David Herman is the JC’s chief fiction reviewer
David Herman relishes the comic energy of Jacobson’s new novel
David Herman pays homage to an unforgettable Holocaust memoir
David Herman applauds a memoir that examines the life of Amos Oz
British poet and novelist inspired by London’s immigrant life
Poet Itzik Manger creates in prose a biblical fantasia, full of references to King David, Solomon and the Psalms
Powerfully told dark stories should help author break through to a new British audience
This is a fine account of one of Britain’s greatest Jewish intellectuals of the 20th century
The English Passengers novelist returns with a disappointingly flat story about a cinematographer on a tour of fascist Europe
Unlike his father, the novelist had an abiding interest in the Holocaust and the great modern Jewish-American writers
Deborah Levy's new novel about a gifted pianist is a slow burner but takes off in the final 200 pages
A critic's fond memories of a writer with a love of Westerns
How persecuted voices from the past are inspiring a new generation
The children of survivors are well placed to offer an attempt at answers, along with detailed research and recollections
Penguin is reprinting some of his best-known works in new editions
Anton Shammas' breakthrough novel cleverly interweaves the imagined and the remembered
Leading Jewish-American writer whose stories describe the humanity of the lonely
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