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A new biography sheds light on an unsung hero consigned to work at the death camp where the great author was interned
By Amanda Hopkinson
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In her latest polemic Melanie Phillips takes on the ruin of Western civilisation
By Stephen Pollard
This literary tour through the flamboyant Jewish-owned stately homes of the turn of the 20th century is highly entertaining
By Jenni Frazer
David Katz’s short stories are a moving evocation of the Jewish world of Brooklyn and the East End, but also the world of Yiddish literature
By David Herman
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
Talmud teacher Gila Fine received the accolade for The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic
By Simon Rocker
The late, great singer’s life story has been committed to print in some 30 books, and this latest publication is one too many
