Help us nurture, inspire and amplify the next generation of Jewish voices, ensuring our heritage is passed on for the next 75 years.
Jewish Book Week began as a small literary gathering 75 years ago. Since then, the festival has grown into a cornerstone of Jewish cultural life in the UK – built by our audiences, our speakers, and our precious community. The Jewish Literary Foundation is your achievement. Together, we’ve created a home for Jewish ideas: open, independent, intellectually rigorous, and outward-facing.
Now, we need your support to build on that legacy, and to shape what comes next as we celebrate a landmark occasion: the 75th Jewish Book Week, taking place in March 2026.
Your donation – of any size – will help us deliver world-class programming that reflects the richness and diversity of Jewish life, while nurturing the next generation of Jewish voices, and ensuring our heritage continues for the next 75 years. This year, your gift will go twice as far: every pound donated will be matched by one of our leading supporters, doubling the value of your contribution.
Today, our work is more ambitious, more accessible, and more essential than ever – and we are ready to take it further. Whether it’s a speaker in a school, a conversation on stage, or the intimacy of reading, everything we do is rooted in the power of words, and the freedom to express ideas within the long Jewish literary tradition.
A year-round international programme of live conversations; author visits to schools; translation and literary prizes; mentorship for emerging writers and playwrights; and a free-to-watch digital archive of more than 1,000 events – a living record of Jewish intellectual life in the UK and beyond.
This is more than growth – it is an investment in the future of Jewish culture. We receive no government funding, and ticket sales cover only a third of the cost of producing our flagship festival. Running a Jewish cultural charity in today’s climate is not easy – but it matters more than ever.
Please consider making a gift to our 75th Anniversary Fund today.
Your support will help ensure that Jewish literature and ideas continue to flourish – not only this year, but for generations to come.