Children's book reviews round-up
Angela Kiverstein on the latest titles from children's fiction
Review: Time of the Magicians
David Conway enjoys the profile of a quartet of practitioners of the ‘magic’ of philosophy
Review: Cathedral by Ben Hopkins
Reviewer Alun David is won over by architectural broiges
Book Review: The Netanyahus
David Herman enjoys a novel with a famous family name
Review - Radical Revenge: Shame, Blame and the Urge for Retaliation
Renée Danziger is alert to the impulse towards revenge, which she regards as more or less universal, writes Stephen Frosh
Review - Invisible Walls: A Journalist in Search of Her Life
Hella Pick is a brilliant narrator and, in the course of an action-packed book, we encounter distinguished figures from across the world, writes Daniel Snowman
Review: You Are Not What We Expected by Sidura Ludwig
We watch kids confined in their bedrooms playing Minecraft and mums playing Mah-jong, writes Karen Skinazi
Review: The Taming of the Jew by Tuvia Tenenbom
The Taming of the Jew a tough read and one I liked but didn’t love, writes Jonathan Margolis
I did not expect my book to help people overcome shame
One thing about shame, of course, is that it’s closely related to fear
Review: Nuremberg - A personal record of the trial of the major Nazi war criminals
Airey Neave’s voice deserves to be heard across the years, writes Colin Shindler
Hunger, appetite and the joy of denial
American writer Melissa Broder's work is very personal, sometimes shocking - and extremely Jewish
Ordinary Soviet life of a perfect Purim personality
Emil Draitser's memoir provides a rare, vivid insight into the lives of ordinary Jews in the Soviet Union.
Review: Quite By Claudia Winkleman
Don’t expect an autobiography with a traditional trajectory, writes Gaby Wine
Review: Jews Don’t Count: How Identity Politics Failed One Particular Identity
Feeling something is true doesn’t make it so, writes Rabbi Howard Cooper
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