BooksDebut 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
BooksKreisky, 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
BooksWho 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
BooksIn 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
BooksBook review: Arthur Miller: American Witness - A decidedly Jewish view from the bridgeA more psychological than biographical profile that reveals the state of the great playwright's mindBy John Nathan2 min read
BooksBook review: The Owner’s Mother Loves My StuffNew memoir captures Fleet Street’s legendary lunching daysBy Stephen Pollard2 min read
BooksBook review: Elizabeth, the queen of celebritiesFirst authorised biography of the screen siren feels like a missed opportunityBy Georgia L Gilholy2 min read
How the Jews changed English food - at a priceWe gave the English fish and chips and bagels - but our eating habits stoked deadly hateBy Diane Purkiss3 min read||December 22, 2022 16:02
The best Jewish cookbooks of 2022Victoria Prever picks her favourite cookbooks of the yearBy Victoria Prever1 min read||December 22, 2022 16:00
Matilda the Musical Film review: Thrilling if overlong version of a classicSuccessful RSC musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s 1988 tale gets the big-screen treatmentBy Linda Marric1 min read||December 8, 2022 14:54
The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt Book review: An admirable portrayal of a leading liberal voiceThis illuminating autobiography, stretching down the decades of the 20th century and republished for the first time in 60 years, recalls what a remarkable woman she wasBy Colin Shindler2 min read||December 2, 2022 10:44
The meaning of things: Fascinating memoir celebrates the ordinaryRichard Rabinowitz's book traces his unremarkable parents’ lives by examining the possessions that gave their existence meaningBy Jennifer Lipman2 min read||November 24, 2022 17:17
Gift puts Jerusalem library on 'international Shakespeare map'Priceless fragment of Shakespeare's First Folio, dating from 1623, is gifted to the National Library of IsraelBy Jenni Frazer3 min read||November 24, 2022 15:55
‘Deep feelings and a wild imagination’ - a tribute to the short-story queen Grace PaleyTo mark the centenary of her birth, a celebration of a writer whose work focused on the roles of men and womenBy David Herman5 min read||November 17, 2022 15:24
New book on Einstein is result of one man's fascination with physicistHis leather jacket, the boat with a Yiddish name — the publication offers a fascinating insight into the Nobel Prize winnerBy Jenni Frazer6 min read||November 17, 2022 14:53
Book review: The Only Woman in the Room: Golda Meir and her Path to Power - A pioneering woman leader but was she a feminist?A highly original and enjoyable take on Israel’s first woman leaderBy Amanda Hopkinson2 min read||November 17, 2022 14:49
