Books

Book review: Spiritual settings within hostile environments

The publication of Synagogues in the Islamic World is tantamount to an act of defiance.

Book review: How ‘bad guys’ planned victory

Adi Bloom's top tips for good grammar

Adi Bloom is the author of a new guide to grammar. These are her top tips to help you find the right word.

Me and dad and our Shabbat grammar chats

Shabbat lunches were the training ground for a grammar maven

Jewish treasures of the Ashmolean

Rebecca Abrams picks 22 artefacts from the Ashmolean museum's collection that tell untold Jewish stories

Children's books: Wolves and mummies

Angela Kiverstein's monthly round up of children's books

Book review: The Choice

Eva Burke is moved by a survivor's story

A horrible man and the Hollywood casting couch

Before Harvey Weinstein, there was Jack Warner. Jenni Frazer reviews a book about an unpleasant movie mogul and his brothers

Book review: Prelude to a Certain Midnight

Gerald Kersh was a best-selling author in the 1940s, but his work is now forgotten. David Herman hails a reissue for a new generation.