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Review: Looking for an Enemy: Eight Essays on Antisemitism

Glanville relates how the age-old blood libel against Jews has once again resurfaced in both right-wing rhetoric and in left-wing diatribes against Israel

By David Conway

2 min read

Pro-Palestinian activists and supporters wave flags standing on the enterance to Marble Arch Underground Station during a demonstration in support of the Palestinian cause as violence escalates in the ongoing conflict with Israel, in central London on May 15, 2021. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP) (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

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Review - Radical Revenge: Shame, Blame and the Urge for Retaliation

Renée Danziger is alert to the impulse towards revenge, which she regards as more or less universal, writes Stephen Frosh

By Stephen Frosh

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April 29, 2021 11:40

Review - Radical Revenge: Shame, Blame and the Urge for Retaliation

Review - Invisible Walls: A Journalist in Search of Her Life

Hella Pick is a brilliant narrator and, in the course of an action-packed book, we encounter distinguished figures from across the world, writes Daniel Snowman

By Daniel Snowman

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April 29, 2021 11:40

Review - Invisible Walls: A Journalist in Search of Her Life

Review: You Are Not What We Expected by Sidura Ludwig

We watch kids confined in their bedrooms playing Minecraft and mums playing Mah-jong, writes Karen Skinazi

By Karen E H Skinazi

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April 22, 2021 12:26

Review: You Are Not What We Expected by Sidura Ludwig

Review: The Taming of the Jew by Tuvia Tenenbom

The Taming of the Jew a tough read and one I liked but didn’t love, writes Jonathan Margolis

By Jonathan Margolis

2 min read

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April 22, 2021 12:20

Review: The Taming of the Jew by Tuvia Tenenbom

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By David Baddiel

I did not expect my book to help people overcome shame

One thing about shame, of course, is that it’s closely related to fear

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April 15, 2021 11:56

I did not expect my book to help people overcome shame

Review: Nuremberg - A personal record of the trial of the major Nazi war criminals

Airey Neave’s voice deserves to be heard across the years, writes Colin Shindler

By Colin Shindler

2 min read

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March 12, 2021 16:37

British Conservative politician Airey Neave (1916-1979), who was involved in the Nuremberg trials. Original Publication: People Disc - HH0350 (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Hunger, appetite and the joy of denial

American writer Melissa Broder's work is very personal, sometimes shocking - and extremely Jewish

By Jennifer Lipman

5 min read

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March 5, 2021 11:17

Hunger, appetite and the joy of denial

Ordinary Soviet life of a perfect Purim personality

Emil Draitser's memoir provides a rare, vivid insight into the lives of ordinary Jews in the Soviet Union.

By Colin Shindler

2 min read

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February 26, 2021 16:03

Ordinary Soviet life of a perfect Purim personality

Review: Quite By Claudia Winkleman

Don’t expect an autobiography with a traditional trajectory, writes Gaby Wine

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February 11, 2021 10:58

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 10: Claudia Winkleman announces partnership with No7 at No7 Laboratories Skin Clinic on April 10, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images)