Family historyQuest to discover the lost actress of Vilnius who is full of mysteryDiplomat Meryl Frank spent years tracing the wartime fate of her Lithuanian relative. But the truth was sitting on her bookshelfBy Jenni Frazer6 min read
BooksWhy is Avi Shlaim recycling the ‘Baghdad bombings’ theory?Shlaim’s theory is far from conclusiveBy Lyn Julius3 min read
ChildcareWriter Adam Kay says life 'absolutely transformed' by babiesThe This Is Going To Hurt author revealed he has had two children via surrogacyBy Felix Pope2 min read
BooksThe Cameraman review: Suspense in short supply in evocation of the ThirtiesThe English Passengers novelist returns with a disappointingly flat story about a cinematographer on a tour of fascist EuropeBy David Herman1 min read
BooksThis Is Europe: The Way We Live Now review - All of human life is hereBen Judah broadens the scope of his epic feat of reportage on contemporary London to take in the relentless unpredictability of everyday life on the continentBy Rabbi Howard Cooper2 min read
BooksThe Washington Post reporter who decided to novelise the Israel-Palestine conflictJournalist Ruth Marks Eglash’s day job is writing about the Middle East. But when her Israeli children started asking about tensions in the region, she struggled to answer. So she turned to fictionBy Ruth Marks Eglash3 min read
BooksHitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad review: An epic tale of a family’s struggleDaniel Finkelstein's family memoir manages to tell an intimate story on a grand scaleBy Stephen Pollard2 min read
Could Jews hold the secret to healing broken Britain?Patriotism can calm the immigration debate, end the culture wars and unite communities — and Jews have it in abundance, argues the author of a new bookBy Stephen Pollard3 min read||June 8, 2023 11:36
The exodus of the German 'creative thinkers' as Hitler seized control of GermanyStudy of the creative exodus from the Nazis in 1933 is a timeless reminder of what is lost when a regime denies its own writers their voiceBy Amanda Hopkinson2 min read||June 1, 2023 16:58
'My mum was rounded up by Hitler's henchmen whilst games were being played in local parks'Tory peer Daniel Finkelstein tells of the harrowing stories of camps and gulags in his bookBy Tanya Gold 7 min read||June 1, 2023 16:18
The Jewish family broigus that makes Succession look tameA new book uncovers the feuding within the Redstones, the family behind one of America’s biggest media empires. We meet its authorBy Anthea Gerrie3 min read||June 1, 2023 15:48
The very Jewish legacy of the non-Jewish Martin AmisUnlike his father, the novelist had an abiding interest in the Holocaust and the great modern Jewish-American writersBy David Herman2 min read||May 24, 2023 16:14
Politics: A Survivor’s Guide review: Is Britain sleepwalking into populism?A columnist’s view of post-Brexit politics and the impact it has had on himBy John Nathan3 min read||May 24, 2023 15:38
Simon Schama: The forgotten Jewish hero who developed immunisationIn lockdown, the historian researched the history of humanity’s fight against disease and now he talks about his new book with the JC.By Simon Rocker6 min read||May 24, 2023 14:29
‘From Corbyn to Brexit, UK politics gave me a heart attack’Guardian political columnist Rafael Behr on the impact upheavals in Westminster had on his lifeBy Tanya Gold 8 min read||May 24, 2023 13:59
Book review: August Blue - A musical mystery stuck in a minor keyDeborah Levy's new novel about a gifted pianist is a slow burner but takes off in the final 200 pagesBy David Herman1 min read||May 12, 2023 13:58
