Book of the Week 24 November 2025
Metamorphosis Metamorphosis is an exhilarating exploration of one of nature’s greatest riddles. Oren Harman reveals the hidden order within life’s most dramatic transformations, from dissolving pupae to the “immortal” jellyfish that becomes a baby again. Drawing on vivid histories and striking scientific insights, he shows how everything – from insects to human lives – is […]
Freuedenheim Translation Prize Longlist 2026
2026 Freudenheim Translation Prize Longlist Discover the thirteen titles longlisted for the inaugural Freudenheim Translation Prize. The Third Reich of Dreams by Charlotte Beradt, Translated by Damion Searls The Third Reich of Dreams collects Charlotte Beradt’s haunting Nazi-era dream fragments, showing how ordinary Germans unconsciously processed the terror and ideology of the regime. The lucid, […]
Book of the Week 10 November 2025
Daniel Deronda As we launch our 75th anniversary celebrations, what could be more fitting than Daniel Deronda, one of the most remarkable novels in English literature. George Eliot’s visionary portrait of Jewish identity astonished her contemporaries and feels even more vital now. Her exploration of belonging and cultural vitality reflects perfectly the spirit of Jewish […]
Autumn Reads 2025
Our recommendations for Autumn 2025 Books to cosy up with in the colder, darker evenings. Boy from the North Country by Sam Sussman A powerful debut novel that goes even deeper than the fascinating mystery of the author’s own paternal lineage with Bob Dylan – offering a tender portrait of the mother that raised him. […]
New Event: One Day in October: Forty Heroes, Forty Stories
One Day in October: Forty Heroes, Forty Stories Event Date: 9 October 2025 Event Time: 6pm BST Online, Free On October 7, 2023, thousands of terrorists crossed into Israel in a brutal attack that claimed the lives of 1,200 people and changed the country forever. One Day in October, co-authored by Yair Agmon and Oriya […]
Book of the Week 29 September 2025
Why I am a Jew Edmond Fleg wrote Why I Am a Jew as a letter to his unborn grandson. It is his beautifully written and poetic account of what it means to live as a Jew – not by birth alone, but by choice, responsibility and conviction. First published in 1927, it reflects the […]
Book of the Week 22 September 2025
Man’s Search for Meaning ““He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how.” As we continue through the Days of Awe, Frankl’s writings on meaning and inner freedom serve as a perfect companion for this time of reflection and spiritual renewal. In 1945, over only nine consecutive days, neurologist and psychiatrist […]
Book of the Week 8 September 2025
Foreign Seed It’s rare to find a book so finely imagined, particularly from a debut novelist. Foreign Seed takes us to China in 1918, where young American Vice-Consul Samuel Sokobin is sent inland to investigate the disappearance of fellow countryman Frank Meyer. What begins as a routine assignment becomes something far more personal, as Sokobin […]
Book of the Week 1 September 2025
The Magician of Lublin We love the way Nobel Prize winner Isaac Bashevis Singer’s The Magician of Lublin captures both the wonder of illusion and the truth of human frailty. Yasha the magician -sword swallower, fire eater, acrobat, escape artist -slips between worlds, faith, and desire. Now, though, his exploits are catching up with him, […]
Book of the Week 25 August 2025
Daughters of the Labyrinth by Ruth Padel Celebrated poet, novelist and non-fiction author Ruth Padel brings her sure-footed sense of place and identity to this lyrical exploration of the end of almost 2500 years of history of the Jews of Crete. The book reflects both the deep history that can be unearthed at sites like […]
Book of the Week 18 August 2025
Who will write our history? by Samuel D. Kassow ‘Who Will Write our History?’ is a testament to the importance of honouring history to restore the names of the past sincerely and compassionately. Through rigorous research and vivid writing, Samuel D. Kassow brings to life the determination of the decimated residents of the Warsaw Ghetto, […]
New Event: Shameless
Shameless: Exploiting the Holocaust In novels, film and popular culture, the Holocaust genre is booming. Streaming hits and bestsellers play a vital role in shaping understandings of the past. But, as Tanya Gold shows in the latest groundbreaking essay for the Jewish Quarterly, the creators of these works all too often engage in a crass and self-serving exercise […]