booksThe Teacher of Auschwitz review: ‘he helped Jewish children survive hell’Wendy Holden has brought Fredy Hirsch, a young gay man who saved hundreds of children from Nazi depredations, to lifeBy Jenni Frazer2 min read
Books The non-Jewish Italian who saved Primo LeviA new biography sheds light on an unsung hero consigned to work at the death camp where the great author was internedBy Amanda Hopkinson2 min read
BooksThis columnist is derided and even hated, but she is usually rightIn her latest polemic Melanie Phillips takes on the ruin of Western civilisationBy Stephen Pollard3 min read
BooksThe Power and the Glory review: ‘Jews who wished they were to the manor born’This literary tour through the flamboyant Jewish-owned stately homes of the turn of the 20th century is highly entertainingBy Jenni Frazer3 min read
Books East Broadway to Whitechapel, review: ‘stirring snapshots of a bygone world’David Katz’s short stories are a moving evocation of the Jewish world of Brooklyn and the East End, but also the world of Yiddish literatureBy David Herman2 min read
Books Singer Sisters review: ‘gentle notes on the gritty business of making music’The music reverberates from the pages of this feminist journalist’s debut novelBy Jennifer Lipman1 min read
Books Why the longest hatred isn’t going anywhere soonThis new study on contemporary antisemtism is a welcome addition to the canonBy Robert Low2 min read
2024 in review: Jewish booksFrom the Shoah to the screwed-up elite, the five stand-out Jewish books of the year are a mix of eviscerating fiction, assiduously researched history and memoirBy Claire Allfree2 min read||December 24, 2024 16:17
British-born author wins Sacks book prizeTalmud teacher Gila Fine received the accolade for The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s AtticBy Simon Rocker1 min read||December 18, 2024 12:29
Does the world really need another Leonard Cohen biography?The late, great singer’s life story has been committed to print in some 30 books, and this latest publication is one too manyBy Jenni Frazer2 min read||December 13, 2024 12:59
Why in the Middle East, a cartoon can be worth a thousands wordsThis visual guide to the Arab-Israeli conflict between 1917 and 1949 is enthrallingBy Robert Low2 min read||December 12, 2024 13:02
Were the Nazis inherently evil?Do we have free will, or is it all written in the womb? The neurologist-author of new book looks at the science behind our actionsBy Jennifer Lipman4 min read||December 12, 2024 12:53
The 2025 Wingate Prize longlist is announcedThe shortlist will be announced next month and the winner in FebruaryBy Karen Glaser4 min read||December 2, 2024 11:28
They Were Good Germans Once review: ‘the trials of the yekke’This is a welcome memoir on the German Jews who were ashamed of being JewishBy Mark Glanville1 min read||November 29, 2024 12:58
Why Not Let the Leaning Tower Collapse review: ‘big questions on history and morality’Daniel Snowman is an engaging historian who brings a wide range of subjects to life in this new book of essaysBy David Herman2 min read||November 29, 2024 12:52
Why the English country house was also often JewishThe book I have co-edited confronts uncomfortable ideas about Jewish money, power and antisemitism head onBy Abigail Green4 min read||November 14, 2024 13:06
