SchoolsGaza ‘military jihadism’ is justified, says GCSE school textbookPublisher withdraws 'extremely disturbing' religious studies textbook, which has been in use for five yearsBy Jane Prinsley3 min read
Books ‘I’ve created a Jewish version of Sherlock Holmes’Aron Goldin’s first book thrusts his intrepid East End protagonist on the trial of a serial killer in the intriguing setting of a 19th-century ConstantinopleBy Jennifer Lipman4 min read
Books The Gates of Gaza review: ‘why Israel is where it is’This personal and very painful book should disabuse anyone of the notion that there are easy answers for the Jewish stateBy Jennifer Lipman2 min read
HealthThe Vagina Business: Taking the stigma out of women’s healthMarina Gerner’s new book uncovers myriad health innovations for women, offering eye-opening solutions to the ways our medical system snubs female painBy Elisa Bray8 min read
Fashion The man who brought high fashion to New YorkJewish businessman Henri Bendel rose from running a plantation store in the deep south to becoming a Manhattan retail kingBy Melanie Abrams 6 min read
Books The Hebrew Teacher review: ‘big questions about the future of Israel’Maya Arad’s trio of widely feted novellas examine the familial and professional challenges facing Jews in California and in the Jewish stateBy David Herman2 min read
BooksPlaceholders review: An Irish-Jewish romance marred by loss and longingJames Roseman’s debut novel explores American Jewish identity and griefBy Eliana Jordan3 min read
No Road Leading Back review: ‘hell and real heroism’This is the one of the best books written about the Shoah by Bullets, an often overlooked aspect of the HolocaustBy David Herman2 min read||September 20, 2024 11:44
Elaine review: ‘Jew lite-ville’Despite its plethora of Yiddishe names, it is difficult to see Self’s latest novel as a reckoning with his Jewish identity and the writing is also a long way from the rhythms of Bellow, Roth and Nicole KraussBy David Herman2 min read||September 20, 2024 11:25
Booker Prize 2024 shortlist includes three Jewish authorsHalf of the six authors shortlisted for the prestigious literary award are Jewish, and five are women – the most in Booker Prize historyBy Eliana Jordan2 min read||September 17, 2024 15:27
The Shapiro Family review: ‘portraits of a forgotten dynasty’These are fascinating portraits of an extraordinary family few now rememberBy Jenni Frazer2 min read||September 11, 2024 17:46
Goodbye to Russia review: ‘the journalists who don’t make old bones’This is an important book about the plight of reporters and activists, many of them Jewish, under PutinBy Colin Shindler2 min read||September 11, 2024 17:43
Jewish Nonagenarians review: ‘triumph over adversity’The extraordinary lives of these ordinary people are utterly fascinatingBy David Herman2 min read||September 6, 2024 09:00
An Absence of Cousins review: ‘it does Segal a disservice’These literary short stories skewer the pretensions of the elite excruciatingly well, but they also feel terribly datedBy Jennifer Lipman1 min read||August 29, 2024 09:52
I Seek a Kind Person review: ‘the British small ads that saved Jews from the Nazis’Guardian journalist Julian Borger has written an emotionally disturbing family memoir that sets out some of the facts and figures of the Shoah in absorbing displayBy Jenni Frazer3 min read||August 28, 2024 17:33
My grandmother’s handmade lifeMiriam Gold talks to me about the multimedia biography she has created that tells the remarkable tale of her granny Elena, who by the age of 17, had already escaped Stalin and Hitler to become a doctor in the UKBy Anne Joseph6 min read||August 28, 2024 14:59
