Inspired by the letters of her grandfather, the architect Ernst Freud, Esther Freud’s novel The Sea House depicts postwar Britain as experienced by a group of German Jewish émigrés. She joins us to discuss the book and the real family history behind her fiction…
After our successful trip to the Isle of Man earlier this year, organised in association with Insiders/Outsiders, Dave Hannigan will be giving an online talk about his new book…
We’ve teamed up with Jewish Book Week to explore the ways writers use the concept of memory in their work as a way of reflecting on the enormous political and social changes of recent decades. Featuring leading poets Maria Stepanova and George Szirtes…
Discover the trial of an obscure young Jewish couple, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, as detailed in Anne Sebba’s new biography of Ethel. Featuring the author in conversation and a Q&A…
At the next Book Club we discuss Hella Pick’s new autobiography, Invisible Walls: A Journalist in Search of Her Life. Also featuring the author in conversation with Misha Glenny and a Q&A…
At the next Jewish Renaissance book club we discuss Riva Lehrer’s touching memoir Golem Girl. Also featuring the author in conversation with Julia Pascal and a Q&A…
In the next Jewish Renaissance book club we're featuring a Q&A with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Jonathan Kaufman, whose latest work of non-fiction is The Last Kings of Shanghai…
Celebrate 100 years since the birth of internationally lauded poet Paul Celan, featuring Olivier Award-winning actor Henry Goodman and Canadian writer Anne Michaels alongside other special guests…
Jewish Renaissance's first ever book club, during which we’ll discuss Jo Bloom’s debut novel Ridley Road. Also featuring a Q&A with the author…
