Keren David is the Managing Editor of the Jewish Chronicle. She is also the award-winning author of 13 books for young adults, her most recent is Say No to the Dress, published by Barrington Stoke
In a city with a talent for reinvention, find a string of new reasons to plan another visit
Lily Ebert is a survivor of Auschwitz, Dov Forman is one of her 34 great-grandchildren and has taken her testimony about the Shoah to social media - they have more than a million followers on TikTok, and published a book last week
Venture to the Garden of England to discover coast, candle-making and centuries of history in Kent
Carrie Johnson, wife of the prime minister, is expecting a 'rainbow baby' - one born after pregnancy loss. Keren David recalls her similar experience
The men in authority use halacha as an excuse — they are really protecting their position
The Jewish Museum London is about to reopen. Keren David had a preview.
Camden museum will welcome back visitors on July 11 after successful online programme
A young girl's 'friendship book' was one of the only things saved when her family was murdered by the Nazis. She and her friends would have been completely forgotten - but writer Claudia Carli vowed to uncover their lost histories
When Jodie Lancet-Grant couldn't find picture books to reflect her LGBT family she wrote her own - with a twist
'I should like to propose a Yiddishe update in which the Royal family is not deposed, but transposed — reimagined as a Jewish clan in North West London.'
Comedian and writer Lee Kern is up for an Oscar. But, he tells Keren David, there are more important things in life than winning awards.
'I expected that Zoom Judaism would be a watered-down version of the real thing. But the opposite was true.'
Ivor Baddiel's new book for children draws on his career writing for TV, and features a washed up comedian with 'an ego the size of Jupiter'.
'The way that men deal with disappointment and rejection, the fragility of their egos, their lack of control - these are all factors that contribute to violence against women.'
Photographer Gemma Levine asked people for their thoughts on the Covid-19 crisis. The result is a fascinating book of portraits
'Now I realise how strong the urge is to ignore an impending threat, to carry on shopping and pretending that all will be well.'
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