“I wouldn’t say that Yiddish is dead, neither would I say that Yiddish is blooming. I would say that Yiddish is sick. But in our history, between being sick and...
From Superman to Maus, comic art has both subverted and triumphed over popular culture for almost a century. Our latest online event sees Jonathan Freedland joined by Maus creator Art...
Three of the leading literary translators from Russian to English – Robert Chandler, Boris Dralyuk and Bryan Keretnyk – join literary critic David Herman to discuss their most recent translations:...
“For the first time, the full story of the conflict between two of the 20th century’s most important thinkers—and how their profound disagreements continue to offer important lessons for political...
With the rise of digital media, the ‘death of the book’ has been widely discussed. But the physical object itself persists. Here, through the lens of materiality and objects, Barbara...
After Hitler came to power in 1933, celebrated Austrian – and Jewish – writers Joseph Roth and Stefan Zweig were forced to flee; Roth that very day, boarding a train...
“With Jewish Book Week now into our eighth decade, Howard Jacobson, who has been speaking at the festival for almost half of our existence and predates us by just 10...
Mothers loom large in Jewish culture and literature in general. They feature in the titles – and contents – of the latest books by two of the most acclaimed authors...
Speakers: Robert Alter, David Herman One of the world’s leading literary and biblical scholars turns his attention to one of the most polarising novelists of all time in this unmissable...
Speakers: Jonathan Magonet, Gabriel Josipovici, Zahavit Shalev They are often most familiar as the simplified versions we learn as children; yet Bible stories are the products of a highly developed...
Speakers: Adam Kammerling, Bellatrix, Antosh Wojcik, Emma Houston, Ffion Campbell-Davies, Si Rawlinson By Adam Kammerling, live score by Bellatrix and Antosh Wojcik, dance from Emma Houston, Ffion Campbell-Davies and Si...
Speakers: Gemma Seltzer, Ayisha Malik, Gemma Reeves London’s oldest literary festival welcomes two of the most exciting new voices in fiction, discussing their stories from across the city and their...
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