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The Books of Jacob book review: Overlong and leaves us with little more than undigested historical research

Countless characters pass the reader by, underdeveloped and unrealised, their inner lives unexplored

By Mark Glanville

2 min read

The Books of Jacob book review: Overlong and leaves us with little more than undigested historical research

Gerald Jacobs is based in North London. The retiring Literary Editor of the Jewish Chronicle, he has written for a wide range of newspapers and magazines. His books include Judi Dench: A Great Deal of Laughter; A Question of Football (with John North and the late Emlyn Hughes of Liverpool and England), The Sacred Games; and Nine Love Letters. His novel Pomeranski is published on 30 April.

Farewell from the JC’s man of letters

By Gerald Jacobs

3 min read

A love letter to two people

A love letter to two people

By Jennifer Lipman

6 min read

Teens’ fantasy novel is a dream come true

Teens’ fantasy novel is a dream come true

2 min read

Top view of the workspace and office of a female translator working on a document and checking some references

Karen E H Skinazi

By Karen E H Skinazi

Writing is a solitary endeavour - but the Emerging Writers’ Programme is like filling your room with friends

3 min read

Dana Schwartz: I learnt my comedy from the 'Borscht Belt'

Dana Schwartz: I learnt my comedy from the 'Borscht Belt'

By Jennifer Lipman

5 min read

Lancamento do box "Quarteto Smythe-Smith" da escritora Julia Quinn, pela editora Arqueiro, na Livraria Cultura do Shopping Iguatemi, Brasília, DF. (07/03/17) Foto: Roberto Filho.

The family tragedy that haunts the Jewish creator of Bridgerton

By Nicole Lampert

5 min read

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Jews and the curse of Munich Book review

Colin Shindler looks back at the city that bred Nazism

By Colin Shindler

2 min read

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March 18, 2022 00:00

Aerial image of Munich, Germany with Christmas Market and Christmas decoration during sunset.

Homage and exposure: Two titanic German-Jewish women of letters

Daniel Ben-Ami reviews a new edition of a book by Hannah Arendt

By Daniel Ben Ami

1 min read

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March 18, 2022 00:00

Homage and exposure: Two titanic German-Jewish women of letters

This is Going to Hurt TV review: My diagnosis? A painful lack of medical mirth

The core story is of someone struggling to survive the system, rather than confront it.

2 min read

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March 17, 2022 16:11

WARNING: Embargoed for publication until 00:00:01 on 01/02/2022 - Programme Name: This Is Going To Hurt - TX: n/a - Episode: This Is Going To Hurt - Generics (No. n/a) - Picture Shows: Adam (BEN WHISHAW) - (C) Sister - Photographer: Ludovic Robert

Bestselling author Walter Mosley: My black and Jewish heritage

What's next for the prolific writer? A new TV series about dementia

By James Mottram

6 min read

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March 10, 2022 10:53

Bestselling author Walter Mosley: My black and Jewish heritage

Me & You: ‘You don’t get nasty surprises with Jenny!’

Mother and daughter Adele and Jenny Geras are both big names in the world of publishing

By Jenni Frazer

4 min read

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March 4, 2022 10:30

Me & You - Adele & Jenny Geras

Miri’s on a mission

Keren David puts British-Jewish teens in the spotlight

2 min read

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March 3, 2022 13:54

Smiling female teenager is on sill, holding disclosed volume

Why eating a pastrami sandwich is a mitzvah

American Jews are finding religious meaning in nostalgia for the past, a new book argues

By Simon Rocker

4 min read

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March 3, 2022 13:40

Homemade roast beef sandwich

Vampires, Vikings and a dybbuk too

Traditional folklore inspires debut author Leon Craig

4 min read

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February 17, 2022 11:44

Vampires, Vikings and a dybbuk too

David Aberbach

By David Aberbach

How Joyce’s Ulysses bloomed out of Austro-Hungary’s Jews

Modernist masterpiece published 100 years ago is a rare exception to the prevailing literary antisemitism of the era

5 min read

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February 11, 2022 10:43

Irish ten punt banknote depicting a sketch of the face of James Joyce (novelist). The bank note is stuffed into a tin can.

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