A new biography tells the story of a young woman who masterminded the escape of academics from Nazi Europe to the UK
By Jennifer Lipman
An illuminating family memoir tells the story behind Britain’s first film theatres
By Elisa Bray
Jeremy Eichler has written a fascinating examination of the power of music in memorial
By Mark Glanville
Elinor Lipman’s latest novel is an entertaining caper with some serious points on misogyny, loneliness and issues facing single women
By Joy Sable
Everyone gets what’s coming to him or her in Lavie Tidhar's new work - a novel all Israeli politicians should read
By Jenni Frazer
New translation of the diary of a literary giant provides an insight into his unique artistry
By Alun David
The new year is upon us but have you read the best of 5783?
By Karen E H Skinazi
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Poet Itzik Manger creates in prose a biblical fantasia, full of references to King David, Solomon and the Psalms
By David Herman
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There are lively moments but this fictionalised account of 20th-century polymath John von Neumann will disappoint many readers
Liz Kessler's new book is about two brave Jewish sisters who join the resistance in wartime Amsterdam
By Keren David
Joanna Gutkin, 36, from Hendon wrote The Elephant and the Goldfish while her daughter, Maya, eight, did the illustrations
By Gil Tydeman
'There are some true gems, but the vast majority are unimpressive', says author Michael Leventhal
A lovely novel overall but Gundar-Goshen may have wrapped up the plot all too rapidly and expediently
Former JC editor Stephen Pollard interviews his successor about his Orthodox childhood, life as a foreign correspondent and his new book
By Stephen Pollard
A week after liberal rabbis called Israel an ‘apartheid regime’, JC editor Jake Wallis Simons, in a third extract from his new book, reveals how the trope is rooted in Soviet propaganda
By Jake Wallis Simons
Karen Kirsten discovered her family had been lying to her for years
By Nicole Lampert
