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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

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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Sir Anthony Hopkins as Sir Nicholas Winton in One Life

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

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

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juliet mckee photography

Book review: Eight Bright Lights

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

There’s comfort in a catalogue of archivists

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'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

Rishi Sunak is wrong, it's always worth getting a degree

I didn't go to uni and it worked out just fine, but why should we deny our children the option?

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July 18, 2023 11:48

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech on the final day of a conference to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, at Queen's University in Belfast on April 19, 2023. - The Good Friday Agreement, brokered by Washington and ratified by governments in London and Dublin, largely ended three decades of devastating sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland and intermittent terrorist attacks on mainland Britain. (Photo by Niall Carson / POOL / AFP) (Photo by NIALL CARSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Goodbye to my parents’ house of memories

I expected the big clear-out of their things to be gut-wrenching, but it turned out to be uplifting and nostalgic

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June 22, 2023 10:42

Goodbye to my parents’ house of memories

Volunteering is a boon for the volunteer, too

There’s a crisis in recruiting people to help good causes, which is bad news for everyone

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May 24, 2023 13:21

Volunteering is a boon for the volunteer, too

Long live the King! How the JC reported four coronations

We have reported on four coronations since our first publication in 1841

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May 4, 2023 11:49

Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain (L) accompanied by her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (R) waves to the crowd, on June 2, 1953 in London after being crowned at Westminter Abbey. - Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history and an icon instantly recognisable to billions of people around the world, has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace said on September 8, 2022. Her eldest son, Charles, 73, succeeds as king immediately, according to centuries of protocol, beginning a new, less certain chapter for the royal family after the queen's record-breaking 70-year reign. (Photo by various sources / AFP) (Photo by -/INTERCONTINENTALE/AFP via Getty Images)

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