‘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 Constantinople
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 state
The Vagina Business: Taking the stigma out of women’s health
Marina Gerner’s new book uncovers myriad health innovations for women, offering eye-opening solutions to the ways our medical system snubs female pain
The man who brought high fashion to New York
Jewish businessman Henri Bendel rose from running a plantation store in the deep south to becoming a Manhattan retail king
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 state
Placeholders review: An Irish-Jewish romance marred by loss and longing
James Roseman’s debut novel explores American Jewish identity and grief
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 Holocaust
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 Krauss
Booker Prize 2024 shortlist includes three Jewish authors
Half of the six authors shortlisted for the prestigious literary award are Jewish, and five are women – the most in Booker Prize history
The Shapiro Family review: ‘portraits of a forgotten dynasty’
These are fascinating portraits of an extraordinary family few now remember
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 Putin
Jewish Nonagenarians review: ‘triumph over adversity’
The extraordinary lives of these ordinary people are utterly fascinating
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 dated
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 display
My grandmother’s handmade life
Miriam 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 UK
Sophie Says: the children’s books making a difference
The self-published book series by Esther Marshall has so far sold more than 25,000 copies
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