Books New tales from the GhettoYou may think we know everything we need to about the world’s first ghetto and its Jews, but this remarkable history proves otherwiseBy Jenni Frazer1 min read
Books Meet the Holmes (and Watson) of pre-war East European JewryThe non-literary Yiddish tales of Spitzkopf and his assistant Fuchs display an appealing sense of Jewish invincibility and as such provide an insight into the minds of the Jews on the eve of their destructionBy Mark Glanville2 min read
BooksSex, lies and terroristsEllie Levenson’s thriller is a twisty page-turner with an intriguing concept that grabs from the get-goBy Jennifer Lipman1 min read
Books There’s no easy cure for the world’s longest hatred. But this book is a startThis rigorous guide works for Jewish readers trying to comprehend how this irrational madness is happening again, and for allies grappling with the question of why people hate JewsBy Nicole Lampert2 min read
Books The horror behind Hayim Bialik’s most feted poemOn the Slaughter is considered the Russian-Jewish poet’s masterpiece, as well as his most controversial workBy David Herman1 min read
Books If you wanted something done in Jewish Europe 300 years ago, who did you ask?The findings of this excellent work of scholarship will likely not surprise all readers of this newspaper...By Jennifer Lipman3 min read
‘Do we really want to know about human goodness?’Historian Anthony Seldon discusses his new book about the Shoah’s unsung heroes with Etan SmallmanBy Etan Smallman5 min read||January 30, 2026 09:06
October 7 survivor Amir Tibon scoops 2026 Wingate Prize for ‘The Gates of Gaza’The prize is awarded annually to the book deemed to best communicate ‘the idea of Jewishness to the general reader’By Jamie Shapiro2 min read||January 29, 2026 00:01
William Shakespeare was a ‘Jewish woman of north African descent’, new book claimsEmilia Bassano, England’s first published female poet, has long been associated with the BardBy Siam Goorwich2 min read||January 26, 2026 14:03
A timely reminder for all those anti-Israel hysterics: this is what genocide looks likeRobert Low welcomes a robust history of the Holocaust in an era in which the facts are under threatBy Robert Low3 min read||January 23, 2026 09:37
How I found the real Philip RothDavid Bennun talks to Steven J. Zipperstein about his new literary biography of the pre-eminent Jewish novelistBy David Bennun6 min read||January 15, 2026 13:39
The Jewish woman who parachuted into Nazi-occupied EuropeJennifer Lipman meets the author of a new book about Zionist paratrooper and poet Hannah SeneshBy Jennifer Lipman6 min read||January 9, 2026 14:13
Berlin Shuffle review: Pimps, prostitutes and peddlers in Weimar GermanyHopeless cases, lowlifes and down-and-outs, the atmosphere in the extraordinarily talented Ulrich Boschwitz’s first novel feels like something from Brecht’s The Threepenny OperaBy David Herman2 min read||January 9, 2026 13:58
Auslander review: a tale that supports the theory we don’t belong anywhereThe former journalist Michael Moritz’s family memoir of escape and exile is a triumphBy Jenni Frazer2 min read||January 8, 2026 20:34
Sensory vignettes from Walter Benjamin’s Berlin childhoodThis short book is an excellent introduction to the eminent philosopher’s formative years through the eyes of his child selfBy Mark Glanville2 min read||January 2, 2026 16:40
