In a world riven with bitter divisions, perverting every opportunity for dialogue, Simon Schama examines the peculiar force of contradictory argument in Jewish tradition.
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Jeremy Robson is in conversation with his friend and fellow poet Maureen Lipman to talk about his five decades in publishing.
Robert Chandler, in conversation with David Herman, discusses his recently published translation of Lev Ozerov’s stupendous Portraits without Frames.
Award-winning author Paul French offers a spellbinding account of Shanghai’s lawless 1930s, and two of its most notorious criminals who bestrode the city like kings.
Discover the fun side of numbers and shapes, including weird tricks and games you can't lose, and introducing the people who really did put the murder into maths.
International Human rights lawyer Philippe Sands discusses his phenomenal BBC series, The Rat Lines, about the post-war Nazi escape route out of Europe.
Heather Valencia and Merle Bachman introduce the lives, works and indelible impact of Yiddish writer Sutzkever and Scottish poet Jacobs, with readings from recently published books of their poetry.
A modern look at what was once referred to as ‘angelology’, but which has its real roots in Judaism and in the mighty angels who inhabit the books of Daniel, Tobit and Enoch in post-Babylonian exile literature.
Paris, 1117: Heloise, a young and celebrated scholar, is stunned when the radical philosopher, Peter Abelard, agrees to be her tutor. They embark on a passionate, dangerous love affair with horrific consequences.
An evening with South Africa’s foremost satirist, the acclaimed Pieter-Dirk Uys, in his 7,000th solo performance that feels as fresh as his very first. Uys was - and still is - a voice in the
Book tickets for the Jewish Book Week events at 6.30pm and 8.00pm in St Pancras Room tonight to receive a 20% discount.
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June 1940: Britain is Hitler’s next target. But not everyone fears a Nazi invasion; some British citizens determine to do all they can to hasten it. Robert Hutton reveals an astonishing story.
Harry Freedman, author of the acclaimed The Talmud: A Biography, and novelist Ariel Kahn discuss and explore the meaning and relevance of the Kabbalah today.
Bestselling author and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore looks at over 100 letters from Rameses, Suleiman the Magnificent and Elizabeth I, to Stalin, Emmeline Pankhurst and Leonard Cohen.
Are Britain’s Jews likely to fare better or worse outside the EU? Our expert panel, drawn from the pro- and anti-Brexit camps, attempt to bring light to this most heated of subjects.
Isaiah Berlin was one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th century. Henry Hardy, Berlin’s decades-long editor and collaborator, offers an intimate and revealing picture of the self-deprecating philosopher.
Daniel Walkowitz invites readers to join him on his travels. Part family saga and part tour guide, this is a deeply personal analysis of Jewish history as told in public history.
Christopher Andrew, the world’s leading historian of intelligence, presents a scintillating global account of three thousand years of spying.
What comes after #MeToo? In this ‘chilling exposé’ of British justice, eminent lawyer and human rights activist Helena Kennedy confronts a system that is discriminating against, and failing, women.
Elif Shafak and Alice Shalvi: These two iconic women have much in common. Together, Elif and Alice discuss their lives, their work, and their hopes with Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand.
In If All the Seas Were Ink, Ilana takes us on a guided tour of the Talmud, shedding new light on its stories and offering insights into its arguments.
A masterpiece of deep learning and fine sensibility, Robert Alter’s translation of the Hebrew Bible reanimates one of the formative works of our culture.
Legendary food writer Claudia Roden, exiled from Egypt in the ‘50s, was drawn to the subject of food through a desire to remember her lost heritage. She shares recipes interwoven with evocative stories.
Former editor in chief of Haaretz and international best-selling author Dov Alfon discusses his electrifying novel, A Long Night in Paris.