The music reverberates from the pages of this feminist journalist’s debut novel
By Jennifer Lipman
This new study on contemporary antisemtism is a welcome addition to the canon
By Robert Low
From the Shoah to the screwed-up elite, the five stand-out Jewish books of the year are a mix of eviscerating fiction, assiduously researched history and memoir
By Claire Allfree
From a talmudic tale about a chipmunk to a mind-stretching explanation of the Enigma code, we select the best new books for children
By Angela Kiverstein
The late, great singer’s life story has been committed to print in some 30 books, and this latest publication is one too many
By Jenni Frazer
This visual guide to the Arab-Israeli conflict between 1917 and 1949 is enthralling
The shortlist will be announced next month and the winner in February
By Karen Glaser
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This is a welcome memoir on the German Jews who were ashamed of being Jewish
By Mark Glanville
Daniel Snowman is an engaging historian who brings a wide range of subjects to life in this new book of essays
By David Herman
The book I have co-edited confronts uncomfortable ideas about Jewish money, power and antisemitism head on
By Abigail Green
A new book about the Jewish writer and director’s filmography brings nostalgia for the era of When Harry Met Sally style rom-coms
By Eliana Jordan
Edith Tudor Hart was an immensely talented documentary photographer whose work deserves to be better known. This biography-in-the-round will help
By Amanda Hopkinson
Booker and Nobel Prize-winner Olga Tokarcuk’s latest work falls slightly short of her previous literary achievements
The leading Israeli novelist’s new book fails to ask tough questions about the Jewish state’s implacable enemies
From a kippah-wearing blue furry monster to the war efforts of courageous Jewish siblings, we select the most exciting fiction for kids
The Trump portrayed here is no monster but it is a portrait of a hustler who is still hustling
By John Nathan