BooksMs. Demeanor review: It’s not all fluff in this arresting tale of neighboursElinor Lipman’s latest novel is an entertaining caper with some serious points on misogyny, loneliness and issues facing single womenBy Joy Sable1 min read
BooksAdama review: The land and the blood have the last sayEveryone gets what’s coming to him or her in Lavie Tidhar's new work - a novel all Israeli politicians should readBy Jenni Frazer1 min read
BooksThe Diaries by Franz Kafka review: Into Kafka’s workshopNew translation of the diary of a literary giant provides an insight into his unique artistryBy Alun David 2 min read
BooksReading list: Our pick of the best Jewish books over the last yearThe new year is upon us but have you read the best of 5783?By Karen E H Skinazi 5 min read
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
London 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||September 14, 2023 12:39
Why 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||September 8, 2023 16:50
The 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||September 8, 2023 12:30
The 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||September 7, 2023 12:56
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 12:56
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 16:01
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 15:56
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 11:00
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 10:41
