaking at Jewish Book Week

Will they, won't they: Leo Woodall and Ambika Mod as Dex and Em

One Day review: Dexter is basically a Jewish prince in disguise

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WINDSOR, ENGLAND - MAY 18: Queen Elizabeth II speaks with Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex as they leave after the wedding of Lady Gabriella Windsor to Thomas Kingston at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle on May 18, 2019 in Windsor, England. (Photo by Steve Parsons - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

I am my family’s Lilibet

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A murder, servants and an ambassador

A murder, servants and an ambassador

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Omitting Jewishness from Winton’s story is neither new nor surprising

The Jewish children rescued by Nicholas Winton often ended up having complicated relationships with their background

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January 5, 2024 14:40

Sir Anthony Hopkins as Sir Nicholas Winton in One Life

Hymn to history: the London shul that’s singing its story with the JC’s help

New West End Synagogue’s composer-in-residence Benjamin Till wrote a new work to celebrate the shul’s 144 year history

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December 28, 2023 09:11

Five members of the Mosaic singing group at the New West End shul, including composer in residence Benjamin Till (right). The group will be augmented by four extra singers for the Time concert

Book review: Eight Bright Lights

SaraGibbs’ debut novel is very readable and very Jewish

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December 8, 2023 16:26

juliet mckee photography

There’s comfort in a catalogue of archivists

A recent conference was an antidote to the feeling that Jews are being ignored and gaslit

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November 23, 2023 16:30

File cabinet full of foders. Storage, organization and administration concept. 3d illustration

'I'm writing at a cemetery, trying not to think about death'

The space and silence of a Jewish resting place proved the perfect location for a writers’ retreat

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November 17, 2023 14:50

'I'm writing at a cemetery, trying not to think about death'

Trees are full of life and losing them can hurt

Forests and woods are good for our health — and that’s reflected in the Jewish religion

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October 5, 2023 10:24

HEXHAM, UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 27: Sycamore Gap on Hadrianâ€™s Wall which this year celebrates the 1900th anniversary of the beginning of the construction on August 27, 2022 in Hexham, United Kingdom. 2022 is the 1900 anniversary of the building of the first phase of Hadrian's Wall and is being celebrated with a year-long festival of events and activities. The wall is named after Roman Emperor Hadrian, who ordered its construction in AD122. At 80 miles long it was north-west frontier of the Roman empire for nearly 300 years. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Pioneering Jewish feminist Alice Shalvi dies aged 96

Shalvi was born in Germany and fled to England before making aliyah in 1949

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October 2, 2023 16:15

Alice Shalvi, Israeli professor and educator poses for a picture at her home in Jerusalem on March 14, 2016. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** àìéñ ùìåé ôøåôñåø àùú çéðåê ôòéìä çáøúéú ôîéðéæí ëìú ôøñ éùøàì

How a best-selling children's author beat Long Covid to write a book about Jewish heroines

Liz Kessler's new book is about two brave Jewish sisters who join the resistance in wartime Amsterdam

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September 15, 2023 16:33

How a best-selling children's author beat Long Covid to write a book about Jewish heroines

How to Love Your Daughter review: Psychologically brilliant on a mother’s primal fear

Hila Blum's novel is a book that becomes part of you and helps you understand the world around you

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August 31, 2023 14:51

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

I loved You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah ... except for one thing

The Netflix tween movie almost gets it right, but there's a flaw among the froth

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August 27, 2023 10:26

I loved You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah ... except for one thing

I wish the Jewish holidays would fall only on weekends

Negotiating time off for chagim at non-Jewish workplaces and schools can be infuriating

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August 17, 2023 12:04

Jewish man in tallit blowing shofar outdoors. Rosh Hashanah celebration

How I tried to track down my long lost ancestors

Can a Jewish genealogy expert help me find my Polish great aunt?

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July 31, 2023 12:30

How I tried to track down my long lost ancestors

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