David Flusfeder review for JC by Jenni Frazer April 2026 David Flusfeder’s latest work is a slim novella entitled Something Might Fall, and, indeed, the cover looked so much as though it had been dropped in a muddy puddle, before being stuffed in an envelope, that I was driven to ask the publicist whether I […]
Jonathan Munby for JN March 13 2026 by Jenni Frazer You might be forgiven for thinking that 2026 is Arthur Miller’s year. His play, All My Sons, has just closed after a sell-out run at Wyndham’s Theatre; the National Theatre has announced a new production of Miller’s seminal work, Death of A Salesman; and sandwiched […]
Orde Wingate for the JC March 1 2026 Previously unseen papers written by the legendary British commander, Major-General Orde Wingate, prophesying the outbreak of the Second World War, are now being studied at the National Library of Israel (NLI), which received the “thrilling” archive material last month. Wingate, known in Israel as “HaYedid”, or The […]
For Jewish News October 5 2025 To stand in Trafalgar Square on a blustery October Sunday afternoon was to remove any doubt about how much British Jews are hurting. This was a rally, planned months ago, to mark the second anniversary of the Hamas attacks against southern Israel on 7 October 2023. But there was […]
For Jewish News July 16 2025 A shocked audience of more than 400 people listened in silence as two of the best-known former hostages in Gaza, Aviva and Keith Siegel, recounted their harrowing experiences at the hands of their Hamas captors. And then the audience at Finchley Synagogue rose in applause for a couple who […]
Gus Coral and the Stones for Jewish News June 2025 One of Gus Coral’s children casually asked her father what he intended to do with the bundles of photographs sitting, untouched and unexplored for decades, under his bed. In fact, Coral admits today, the pictures were not just “a closely guarded secret”, but a little […]
For the JC April 2025 Imagine, if you will, being the obscure relative of one of the most famous people in the world, a person who attracts admiration and occasional opprobrium whenever their name is mentioned. And you bear the same surname, and perhaps, are forever having to explain to new acquaintances that yes, you […]
For the Jewish Chronicle March 2025 The human rights lawyer Philippe Sands KC has a storied reputation for forensic detective work in his books piecing together the consequences of the Holocaust — East West Street and The Ratline. Now, in 38 Londres Street, Sands once again dips in to his personal history and his in-depth […]
For Jewish News Feb 2025 Thousands of Israelis, many waving national flags or orange balloons, lined the streets on Wednesday morning as a funeral procession took place for the three murdered members of the Bibas family whose capture by Hamas terrorists on 7 October 2023 gripped the world. Shiri Bibas and her two red-headed sons, […]
For Jewish News Feb 2025 The rain poured down like tears — and then the tears poured like rain, as a grim-faced crowd gathered opposite Downing Street in Whitehall on Thursday to pay tribute to the four dead Israelis who had been finally returned home by Hamas that morning. Under the auspices of Stop the […]