Books John Irving’s latest: ‘an unapologetically Zionist heroine’The author is to be applauded for exploring fundamental questions of Jewish identity in this era of misguided political correctness, but his manuscript needs a brutal editBy Ben Felsenburg3 min read
Books‘He was one of the most remarkable writers who ever lived’Called a ‘Polish Franz Kafka’ by Bashevis Singer, Bruno Schulz wrote two books of short stories before he shot dead by an SS officer in 1942. Now the Pushkin Press has released a new anthology of his workBy David Herman2 min read
Books How being Jewish shaped the career of a Seventies music superstarThis critical biography of Carole King pays close attention to her Jewishness and how, while lightly worn, it informed her life and workBy David Bennun1 min read
BooksHow I managed to write my (very annoying) first novelAfter a lifetime of trying, I have finally found my literary voice – by becoming a JewBy Michael Kretzmer3 min read
Books The Lobbyist review: A fun yarn of bribery, corruption and bonkfests galoreLionel Zetter’s novel captures the rapacious spirit of Britain’s political centreBy Jennifer Lipman1 min read
Books What Have I Done? review: A highly entertaining autobiography by the oft-maligned ‘Blackadder’ writerJewish comedian and writer Ben Elton settles old scores in this frank account of his life in showbizBy Jenni Frazer3 min read
BooksThe English houses brought to life with Jewish storiesThe art historian Dan Cruikshank tells the story of the English house through eight very different buildings and, in the process, tells the story of the Jews in EnglandBy Jenni Frazer2 min read
From the Einstein of sex to letters by Oliver Sacks: meet the authors on the 2026 Wingate Prize longlistThe shortlist will be announced in mid-December and the winner early next yearBy Siam Goorwich2 min read||November 13, 2025 15:41
‘I won’t be known as the Baroness Lovell Cocks!’The legendary Lady Cocks on her hotly anticipated memoir in which she spills nearly all the beans on a life rich in event and incidentBy Jenni Frazer4 min read||November 2, 2025 11:11
This is how we defeat Britain’s far rightA welcome guide on combatting extremism from a figure who can draw on decades of hard-won street-level experience doing exactly thatBy David Bennun4 min read||October 29, 2025 15:07
The Right of Passage review: a harrowing tale of a couple trapped in Nazi EuropeThis moving and tense Holocaust memoir is a fitting tribute to a remarkable and courageous husband and wife whose lives ended in the most appalling circumstances, and who might otherwise be forgottenBy Robert Low3 min read||October 24, 2025 16:32
Fall, Bomb, Fall review: ‘haunting on the Dutch experience of war’Originally published in 1950, and now translated into English by the Pushkin Press, the teenager at the centre of this novel is so bored he wishes for all-out war...By David Herman1 min read||October 24, 2025 10:35
I Wanted to be Wonderful review: The trials and tribulations of motherhood laid bareThis novel by Lihi Lapid follows two parallel stories to weave a heart-rending portrait of marriage and domesticityBy Jennifer Lipman1 min read||October 21, 2025 11:41
Love’s Labour review: How psychoanalysis can help and hinder us in understanding our messy love livesA deeply moving book of case histories which brings the experience of psychoanalysis to lifeBy David Herman2 min read||October 21, 2025 11:27
Never Again by Jake Wallis Simons review: ‘A book for our times’The author’s new work superbly distils the issues facing the WestBy Stephen Pollard4 min read||September 30, 2025 16:04
On Antisemitism: A Word In History review – a book to comfort Jew-hate apologists at the expense of JewsThis historical account of antisemitism is a remarkable exercise in cognitive dissonanceBy David Bennun3 min read||September 25, 2025 12:12
