BooksThe Book of Paradise review: Moonlit nights, pious Jews and demonsPoet Itzik Manger creates in prose a biblical fantasia, full of references to King David, Solomon and the PsalmsBy David Herman1 min read
BooksThe Maniac review: Huge ideas spread too thinThere are lively moments but this fictionalised account of 20th-century polymath John von Neumann will disappoint many readersBy Alun David 2 min read
BooksHow a best-selling children's author beat Long Covid to write a book about Jewish heroinesLiz Kessler's new book is about two brave Jewish sisters who join the resistance in wartime AmsterdamBy Keren David3 min read
BooksLondon Jewish mum and daughter team up to create children's bookJoanna Gutkin, 36, from Hendon wrote The Elephant and the Goldfish while her daughter, Maya, eight, did the illustrationsBy Gil Tydeman2 min read
BooksWhy is there a dearth of Jewish children's books in the UK?'There are some true gems, but the vast majority are unimpressive', says author Michael LeventhalBy Elisa Bray5 min read
BooksThe Wolf Hunt review: How well do you really know the people you love?A lovely novel overall but Gundar-Goshen may have wrapped up the plot all too rapidly and expedientlyBy Jenni Frazer2 min read
IsraelophobiaThe editor's story: Jake Wallis Simons on what Israelophobia means to himFormer JC editor Stephen Pollard interviews his successor about his Orthodox childhood, life as a foreign correspondent and his new bookBy Stephen Pollard7 min read
The Soviet spin doctors who sowed the seeds of left-wing IsraelophobiaA week after liberal rabbis called Israel an ‘apartheid regime’, JC editor Jake Wallis Simons, in a third extract from his new book, reveals how the trope is rooted in Soviet propagandaBy Jake Wallis Simons9 min read||September 7, 2023 11:56
Why the descendants of one Jewish family destroyed by Holocaust are still living with the traumaKaren Kirsten discovered her family had been lying to her for yearsBy Nicole Lampert5 min read||September 1, 2023 15:01
State of Halakha - Israel’s History in Jewish Law review: Examining Israeli history through the eyes of halakhaRabbi and educator Aviad Tabory explores watershed events and major issues in modern Israeli history through the lens of halakhaBy Dr Harris Bor1 min read||September 1, 2023 14:56
The pursuit of unity is a religious ideal we must not forsakeA more than timely work from the chairman of World Mizrachi, Rabbi Doron PerezBy Simon Rocker2 min read||September 1, 2023 10:00
The Israeli author on a quest to find out how well she knows her familyAyelet Gundar-Goshen’s latest novel explores how well we know the people we loveBy Anne Joseph6 min read||September 1, 2023 09:41
The Forgers: The Forgotten Story of the Holocaust’s Most Audacious Rescue Operation reviewFormer protégé of leading historian Norman Davies has written a crucial addition to Holocaust bibliographyBy Daniel Snowman3 min read||September 1, 2023 09:06
How to Love Your Daughter review: Psychologically brilliant on a mother’s primal fearHila Blum's novel is a book that becomes part of you and helps you understand the world around youBy Keren David2 min read||August 31, 2023 14:51
How the ‘progressive’ left became a global wellspring of IsraelophobiaIn the second of three weekly extracts from his new book, JC editor Jake Wallis Simons digs into its ideological originsBy Jake Wallis Simons11 min read||August 31, 2023 12:36
This Bird Has Flown review: An entertaining romance from a rock music world proBangles singer Susanna Hoffs’ debut never fails to entertain even if her understanding of Britain seems solely shaped by Jilly Cooper and Richard CurtisBy Jennifer Lipman1 min read||August 25, 2023 09:06
