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New buildings, new life for the City of Oranges

A look at Jaffa, an old city going through a renovation, as Israel turns 70

2 min read

New buildings, new life for the City of Oranges

Children's books: Secrets, lies and steam

Children's books: Secrets, lies and steam

Stories this week range from facts to lies

By Angela Kiverstein

1 min read

A lifetime of life writing

A lifetime of life writing

Jonathan Freedland interviews his dad, Michael about his latest biography of the survivor who became an Olympic weightlifter, Ben Helfgott

By Jonathan Freedland

5 min read

Book review: The Mighty Franks

Book review: The Mighty Franks

David Herman enjoys a feisty, funny memoir

By David Herman

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Book review: Left Bank

Anne Garvey is fascinated by a slice of heroic history

By Anne Garvey 

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An accessible guide to topics in the Mishnah

Ner Eyal, Samson Raphael Grunfeld, Radan Publishing, £19.50

By Rabbi Dr Harvey Belovski

1 min read

Book review: An East End Legacy

This book pays tribute to historian Bill Fishman.

2 min read

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Spilling secrets: Novelist Eshkol Nevo

Liam Hoare asks Israeli author Eshkol Nevo about his new book Three Floors Up

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Spilling secrets: Novelist Eshkol Nevo

Book review: Conviction

Julia Dahl's thriller has a Jewish heroine and a compelling plot

By Alan Montague

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Book review: Conviction

Book Review: Jewish New York

Jonathan Margolis enjoys two books about US Jews

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Book Review: Jewish New York

Reviews: Children's books

Forest and female life

By Angela Kiverstein

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Reviews: Children's books

Book review The Italian Teacher

Tom Rachman's newest and best, book is a novel about modern art and a dysfunctional family over 50 years.

By David Herman

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Book review The Italian Teacher

Book review: Of Men and Angels

Arditti’s own position is clear — the cruelty to which those indulging in gay sex have been subjected is revolting

By Stoddard Martin

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Book review: Of Men and Angels

A debut author...at 86

Peter Berczeller had a distinguished medical career. Now he's winning praise for his first novel.

By Anthea Gerrie

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Jewish Book Week ends on high note

JC literary editor Gerald Jacobs looks back over a successful Jewish Book Week powered by women in harmony

By Gerald Jacobs

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Jewish Book Week ends on high note

Anne Applebaum wins literary prize

Her book on Stalin has been named the world’s best non-fiction book in English on foreign affairs for 2018

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Anne Applebaum wins literary prize

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