Keren David

Keren David is the JC's Managing Editor. She is the award-winning author of 14 books for children and young adults, most recently Miriam's Voice, published by Hachette. You can reach her at kdavid@thejc.com

Latest from Keren David

Arts

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

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)

Trees are full of life and losing them can hurt

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Pioneering Jewish feminist Alice Shalvi dies aged 96

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

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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 15:51

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 11:26

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 13:04

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 13:30

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 12:48

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 11:42

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 14:21

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 12:49

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)

Seders to remember: Why were these nights different from all others?

Seder night is always distinct from the rest of the year. But some, as our writers recall, are especially memorable

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April 4, 2023 15:16

Seders to remember: Why were these nights different from all others?

What Izzy (from the best Jewish romcom ever made) did next

Keren David loves 1980s film Crossing Delancey. So she jumped at the chance to interview its writer Susan Sandler about her latest project, a documentary about a transgender stand-up comedian

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March 30, 2023 17:11