Gerald Jacobs is the literary editor of the JC.
When Sarah Merriman was born her parents were devastated to learn she had Down's Syndrome. But now she has a job, a boyfriend and a happy, independent life
JC literary editor Gerald Jacobs looks back over a successful Jewish Book Week powered by women in harmony
Our literary editor pays tribute to Ernest Hecht, whose death was announced today
Chaim Bermant’s favourite pastime was writing novels. He also wrote important, non-fiction accounts of the Anglo-Jewish community. But it is as an outstanding journalist he will be best remembered.
The funeral for writer Sue Margolis was both the least Jewish of Jewish funerals and the most Jewish, says Gerald Jacobs
Gerald Jacobs reports on the first Cliveden Literary Festival
Adam Kay's new book tells the story of his move from medicine to comedy.
Simon Schama and Hannah Rothschild are on the programme for a brand new literary event
For George Steiner a Jew is “someone who, when reading a book, pencil in hand, is convinced he will write a better one”. Gerald Jacobs enjoys a book which captures Steiner's compelling conversations.
It's Father's Day on Sunday. Three JC writers reflect on the experience of being a Jewish dad
The £50,000 prize is shared with the book’s English translator, Jessica Cohen
'I want to make up my own mind', says the eminent playwright.
The word 'so' used to have a Yiddish feel about it, says Gerald Jacobs. So what went wrong?
Is it acceptable to make jokes about the Holocaust? That's the question asked in Ferne Pearlstein's new documentary, The Last Laugh
Jewish Book Week 2017 provoked debate and delight, says Gerald Jacobs. But where were the under 40s?
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