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

The problem with inspirational dead Jews

Dara Horn's new book challenges the ways in which dead Jews are revered and living ones erased.

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The problem with inspirational dead Jews

Members of the Nationalist Socialist Movement (L-R) Colin Jordan, John Tyndall and Roland Kerr-Ritchie, on their way to the Old Bailey to face charges under the Public Order Act, London, October 15th 1962. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

From the JC archive: October 19 1962

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Welwyn synagogue's gardener is blooming at 104

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From the JC Archive: October 5 1900

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From the JC archive: October 4 1974

Three circus clowns and a first ‘girl rabbi’

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September 30, 2021 15:37

It’s not easy being caught between two cultures

I brought my children up in Holland and recognise some of Emma Raducanu’s challenges

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September 24, 2021 12:58

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 11: Emma Raducanu of Great Britain celebrates winning match point to defeat Leylah Annie Fernandez of Canada during the second set of their Women's Singles final match on Day Thirteen of the 2021 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 11, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

Robert Peston: the outsider who wants to include us all

ITN's political editor has written a thriller - with a Jewish hero. But how much is fact and how much is fiction?

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September 23, 2021 17:54

F63M1D Robert Peston meets Nick Robinson at Cheltenham Literature Festival Featuring: Robert Peston Where: Cheltenham, United Kingdom When: 10 Oct 2015

Manchester’s buzz

In a city with a talent for reinvention, find a string of new reasons to plan another visit

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September 12, 2021 16:46

Me and You: ‘I understand Dov and he does me’

Lily Ebert is a survivor of Auschwitz, Dov Forman is one of her 34 great-grandchildren and has taken her testimony about the Shoah to social media - they have more than a million followers on TikTok, and published a book last week

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September 9, 2021 19:02

Me and You: ‘I understand Dov and he does me’

Canterbury tales

Venture to the Garden of England to discover coast, candle-making and centuries of history in Kent

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August 22, 2021 17:06

My rainbow baby, born after nine anxious months

Carrie Johnson, wife of the prime minister, is expecting a 'rainbow baby' - one born after pregnancy loss. Keren David recalls her similar experience

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August 5, 2021 10:33

Pretty woman holding a newborn baby in her arms

The bar on female rabbis is about economics

The men in authority use halacha as an excuse — they are really protecting their position

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July 15, 2021 15:56

Vector illustration of a woman symbol surrounded by men symbols in a repeating pattern against a purple background.

Welcome back to our house of treasures

The Jewish Museum London is about to reopen. Keren David had a preview.

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July 8, 2021 12:31

Jewish Museum London names reopening date

Camden museum will welcome back visitors on July 11 after successful online programme

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June 30, 2021 20:59

‘An entire world in one album’

A young girl's 'friendship book' was one of the only things saved when her family was murdered by the Nazis. She and her friends would have been completely forgotten - but writer Claudia Carli vowed to uncover their lost histories

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June 30, 2021 14:40