Mark Glanville believed a haemorrhage on his vocal chords had brought his singing career to an end...until he began picking up the liturgical melodies at Westminster Synagogue
Oscar-winner Frederic Raphael is still writing at 92. He tells Mark Glanville how how work has helped him survive tragedies
One of the foremost 20th century Yiddish poets, Glatstein emigrated from Lublin to New York in 1914
First-class translation of Ludovic Bruckstein's Yiddish short story collection proves a timely panacea in these dark times
Timely reflections on the Jewish condition are unsettlingly relevant to our own times
Singer Mark Glanville only realised his poignant link to Kutno in Poland thanks to a chance post on Facebook
Jeremy Eichler has written a fascinating examination of the power of music in memorial
Sympathetic grasp of artistic genius behind some of the greatest poetry of the 20th century
An unconvincing survey of modern British Jews, much of which was gleaned from conversations conducted over Zoom during lockdown
The story of this remarkable woman reads like a blueprint for many later expulsions and destructions of Jewish communities
English translation of the first novel of a writer whose work elicits profound truths about human nature and its motivations
An enthralling account of a muse’s life with troubled artist Cyril Mann
Countless characters pass the reader by, underdeveloped and unrealised, their inner lives unexplored
Mark Glanville never thought he would meet the sister his mother was forced to have adopted. But a few weeks ago he received a life-changing email
In 'Balkan Spaces' Richard Berengarten's passion and erudition opens up a fascinating world
Mark Glanville welcomes a new translation of one of the great Yiddish writers.
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