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A journey to the heart of Chabad

Hasidism Beyond Modernity - Essays in Habad Thought and History, Naftali Loewenthal, The Littman Library of Jewish Civilisation, £39.50

By Dr Harris Bor

1 min read

A journey to the heart of Chabad

Book review: The Heartless Traffic

Book review: The Heartless Traffic

This book continues Jeremy Robson’s remarkable renaissance and shows just how prolific he has become

By Peter Lawson

2 min read

Book review: A Thousand Kisses

Book review: A Thousand Kisses

In this excellent book, Raphael's life and verse become as fresh and relevant as the day they were lived and penned

By Mark Glanville

1 min read

Book review: The State of Disbelief

Book review: The State of Disbelief

Rosenfeld is brutally honest about her experiences and the book is often painful to read

1 min read

Book review: A Whole Scene Going On

Barry Fantoni, a British jack-of-a-lot-of-trades, was there in the 1960's and remembers plenty about the era

By Michael Knipe

1 min read

Book review: House of Glass

Freeman writes beautifully and, although she evokes the historical context, she doesn’t allow it to overload her story

By Jennifer Lipman

1 min read

Book review: Well Worth Saving

A thought-provoking book — collaboration takes many forms, says Colin Shindler

By Colin Shindler

2 min read

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Book review: The Kindertransport - Contesting Memory

Jennifer Craig-Norton explodes the myths of the successful outcomes, the easy settling, and the general warm welcome for the Kindertransport children

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Book review: Takes One to Know One

Though it gets off to a slow start, this thriller picks up the pace for an exciting climax

By Alan Montague

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Book review: The Tunnel

A B Yehoshua's most recent novels are about characters approaching old age. His latest deals with the onset of dementia.

By David Herman

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Guilty but only of being very, very funny

Stephen Pollard reviews Woody Allen's autobiography, Apropos of Nothing

By Stephen Pollard

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Guilty but only of being very, very funny

Our fiction reviewer picks his books to get you through isolation

David Herman lists the Jewish books you probably always meant to get round to

By David Herman

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How Orthodox women moved on in 20 years

Under My Hat -— How Orthodox Women are Shaping the Future of Judasim, Sally Berkovic, Ktav, £21.95

By Dr Harry Freedman

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How Orthodox women moved on in 20 years

Linda Grant wins 2020 Wingate Literary Prize

Novelist wins £4,000 prize for her seventh novel, 'a coming of age for Jews in Britain'

By Jack Sommers

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Linda Grant wins 2020 Wingate Literary Prize

Review: House of Trelawney

This is a book to read carefully, a satire on wealth that never descends to the comic level, writes Anne Garvey

By Anne Garvey 

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Review: House of Trelawney

Review: Red Sea Spies

This book offers an in-depth account of the Mossad’s daring rescue operation of Ethiopian Jews, says Ben Weich

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