Join David Pleat, Britain’s most successful Jewish football manager, as he reflects on a remarkable journey through football’s changing landscape.
Author Joshua Levine explores the making of two cinematic landmarks, ‘Dunkirk’ and ‘Blitz’, the personalities that shaped them, and his role as a historical adviser.
Iran expert Sharan Tabari joins the Israel Editor Anshel Pfeffer and Jonathan Rosenthal to discuss the country’s proxies, nuclear ambitions, and regional power dynamics.
On the fourth and final day of online events for Jewish Book Week 2025, join us as Alice Austen presents her debut novel, the gripping story of a family's disappearance in wartime Brussels, and Jean Strouse discusses the mysteries and tragedies surrounding 12 portraits by John Singer Sargent at the height of his powers.
Envied by Andy Warhol, resented by Jackie Kennedy, awed by Michelle Obama… Craig Brown observes The Queen in her time via the accounts by well-known figures who met her over the decades she reigned. In conversation with Sam Leith.
Acclaimed author Francesca Segal returns to Jewish Book Week with an uplifting story of a zoologist’s year-long fellowship on a tiny, remote island.
When the celebrated Swedish writer and artist Johanna Ekström found out that she was dying, she asked her closest friend, Granta publisher and philanthropist Sigrid Rausing, to finish her last book. In conversation with Devorah Baum.
One of the most acclaimed writers of our time, Elif Shafak introduces her new novel, ‘There are Rivers in the Sky’ – an intriguing set of stories that spans centuries, continents and cultures, all connected by a single drop of water.
Jessica Duchen offers a compelling and nuanced portrait of Dame Myra Hess, Britain’s beloved concert pianist renowned for her legendary wartime concerts.
The Jewish Book Week 2025 fringe programme offers three separate opportunities to enjoy guided tours and talks around some of London's most important collections of Jewish arts and literature.
Come and celebrate International Women’s Day at Kings Place with a unique concert from two of the English folk scene’s best acts! Power trio Lady Maisery and boundless songwriters O’Hooley & Tidow join forces again (at long last!) for the first time since their much-loved annual collaboration as supergroup, COVEN.
Join string quintet Wooden Elephant and prepared piano specialist Mathias Halvorsen as they transform their instruments into drum machines and synthesisers for a totally new, acoustic experience of Aphex Twin’s epic double album masterpiece, 'Drukqs'.
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Authors Ilya Kaminsky and Marina Sapritsky-Nahum trace the dynamic evolution of a distinct Ukrainian Jewish heritage.
Jewish Book Week is delighted to celebrate the 48th Wingate Prize, awarded annually to the best fiction or non-fiction book that explores Jewishness for a broad readership.
With Donald Trump back in the White House, how might his second presidency shape America’s domestic and foreign policy? What’s next for the US? David Aaronovitch moderates a dynamic panel.
Twenty years after his passing we celebrate Jack Rosenthal, one of the best-loved playwrights and screenwriters of the last century, in the company of his wife, Jewish Book Week favourite Dame Maureen Lipman, and special celebrity guests.
Highlights from the previous editions of Jewish Book Week in cinema-style screenings. Enjoy cinema-style screenings of unforgettable conversations from past Jewish Book Week festivals.
Professor Richard Susskind, a leading expert on the impact of artificial intelligence, challenges us to rethink its role in society in his accessible, non-technical guide, How to Think About AI.
Literary scholar David Stromberg discusses the astonishing career of the eminent Yiddish-language author, Isaac Bashevis Singer.
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Praised as “a rip-roaring adventure” by the Daily Mail and “unputdownable” in The Sun’s 5-star review, A.E. Goldin’s debut novel is an immersive historical mystery.
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