Books‘The widest-ranging Jewish Book Week yet’Jewish Book Week 2023 kicks off on February 25. Its director Claudia Rubenstein introduces this year’s star-studded programmeBy Claudia Rubenstein3 min read
BooksThe Holocaust: An Unfinished History Book review: The untold story of Europe’s Shoah shameAn important new history sheds light on the major role played by so-called neutrals in the mass extermination of JewsBy Colin Shindler2 min read
HealthMeet the writer asking hard questions about the wellness industryFeeling overwhelmed? Maybe shul is a better idea than the gymBy Sandy Rashty4 min read
BooksWhy Beethoven: A Phenomenon in 100 Pieces Book review: The musical genius exploredA dizzying dive into the world of this terrifyingly talented composerBy Jenni Frazer2 min read
BooksThe Matchmaker’s Gift Book review: Romantic pairing down the generationsLynda Cohen Loigman's enjoyable romance lacks nuance but its succinct storylines do not outstay their welcomeBy Georgia L Gilholy1 min read
BooksMuppets in Moscow Book review: When Kermit and Miss Piggy went to the KremlinA fascinating account of how an American TV classic was exported to RussiaBy Robert Low2 min read
BooksArabesques Book review: Twisting time and place and politicsAnton Shammas' breakthrough novel cleverly interweaves the imagined and the rememberedBy David Herman2 min read
Obituary: Edith PearlmanLeading Jewish-American writer whose stories describe the humanity of the lonelyBy David Herman4 min read||February 2, 2023 12:17
Wingate Prize shortlist takes on Jewry’s ‘sacred cows’Four of the seven books in the running for this year's literary prize explore the ShoahBy Karen Glaser2 min read||February 2, 2023 11:00
Book review: Fritz and Kurt - A moving Shoah book for older childrenAppealingly and appropriately illustrated, a sensitively captured child's perspectives of the HolocaustBy Angela Kiverstein1 min read||January 26, 2023 15:31
Of Maus and men: Valuable insights into a controversial classicA significant aid towards the understanding of the graphic novelBy Alun David 2 min read||January 26, 2023 12:23
A child’s eye view of surviving BelsenA survivor of the death camp on the book he has written for children about his childhood ordealBy Gaby Wine6 min read||January 19, 2023 16:04
Debut author's post-Holocaust novel sparks nine-way bidding warThe UK rights to publish Yael van der Wouden’s The Safekeep acquired by Viking after 'fiercely contested' auctionBy Nic North2 min read||January 19, 2023 10:03
Kreisky, Israel and Jewish Identity book review: Will the real Bruno please stand up?An intriguing and forensic new biography of the Jewish former Austrian chancellorBy Colin Shindler2 min read||January 12, 2023 18:00
Who Is Mr. Poliakoff? Book review: A Jewish answer to a Le Carré thrillerShort novel packed full of history, from the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union to secret agents in Israel, is full of twists and turnsBy David Herman1 min read||January 12, 2023 17:59
In Search of Amrit Kaur Book review: An Indian Princess in Wartime Paris - Historical dig reveals littleAuthor's lacklustre findings on life of socialite might better have been contained to a magazine featureBy Jennifer Lipman1 min read||January 9, 2023 15:31
