BooksThe New York rabbi giving Bridgerton a Yiddishe twistJo David has drawn on her experience delivering High Holy Day sermons to write a Regency romanceBy Eliana Jordan3 min read
BooksWhat to read next? Ask the Matzah Ball book clubA social media book group is spreading Jewish joy. Lizzie Kapren meets the women picking the must-reads every month to share with its membersBy Elizabeth Karpen5 min read
booksSally Rooney, Naomi Klein join calls threaten to boycott literary festivals over links to IsraelWriters critical of Israel say summer festival season ‘can expect escalation and disruption’By Jane Prinsley2 min read
booksCafe nostalgia: the coffeehouses that tell Europe’s storyA Jewish man set up the first cafe in England – and in Europe coffee houses were central to Jewish culture, as Monica Porter’s new book detailsBy Monica Porter4 min read
booksLiterary sorcerer focused on the instability of lifeOur writer pays tribute to Paul Auster who died this weekBy David Herman1 min read
Ancient barbecues and other tasty morsels of archaeologyThis brief and breezy guide to Israel’s ancient sites is an impressive achievementBy Robert Low2 min read||May 8, 2024 19:58
Society of Authors rejects ‘one-sided’ Gaza motionJewish writers relieved as union votes against ‘divisive’ anti-Israel motionBy Jane Prinsley1 min read||May 5, 2024 11:21
Chaim Wiezmann: ‘I am now convinced that without him there would be no state of Israel’The brilliant chemist used acetone to advance Zionism in the same way Herzl used journalism, says the co-author of a magisterial new biography of the leaderBy Stephen Pollard5 min read||May 3, 2024 13:52
Our Palestine Question, review: An ode to Jews who uttered difficult words in dark timesBy Colin Shindler2 min read||April 26, 2024 15:35
Knife by Salman Rushdie, review: What about the other victims of the new fundamentalism?This book is a deeply moving account of a devastating attack and its consequences, but it is also guilty of sins of omissionBy David Herman2 min read||April 26, 2024 15:33
Society of Authors ‘hijacked by extremists’ after Gaza motion omits HamasJewish writers voiced fears that if the motion passes, the next stop may be boycott of ‘Zionists’ themselvesBy Jane Prinsley6 min read||April 22, 2024 13:54
The Curse of Pietro Houdini, review: Riveting wartime art-heist tale plus philosophyThis is a sweeping work of storytelling bravadoBy Jenni Frazer1 min read||April 19, 2024 13:36
Meet the Cuban-Italian Simone de BeauvoirOur critic relishes a novel about a formidable feministBy Amanda Hopkinson2 min read||April 17, 2024 17:33
The story of King Herod you’ve probably never heardA new book sets history straight about a controversial figureBy Colin Shindler2 min read||April 12, 2024 13:47
