PolandBook review: Józef Piłsudski: Founding Father of Modern Poland - Modern Poland’s forgotten founderA detailed, absorbing book that peels back the complexities of histories to reclaim this figure for a new generationBy Colin Shindler2 min read
BooksJewish literature is rich with very English ironyFrom the transformation of Dickens' Fagin from contemptible villain to genial personality of the musical stage, the history of Jews and fiction has seen plenty of twists and turnsBy Gerald Jacobs3 min read
BooksBook review: The Daughter of Auschwitz - Tova's miracleThe horrors of the Holocaust brought shudderingly to life from the point of view of a small child who could barely read or recognise numbersBy Jenni Frazer3 min read
BooksBook review: Clouds over Paris - the banal life of an occupierFascinating chronicle of the Nazi-occupied French capital shows how the most everyday issues seem more important than the biggest historical issues of the dayBy David Herman1 min read
BooksDid The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas need a sequel?Critics attacked John Boyne's 2006 novel for obscuring the historical reality of the Holocaust. Now he's back with a follow-upBy David Herman2 min read
BooksBook review: Maror - The bitter taste of Israel’s inky heart of darknessTidhar's blockbuster work shows us the thieves, the tramps, the prostitutes, the violence, filth and corruption underlying the good behind the Zionist dreamBy Jenni Frazer2 min read
BooksBook review: The People Immortal - A final war novel from a Russian masterA gripping chronicle of Soviet life in wartime and an indispensable companion piece to the author's other worksBy David Herman2 min read
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power TV review: Hamishe dwarves …but what’s it all about?Amazon's blockbuster production is as close as television gets to the cinematic but after two episodes, for all the superb special effects, acting, music and costumes, we are left wondering where this journey is taking usBy Josh Howie2 min read||September 8, 2022 10:02
Highgate headstone at last for Babyn Yar author Anatoly KuznetsovDonations poured in after an appeal was launched last month to raise £2,000 to memorialise the last resting place of the man who wrote about the mass slaughter of Jews in UkraineBy Nic North1 min read||September 1, 2022 13:52
Book review: The Last Colony - A long fight to allow a people to return homeRenowned international barrister Philippe Sands returns with the story of how the entire local population of the Chagos archipelago were uprooted by a 1960s lease deal between Britain and the USBy Amanda Hopkinson2 min read||September 1, 2022 11:17
Book review: The Disappearance of Josef Mengele - The monster who hid from justiceA dark and disgusting story of how Germans, Catholics and Americans helped countless Nazis find refuge during the Cold War, including some of the most infamous figures from the HolocaustBy David Herman1 min read||September 1, 2022 09:31
Not Safe For Work Book review: Playing the Hollywood gameEngaging adult debut set in Obama-era America is undeniably informed by the Harvey Weinstein scandalBy Jennifer Lipman1 min read||August 26, 2022 14:47
Book review: Sisters in Resistance - The dictator’s daughter’s double lifeTilar J Mazzeo’s account of an Italian war story races along at a pace as relentless as that of actual eventsBy Amanda Hopkinson3 min read||August 26, 2022 14:42
Mr Malcolm’s List Film review: A beautifully acted comedy of errorsFreida Pinto shines in small budget adaptation of American writer Suzanne Allain’s 2009 self-published novelBy Linda Marric1 min read||August 26, 2022 14:02
Obituary: A.B. YehoshuaLeading Israeli novelist who embraced Arab culture and promoted the Palestinian causeBy Gloria Tessler4 min read||August 26, 2022 13:59
Licoricia of Winchester Book review: A fascinating look at the richest woman in medieval EnglandThe story of this remarkable woman reads like a blueprint for many later expulsions and destructions of Jewish communitiesBy Mark Glanville1 min read||August 19, 2022 11:00
