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Translators come out of the shadows

Two Israeli novels are up for the Man Booker International Prize. Susan Reuben spoke to translators Jessica Cohen and Nicholas de Lange.

By Susan Reuben

3 min read

Translators come out of the shadows

Akiva, the shepherd who became a sage

Akiva, the shepherd who became a sage

Rabbi Akiva: Sage of the Talmud By Barry Holtz, Yale University Press, £16.99

By Rabbi Dr Harvey Belovski

1 min read

Football’s greatest comeback

Football’s greatest comeback

David Bolchover's new book examines the life and legacy of legendary football coach Bela Guttmann

By David Bolchover

6 min read

A Jewish country life

A Jewish country life

'Better one day in London than a thousand years with the sheep' says a character in Amanda Craig's new novel - and he's (half) Jewish. But does he represent a truthful stereotype?

By Amanda Craig

6 min read

Cacophony and community, psalms and honey

Owen Lowery reviews two collections of poetry

1 min read

Flowers, violence and resistance

Peter Lawson reviews four recent verse collections

By Peter Lawson

2 min read

Refugee roots link past and present

Jonathan Dean grew up in leafy Surrey, but his grandfather and great-grandfather were refugees. His new book delves into his family history of migration and persecution.

By Jennifer Lipman

4 min read

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Banana skinned

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

By Angela Kiverstein

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Banana skinned

German seeds of tumult

Victor Klemperer's diary of Munich in 1919 is a dramatic, insightful and chilling account of the roots of the Second World War, says Julia Neuberger

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German seeds of tumult

A Hampstead tale of blended families

There aren't quite as many Jews in Francesca Segal's second novel as her first, but Jennifer Lipman still finds plenty that's familiar

By Jennifer Lipman

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A Hampstead tale of blended families

Anthony Horowitz: Alex Rider's return

He writes books for adults and children, television and plays. "It’s nice to be writing after 47 books and realising I’m not drying up, I’m getting better,” Anthony Horowitz tells Angela Kiverstein.

By Angela Kiverstein

6 min read

Anthony Horowitz: Alex Rider's return

Lies, damned lies — and relationships

Two very different novels, both about secrets and betrayal.

By David Herman

2 min read

Lies, damned lies — and relationships

Wham, bam, hit your man

Anne Garvey enjoys an electrifying feminist tale of the future

By Anne Garvey 

2 min read

Wham, bam, hit your man

The chief rabbi who was once a sniper

With Might and Strength — An Autobiography By Rabbi Shlomo Goren, edited by Avi Rath Maggid, $29.95

By Rabbi Dr Naftali Brawer

1 min read

The chief rabbi who was once a sniper

Of love, loss and awkwardness

Francesca Segal was garlanded with praise and awards for her first book, The Innocents, set in Jewish north-west London. Her second is slightly less Jewish, she tells Jessica Weinstein.

By Jessica Weinstein

4 min read

Of love, loss and awkwardness

Review: Confessions of a Rabbi

Howard Cooper enjoys Rabbi Jonathan Romain's memoir

By howard cooper

1 min read

Review: Confessions of a Rabbi

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