An exploration of a newly-translated collection of short fiction by Soviet Jewish writers, covering pilgrimages, family histories and the terrible losses experienced in the Shoah. A single teacup becomes the axis of a family’s tangled
A blend of poetry readings and discussions explores the heritage of German-Jewish poets living and writing in the UK today. Poets Annie Freud, Stephen Duncan, and Jennifer Langer, chaired by Monica Bohm-Duchen.
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How has the Jewish diaspora changed in recent years? Daniel Schwammenthal, Jewish Chronicle editor and former AJC Transatlantic Institute director, will be joined by leading voices from across the world.
Two award-winning writers bring their reflections on identity and place to Jewish Book Week for a discussion on the complexities of family memory.
Best-selling author Daniel Rachel unpicks the often unknown associations of some of the world's music stars with the iconography of Nazism.
Jonathan Romain and Cathy Rentzenbrink draw out the complex issues surrounding today's debate on the ethics of medically assisted suicide.
Yad Vashem tour guide Leon Duval explores the groundbreaking new research which has revealed the unspoken trauma and abuse suffered by many children brought to the UK on the Kindertransport.
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National Library of Israel librarian Dorit Gani explains the synthesis of scholarship and sensitivity behind the exhibition of books representing the hostages taken on 7 October 2023.
Man Booker Prize winner Howard Jacobson gives an exclusive preview of his upcoming new novel ‘Howl’, in conversation with literary critic Adam Kirsch.
Journalist Charlotte Henry looks at how the streaming giants have revolutionised the landscape of television, and what the future next for our screens.
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Four experts on British politics and policy delve into how Britain's changing public face is reshaping what kind of future we can expect. With David Aaronovitch, Vernon Bogdanor and Margaret Hodge.
Researcher and writer John Hilary unpicks the tangled histories of the German Jewish philanthropists and art collectors whose legacies were nearly erased by wartime suspicions and prejudices.
Prize-winning author and literary theorist Gabriel Josipovici draws lines between fiction and real life in his 2024 novel-cum-biography duo ‘Partita and A Winter in Zürau’.
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Historian Colin Shindler, Philosopher P.M.S. Hacker and Professor Miri Rubin search for clarity amidst moral and political confusion in a special conversation for Jewish Book Week 2026.
Sixty-five years after Robert Zimmerman became Bob Dylan, Harry Freedman and Mark Malcomson trace the Jewish roots of one of the twentieth century’s most iconic musicians.
Jewish Quarterly essayists Simon Schama, Tanya Gold and Adam Kirsch discuss the fractious reality of living as a Jew in the shadow of 7 October. In a conversation chaired by Dave Rich.
Discover the true story of Alfred Hitchcock's involvement in the harrowing effort to document the unimaginable, with an exclusive staged reading starring Henry Goodman as Sidney Bernstein.
The Jewish Book Week 2026 fringe programme offers opportunities to enjoy guided tours, talks and workshops around some of London’s most important Jewish cultural sites and subjects.
The Jewish Book Week 2026 fringe programme offers opportunities to enjoy guided tours, talks and workshops around some of London's most important Jewish cultural sites and subjects.
The first day of online events at Jewish Book Week 2026 features Jonathan Brent and Christoph Dieckmann exploring YIVO’s role in preserving European Jewish culture, while illuminating how history and scholarship confront the Holocaust’s seismic impact on European civilization and humanity.
The Jewish Book Week 2026 fringe programme offers opportunities to enjoy guided tours, talks and workshops around some of London’s most important Jewish cultural sites and subjects.
Wednesday’s online events see explorations of religion, history, and biography, from Adam Silverstein’s analysis of the villain Haman across centuries, to Erica Brown reflecting on faith after crisis, and Amit Segal revealing the hidden stories behind Israel’s most pivotal political moments.
2025 Booker Prize Shortlisted novelist Benjamin Markovits and prolific critic and author Michael Arditti unpack the peculiarities of Jewish storytelling in conversation with Amanda Craig.
Join the Jay Rayner Sextet as they celebrate the greatest jazz-influenced chart hits of the 80s, including dance floor fillers by Sade, Matt Bianco, Swing Out Sister and Sting.