Books Time being review: intriguing deep musings on life and deathThis hybrid novel is not always credible but it does raise arresting questionsBy Jennifer Lipman1 min read
BooksLocked up for nine months with a NaziKazimierz Moczarski’s Conversations with an Executioner, translated into English for the first time, is an outstanding historical account of what made one of Himmler’s close confidants tickBy David Herman2 min read
Books JC Life’s guide to the best new books for childrenFrom a theme park tale by Matt Lucas to a picture book with Jewish teaching points, we select new releases for kidsBy Angela Kiverstein1 min read
Books Farewell to Eden: Christie, Camus and a daring unfashionable view on the birth of IsraelSebastian Faulks’ humane new novel gives a decent Englishman’s take on the founding of the Jewish stateBy David Bennun3 min read
Books The most lucid and coherent summary of today’s antisemitism you will readDave Rich’s new book From Be’eri to Bondi: Global Antisemitism after October 7 is a masterclass in analysing contemporary Jew-hateBy David Bennun4 min read
Books Naomi Alderman’s remarkable new novel feels autobiographicalThe Strangers probes the nasty turmoil of how to keep on living alongside devastating lossBy Natasha Green3 min read
Books Under Story by Chloe Benjamin review: ‘almost 100 pages too short’This speculative novel is utterly thrilling. I was devastated to leave the characters when I got to the final pageBy Jennifer Lipman1 min read
Books Error 404 review: The barmitzvah boy with no god delusionJewish News editor Richard Ferrer’s debut novel is a fresh and funny look at the science versus religion warsBy Jenni Frazer1 min read
Books A tale of survival in the Lithuanian forestBerl Kagan’s Shoah memoir, written in a used butcher’s copybook, is an important addition to the Holocaust libraryBy Mark Glanville1 min read
Book reviewSimon Sebag Montefiore’s history of the Middle East is a masterpieceHis massively ambitious book is superbly written, perfectly balanced in the scope of its analysis and storytelling, and will serve both expert and lay readersBy Stephen Pollard6 min read
IsraelIsrael on Trial: one judge’s search for truthJonathan Sacerdoti speaks to Judge Roy K. Altman about his hopeful new book, where he puts Israel in the dockBy Jonathan Sacerdoti6 min read
Children's booksSummer reads 2026: four page-turners for kidsFrom intergenerational empathy to a rubber duck that becomes scuba kit, these titles will spark curiosity and family conversationBy Angela Kiverstein1 min read
BeatlesWithout gay Jewish Brian Epstein we would have no BeatlesThe extraordinary life of the greatest of pop managers is revealed in a new biographyBy David Bennun3 min read
Books Wine, women and ignoring the genocideIt is the first time this disturbing war portrait has been published in EnglishBy David Herman1 min read
Books Eyewitness accounts of the Nazi war machineRichard Hargreaves’s superb history of Hitler’s 1942 bid to rule the world is the product of 15 years’ researchBy Robert Low3 min read
BooksSummer 2026 reading: the hottest booksTake your imagination far away with our best holiday reads. From a middle-aged woman cruise with the idols of her youth to the story behind the Brooklyn Bridge, here are our best picksBy Jennifer Lipman4 min read
BooksThe forgotten European football stars who were murdered for being JewishDavid Bolchover’s book about the doomed players who were once celebrated for their brillianceBy David Bennun3 min read
poetryJacob Bronowski: the polymath poet behind The Ascent of ManThis book is a fine tribute to one of the great Jewish immigrants of the 20th centuryBy David Herman1 min read
Jewish poetryPaul Celan: the great but deeply flawed poetThis biography is an important contribution to the large corpus of work on the Romanian poet who wrote all his verse in GermanBy Mark Glanville2 min read
WalesThe writer revealing the untold stories of the Jews in WalesShining a spotlight on Jewish history in Cymru, from medieval times to Britain’s only antisemitic pogromBy Gaby Koppel5 min read
Books Stealing Hitler’s Rocket review: ‘The only problem may be that no one will believe it’The extraordinary story of how the Polish underground sent the world’s first cruise missile to UK scientists is superbly reconstructed by Guy WaltersBy Robert Low3 min read
Children's booksJC Life’s guide to the best new books for childrenFrom a paen to Zionist pioneers to batmitzvah and friendship worries, we select the best new releases for kidsBy Angela Kiverstein1 min read
Books From the Front Line review: Vasily Grossman gives us an unrivalled picture of the warDavid Bennun is mesmerised by the Soviet Jewish journalist’s articles, and what they reveal about himBy David Bennun5 min read
