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Book Review Rosemary Friedman's Final Draft

“People need to choose happiness; they need to agree that they want it, deserve it and have it. “

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Book Review Rosemary Friedman's Final Draft

Travelling with an open mind

Travelling with an open mind

The award-winning author Andrew Solmon's travel writings from 1991 to today are collected in his new book, subtitled How Travel Can Change the World

By Michael Kaminer

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Charting our history, texts — and disputes

Charting our history, texts — and disputes

By Simon Rocker

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Book review: Spiritual settings within hostile environments

Book review: Spiritual settings within hostile environments

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

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Book review: How ‘bad guys’ planned victory

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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.

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Me and dad and our Shabbat grammar chats

Shabbat lunches were the training ground for a grammar maven

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Jewish treasures of the Ashmolean

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

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

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Book review: The Choice

Eva Burke is moved by a survivor's story

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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

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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.

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Book review: The Word is Murder

Alan Montague enjoys Anthony Horowitz's latest novel — which features a character called Anthony Horowitz

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Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine

Anne Applebaum's latest book outlines the casual cruelty that Stalin displayed towards an entire nation

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Inspired by Israel's jackals

Children's author Inbali Iserles was inspired by the jackals that howled in the forest outside her grandparents' kibbutz

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Simon Schama: Speaking for the dead

Jenni Frazer interviews historian Simon Schama as the second volume of history of the Jewish people is published

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Simon Schama: Speaking for the dead

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