Books Never Again by Jake Wallis Simons review: ‘A book for our times’The author’s new work superbly distils the issues facing the WestBy Stephen Pollard4 min read
BooksOn Antisemitism: A Word In History review – a book to comfort Jew-hate apologists at the expense of JewsThis historical account of antisemitism is a remarkable exercise in cognitive dissonanceBy David Bennun3 min read
BooksMy novel addresses British antisemitism – and that feels rather scary, right nowLeon Craig on publishing her debut in what feels an increasingly hostile literary landscapeBy Leon Craig4 min read
BooksChildren’s books: The season’s new titles for tots, teens and those in betweenFrom marvellous mucoid humour to a madcap fairy tale, here is the best new fiction for kidsBy Angela Kiverstein1 min read
Books Woody Allen’s first novel has been worth the waitThe filmmaker’s debut is as Jewish as can be and a wonderful evocation of New YorkBy David Herman2 min read
Books The Traitors Circle by Jonathan Freedland review: ‘a beautifully constructed book’He tells the story of the courageous groups of Germans who risked their lives to defy Hitler with all the flair of the seasoned thriller writer that he isBy Robert Low2 min read
Books The Rest of Our Lives review: ‘It’s not clear why this novel should matter to anyone’British-American writer Ben Markovits’s new Booker-longlisted novel leaves this reviewer coldBy David Herman2 min read
BooksOperation Wrath of God review: ‘A reminder of the sad need for Mossad – then and now’This fascinating account of Israeli counterterrorism is based on unique access to a huge cache of original documentsBy Robert Low3 min read
BooksThe case for surrealism: ‘Rooms for Vanishing’ author Stuart Nadler on writing catastrophe in our senseless eraThe author’s new book about a Jewish family in post-war exile employs an unconventional format and elements of the supernatural to illustrate the disarray of griefBy Eliana Jordan3 min read
YA booksWhy I have finally finished the novel my late friend and I were writing togetherIvor Baddiel on the new sci-fi thriller he began with children’s author Jonny ZuckerBy Lianne Kolirin 4 min read
BooksRooms for Vanishing review: ‘bogged down by its ambitious concept’The prose is beautiful, but this novel about how the Holocaust has shaped our modern lives is sometimes so hard to follow in a linear fashion, it becomes bewilderingBy Jennifer Lipman2 min read
Books My Name is Stramer review: ‘One of the great east European novels of our time’Mikołaj ŁoziNski’s fifth novel is a masterpiece of foreshadowing and, surely, a future Pushkin Press classicBy David Herman2 min read
Jewish historyEmbracing Exile: The Case for Jewish Diaspora review: ‘The case for the diaspora’This is an erudite, provocative and timely book on Jewish accomplishments in ‘exile’, and how they have been to the benefit of Jews and non-Jews alikeBy Rabbi Howard Cooper3 min read
Books The Unworthy review: A story of boy criminals in Nazi-occupied Norway told with convincing verisimilitudeFrom the viewpoints of its three protagonists, ‘The Unworthy’ is a credible depiction of its tough working-class worldBy David Bennun1 min read
BooksThe World’s Game review: A guide for the perplexed on countering the false certainties of totalitarianismAuthor Frederic Raphael argues that Judaism emerges as the only one of the three major religions to leave ‘middle ground... uncluttered by predetermined dogma’By Mark Glanville2 min read
Books Summer 2025 reading: the hottest booksYou don’t need to be going abroad to be transported to distant shores with our pick of the summer’s best holiday reads. From courtroom dramas to wartime love stories, Jennifer Lipman has you covered.By Jennifer Lipman4 min read
