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October 5, 2023, 6:07 pm
Men can write romantic novels – and they can be funny, too
Netflix show The Queen's Gambit inspired Paul A Mendelson's new book (but it's not about chess)
By Alex Galbinski
September 21, 2023, 3:44 pm
“When I think back on my life I see a picture of my mother”
Holocaust survivor Ivor Perl was sent to Auschwitz aged eight. He tells all in a poignant memoir
By Sarah Miller
Samantha Ferraro and Limor Chen
September 11, 2023, 2:00 pm
Meet the chefs sharing their family’s Mediterranean cooking in new recipe books
Samantha Ferraro and Limor Chen's dishes are full of flavour
By Angie Jacobs
A Zoom Rockman illustration from the book.
August 2, 2023, 3:37 pm
Children’s literature comes of age with Ivor Baddiel’s bonkers new book
Everything that could possibly go wrong at a bar mitzvah does go wrong in the author's madcap new novel.
By Candice Krieger
July 28, 2023, 8:53 am
Funnyman Nigel Planer gets serious about his Jewish heritage
The not-so-young-one is playing two Jewish grandfather sin the next few weeks. Oh, and he's written a book
By Brigit Grant
July 21, 2023, 5:58 pm
Anything but normal: Funny man Ashley Blaker on his wonderfully atypical family
Six kids, one wife, performances around the world, a looming stint at the Edinburgh Festival and a new book to boot. How does Ashley Blaker manage it all?
By Debbie Collins
July 18, 2023, 10:15 am
Roald Dahl Museum displays plaque apologising for author’s ‘racist views towards Jewish people’
Buckinghamshire museum has placed a panel in the welcome area of the building, condemning the celebrated children’s writer’s racism.
By Jenni Frazer
Journalist and writer Ruth Eglash. Photo: Ariel Jerozolimski
July 13, 2023, 1:57 pm
Washington Post Jerusalem correspondent turns fact into fiction
Journalist Ruth Marks Eglash has written a novel highlighting the human aspect of the Israel-Palestine conflict
By Sarah Miller
Victoria Selman
June 8, 2023, 12:45 pm
How a fascination with serial killers put Victoria Selman on the bestseller lists
Thriller writer talks about the inspiration for her latest addictive read. PLUS the chance to win her latest book
By Beatrice Sayers
Adam Leigh
May 18, 2023, 6:10 pm
Why did the author write the book? Adam Leigh on his latest novel, Chicken Wars
The talented writer's second novel,is a rollercoaster ride about the poultry-related life of a hapless hero.
By Jenni Frazer
May 10, 2023, 1:37 pm
Burgenland: Family tale woven with Holocaust horror reveals that Adolf Eichmann rubber-stamped emigration papers of Jews leaving Austria
Barrister David Joseph spent seven years researching his family's history
By Jenni Frazer
Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam
April 12, 2023, 12:54 pm
REVIEW: David Baddiel’s affectionate two fingers up to faith
It would be a sea-splitting miracle if The God Desire has the cultural impact of the author's previous seminal work, writes Richard Ferrer. This time the iconoclast bites off more than he can Jew.
By Richard Ferrer
Bestselling author Jo Bloom
March 8, 2023, 3:21 pm
Ridley Road author looks at open relationships in her new book
Bestselling writer Jo Bloom delves into the complex world of marriage without boundaries
By Alex Galbinski
Dave Rich
February 15, 2023, 5:26 pm
‘Stereotypes are so common that people don’t realise they are being antisemitic’
The Community Security Trust's Dave Rich tackles modern-day Jew hatred in his new book and says we all have a role to play
By Nicole Lampert
Netanyahu and Trump. Credit: Professor Colin Shindler.
February 9, 2023, 9:25 am
Bigger picture: A history of Israel in 100 cartoons
Drawing parallels between Jews and cartoonists, Dr. Colin Shindler speaks to Jewish News' Jenni Frazer about Golda Meir, Soviet Jewry and Natan Sharansky
By Jenni Frazer
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