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Streaming Wars: What’s Going On Behind Your Screen

Words / Jewish Book Week

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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Britain at a Crossroads

Words / Jewish Book Week

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.

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Fin-de-Siècle Emigré Collectors: A British Story

Words / Jewish Book Week

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.

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In Flight: Kafka, Fiction & Reality

Words / Jewish Book Week

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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Unpacking Israel & Palestine

Words / Jewish Book Week

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.

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Bob Dylan: Jewish Roots, American Soil

Words / Jewish Book Week

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.

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In Gaza’s Wake

Words / Jewish Book Week

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.

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Hitchcock & Bernstein: The Film

Words / Jewish Book Week

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.

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Family Affairs: From Salonica to the Open Road

Words / Jewish Book Week

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.

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Jazz up the 80s with the Jay Rayner Sextet

Words / Jewish Book Week

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.

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New Jewish Playwrights: A Showcase

Words / Jewish Book Week

See exciting new work from the inaugural cohort of Jewish Literary Foundation’s Jewish Playwrights Programme. Supported by the Shoresh Charitable Foundation.

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Carole King: In Words & Music

Words / Jewish Book Week

Don't miss this specially commissioned discussion on the life and music of legendary singer/songwriter Carole King, featuring performances of some of her greatest hits from Cassidy Janson, the star of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.

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Everything is Copy: Writing Family

Words / Jewish Book Week

Jewish Book Week presents Esther Freud and Miriam Robinson, two writers whose novels bring us inside the usually private rooms of the family and explode the secrets at their core.

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Hidden Histories: Spies, Secrets and Survival

Words / Jewish Book Week

Two leading historians present their thrilling new histories of espionage and underground networks in the twentieth century, with new research shedding light on these murkiest of stories.

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EMPOWER 2026: Let The Music Lead!

Classical at Kings Place

An inspiring evening of live music and conversation celebrating women shaping the future of music, combining powerful chamber performances with thought-provoking discussion across the industry.

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The Future of Liberal Democracy

Words / Jewish Book Week

Editor of The Spectator and former Cabinet minister Michael Gove joins a panel of thinkers and writers to discuss the health of the principles and traditions that underpin Liberal Democracy.

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Stand Up at Jewish Book Week

Words / Jewish Book Week

Jewish Book Week brings you up-and-coming stars of stand-up in this special partnership with Honk! comedy nights, featuring Frankie Thompson, Sarah Roberts, Sansha and Bella Narain.

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Can We Still Trust Auntie?

Words / Jewish Book Week

The BBC is beleaguered by accusations of bias and unprofessionalism from all sides, and is constantly featured in its own headlines. What next for one of the UK's best-known institutions? Our expert panel discusses.

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Death in a Shallow Pond

Words / Jewish Book Week

Bestseller David Edmonds reflects on some of the world’s most influential thought experiments, with philosopher Simon May.

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Jews: Surprisingly Normal

Words / Jewish Book Week

A Jewish Book Week discussion that ignores the heroes, artists and thinkers who have made history as famous Jews, and turns instead to the everyday lives that make up the vast majority of the culture.

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The Future of Jewish Art

Words / Jewish Book Week

Jewish Renaissance director Aviva Dautch and Professor of Curating Andrew Renton discuss how the JR Artists Development Scheme can offer a way forward for Jewish visual art in the UK.

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The Work of Writing: Ten New Voices

Words / Jewish Book Week

A chance to hear from the ten exciting writers whose inspiring work and varied voices won them a place on this year’s Genesis JLF Emerging Writers programme.

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Ben Markovits: Meet the Author

Words / Jewish Book Week

A special opportunity for audiences aged under 30 to meet one of the UK's leading novelists.

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Good Slut: Michael Gove & Zoe Strimpel

Words / Jewish Book Week

Are we in a golden age for women, with the opportunity to frame a new story of female experience and agency? The Sunday Telegraph's Zoe Strimpel tells Michael Gove why she thinks it's time to embrace modern womanhood.

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