Jewish Book Week has become London’s non-party parliament, distinguished from the other one by people listening as well as talking. It’s the best.
As a special preview to our 75th anniversary celebrations, we welcome acclaimed writer, broadcaster and Jewish Book Week favourite Jonathan...
Join us online on 12 February to celebrate the shortlist of the inaugural Freudenheim Translation Prize. Showcasing novels, short stories,...
Celebrate the 75th edition of London’s longest-running – and many would say best! – literary festival with words and music....
The global future looks darker than it has for generations. In Never Again? How the West Betrayed the Jews and...
What does it mean to be Jewish? As a child in 1970s Birmingham, Tim Franks was a practising Jew with...
The Freudenheim Translation Prize – the most ambitious award in the Jewish Literary Foundation’s 75-year history – celebrates outstanding fiction...
Ninette Dreyfus was a cosseted scion of one of France’s most prominent Jewish families; cousin to Albert Einstein and family...
Long recognised as one of the world’s leading Shakespearians, Dame Janet Suzman is the definitive Cleopatra and an RSC associate...
Ilana Kurshan, in conversation with Adam Taub, invites listeners into the book-lined home she has built with her family, where...
Join Eylan Ezekiel, host of the Who Jew Think You Are? podcast, in conversation with authors Jordan Salama and Samantha...
Caroline Elton invites readers into the vivid, complicated world of her brother Lionel, whose long life as an autistic adult...
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Please note, this is a live screen relay of the event in Hall One to a Battlebridge room audience. What...
In the wake of 7 October, Jewish communities in Israel and the UK have faced trauma, fear and uncertainty, though...
A single teacup becomes the axis of a family’s tangled history. The Jews of Kyiv make a pilgrimage to a...
A son returns to his dying mother and uncovers the astonishing truths of her life, her wisdom, and her creatively...
How do you teach young children to read Hebrew when the only available texts are biblical? And how do you...
How has the Jewish diaspora changed in recent years? Daniel Schwammenthal, Jewish Chronicle editor and former AJC Transatlantic Institute director,...
Join authors Jordan Salama, winner of this year’s Peter Gilbert Prize, awarded by the Woolf Institute for his piece published...
From Lennon and Bowie to punk and beyond, some of rock ’n’ roll’s biggest icons have toyed with the aesthetics,...
Poets Annie Freud, Stephen Duncan, and Jennifer Langer, chaired by Monica Bohm-Duchen, explore German-Jewish heritage in the UK. Using poetry,...
Howl follows primary school head Ferdinand Draxler as he wanders London in despair; in the aftermath of 7 October, everything...
Rabbi Jonathan Romain joins Cathy Rentzenbrink to discuss his new book on assisted dying, one of Britain’s most debated ethical...
Bringing 10,000 unaccompanied German and Austrian children to Britain in 1939, the Kindertransport has long been a source of national...
In the days after October 7, 2023, the National Library of Israel created a stark and moving installation: rows of...
Streaming didn’t just change what we watch — it shifted who holds the power in entertainment. Netflix, Disney, Amazon, Spotify...
What does Britain’s mounting turbulence mean for its Jewish citizens? In a period marked by rising antisemitism, political distrust, and...
Exalted in Edwardian society for their philanthropy and cultural patronage, a circle of German-Jewish magnates emerged as the foremost art...
Philosopher Peter Hacker reflects on the ideological debates that have followed the events of 7 October, drawing on arguments from...
Fiction and non-fiction: two sides of the same coin—or are they? In Partita, Gabriel Josipovici’s most enigmatic novel, Michael Penderecki...
In a conversation chaired by Dave Rich, three leading writers reflect on Jewish life in the shadow of 7 October...
Four acclaimed actors – Henry Goodman, Kerry Shale, Geoffrey Streatfeild and Fenella Woolgar – perform a live staged reading of Martin...
Robert Zimmerman arrived in New York in 1961 as a complete unknown, already using the name he would legally adopt...
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Rare manuscripts can give an insight into the Jewish population and presence in medieval England, and some of the most...
Join Silvia Nacamulli as she cooks, bakes and shares her Italian Jewish Purim stories. Discover how to make savoury and...
In his Memoirs (1951), the revolutionary writer Victor Serge, who was not himself Jewish, observed that the Holocaust had shaken...
Join Silvia Nacamulli as she cooks, bakes and shares her Italian Jewish Purim stories. Discover how to make savoury and...
This event has now sold out, follow the booking link to join the wait list. Walk along the routes of...
Infamous as the antagonist in the book of Esther, Haman is portrayed as a villain across Judaism, Christianity and Islam....
Rabbi Sacks wrote that prayer “gives us the words when there are no words” and “sacred space to the tears...
From Golda Meir’s sleepless nights before the Yom Kippur War to Benjamin Netanyahu’s relentless power struggles, Channel 12 News chief...
As a child of the 80s, restaurant critic, MasterChef judge and jazz pianist Jay Rayner has long loved the decade’s...
Join us for a special showcase of new writing from the inaugural cohort of our Jewish Playwrights Programme. Hear excerpts...
Two acclaimed novelists explore the tangled bonds of family through distinctly Jewish lenses. Michael Arditti’s The Tribe follows a Sephardic...
This event has now sold out. Follow the booking link to join the waitlist. Explore the City of London’s Jewish...
This event has now sold out. Follow the booking link to join the wait list. Artist Carole Berman opens her...
Into the Woods, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s enchanting masterpiece, returns to London in a stunning new revival at the...
Debates often described as “culture wars” have become a defining feature of contemporary public life, shaping discussions around values, identity,...
Exploring his remarkable contribution to world literature, rooted in the Austro-Jewish tradition, In the Future of Yesterday offers a fresh...
Meet Max Spitzkopf: legendary Viennese private eye, undefeated foe of villains, and passionate defender of the Jewish people. Isaac Bashevis...
55 years after Tapestry transformed popular music, selling 30 million copies, we celebrate one of its greatest icons. Edward Seckerson,...
The authors of two of last year’s most acclaimed novels join writer snad editor Natasha Lehrer to discuss memory, mothers,...
Extraordinary true stories of espionage come to life as Daria Santini presents A Woman Named Edith, the first full biography...
As political polarisation widens and populist movements gain ground on both sides of the Atlantic, long-standing assumptions about liberal democracy...
Kings Place becomes a place of hilarity on the penultimate night of the 75th Jewish Book Week, celebrating London’s vibrant...
Is the BBC a bundle of contradictions? Criticised for giving Nigel Farage a platform on Question Time yet denounced by...
When people think of Jews today, anxiety and controversy often dominate — but could the missing B-word actually be “boring”?...
This year’s cohort of Genesis JLF Emerging Writers describe their projects, processes and writing journeys alongside their mentors, which this...
Is letting people in the developing world die – when a small donation could save them – morally akin to...
Jewish Renaissance Artists’ Development Scheme has supported six emerging artists over the past year, exploring themes of Jewish heritage, diaspora...
How is Israel understood abroad, and why does its portrayal so often diverge from the view inside the country itself?...
Despite the fear-mongering from across the political spectrum, Zoe Strimpel argues that there has never been a better moment to...
It was the everyday language of most of the world’s Jews for a thousand years, shaping a cultural legacy of...
Artist Carole Berman reflects on the drawings, paintings and sculptures shaped by alchemy, Hebrew and Sufi poetry, Jewish texts, Jungian...
Join Booker Prize–shortlisted author Ben Markovits for an extended author Q&A. This session is exclusively for under-30s and is free...
Few writers were more devoted to their craft than Philip Roth, even while mixing with the Kennedys and navigating a...
Raffaello Morales, founder of London’s Fidelio Café and conductor of the Fidelio Orchestra, joins renowned critic and cultural historian Norman...
Peace activist Vivian Silver was one of many murdered in the Gaza Envelope on 7 October. Amid profound grief, her...
Navigating the menopause can feel overwhelming amid so much conflicting information. Dr Ellie Cannon’s The Little Book of HRT is...
Be part of a conversation with author Emily Kasriel and this year’s Wingate Prize judges as they chat with the...
“Male, of middle or upper-middle parentage, preferably Jewish” was Hans Eysenck’s notorious sketch of a ‘genius’. The world has largely...
What happens if one refuses to choose between abandoning their roots and abandoning themselves? Yehudis Fletcher, daughter of a rabbi...
Subtitled Hitler, Mussolini and a True Story of Murder, Thomas Harding’s latest takes us to Italy in the summer of...
Humour and horror find unexpected harmony in these two acclaimed debut novels, whose authors join Write & Shine founder and...
Join us for a discussion and creative writing workshop. We will be responding to Fridays and Saturdays, an anthology of...
An unlikely team of parachutists drop into Nazi Europe. A great adventure? An act of madness? An elaborate suicide? In...
Five years after walking the Western Front for his acclaimed The Path of Peace, Sir Anthony Seldon undertook an even...
Why do we struggle with love? Drawing on four decades of candid conversations with patients, psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz asks what...
New York, home to the largest Jewish community outside Israel, is experiencing a profound political and cultural shift. What do...
Author Sandra Myers and historian Trudy Gold explore Sandra’s The History of Norwood – from its 1795 origins as an...
Catch me a catch! Renowned American-Israeli relationship coach Aleeza Ben Shalom shot to international fame as the star of Netflix’s...
Stella Darvey Joory and Linda Dangoor join Lyn Julius for a rich conversation on heritage, exile and the worlds we...
The extraordinary story of how two boys survived humanity’s darkest hour – and then found each other again half a...
Brownsville, Brooklyn, June 28th, 1926: on a tenement table is born a baby who will transform comedy. As his centenary...
Nature surrounds us. But what is it — and why is it always changing? Two experts join us, chaired by...
Scientist, entrepreneur and Kabbalah scholar Eduard Shyfrin PhD introduces The Relativity of Death, Part I and discusses how Jewish mysticism...
In partnership with Fidelio and The Barbican A pre-concert conversation with Raffaello Morales, Edward Seckerson and Anthony Freud OBE. Followed...
Join celebrated writer Will Self in conversation with Chris Gribble about his career, his latest novel The Quantity Theory of...
The London Library contains books in, on and translated from a whole world of languages. To celebrate the incredible scope...
Jewish Book Week has become London’s non-party parliament, distinguished from the other one by people listening as well as talking. It’s the best.
I love Jewish Book Week because, whether on stage or in the audience, it makes me feel smart and challenged at the same time.
The year always begins for me with Jewish Book Week – here are old friends, faithful readers, new writers, a great melting pot of ideas, talk, collaboration and hope.
Jewish Book Week is one of my favourite festivals across the world. With a remarkable line-up of speakers and sessions, it nourishes souls, challenges minds and quietly heals hearts.
Jewish Book Week for me, has taken the form of a laboratory, a testing ground and a celebration space. The programme is equal parts impressive and fascinating.
I feel that the most relevant place for every thinking and feeling woman and man to be is in the events of the Jewish Literary Foundation.
