Join us for an ode to the sacred art of reading together, as Ilana Kurshan explores how reading at home shapes family life, from picture books to Bible readings.
Celebrated actress Dame Janet Suzman reviews her Oscar, BAFTA and Olivier nominated roles and her landmark South African production of 'Othello', with Francine Stock.
A live episode recording of Eylan Ezekiel’s journey into the Jewniverse, exploring the diverse histories and identities of people for whom the word ‘Jew’ just isn’t enough.
An author takes us along on his own journey of discovery, which began when his dying mother revealed something earth-shattering about his identity.
Jewish Book Week favourite and International Book Prize winner David Grossman delves into the difficult questions facing peace campaigners.
In the wake of 7 October, Jewish communities in Israel and the UK have faced trauma, fear and uncertainty, though in starkly different ways. This event explores what trauma looks like in different contexts, and how communities find the resources to respond.
Join expert Dorit Gani to explore how Chaim Nachman Bialik, Levin Kipnis, and Lea Goldberg created modern Hebrew children’s literature, from early readers to songs, brought to life with rare treasures from the National Library of Israel.
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.
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.
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.
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’.
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.