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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 01/10/2026

Join us for 'Translation Salon: Kafkaesque' in partnership with @TheLondonLib. Daniel Hahn and Maïa Hruska, author of Kafkaesque, will explore the translators who saved the work of Franz Kafka from oblivion. 📆 5 November, The London Library, 7pm 🔗https://shorturl.at/RXEAm

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 30/09/2026

Meet our new cohort for the 2026/27 Genesis-JLF Emerging Writers Programme! With projects exploring Black British, Yiddish and Chinese heritage and settings spanning wartime Wales to millennial Türkiye, this is our most wide-ranging cohort to date. Find out more: shorturl.at/mDLaa

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 29/09/2026

Join author Will Self in conversation with Forum Chief Exec Chris Gribble about his career, his latest novel The Quantity Theory of Morality, his reflections on Jewishness and antisemitism, and the future of the novel. 📆 10 November, JW3, 7pm 🔗 Book now: @jw3london.bsky.social

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 24/09/2026

"When I began writing The Nuremberg Women, I thought I was writing about a trial. The deeper I went, the more I realised I was writing about hope...the belief that we can still choose truth over lies..." - Natalie Livingstone. Explore our Book of the Month: shorturl.at/LmS9J

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 23/09/2026

Ahead of our upcoming event 'Dealing with the Tragic in Life: Mahler, Judaism and Beyond', enjoy this stunning performance of Mahler's Rückert Lieder by acclaimed soprano Chen Reiss at JBW 2026. 📆 8 Nov, Barbican Centre, 5.45pm Book now: shorturl.at/59yOK @seckerson.bsky.social

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 18/09/2026

Reading and learning have long had a place beside prayer on Yom Kippur. For many of us, Jewish books and ideas give us time to think about how we live and what our tradition asks of us. Wishing all those observing an easy and meaningful fast. G’mar Chatima Tova.

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 14/09/2026

NEW EVENT: October 7 in Graphic Novels 🗓️ Mon 13 Oct | 6:30pm | 💻 Online | Free Israeli cartoonist Asaf Hanuka and writer and actor Omri Rose join Jonathan Sandler for a conversation about turning testimony into graphic narrative. Register now: shorturl.at/MppyM

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 11/09/2026

🍎 🐝 For Rosh Hashanah, we have chosen three JLF Player films which take us through questions of faith, Jewish history and a world of Jewish learning. | Faith after October 7 |The Jewish Journey: 4,000 Years in 22 Objects |Yeshiva Days Shana Tova U’Metuka! shorturl.at/SvRkP

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 10/09/2026

Can you guess from the photo what our next tour has in store? We'll take to the West End for a tour of Jewish Theatreland, following the trail of Jewish actors, impresarios, writers and producers who shaped British theatre. 📅 24 Sep, 2:30pm 🎟 shorturl.at/M6aLO

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 09/09/2026

September's Book of the Month is the illuminating and enthralling 'The Nuremberg Women' by Natalie Livingstone - retelling the trial of the century through the women whose roles have long been overlooked. Read an exclusive preview and a dedicated note from the author: shorturl.at/LmS9J

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 08/09/2026

📢 READING RETREAT - Just 2 rooms left - and 1 month to go! Join us in Bath for three days of books and good company, including a very special dinner with Howard Jacobson, literary sessions led by Aviva Dautch, and two nights at the beautiful Queensberry Hotel. Book now: shorturl.at/1kEkH

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 03/09/2026

Summer might be fading, but our activities at the Jewish Literary Foundation are about to fill your autumn with the buzz of events, writing competitions, festival news and book talks so that winter will seem like an eternity away. 🍂 Join our newsletter to not miss a thing: shorturl.at/eB8QI

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 01/09/2026

🗺️ We've launched the Jewish Children's Poetry Competition, in partnership with the @jewishchron.bsky.social! Poets aged 5–11 can share their best adventure tales (200 words or fewer) for a chance to be published & perform at Jewish Book Week 2027. 📅 Deadline: 18 Dec 🔗 shorturl.at/ZUZSh

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 30/08/2026

📢 3 days left! Get your free tickets to join Hettie Judah's online talk about the passionate relationship between Kahlo and Jewish photographer Nickolas Muray. 📆 2 Sep 6pm - free, online shorturl.at/elJDg

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 28/08/2026

Our new book pick: Drawing on history, politics and military thought, Lawrence Freedman examines how individuals and societies have approached strategy, and why strategic thinking continues to shape the modern world. Sign up to never miss our book recommendations: shorturl.at/eB8QI

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 27/08/2026

🎉 More JBW 2026 highlights now available! Watch the best of our 75th festival on our JLF Player. |Everything is Copy: Writing Family |Hollywood & Israel |The Story of Norwood ▶️ Watch: shorturl.at/SvRkP

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Jewish Historical Society of England @jewishhistorical.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk presents a range of Jewish literature and ideas including the flagship annual Jewish Book Week and the JLF video player. Join for talks, debates, creative opportunities, cultural experiences. @mirierubin.bsky.social

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 25/08/2026

"We are dealing with material which is inherently dissonant, jarring and uncomfortable". Raffaello Morales discusses the unconventional beauty of Mahler's symphony, ahead of our upcoming event in partnership with @Fideliocaf and the @BarbicanCentre. shorturl.at/59yOK

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 24/08/2026

Our new summer book pick: Widely regarded as one of the world's finest film critics, David Thomson looks back over more than a century of cinema, asking how films have entranced us, shaped our imaginations and changed the way we experience reality. Sign up to get the full list: shorturl.at/eB8QI

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 21/08/2026

A new summer book soon to be released... From botanists and birders to ecologists and explorers, Joel Greenberg traces the lives of Jewish naturalists whose work reshaped our understanding of the natural world. Sign up for book picks: shorturl.at/eB8QI

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 18/08/2026

🎨 Frida Kahlo - the less known story... Join Hettie Judagh for a free online talk to discover the story of Frida Kahlo and one of the other loves of her life – the pioneering colour photographer Nickolas Muray. 📆 2 Sep 6pm - free, online shorturl.at/elJDg

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 17/08/2026

Inspired by true events, Black Messiahs by Steven A. Holmes follows Black American soldiers during the liberation of Europe alongside a young Jewish boy struggling to survive Nazi persecution - two stories shaped by the same war. Sign up for more book picks: shorturl.at/eB8QI

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 16/08/2026

Check out this week's latest additions to the JLF Player, our free streaming platform for Jewish ideas and culture 🎥 The Genius Myth Taking Liberties: Jewish Women Poets Peggy Guggenheim: The Shock of the Modern ▶️ Watch on JLF Player: shorturl.at/SvRkP

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 13/08/2026

Our next book pick is Hotel Exile, by Jane Rogoyska The story of Paris's Hotel Lutetia, whose guests included artists, writers and political exiles before it became a Nazi HQ and then a return for concentration camp survivors. Sign up for more picks: shorturl.at/eB8QI

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 12/08/2026

🎵 Dealing with the Tragic in Life: Mahler, Judaism and Beyond Raffaello Morales, Edward Seckerson and Anthony Freud OBE in conversation, followed by Mahler's Symphony No. 6 from Fidelio Cafe 📆 8 Nov, Barbican Centre, 5.45pm shorturl.at/59yOK @seckerson.bsky.social

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 10/08/2026

Next up on our summer reading list is... The Renoir Girls, by Catherine Ostler - tracing the lives of two sisters from the Jewish Cahen d'Anvers family against the backdrop of Belle Époque Paris and the rising tide of antisemitism. Sign up for more book tips: shorturl.at/eB8QI

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 06/08/2026

📢 NEW EVENT: Frida Kahlo: Artist, Lover, Icon, Activist Join Hettie Judah to explore a fascinating story at the heart of the new Tate exhibition: the passionate ten-year relationship between Kahlo and photographer Nickolas Muray. 📆 2 September, 6pm - free online event shorturl.at/elJDg

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 05/08/2026

Next on our summer reading list is...My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein, by Deborah Levy - exploring friendship, desire, art and language through the enduring legacy of one of modernism's most original voices. 📚 🏖️ Sign up for more book recommendations: shorturl.at/eB8QI

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 02/08/2026

Our August Book of the Month is...Vera, or Faith, by Gary Shteyngart A poignant and bitterly funny tale of a family struggling to stay together in a country rapidly coming apart, told through the eyes of their wondrous ten-year-old daughter. Read the first chapter: shorturl.at/00Avy

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 31/07/2026

Don't miss these latest releases on our JLF Player, free to watch from anywhere. And guess who the author of our next Book of the Month might be... Gary Shteyngart: Little Failures Janet Suzman: A Life in Focus The West, the Jews & a Broken Promise shorturl.at/SvRkP

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 30/07/2026

Save the date: Tour of 1,000 Years of Jewish History Following the route from the docks into the East End, we'll wander the alleys of Spitalfields and Whitechapel, where synagogues, sweatshops and soup kitchens bring Jewish London to life. 📅 7 August 11am 🔗 Book: shorturl.at/CXmSm

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 29/07/2026

🎭️ 5 days left to apply for our Jewish Playwrights Programme! Led by award-winning writer Julia Pascal and designed for emerging playwrights - focusing on developing a full-length script. ⏰ Apply by 3 August, 5pm BST: shorturl.at/UjOhk

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 28/07/2026

Fancy listening to Dara Horn, Mike Leigh, Nicholas Hytner, Emily Maitlis, David Grossman and Daniel Finkelstein? ✨ The JLF Player is home to 1,000+ talks, debates and performances from Jewish Book Week and our year-round events - all free to watch or listen to. Start exploring: shorturl.at/SvRkP

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 27/07/2026

📢 Only 4 more days to apply to our JLF-Genesis Emerging Writers Programme! 📚 Open to writers of fiction, non-fiction and poetry, participants are paired with established authors and poets and will benefit from mentoring, bursaries, peer support and more. Apply by 31 July: shorturl.at/UMoQg

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 26/07/2026

🎹 It's time for Carole King on the JLF Player! 🎥 Check out these brilliant performances and talks from JBW 2026, now free to watch: 🎵 Carole King: In Words & Music 🗺️ The Traitors Circle with Jonathan Freedland ✍️ A Poetry of Migration Watch now: shorturl.at/SvRkP

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 25/07/2026

Join us for a tour of 1000 years of Jewish life in London. Following the route from the docks into the East End, we'll wander the alleys of Spitalfields and Whitechapel, with synagogues, sweatshops and more. 📅 7 August, 11:00am 🎟 Book now: shorturl.at/CXmSm

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 24/07/2026

Cassidy Janson's beautiful rendition of Carole King's hit 'Will you Love Me Tomorrow' had the audience captivated for our 75th JBW festival. And the best part is that you can now experience it all over again - coming to the JLF Player this week. Watch this space.... 🎶

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 22/07/2026

☀️ Your summer reading list is here! 📚 First up...Making the Cut, by Max Olesker. When Max falls in love with an Orthodox Jewish woman, he makes a surprising discovery: despite his upbringing, he isn't recognised as Jewish... Sign up for more book recommendations: shorturl.at/eB8QI

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 20/07/2026

It's all about fiction this week on the JLF Player! | Family Affairs: From Salonica to the Open Road | Lionel Shriver in Conversation with Zoe Strimpel | Robert Alter on Nabokov | Dreamers: When the Writers Took Power ▶️ Watch on our free JLF Player: shorturl.at/SvRkP

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 19/07/2026

Want to be first to hear our plans for Jewish Book Week 2027? Fancy early access to our year-round events and tours, online and in person? How about seasonal reading lists, hand-picked by JLF, straight to your inbox? Sign up to our free newsletter: shorturl.at/eB8QI

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 16/07/2026

Take a guided walk through London's theatreland and discover its Jewish connections - the actors, impresarios, writers and producers who shaped the West End, along with the theatres and cinemas. 📅 24 September, 2:30pm 🎟 Book now: shorturl.at/M6aLO

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 15/07/2026

🎭 Applications are NOW OPEN for our Jewish Playwrights Programme! Our autumn 2026/27 cohort will be led by the extraordinary Julia Pascal, the first woman to direct at the National Theatre with 24 plays to her name. ⏰ Apply by 3 August, 5pm BST: shorturl.at/UjOhk

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 14/07/2026

Just over two weeks until applications close for the JLF-@Genesis_Fndn Emerging Writers Programme 2026/27! The programme provides structured support for writers to refine their craft, build confidence, access mentorship, peer support and industry engagement. Apply now: shorturl.at/UMoQg

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 12/07/2026

Join our tour to discover a thousand years of Jewish life in London, from the medieval community invited by William the Conqueror to the vibrant East End. Beginning at the Tower of London, we'll trace a story of expulsion and return. Find out more: shorturl.at/CXmSm

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 10/07/2026

What a brilliant start to our season of summer tours! Following a visit to the Egyptian collection at the British Museum and a deep-dive into Jewish records at the National Archives, we’ve got many more visits in store for you. Watch this space for upcoming tours.

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 09/07/2026

Take a break from the weather and watch our latest 75th anniversary JBW events, now free on the JLF Player: | The Lines We Draw: A Jewish Journalist’s Search for Identity | Across the Divide: Jewish & Arab Israeli Women | Autism: A Family Memoir ▶️ Watch: shorturl.at/SvRkP

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 06/07/2026

AJ Davage took the stage at JBW 2026 to share what makes the JLF-Genesis Emerging Writers Programme so special in bringing writers together from all ages, faiths and backgrounds. Find out more about the programme and apply: shorturl.at/UMoQg

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 05/07/2026

📚 July's Book of the Month is...Autocorrect by Etgar Keret! A collection of 33 short stories in which anything is possible. And as a special treat, we’re sharing an exclusive short story written by Etgar himself. Find out more and read the story: shorturl.at/4ORTE

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 03/07/2026

Check out our latest releases on our free JLF Player, bringing you the best Jewish ideas and stories. | The Einstein Vendetta | Heroism & Rebirth in Nazi Europe | Death in a Shallow Pond | Spark: How Genius Ignites ▶️ Watch now: shorturl.at/SvRkP

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Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · 01/07/2026

🎭 Our Jewish Playwrights Programme is back - 6 months of sustained script development for 8 emerging playwrights, mentored by award-winning playwright and director Julia Pascal. Open to Jewish playwrights, or those working on a play engaging with Jewish themes/culture. Apply now: shorturl.at/UjOhk

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