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Gift puts Jerusalem library on 'international Shakespeare map'

Priceless fragment of Shakespeare's First Folio, dating from 1623, is gifted to the National Library of Israel

By Jenni Frazer

3 min read

November 24, 2022 15:55

Gift puts Jerusalem library on 'international Shakespeare map'

‘Deep feelings and a wild imagination’ - a tribute to the short-story queen Grace Paley

To mark the centenary of her birth, a celebration of a writer whose work focused on the roles of men and women

By David Herman

5 min read

November 17, 2022 15:24

‘Deep feelings and a wild imagination’ - a tribute to the short-story queen Grace Paley

New book on Einstein is result of one man's fascination with physicist

His leather jacket, the boat with a Yiddish name — the publication offers a fascinating insight into the Nobel Prize winner

By Jenni Frazer

6 min read

November 17, 2022 14:53

New book on Einstein is result of one man's fascination with physicist

Book review: The Only Woman in the Room: Golda Meir and her Path to Power - A pioneering woman leader but was she a feminist?

A highly original and enjoyable take on Israel’s first woman leader

By Amanda Hopkinson

2 min read

November 17, 2022 14:49

Book review: The Only Woman in the Room: Golda Meir and her Path to Power - A pioneering woman leader but was she a feminist?

Book review: The Literary Mafia: Jews, Publishing, and Postwar American Literature - No conspiracy, we’re just connected

Author has notion of meritocracy in his sights in unconventional perspective on a golden age for Jews in American literature

By Alun David

1 min read

November 17, 2022 14:49

Book review: The Literary Mafia: Jews, Publishing, and Postwar American Literature - No conspiracy, we’re just connected

Good or bad Jew? Check your privilege

Emily Tamkin's new book examines the American Jewish crisis. Zoe Strimpel meets her

By Zoe Strimpel

6 min read

November 11, 2022 12:35

Book review: Britain’s Jews: Confidence, Maturity, Anxiety - Too confident, where’s the angst?

An unconvincing survey of modern British Jews, much of which was gleaned from conversations conducted over Zoom during lockdown

By Mark Glanville

2 min read

November 10, 2022 13:56

Book review: Britain’s Jews: Confidence, Maturity, Anxiety - Too confident, where’s the angst?

My walk along the Western Front

To support the dream of a dead soldier for a ‘path of peace’ along the famous First World War dividing line, Anthony Seldon walked its length last year. Along the way he contemplated his roots, and the hopes and fears of Jewish soldiers

By Anthony Seldon

7 min read

November 10, 2022 13:07

By Nicole Lampert

Victoria Beckham, Bella Hadid and Jewish ‘princesses’: Nicole Lampert's week in showbiz

Jewish readers were up in arms with Casandra character in Candice Carty-Williams' hit book - so will she be toned down on screen?

2 min read

November 3, 2022 13:45

2A4E4NN Candice Carty-Williams attending The Women of The Year Lunch and Awards 2019 at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London.

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The meaning of things: Fascinating memoir celebrates the ordinary

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How the Jews changed English food - at a price

The best Jewish cookbooks of 2022

Matilda the Musical Film review: Thrilling if overlong version of a classic

The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt Book review: An admirable portrayal of a leading liberal voice

The meaning of things: Fascinating memoir celebrates the ordinary

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Gift puts Jerusalem library on 'international Shakespeare map'

‘Deep feelings and a wild imagination’ - a tribute to the short-story queen Grace Paley

New book on Einstein is result of one man's fascination with physicist

Book review: The Only Woman in the Room: Golda Meir and her Path to Power - A pioneering woman leader but was she a feminist?

Book review: The Literary Mafia: Jews, Publishing, and Postwar American Literature - No conspiracy, we’re just connected

Good or bad Jew? Check your privilege

Book review: Britain’s Jews: Confidence, Maturity, Anxiety - Too confident, where’s the angst?

My walk along the Western Front

Victoria Beckham, Bella Hadid and Jewish ‘princesses’: Nicole Lampert's week in showbiz