Placeholders review: An Irish-Jewish romance marred by loss and longing
James Roseman’s debut novel explores American Jewish identity and grief
No Road Leading Back review: ‘hell and real heroism’
This is the one of the best books written about the Shoah by Bullets, an often overlooked aspect of the Holocaust
Elaine review: ‘Jew lite-ville’
Despite its plethora of Yiddishe names, it is difficult to see Self’s latest novel as a reckoning with his Jewish identity and the writing is also a long way from the rhythms of Bellow, Roth and Nicole Krauss
Booker Prize 2024 shortlist includes three Jewish authors
Half of the six authors shortlisted for the prestigious literary award are Jewish, and five are women – the most in Booker Prize history
The Shapiro Family review: ‘portraits of a forgotten dynasty’
These are fascinating portraits of an extraordinary family few now remember
Goodbye to Russia review: ‘the journalists who don’t make old bones’
This is an important book about the plight of reporters and activists, many of them Jewish, under Putin
Jewish Nonagenarians review: ‘triumph over adversity’
The extraordinary lives of these ordinary people are utterly fascinating
An Absence of Cousins review: ‘it does Segal a disservice’
These literary short stories skewer the pretensions of the elite excruciatingly well, but they also feel terribly dated
I Seek a Kind Person review: ‘the British small ads that saved Jews from the Nazis’
Guardian journalist Julian Borger has written an emotionally disturbing family memoir that sets out some of the facts and figures of the Shoah in absorbing display
My grandmother’s handmade life
Miriam Gold talks to me about the multimedia biography she has created that tells the remarkable tale of her granny Elena, who by the age of 17, had already escaped Stalin and Hitler to become a doctor in the UK
Sophie Says: the children’s books making a difference
The self-published book series by Esther Marshall has so far sold more than 25,000 copies
Remembering the golden age of the New York Jewish intellectual male
I talk to the author of a new book about a group of mid-century Jewish writers who hold a mystique to this day
NYC bookstore owner blames staffer for cancelling Jewish book event over ‘Zionist’ rabbi
PowerHouse Books in Brooklyn cancelled the launch of Joshua Leifer’s book Tablets Shattered, claiming they ‘would not permit a Zionist on the premises’
The Writers’ Castle review: ‘gripping portrait of the reporters at Nuremberg’
This is a fascinating account of the hacks who reported on the post-WW2 trials
Hitler’s People review: ‘an important book’
Sobering and incisive commentary on the men who persuaded ordinary Germans to become mass murderers
Going Home by Tom Lamont review: ‘The significance of duty’
He writes sharply about the web of obligation and Judaism, conveniently, provides a clear framework for such a life
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