18-28 FEBRUARY 2016 KINGS PLACE LONDON

JEWISH BOOK WEEK 

18-28 FEBRUARY 2016 

KINGS PLACE, LONDON

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WELCOME TO 

JEWISH BOOK WEEK 2016 

A huge welcome to you all. 

This year’s festival sweeps through the 

ages, looking back to the dawn of time 

and forward into the future of the cosmos. 

What was the relationship between the 

Greeks and the Jews? Do art and religion 

have a shared future? Where will 

tomorrow’s physics take Einstein’s 

theories of space-time and gravity? 

We bring you revolutionary ideas: did 

a vital spark ignite all life on earth? 

Is energy the fount of all civilisations? 

Will technology topple the professions? 

There just weren’t enough days in our 

nine-day ‘week’ to fit everything in, 

so this year’s festival has become a 

moveable feast. Like the universe, we 

are ever-expanding. 

We are very excited about our line-up 

of guests and hope you will be too. 

Dynamic personalities predominate, 

with many renowned writers, thinkers 

and actors, and others you may 

discover for the very first time. 

Drop in to ‘The Space’ on the balcony level 

for free informal talks and conversations. 

Look out for our newly-commissioned 

artworks. Also, don’t miss our cracking 

weekday afternoon talks at JW3. 

We hope that the gravitational force of 

the festival will impel you to Kings Place 

night after night and hold you there over 

both weekends. 

Look forward to seeing you in February. 

Lucy Silver (director) 

and the JBW team

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SPONSORS 

David and Judy Dangoor – Patrons of Science at Jewish Book Week 

Simon and Alison Ryde – Supporters of Glow Fund 

Edith and Ferdinand Porjes Charitable Trust 

The Shoresh Charitable Trust 

BENEFACTORS 

John S Cohen Foundation 

Sheila and Denis Cohen Charitable Trust 

Robert Gavron Charitable Trust 

Greenbrook Industries 

KC Shasha Charitable Foundation 

George and Carmel Webber Memorial Trust 

Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation 

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SUPPORTERS 

David & Marion Cohen; Charles & Ruth Corman; Avi & Alison Goldberg; Robin & Inge Hyman; 

Denis Raeburn; Jonathan Levy & Gabrielle Rifkind; Michael & Gail Sandler; 

The Silver Family; Romie & Esther Tager; Anne Webber 

THANKS ALSO TO 

Mrs Denise Cohen; Stanley Cohen OBE; Anthony & Lily Filer; Lord Stanley Kalms; 

Ken & Jean Marks; Eric & Phyllis Stoller 

We also wish to thank our Anonymous Patrons and Benefactors 

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FESTIVAL 

AT A GLANCE 

WEDNESDAY 24 FEBRUARY 

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JW3 13:00 Fertile Imaginations 37 

JW3 14:30 Captivating Fictions 38 

H2 12:30 In Wartime: Stories from Ukraine 30 

S T P 12:30 Loose Connections 30 

H1 19:00 The Vital Question 24 

H1 14:00 The House by the Lake 31 

WEDNESDAY 13 JANUARY 

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H2 19:00 The 3 rd Woman 24 

H2 14:00 Waking Lions 31 

H1 19:00 FRANK – the film 9 

H1 17:00 Let’s Talk about Love and Death 16 

H1 20:30 History’s People 25 

S T P 14:00 The Ignorant Maestro 31 

MONDAY 8 FEBRUARY 

H2 17:00 The Maisky Diaries 16 

H2 20:30 Black Horse Ride 25 

H1 15:30 

Peggy Guggenheim: 

The Shock of the Modern 

32 

H1 19:00 How Human Values Evolve 9 

H1 

20:30 

The Romanovs: 

Rise and Fall, 1613 – 1918 

SATURDAY 13 FEBRUARY 

JW3 20:00 Life Moves Pretty Fast 9 

THURSDAY 18 FEBRUARY 

H1 20:00 Some Enchanted Evening 10 

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S T P 17:00 The Ambassador 16 

H1 18:30 

Ben Okri and Marcus du Sautoy: 

Narrative Wizardry 

H2 18:30 Last Folio 17 

S T P 18:30 

The Murderous History 

of Bible Translations 

H1 20:00 The Jewish Face of Britain 18 

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THURSDAY 25 FEBRUARY 

Between Tel Aviv and Moscow: 

JW3 13:00 

A Life of Dissent 

JW3 14:30 Operation Thunderbolt 38 

H1 19:00 Statins: To Take or Not to Take 26 

H2 19:00 Jews in the Classical World 26 

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H2 15:30 Forgotten Fictions: The Wise Virgins 32 

S T P 15:30 Nordic Noir Jewish Style 32 

H1 17:00 Shylock is my Name 33 

H2 17:00 Art and Religion in the 21 st Century 33 

S T P 17:00 Scary Old Sex 33 


H2 20:00 The Liberation of the Camps 18 

S T P 19:00 Abba Eban: A Biography 26 

H1 18:30 Not in God’s Name 34 

H2 19:00 Human Rights for Our Times 11 

S T P 20:00 The Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize 18 

H1 20:30 Going Up 27 

H2 18:30 Catch the Jew! 34 

H1 20:30 Some Enchanted Evening 10 

MONDAY 22 FEBRUARY 

H2 20:30 The Future of the Professions 27 

S T P 18:30 Five Selves 34 

H2 20:30 This is London 11 

SUNDAY 21 FEBRUARY 

H1 11:00 Einstein: the Man 12 

H2 11:00 Unexpected Israel 12 

S T P 11:00 Be Fruitful and Multiply! 12 

H1 12:30 The Great A B: The Extra 13 

JW3 13:00 Stolen Legacy 36 

JW3 14:30 Born Survivors 36 

H1 19:00 The White Road 20 

H2 19:00 

Bewilderments: Reflections on the 

Book of Numbers 

H1 20:30 Putin’s Russia 21 

H2 20:30 Fault Lines 21 

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FRIDAY 26 FEBRUARY 

JW3 13:00 Spies: Fact and Fiction 39 


H1 19:00 Woody Allen: Film by Film 28 

H2 19:00 

Their Promised Land: My 

Grandparents in Love and War 

H1 20:30 The Big Debate 28 

SUNDAY 28 FEBRUARY 

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H1 20:00 The Soho Chronicles 35 

H2 

20:00 

What Happened at the Metropole: 

A Play in Two Acts 

S T P 20:00 Akiva: Life, Legend and Legacy 35 

LUNCHTIMES AT JW3 36 

MORE JBW EVENTS 40 

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H2 12:30 Drawing the Genie from the Bottle 13 

TUESDAY 23 FEBRUARY 

H1 11:00 The Life of Saul Bellow 29 

JBW ON TOUR 41 

S T P 12:30 The Best Place on Earth 13 

JW3 13:00 Who was Moses? 37 

H2 11:00 The Rise of the Israeli Right 29 

BIOGRAPHIES 43 

H1 14:00 Einstein in the 21 st Century 14 

JW3 14:30 Anti-Semitism 37 

S T P 11:00 A Woman on the Edge of Time 29 

FESTIVAL & VENUE INFORMATION 48 

H2 14:00 

Raoul Wallenberg: 

A Righteous Man 

14 

H1 19:00 

KL: A History of the Nazi 

Concentration Camps 

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H1 12:30 Love, Art and Literature 30 

THE JEWISH BOOK COUNCIL 50 

S T P 14:00 Jonathan Unleashed! 14 

H1 15:30 Judith Kerr: A Storyteller’s Life 15 

H2 15:30 Scandalous Socialites 15 

S T P 15:30 You Don’t Have to Live Like This 15 

H2 19:00 Jews and Photography in Britain 22 

H1 20:30 

Party Animals: 

Growing Up Communist 

H2 20:30 The Health Gap 23 

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PREVIEW 

EVENTS 

WEDNESDAY, 13 JANUARY 

FRANK 

Jake Auerbach presents a screening of his film FRANK, to coincide with Frank 

Auerbach's current exhibition at Tate Britain. See page 40 for more details. 

H1 19:00 £ 9.50 

MONDAY, 8 FEBRUARY 

HOW HUMAN VALUES EVOLVE 

Ian Morris 

Chair: Michael Cox 

Drawing on archaeology, anthropology, biology and history, Professor Ian Morris puts 

forward a compelling new argument that the evolution of the human values that underpin 

civilisations is driven by the most basic force of all: energy. His ideas have far-reaching 

implications, not only for our understanding of the past, but also for the shape of things to 

come. He is in conversation with LSE Director of IDEAS, Professor Michael Cox. 

H1 19:00-20:00 £ 9.50 

THE ROMANOVS: RISE AND FALL, 1613 - 1918 

Simon Sebag Montefiore 

Chair: Kate Williams 

The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the 

world’s surface. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world’s greatest 

empire? And how did they lose it all? In conversation with historian and broadcaster 

Professor Kate Williams, Simon Sebag Montefiore draws on new archival research to tell 

a story of triumph and tragedy, love and death, a universal study of power and how the 

scene was set for Russia to become the country we know today. 

H1 20:30-22:00 £ 9.50 

SATURDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 

The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization 

www.littman.co.uk 

LIFE MOVES PRETTY FAST 

Hadley Freeman 

Chair: Francesca Segal 

Hadley Freeman hosts a Saturday night Valentine’s Special at JW3 based on her latest 

book, Life Moves Pretty Fast. With clips from particular favourite films, Hadley explains 

why the 1980s was a truly dazzling decade in cinema history and why, in her opinion, no 

period since has produced such an influential stream of movies. Hadley Freeman talks to 

Costa Prize-winning novelist Francesca Segal. 

JW3 20:00-21:30 £ 12.00 

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MUSICAL 

EVENINGS 

THURSDAY 18 & 


SATURDAY 

20 FEBRUARY 

HUMAN RIGHTS AND VALUES 

FOR OUR TIMES 

Susan Neiman, Francesca Klug 

Chair: Helena Kennedy 

Professor Francesca Klug invites us to consider what is 

distinctive about the ethics and practice of human rights, 

exploring such topics as British and Enlightenment values 

and natural and legal rights. Philosopher Susan Neiman 

also explores moral and social issues in posing (and 

providing some answers to) the question: why grow up? 

Anticipate a heady and exhilarating conversation led by 

Helena Kennedy QC. 

SOME ENCHANTED EVENING: 

THE MUSIC OF 

RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN 

Issy Van Randwyck, Clive Rowe and Henry Goodman 

Music arranged by Michael Haslam 

Written by Stewart Permutt 

Henry Goodman, Issy van Randwyck and Clive Rowe 

return to bring you an evening full of song, anecdotes and 

glamour, celebrating the songs, shows and lives of these 

two Greats of the Golden Age of the Broadway and 

Hollywood musical and their lasting influence on musical 

theatre. With musical direction by Michael Haslam and 

script by Stewart Permutt. 

Thursday H1 20:00-22:00 £ 39.50 

Saturday H1 20:30-22:30 £ 29.50 

£ 24.50 

H2 19:00-20:00 £ 9.50 

THIS IS LONDON 

Ben Judah, Josh Glancy 

This event has live subtitling by Stagetext. 

In This is London: Life and Death in the World City, Ben 

Judah takes the lid off a new London, where over one-third 

of its population are immigrants, immersing himself in their 

sometimes hidden worlds. From the richest to the poorest, 

he takes us on a tour of this ever-changing city. What is our 

response? With Sunday Times feature writer Josh Glancy. 

H2 20:30-22:00 £ 9.50 

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SUNDAY 


Stories You Never Read in the Media 

Ruth Corman 

EINSTEIN: THE MAN 

With thanks to David and Judy Dangoor 

In Association with Yale University Press 

Steven Gimbel 

Chair: Robert Winston 

Einstein was not only the most famous scientist of the 

20 th century but a prominent political campaigner, actively 

engaged in international affairs, with courageous and 

outspoken views on issues ranging from anti-Semitism to 

nationalism, the atomic bomb and the Cold War. American 

philosopher Professor Steven Gimbel discusses his highly 

accessible and absorbing biography Einstein: His Space 

and Times with Robert Winston. 

H1 11:00-12:00 £ 10.50 

UNEXPECTED ISRAEL 

Ruth Corman 

Chair: Henry Knobil 

In Unexpected Israel, Ruth Corman’s words and 

photographs bring people and places to life with curious, 

humorous and moving stories you seldom read in the 

media: from caviar to camels, owls to oranges, and 

pomegranates to pilgrims, as well as unimaginable tales of 

heroism and unique personalities. Chaired by Henry Knobil. 

H2 11:00-12:00 £ 9.50 

BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY! 

Elliot Jager 

Chair: Simon Hattenstone 

In his provocative book The Pater, Elliot Jager tackles a 

near-taboo topic: the Orthodox Jewish attitude towards 

infertility and what it feels like to be a childless Jewish man. 

In conversation with Guardian journalist Simon Hattenstone 

he also grapples with the concept of paternity and his 

complex relationship with his own father. 

THE GREAT A B: THE EXTRA 

In Association with the New Israel Fund and Halban Publishers 

A B Yehoshua 

Chair: Oliver Kamm 

A B Yehoshua is as creative, humorous and 

provocative as ever in The Extra, exploring themes 

familiar to him of love, family relationships and artistic 

ambitions, set mainly in an ever-changing Jerusalem. 

His interviewer is journalist Oliver Kamm. 

H1 12:30-13:30 £ 12.50 

DRAWING THE GENIE FROM THE BOTTLE 

Jancis Robinson 

Chair: Nicholas Lander 

To mark the publication of the expanded 4 th edition of 

her much-lauded Oxford Companion to Wine, the FT’s 

wine critic Jancis Robinson talks to the newspaper’s 

food critic Nicholas Lander (who also happens to be 

her husband) about a life spent sipping and swilling 

the fermented juice of the grape. Described by 

Decanter magazine as ‘the most respected wine critic 

and journalist in the world’, Jancis writes daily for 

jancisrobinson.com. She advises on many cellars, 

including that of Her Majesty the Queen. 

H2 12:30-13:30 £ 10.50 

THE BEST PLACE ON EARTH 

Sponsored by the Jewish Book Council, USA 

Ayelet Tsabari 

Chair: Samantha Ellis 

Winner of the prestigious 2015 Sami Rohr Prize for 

Jewish Literature with her debut collection of short 

stories, The Best Place on Earth, Ayelet Tsabari 

discusses her internationally acclaimed fiction, 

peopled with characters at the crossroads of 

nationalities, religions and communities, with writer 

and playwright Samantha Ellis. 

S T P 11:00-12:00 £ 6.50 

S T P 12:30-13:30 

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EINSTEIN IN THE 21 ST CENTURY 


In Association with Yale University Press 

Pedro Ferreira, Steven Gimbel, Andrew Jaffe 

A century after the publication of Einstein’s general theory of 

relativity, which totally transformed our understanding of space, 

time and gravity, and thus the entire physics of the universe, 

astrophysicists Professor Pedro Ferreira and Professor Andrew 

Jaffe join Steven Gimbel, philosopher and author of Einstein: His 

Space and Times, to evaluate the significance of Einstein’s scientific 

theories in the 21 st century. 

JUDITH KERR: A STORYTELLER’S LIFE 

Judith Kerr 

Chair: Nicolette Jones 

Judith Kerr is acknowledged as one of the world's finest writers for 

children and young adults. Among her best-loved classics are Mog, 

The Tiger Who Came to Tea and When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit. 

She talks about her life and books, including her latest illustrated 

novel, Mr Cleghorn’s Seal, with writer, critic and broadcaster 

Nicolette Jones. 

H1 15:30-16:30 £ 9.50 

H1 14:00-15:00 £ 10.50 

RAOUL WALLENBERG: A RIGHTEOUS MAN 

In Association with World Jewish Relief, Quercus and the Anglo-Swedish Society 

Ingrid Carlberg 

Chair: Philippe Sands | Readings by: Henry Goodman 

Ingrid Carlberg, winner of the prestigious August Prize for her 

seminal biography Raoul Wallenberg, joins Philippe Sands QC, to 

explore the extraordinary life and unique contribution of this 

‘Righteous Man’. As Sweden’s Special Envoy to Budapest in 1944, 

Wallenberg’s heroism and ingenuity at the height of the Holocaust 

saved countless lives while ultimately costing him his own. With 

readings by Henry Goodman. 

H2 14:00-15:00 £ 10.50 

SCANDALOUS SOCIALITES 

Natalie Livingstone, Claudia Renton 

Chair: Anne Sebba 

Natalie Livingstone’s captivating The 

Mistresses of Cliveden and Claudia 

Renton’s Those Wild Wyndhams 

provide two fascinating chronicles of 

the ways in which exceptional 

women challenged, evaded and 

exploited the expectations of their 

times. Anne Sebba facilitates this 

exploration of sex and power, 

passion and romance, dramatic lives 

and tragic devastation. 

H2 15:30-16:30 £ 9.50 

JONATHAN UNLEASHED! 

Meg Rosoff 

Chair: Rowan Pelling 

Have you ever wished there was a handbook on How to be a 

Person? That’s exactly how Jonathan Trefoil feels as he struggles to 

meet the demands of adult life. With Jonathan Unleashed, a 

romantic comedy set in Manhattan, the wryly funny prize-winning 

author Meg Rosoff presents her first novel for adults, a quirky take 

on the Bildungsroman. Rowan Pelling chairs. 

S T P 14:00-15:00 £ 6.50 

YOU DON’T HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS 

Ben Markovits 

Chair: Tim Martin 

From one of the UK’s most admired novelists, Ben Markovits, 

comes You Don’t Have to Live Like This, a darkly comic and brutal 

vision of contemporary America in the wake of the global financial 

crisis. The Telegraph’s Tim Martin talks to Ben Markovits about his 

compelling new novel. 

S T P 15:30-16:30 £ 6.50 

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LET’S TALK ABOUT LOVE AND DEATH 

Andrew Solomon, Julia Neuberger 

Andrew Solomon, author of international best-seller 

The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression and Rabbi 

Julia Neuberger take the association between loss and 

depression, so acutely observed in Freud’s Mourning and 

Melancholia, as the starting point for a free-ranging 

conversation about love, loss, grief and the human condition. 

H1 17:00-18:00 £ 10.50 

THE MAISKY DIARIES 

Gabriel Gorodetsky 

Chair: John Thornhill | Readings by: Henry Goodman 

The diaries of Ivan Maisky, Soviet Ambassador to the UK from 

1932-43, discovered and scrupulously edited by Professor 

Gabriel Gorodetsky, offer unprecedented insight into events 

surrounding the Second World War. Maisky enjoyed unique 

access to key players in British public life – politicians, 

diplomats, press barons, intellectuals and royalty – as well as 

being privy to the impact of personal rivalries within the 

Kremlin on Soviet policy, providing an extraordinary view of 

two radically opposed worlds. The FT’s John Thornhill chairs. 

With readings by Henry Goodman. 


BEN OKRI AND MARCUS DU SAUTOY: 

NARRATIVE WIZARDRY 


Ben Okri, Marcus du Sautoy 

Chair: Elleke Boehmer 

Booker Prize-winner Ben Okri and mathematician Professor 

Marcus du Sautoy make a delightfully surprising and dynamic 

duo as they explore narrative and form in literature and maths. 

Expect a breathtaking and unforgettable tour-de-force from two 

consummate storytellers, with novelist and academic Professor 

Elleke Boehmer as their guide. 

H1 18:30-19:30 £ 9.50 

LAST FOLIO 

Katya Krausova 

Chair: Roger Graef 

Yuri Dojc returned to his family’s home in Eastern Slovakia to find 

that time had stood still since the day in 1942 when three-quarters 

of the Jewish population were transported to the camps. His 

hauntingly beautiful photographs of remnants of a dynamic culture 

– abandoned synagogues, a Jewish school, decaying books – 

powerfully evoke this. Katya Krausova, co-founder of Portobello 

Pictures and co-creator of Last Folio, presents this unique project, 

which includes extracts of filmed interviews with survivors. She is 

in conversation with documentary-maker Roger Graef. 


THE AMBASSADOR 

Matt Rees 

Chair: Jenni Frazer 

Award-winning crime writer Matt Rees teamed up with the 

late Yehuda Avner, adviser to Israeli Prime Ministers Yitzhak 

Rabin and Menachem Begin, to write The Ambassador, an 

‘alternative’ historical novel set in Nazi Germany. What if 

Israel had been founded before the Holocaust? Might its 

existence have changed the course of European history? 

Chaired by journalist Jenni Frazer. 

S T P 17:00-18:00 £ 6.50 

THE MURDEROUS HISTORY OF BIBLE TRANSLATIONS 

In Association with the Council of Christians and Jews 

Harry Freedman, Michael Ipgrave 

Chair: Raphael Zarum 

The Bible has been translated more than any other book in any 

language and, astonishingly, controversial translations underlie a 

large number of religious conflicts that have plagued the world. 

Join author Harry Freedman, Bishop Michael Ipgrave and Rabbi 

Raphael Zarum as they analyse the surprising damage inflicted 

by troublesome translations. 

S T P 18:30-19:30 £ 7.50 

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THE JEWISH FACE OF BRITAIN 

Simon Schama 

Simon Schama returns with a unique event devised 

exclusively for JBW. In his recent book, exhibition and BBC 

TV series, The Face of Britain, Schama examines portraits 

by some of the UK’s greatest artists of the 20 th and 21 st 

centuries. In this talk, he looks at the paintings of Auerbach, 

Bomberg, Kitaj and Kossoff – British artists, who also 

happen to be Jewish. 

H1 20:00-21:30 £ 12.50 

THE LIBERATION OF THE CAMPS 

Dan Stone 

Chair: Daniel Wildmann 

Historian of Ideas, Professor Dan Stone, presents his 

unprecedented inquiry into the days, months, and years 

following the liberation of the concentration and 

extermination camps to reveal the complex challenges – 

psychological as much as physical – faced by liberated 

survivors and those helping them reclaim their shattered 

lives. Dan Stone is in conversation with Daniel Wildmann. 

H2 20:00-21:30 £ 9.50 

THE JEWISH QUARTERLY-WINGATE PRIZE 

Judges: Tahmima Anam, Samantha Ellis, Hugo Rifkind and 

Jonathan Wittenberg 

Chair: Nicola Christie 

Find out who is in the running to win 2016’s prestigious 

JQ-Wingate Prize as this year’s judges, Hugo Rifkind, 

Samantha Ellis, Tahmima Anam and Rabbi Jonathan 

Wittenberg, discuss the shortlist with Jewish Quarterly 

editor Nicola Christie. Past winners include: Amos Oz, 

David Grossman, Zadie Smith, Imre Kertész, Oliver Sacks, 

WG Sebald and Shalom Auslander. 

S T P 20:00-21:30 

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The Maisky Diaries 

Red Ambassador to the Court of St James’s 

1932–1943 

Ivan Maisky • Edited by Gabriel Gorodetsky 

‘A fascinating and invaluable source on wartime relations between 

Moscow and London … a triumph of meticulous scholarship and 

enlightened publishing.’ – David Reynolds, Times Literary Supplement 

72 b/w illus. Hardback £25.00 

The Liberation of the Camps 

The End of the Holocaust and Its Aftermath 

Dan Stone 

‘Dan Stone’s history of the liberation of the camps is remarkable for the 

vast array of its sources, its extremely detailed inquiry and, nonetheless, 

for its highly readable narrative. It will remain a reference for years to 

come.’ – Saul Friedländer, author of Nazi Germany and the Jews 

24 b/w illus. Hardback £20.00 

Yale Jewish Lives Series 

‘An excellent short 

biography … Prose 

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of the antisemitism 

that operated in her 

subject’s life.’ 

– Kathryn Hughes, 

Guardian 

12 b/w illus. 

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‘Gimbel packs it 

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Hardback £14.99 

And coming in Autumn 2016: Moses by Avivah Zornberg

MONDAY 


THE WHITE ROAD 

Edmund de Waal 

Accompany Edmund de Waal on his 

personal pilgrimage along The White Road, 

which tells the story of his obsession with 

porcelain – ‘white gold’ – and the lure it has 

held for those who have encountered 

it: from Jesuit missionaries in 17 th -century 

China, via the palaces of Versailles and 

Dresden, to the chemist shops of 18 th - 

century Plymouth and the darkest moments 

of 20 th -century history. 

H1 19:00-20:00 £ 9.50 

BEWILDERMENTS: 

REFLECTIONS ON THE BOOK 

OF NUMBERS 

Avivah Zornberg 

Chair: Stephen Frosh 

Bewilderments: Reflections on the Book of 

Numbers describes the profound existential 

scepticism of the Children of Israel’s 

forty-year wandering through the 

wilderness, a generation who are the 

receivers of the Torah, are fed on miracles 

and nurtured directly by God. Drawing on a 

variety of sources, including the mystical 

and Hasidic, author and scholar Avivah 

Zornberg discusses their predicament with 

Professor Stephen Frosh. 

H2 19:00-20:00 £ 9.50 

MONDAY 


FAULT LINES 

David Pryce-Jones 

Chair: Jonathan Foreman 

PUTIN’S RUSSIA 

Peter Pomerantsev, Arkady Ostrovsky 

Chair: James Harding 

As a foreign correspondent in 

his own country, Arkady Ostrovsky 

has experienced Russia’s modern 

history first-hand. From the 

suddenly wealthy, to the media, 

to the Kremlin spin doctors, in 

The Invention of Russia he explores 

those who have shaped the new 

Russia. Peter Pomerantsev 

describes his unique journey into 

the surreal heart of 21 st century 

Russia in his award-winning Nothing 

is True and Everything is Possible. 

They are in conversation with BBC 

Director of News and Current 

Affairs James Harding. 

H1 20:30-22:00 £ 14.50 

In his memoir, David Pryce-Jones, former literary editor 

of the Financial Times and Spectator and author of 

several major works, reveals his complex origins. Born 

in Vienna, he is the Eton and Oxford-educated son of 

writer Alan Pryce-Jones, while his mother, Therese 

Fould-Springer, was a Viennese heiress. He talks about 

his life, simultaneously very English and singularly 

exotic, with journalist Jonathan Foreman. 

H2 20:30-22:00 £ 9.50 

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TUESDAY 


KL: A HISTORY OF THE NAZI 

CONCENTRATION CAMPS 

Nikolaus Wachsmann 


In a landmark work of history, Professor 

Nikolaus Wachsmann offers an 

unprecedented, integrated account of the 

Nazi concentration camps from their 

inception in 1933 through to their demise in 

the spring of 1945. KL: A History of the Nazi 

Concentration Camps is described by Mark 

Mazower as ‘history writing of the highest 

order’ and ‘surely one of the outstanding 

books written on the Third Reich in the past 

decade.’ Chaired by Anne Sebba. 

TUESDAY 


PARTY ANIMALS: 

GROWING UP COMMUNIST 

David Aaronovitch 

Chair: Stephen Grosz 

In conversation with psychoanalyst 

Stephen Grosz, award-winning journalist 

David Aaronovitch describes growing up 

in a communist North London family. In 

re-examining his own memories and 

studying old secret service files, he uncovers 

the unspoken shame and fears that provide 

the unconscious background to his own 

existence as a party animal. 

H1 20:30-22:00 £ 10.50 

H1 19:00-20:00 £ 9.50 

JEWS AND PHOTOGRAPHY 

IN BRITAIN 

Michael Berkowitz 

Chair: Francis Hodgson 

Until now, little attention has been paid 

to the pioneering role of Jews in all facets 

of British photography, from the mid-19 th 

century to the Queen’s controversial 

2007 photo-shoot with Annie Leibovitz. 

Professor Michael Berkowitz has 

conducted the first-ever historical 

investigation of the vital contribution Jews 

have made to photography’s history. He 

discusses his findings with photography 

critic Francis Hodgson. 

H2 19:00-20:00 £ 9.50 

THE HEALTH GAP 


Michael Marmot 

Chair: Henry Marsh 

There are obvious factors that influence 

how long a person or society can be 

expected to live – income, diet, and 

education, for example – and others that 

are more surprising. Did you know that 

the higher your rank in social and office 

hierarchy, the longer your life expectancy? 

Epidemiologist Sir Michael Marmot talks 

to neurosurgeon Henry Marsh about 

new evidence from around the world that 

has the potential to make us look afresh 

not only at health and societies, but also 

at ourselves. 

H2 20:30-22:00 £ 10.50 

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WEDNESDAY 


THE VITAL QUESTION 


Nick Lane 

Chair: Adam Rutherford 

What was the bolt of energy that ignited 

life on this planet? Why are there only 

two sexes? Why do we age and die? 

Evolutionary biochemist Nick Lane talks to 

geneticist and presenter of Radio 4’s Inside 

Science, Dr Adam Rutherford, about the 

theories he expounds in The Vital Question, 

which some suggest could be as influential 

as the Copernican Revolution. 

H1 19:00-20:00 £ 10.50 

WEDNESDAY 


HISTORY’S PEOPLE 

The George Webber Memorial Lecture 

Margaret MacMillan 

Chair: Antony Beevor 

Professor Margaret MacMillan interrogates 

the past with fellow-historian Antony 

Beevor to consider the role of individuals 

and their behaviour. In her thoughtprovoking 

new book, History’s People: 

Personalities and the Past, Margaret 

MacMillan considers the impact of character 

and personality on historical events, 

analysing the interplay between individuals 

and their worlds, from Roosevelt to Nixon, 

Lord Beaverbrook to Margaret Thatcher, to 

the revelatory diaries of Victor Klemperer. 

H1 20:30-22:00 £ 12.50 

BLACK HORSE RIDE 

THE 3 RD WOMAN 

Jonathan Freedland 

Chair: Mark Lawson 

The 3 rd Woman is a high-concept thriller set 

in a world in which the USA bows to the 

People’s Republic of China, corruption is rife 

and the government dictates what the 

‘truth’ is. Jonathan Freedland explores the 

genesis of his novel about an individual’s 

quest for justice, in conversation with 

author and broadcaster Mark Lawson, 

whose most recent fiction is The Deaths. 

H2 19:00-20:00 £ 9.50 

Victor Blank, Ivan Fallon 

Ivan Fallon reveals what really occurred 

on perhaps the worst single day in banking 

history, bringing together the accounts of 

all the power players involved in this 

dramatic saga. It includes the key roles 

played by the Governor of the Bank of 

England, the Prime Minister and the 

Treasury. He revisits this unforgettable 

time with the then-chairman of Lloyds 

(the Black Horse bank), Sir Victor Blank, 

in a unique public interview. 

H2 20:30-22:00 £ 10.50 

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THURSDAY 


THURSDAY 


STATINS: TO TAKE OR NOT TO TAKE 


Ben Goldacre 

Science writer Dr Ben Goldacre specialises in exposing the flaws in 

modern medicine. In Do Statins Work? The Battle for Perfect 

Evidence-Based Medicine he turns his attention to statins – the 

single most commonly prescribed class of drugs in the developed 

world, taken by over 100 million people. We know they do some 

good, but we don’t know exactly how much, which are the best, or 

how common are the side effects. Ben Goldacre offers us the tools 

we need to make our own decisions. 

H1 19:00-20:00 £ 10.50 

JEWS IN THE CLASSICAL WORLD 

Edith Hall, Tessa Rajak 

Experts on the Classical world, Professor Edith Hall and Professor 

Tessa Rajak, discuss the relationship between the Greeks, the Jews 

and other civilisations in the Classical era. How did the Greeks regard 

the Jews, and what did the Jews think about the Greeks? Was there 

a cross-fertilisation of ideas and social mores? And why, may it be 

whispered, were the Greeks so much more successful in transmitting 

their ideas and culture to other civilisations than the Jews? 

GOING UP 

Frederic Raphael 

Chair: Joan Bakewell 

Frederic Raphael talks with Joan Bakewell about his 

memoir, Going Up, a dazzling piece of virtuoso prose 

writing that is fabulously indiscreet but also deeply 

moving, laced throughout with wit and erudition. Raphael 

describes experiences that were later absorbed in his 

memorable novels and screenplays. He also discusses his 

latest novel, Private Views. 

H1 20:30-22:00 £ 10.50 

THE FUTURE OF THE PROFESSIONS 

Richard and Daniel Susskind 

In The Future of the Professions, Professor Richard 

Susskind and Daniel Susskind predict the transformation 

and decline of today’s professions and the systems that 

will replace them as technology re-invents the way we all 

work. This provocative book depicts a society where 

we will neither need nor want doctors, lawyers, architects 

or other professionals in ways that are recognisable to 

us today. 

H2 20:30-22:00 £ 9.50 

H2 19:00-20:00 £ 9.50 

ABBA EBAN: A BIOGRAPHY 

Asaf Siniver 

Chair: Natasha Lehrer 

Abba Eban: A Biography is the first examination for almost 40 years 

of the man whose exceptional skill as a spokesman for Israel in the 

international arena elicited wide scale admiration. Historian Asaf 

Siniver, in conversation with journalist Natasha Lehrer, explores the 

influence and achievements of this South African-born politician 

and diplomat who served as Israel’s first Ambassador to the UN and 

Ambassador to the USA in the decade 1949-59, subsequently 

becoming Israel’s Foreign Minister. 

S T P 19:00-20:00 £ 7.50 

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SATURDAY 


SUNDAY 

28 FEBRUARY 

WOODY ALLEN: FILM BY FILM 

Jason Solomons 

Chair: Robert Elms 

Everyone has their favourite Woody Allen film – whether it's one 

of his nervous but hilarious urban romances such as Annie Hall or 

Manhattan, or the later, lighter dramas such as Vicky Cristina 

Barcelona or Blue Jasmine. Film critic Jason Solomons and 

broadcaster Robert Elms have been discussing films on the radio 

every week for over 15 years. Join BBC Radio London’s renowned 

filmic double act as they talk Woody Allen – and probably jazz. 

H1 19:00-20:00 £ 10.50 

THEIR PROMISED LAND: 

MY GRANDPARENTS IN LOVE AND WAR 

THE LIFE OF SAUL BELLOW 

In Association with The Times Literary Supplement 

Zachary Leader 

Chair: David Herman | Readings by: Henry Goodman 

In conversation with journalist David Herman, Zachary Leader 

charts the rise to fame and fortune of one of the greatest American 

prose writers of the 20 th century. Having been granted 

unprecedented access to previously restricted material, Leader 

offers a vivid portrait of Saul Bellow up to the publication of Herzog 

in 1964, tracing his turbulent life away from his desk as well as his 

towering literary achievements. With readings by Henry Goodman. 

H1 11:00-12:00 £ 10.50 

Ian Buruma 

Chair: Adam Thirlwell 

Ian Buruma, author of Year Zero, brings to life a remarkable 

sixty-year marriage that survived many shocks and the span of two 

world wars. In Their Promised Land: My Grandparents in Love and 

War, Buruma pays homage to achievements that included helping 

twelve Jewish children to escape Nazi Germany and find new lives 

in Britain. His spellbinding story tells of the sustaining power of a 

family’s love and devotion through very dark days. Ian Buruma is in 

conversation with Adam Thirlwell. 

‘a pioneering, up-to-date, fact-filled review of more than a century of the Zionist chronicle as viewed 

through the prism of the Jewish right. shindler offers a brilliant analysis of how an opposition evolved 

to become the leading movement in Israel today; it is a must-read for everybody wishing to grasp 

whither the country is moving after nearly seventy years of national independence.’ 

– efraim Halevy, ninth director of the mossad and chairman of the shazar state Institute 

for Jewish History 

‘this timely and important book achieves two things. It offers a fascinating and masterful history of 

the political right in Israel from the earliest days of the Zionist movement to the present day, and it 

confirms Colin shindler’s status as one of the world’s leading scholars on modern Israel.’ 

– rory miller, Professor of Government, Georgetown University, school of Foreign 

service, Qatar 

‘Colin shindler has succeeded in placing the right wing within the wider context of changing social 

and political values in Israel, drawing strongly on the ideological history of revisionist Zionism and 

its leaders, and showing how changing demographics and growing enfranchisement have changed the 

political stakes, not only for internal Israeli politics but also in terms of Israel’s relations with the Jewish 

diaspora and global politics. shindler has provided us with a well-researched analysis of the growth 

of the right wing, which is of critical importance for anyone – students, diplomats or just interested 

outsiders – trying to gain a deeper understanding of contemporary Israel and its political structures.’ 

– david newman, Professor of Geopolitics and dean of the Faculty of Humanities 

and social sciences, ben-Gurion University of the negev 

‘the Israeli parliamentary elections of 1977 saw a transfer of power to the right after several decades 

of Labor Zionist and left-wing hegemony. Power has changed hands several times since 1977, but 

through most of this period Israeli politics have been dominated by the right. the right wing itself 

has been transformed in the process and netanyahu’s Likud is very different from begin’s party. both 

experts and the broad public are beholden to Colin shindler for his ability to explain and present 

these complex developments in a profound and clear fashion and to put them in the larger context of 

Zionist and Israeli history.’ 

– Professor Itamar rabinovich, President of the Israel Institute, Washington and tel aviv 

‘Colin shindler has given us a brilliant book about one of the most intriguing stories of the evolution 

of the Israeli right – from Jabotinsky to netanyahu. this excellent book, written with unusual clarity 

and authority, smoothly guides readers through the labyrinth of Israeli politics.’ 

– Vladimir rumyantsev, tomsk state University, russia 

‘With his new study, Colin shindler has produced a tour de force. this is a carefully researched, comprehensive 

and detailed study, shedding light on Jabotinsky’s complexities, as well as lesser-known 

personalities. this is a must-read for anyone who wishes to understand the domination of the Israeli 

right in Israeli politics today.’ 

– suzanne d. rutland, oam, Professor, University of sydney 

shindler the rise of the israeli right 

the rise of the 

israeli right 

From odessa to Hebron 

colin shindler 

THE RISE OF THE ISRAELI RIGHT 

Colin Shindler 

Chair: Derek Penslar 

The Israeli Right first came to power nearly four decades ago. 

Its election was described then as ‘an earthquake’ and its 

reverberations endure. In The Rise of the Israeli Right, Professor 

Colin Shindler poses important questions – How did the Right rise 

to power? What are its origins? – tracing its development from the 

birth of Zionism to modern times. Professor Derek Penslar chairs. 

H2 19:00-20:00 £ 9.50 

H2 11:00-12:00 £ 9.50 

THE BIG DEBATE 

Sponsored by Simon and Alison Ryde as 

supporters of Glow Fund 

Howard Jacobson, Melanie Phillips, 

Simon Schama 

Chair: Jonathan Freedland 

Tonight’s debate addresses the critical issues 

and challenges confronting Jews today. 

Anticipate a dynamic discussion concerning, 

inter alia, politics, religion and society. 

A WOMAN ON THE EDGE OF TIME 

Jeremy Gavron 

Chair: Anne Karpf 

Jeremy Gavron’s searching account of his mother, who was rarely 

talked about after her death, documents the all-too-short life of 

Hannah Gavron, as he pieces together the events and pressures that 

led to her suicide when he was just four. Jeremy Gavron discusses 

his deeply personal and moving memoir with columnist, writer and 

sociologist Anne Karpf. 

H1 20:30-22:00 £ 24.50 

S T P 11:00-12:00 £ 6.50 

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SUNDAY 


LOVE, ART AND LITERATURE 

Hannah Rothschild, Francine Prose 

Chair: Erica Wagner 

Celebrated New York author and critic 

Francine Prose frequently turns her 

attention towards art and artists, as 

she did in her study of Caravaggio. 

The new Chair of the National Gallery, 

Hannah Rothschild, author of The 

Improbability of Love, also knows a thing 

or two about art. Their conversation 

with Erica Wagner ranges freely over 

their writing and passions. 

H1 12:30-13:30 £ 12.50 

THE HOUSE BY THE LAKE 

Thomas Harding 

Chair: James Harding 

Thomas Harding, prize-winning author of Hanns and Rudolf, talks to 

his cousin, BBC News and Current Affairs Director, James Harding, 

about The House by the Lake. This groundbreaking history of 

Germany from the late 19 th century to the present day is vividly 

recounted via the stories of the inhabitants of their modest 

family-built summer house set on a beautiful lake outside Berlin. 

H1 14:00-15:00 £ 10.50 

IN WARTIME: STORIES FROM UKRAINE 

In Association with World Jewish Relief 

Tim Judah 

Chair: Ben Judah 

In his new book, veteran war reporter Tim Judah examines the 

impact of ongoing conflict on the inhabitants of Ukraine. He talks to 

mothers, soldiers, businessmen, poets and politicians, whose 

memories of a contested past shape their attitudes, allegiances and 

hopes for the future. With his son Ben Judah he discusses how these 

stories paint a vivid picture of a nation trapped between powerful 

political and historical forces. 

H2 12:30-13:30 £ 9.50 

WAKING LIONS 

In Association with Pushkin Press 

Ayelet Gundar-Goshen 

Chair: Josh Glancy 

Rapidly following her acclaimed debut One Night Markowitz, 

Ayelet Gundar-Goshen’s second novel, Waking Lions, is a gripping, 

suspenseful and morally devastating drama that looks at the 

darkness inside us all. Ayelet Gundar-Goshen discusses her work 

with Josh Glancy. 

H2 14:00-15:00 £ 9.50 

LOOSE CONNECTIONS 

Esther Menell, Jeremy Lewis 

Chair: Michele Hanson 

Esther Menell joins forces with fellowpublisher 

Jeremy Lewis, author of a new 

biography of David Astor, to throw light 

on the endlessly fascinating world of 

publishing. They recall larger-than-life 

characters such as publishers Andre 

Deutsch and Anthony Blond, and writers 

Jean Rhys, V.S. Naipaul and Edmund White. 

Esther Menell’s memoir is a counterpoint 

to her friend and colleague Diana Athill’s 

publishing memoir Stet. Guardian journalist 

Michele Hanson chairs. 

THE IGNORANT MAESTRO 

Itay Talgam 

In The Ignorant Maestro, symphony orchestra conductor Itay 

Talgam draws on his experience on the podium to reveal the 

conductor’s art. Turning to six of the most iconic conductors – from 

the dictatorial Muti to Bernstein – Talgam’s anecdotes and insights 

will change the way you think about listening, humility and the 

unpredictable path to brilliance. 

S T P 14:00-15:00 £ 6.50 

S T P 12:30-13:30 £ 6.50 

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SUNDAY 


PEGGY GUGGENHEIM: 

THE SHOCK OF THE MODERN 

Francine Prose 

Chair: Julia Peyton-Jones 

In conversation with Co-Director of the Serpentine Gallery, Julia 

Peyton-Jones, best-selling author Francine Prose presents a vivid 

portrait of Peggy Guggenheim, tracing her life on both sides of the 

Atlantic – from her avant-garde gallery in midtown New York to her 

astonishing museum on Venice’s Grand Canal. With her unique 

collecting habits, paradigm-changing discoveries, celebrity 

friendships, failed marriages and scandalous affairs, there was 

nothing remotely monochrome about the life of Peggy Guggenheim. 

SHYLOCK IS MY NAME 

Howard Jacobson 

Chair: Alex Clark 

Written with Howard Jacobson’s customary originality, energy 

and wit, Shylock is My Name is the Man Booker Prize-winner’s 

profound and provocative re-telling of The Merchant of Venice in 

a contemporary setting. Howard Jacobson talks to the Guardian’s 

Alex Clark about his interpretation of Shylock’s story, asking what 

it means to be a father, a Jew and a merciful human being in the 

modern world. 


H1 15:30-16:30 £ 10.50 

FORGOTTEN FICTIONS: THE WISE VIRGINS 

In Association with the Society of Authors 

Lyndall Gordon, Victoria Glendinning 


JBW joins forces with the Society of Authors to celebrate 

Persephone Press’s new edition of Leonard Woolf’s forgotten 

classic, The Wise Virgins. Written on the Woolfs’ honeymoon in 1912, 

the semi-autobiographical novel examining moral, personal and 

social dilemmas, is discussed by Leonard Woolf’s biographer 

Victoria Glendinning and literary biographer Lyndall Gordon, with 

Anne Sebba. 

ART AND RELIGION IN THE 21 ST CENTURY 

In Association with Three Faiths Forum 

Aaron Rosen, Leni Diner Dothan, Ben Quash 

Aaron Rosen has conducted the first in-depth study of an 

international roster of contemporary artists who use their work to 

explore religion’s cultural, social, political and psychological impact 

on today’s world. He is joined by artist Leni Diner Dothan, who has 

created a specially-commissioned artwork for JBW 2016, and 

Reverend Professor Ben Quash. 


H2 15:30-16:30 £ 7.50 

NORDIC NOIR JEWISH STYLE 

Harri Nykänen, Kristina Ohlsson 

Chair: Adam LeBor | Interpreter: Merja Nykänen 

Nordic Noir has swept the world. Two of Northern 

Europe’s most celebrated crime fiction writers, 

Finland’s Harri Nykänen, creator of Jewish 

detective Ariel Kafka, and Kristina Ohlsson, 

one of Sweden’s foremost crime writers, introduce 

their latest Jewish-themed page-turners to UK 

audiences with fellow crime writer Adam LeBor. 

S T P 15:30-16:30 

FREE 

SCARY OLD SEX 

In Association with Bloomsbury 

Arlene Heyman 

Chair: Irma Kurtz 

In conversation with Irma Kurtz, Arlene Heyman, 

New York psychoanalyst and Bernard Malamud’s 

muse, introduces her debut collection of short 

stories, revealing what really goes on in people’s 

minds, relationships and their beds. Raw, tender, 

funny, truthful and often shocking, Scary Old Sex 

is a fierce exploration of the chaos and beauty 

of life. 

S T P 17:00-18:00 £ 6.50 


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SUNDAY 


NOT IN GOD’S NAME 

Jonathan Sacks 

Chair: Daniel Finkelstein 


In his powerful and timely new book, Not in God’s Name, Rabbi Jonathan 

Sacks, in conversation with Daniel Finkelstein, tackles the phenomenon of 

religious extremism. If religion is perceived to be part of the problem, he 

argues, it must also form part of the solution. To understand this, you first 

have to recognize the concept of ‘altruistic evil’, of violence committed in the 

name of God, and only by understanding our collective past will we be able 

to build a better future. 


THE SOHO CHRONICLES 

William Kentridge 

Chair: Matthew Kentridge 

In his book The Soho Chronicles, Matthew Kentridge 

documents the series of ten animated films made 

over 22 years by his brother, the internationallycelebrated 

artist William Kentridge. Set in their 

home city of Johannesburg, the films feature 

William’s alter ego, Soho Eckstein. The brothers 

discuss the evolution of technique, themes and ideas 

over time as the films – originally conceived as a 

distraction, something to fill the gaps between 

exhibitions – have magnificently exceeded their brief. 

H1 20:00-21:30 £ 24.50 

CATCH THE JEW! 

With thanks to Mr and Mrs M Green 

Tuvia Tenenbom 

Chair: David Aaronovitch 

Who is Tuvia Tenenbom, alias Tobi the German, the Bnei Brak-born gonzo 

journalist who goes where others fear to tread? Everywhere Tobi ventures 

he encounters anti-Israel sentiment or self-hating Jews. What does David 

Aaronovitch make of the conclusions Tenenbom draws from the adventures 

of his alias? Come and find out. 


WHAT HAPPENED AT THE METROPOLE: 

A PLAY IN TWO ACTS 

In Association with the Wiener Library 

What Happened at the Metropole is written by Adam Fergusson 

and Caroline Moorehead. It is a docudrama derived from the 

records of a meeting held by the International Red Cross in Geneva 

in 1942 in response to newly available evidence about the death 

camps. The play features characters based on real historical figures. 

An enacted play-reading presents leading actors, to include 

Eleanor Bron, Philip Fox, Ilan Goodman, Nicholas Jones and 

Sian Thomas. 

Directed by Tristram Powell, with script editing by Honor Borwick. 

FIVE SELVES 

Emanuela Barasch-Rubinstein 

Chair: Mekella Broomberg 

Scholar and author Emanuela Barasch-Rubinstein’s beautiful collection of 

short stories describes the ‘five selves’ of modern Israeli identity, covering 

diverse themes from intergenerational concepts of identity to mourning a 

father’s death. She is in conversation with Mekella Broomberg, JW3’s Head 

of Arts and Culture. 

S T P 18:30-19:30 

FREE 

The performance will be followed by a Q&A with Adam Fergusson 

and Caroline Moorehead. 

H2 20:00-21:30 £ 10.50 

AKIVA: LIFE, LEGEND AND LEGACY 

Reuven Hammer 

The legendary Akiva ben Josef has fascinated 

Jews for centuries. One of the most important 

early Jewish sages, his theology is still pondered, 

argued over and revered today. Rabbi Reuven 

Hammer throws new light on one of Judaism’s 

most powerful scholars. 

S T P 20:00-21:30 £ 6.50 


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LUNCHTIMES 

AT JW3 

TUESDAY, 23 FEBRUARY 

LUNCHTIMES 

AT JW3 

MONDAY, 22 FEBRUARY 

STOLEN LEGACY 

In association with the Second Generation Network 

Dina Gold 

Chair: Melanie Phillips 

Dina Gold’s Stolen Legacy: Nazi Theft and the Quest for 

Justice at Krausenstrasse 17/18, Berlin is a gripping story 

of her battle to reclaim the majestic six-storey building 

seized by the Nazis from her once-prominent Berlin family. 

Dina Gold outlines the unfolding of this unusual narrative 

in conversation with Melanie Phillips. 

13:00-14:00 £ 8.00 

£ 12.00 double bill 

BORN SURVIVORS 

In Association with the Austrian Cultural Forum 

Wendy Holden, Eva Clarke 

Chair: Jenni Frazer 

WHO WAS MOSES? 

Avivah Zornberg 


The life of Moses is full of ambiguity. He is one of the most significant 

figures in Jewish history, making a uniquely potent contribution to both the 

Jewish religion and the Jewish nation, yet he grew up as an Egyptian. His 

extraordinary legacy and dual identity willl explored by the eminent scholar 

Avivah Zornberg. 

13:00-14:00 £ 8.00 


ANTI-SEMITISM 

In Association with Biteback Publishing 

Frederic Raphael 

Chair: David Pryce-Jones 


In his powerful new polemic, Anti-Semitism, renowned novelist and 

screenwriter Frederic Raphael considers why intense hostility has been 

directed so relentlessly towards Jews for more than two millennia. Frederic 

Raphael is joined by David Pryce-Jones in a penetrating analysis of this 

crucial perennial question. 

14:30-15:30 £ 8.00 


TICKETS 

In Born Survivors Wendy Holden recounts the tale of 

three exceptional women. Priska, Rachel and Anka were 

strangers to each other, but they all survived the death 

camps, as did their new-born babies. Sixty-five years 

later the three ‘miracle babies’ met for the first time at 

Mauthausen on the anniversary of the camp’s liberation. 

Wendy Holden will be joined by Eva Clarke, one of the 

survivors, to be interviewed by the journalist Jenni Frazer. 

14:30-15:30 £ 8.00 


All festival events at JW3 should be booked directly through JW3. 

Box Office: 020 7433 8988 Website: www.jw3.org.uk 

WEDNESDAY, 24 FEBRUARY 

FERTILE IMAGINATIONS 

Tracy Chevalier, Esther Freud 

Chair: Olivia Lichtenstein 

Tracy Chevalier and Esther Freud, two of 

our finest novelists, are both contributors to 

Reader, I Married Him – a soon-to-be-published 

anthology of stories inspired by Jane Eyre. 

They talk about the creative process, their 

stories, writing historical fiction, and their 

latest novels, At the Edge of the Orchard and 

Mr Mac and Me, with documentary-maker 

Olivia Lichtenstein. 

13:00-14:00 £ 8.00 



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LUNCHTIMES 

AT JW3 

LUNCHTIMES 

AT JW3 

WEDNESDAY, 24 FEBRUARY 

THURSDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 

CAPTIVATING FICTIONS 

Polly Samson, Virginia Baily 

Chair: Linda Kelsey 

Two of our fastest-rising literary stars, author and 

editor Virginia Baily and Polly Samson, journalist, 

author and lyricist for some of Pink Floyd’s most 

celebrated songs, share a platform to discuss 

their compelling new novels Early One Morning 

and The Kindness with former magazine editor 

and author Linda Kelsey. 

14:30-15:30 £ 8.00 


BETWEEN TEL AVIV AND MOSCOW: 

A LIFE OF DISSENT 

Nir Arielli 

Chair: Anastasia Belina-Johnson 

The story of Leah Trachtman-Palchan’s migration from Eastern 

Europe to Palestine in 1921 proved anything but predictable. Her 

association with the Communist movement in Palestine led to her 

deportation by the British to the Soviet Union for 30 years, 

throwing her into the path of some of the most pivotal events of the 

20 th century. Her great-nephew, historian Nir Arielli, has edited her 

memoir and discusses this extraordinary life with musicologist 

Anastasia Belina-Johnson. 

13:00-14:00 £ 8.00 


OPERATION THUNDERBOLT 

Saul David 

In 1976 a group of German and Palestinian terrorists hijacked an Air 

France flight from Tel Aviv to Paris, eventually forcing it to land in 

Uganda. Operation Thunderbolt: Flight 139 and the Raid on Entebbe, 

historian and broadcaster Professor Saul David’s fast-paced 

account of the hijacking, details the daring and ultra-secret mission 

orchestrated by the Israeli government to save the hostages and 

end the terror. 

14:30-15:30 £ 8.00 


FRIDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 

GETTING THERE 

Find JW3 at 341-351 Finchley Road, London NW3 6ET. 

UNDERGROUND 

OVERGROUND 

Finchley Road 

(Metropolitan and Jubilee line) 

Finchley Road & Frognal 

BUS No. 13, 82, 113, 187 and 268 

CYCLING 

PARKING 

ACCESSIBILITY 

Covered storage for up to 50 bikes. 

Please enter using the Lymington Road 

entrance. 

Paid parking is also available at the O2 

Centre, 400m away. Free parking on 

Finchley Road and adjacent side roads 

after 7pm (6.30pm side roads) Mondays 

to Saturdays and all day Sunday. 

JW3 is an accessible building for people with physical 

impairments. Wheelchair accessible. Parking for disabled visitors 

is available, please call in advance to reserve a space. 

FOOD 

Zest is JW3’s award-winning café, restaurant and bar. It blends 

culinary cultures and the Tel Aviv vibe to create a more 

contemporary approach to Jewish cooking. 

TICKETS 

Call the Box Office on 020 7433 8988 

or visit the website: www.jw3.org.uk 

SPIES: FACT AND FICTION 

In Association with Halban Publishers 

Mishka Ben-David, Adam LeBor 

Mishka Ben-David served in Mossad as a 

high-ranking officer. Now a full-time novelist, he 

writes tense thrillers about Mossad agents 

worldwide. Forbidden Love in St Petersburg is his 

second translated novel and he talks about his 

time in Mossad and how it informs his writing. 

Adam LeBor is the author of several acclaimed 

works of non-fiction, including City of Oranges 

and a biography of Milosevic. His gripping thrillers 

are international bestsellers. The Reykjavik 

Assignment is his second novel to feature rogue 

ex-Mossad agent Yael Azoulay. 

13:00-14:00 £ 8.00 

CCJ 

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The Council of 

Christians and Jews 

Join us for 

Murderous 

Translations 

A discussion on Biblical translation 

featuring: 

Dr Harry Freedman 

Author of Murderous Translations 

Rt. Revd. Michael Ipgrave, 

CCJ Chair & Bishop of Woolwich 

Rabbi Dr Raphi Zarum 

Dean of LSJS 

Sunday 21st February | 18:30 

Kings Place 

Proud to be taking part in 

Jewish Book Week 2016 

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ART AT JBW 2016 

At Kings Place’s balcony level 

this year we look forward to 

welcoming you to ‘The 

Space’. This area, created by 

designer Elizabeth Harper, 

will host informal talks, 

readings and discussions on 

both Sundays. Drop in to 

take part in the ‘Death’ Café, 

to hear poetry readings and 

bite-sized talks. Everything 

happening at ‘The Space’ 

Wednesday, 13 January 

Jake Auerbach presents a screening 

of his film FRANK, to coincide with 

Frank Auerbach's current exhibition at 

Tate Britain. 

“FRANK is a film I thought I would never 

make. When the exhibition, now at Tate 

Britain, opened in the Kunstmuseum Bonn 

in June 2015, I filmed the show so that Frank 

(Auerbach) could see how it looked. I am a 

filmmaker and a little while ago we set up a 

projector and I filmed his responses to 

seeing the work after a break of up to 60 

years. The result is a film that unfolds an 

obsessive painter’s personal manifesto.” 

Jake Auerbach 

H1 19:00 £ 9.50 

FESTIVAL BOOKSHOP 

is free – we’d love to see Blackwell’s will once again 

you there! 

run our festival bookshop on 

Two young artists have been the entrance level at Kings 

commissioned to create Place. All signings for 

artwork for JBW Kings Place. speakers’ books will take 

Leni Diner Dothan and place on the balcony level 

Miranda Lopatkin examine following their events. 

the connections between 

love, life and art. Look out for 

our specially commissioned 

art installations throughout 

the building. 

Wendy Holden will speak at Bournemouth 

Central Library about her book Born 

Survivors, the story of three exceptional 

women and their babies who survived the 

horror of the Nazi death camps. Eva Clarke, 

one of the ‘miracle babies’, will join her. 

Date: TBA. Please email: 

vicki.goldie@bournemouthlibraries.org.uk 

LEEDS 

On Tuesday January 5 at 8pm, under the 

auspices of the Leeds Jewish Historical 

Society, the United Hebrew Congregation 

Leeds and UJIA, historian and broadcaster 

Saul David will present his new book 

Operation Thunderbolt at the UHC 

Synagogue, 151 Shadwell Lane LS17 8DW. 

On Monday February 29 at 8pm, under 

the auspices of the Leeds Jewish 

Historical Society and the United 

Hebrew Congregation Leeds, Professor 

Colin Shindler will present The Rise of 

the Israeli Right at the UHC Synagogue, 

151 Shadwell Lane LS17 8DW. 

For more information on both of these 

events, please contact Malcolm Sender: 

Phone 0113 318 6403 mobile: 07726 325 524 

or email: msender101@gmail.com 

LIVERPOOL 

On Thursday February 25, former Mossad 

agent turned novelist Mishka Ben-David 

will present his thriller Forbidden Love in 

St Petersburg at the Lee Park Golf Club, 

Childwall Valley Road L27 3YA. 

For more information please email: 

hilary@swedlow.co.uk 

Manchester is presenting a series of 

JBW satellite events featuring five 

Festival authors: 

On Sunday February 28 at Menorah 

at 6pm Wendy Holden and Eva Clarke 

will discuss Born Survivors with Gita Conn 

and at 8pm Saul David will present 

Operation Thunderbolt. 

Telephone: 0161 428 7746 or 

email: arts@menorah.org.uk 

On Wednesday March 2 at Yeshurun 

at 8pm, Dan Stone will discuss 

The Liberation of the Camps. 

Telephone: 0161 428 8242 or 

email: office@yeshurun.org.uk 

On Sunday March 6 at Bowdon 

(in conjunction with Hale) at 6pm, 

Colin Shindler will be speaking on 

The Rise of the Israeli Right; and at 8pm 

Thomas Harding will talk about The House 

by the Lake. 

Telephone: 0161 928 2050 

OXFORD 

On Thursday February 18 David 

Aaronovitch will present his latest book 

Party Animals: My Family and Other 

Communists with Rebecca Abrams 

at The Oxford Jewish Centre. 

For further information please telephone: 

07525 785 200 or email: enquiries@ojc-online.org 

A number of Festival speakers will also 

give talks at London schools, including 

Thomas Harding, Steven Gimbel, Nikolaus 

Wachsmann and Avivah Zornberg. 

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MISHKA BEN-DAVID served in the 

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MICHAEL BERKOWITZ is Professor of 

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TRACY CHEVALIER is a Washingtonborn 

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NICOLA CHRISTIE, editor of the JQ, 

has written for most UK broadsheets, 

and is the Film Programmer for UK Jewish 

Film. p18 

ALEX CLARK is a leading literary 

journalist and broadcaster who writes for 

the Guardian and the Observer and makes 

regular appearances on BBC Radio 4. p33 

EVA CLARKE was born at the gates of 

Mauthausen on 29 th April 1945. She 

regularly speaks in association with the 

Holocaust Education Trust. p36 

RUTH CORMAN is an art consultant, 

journalist and photographer who works on 

design projects worldwide. Her first book 

was a life of the photojournalist David 

Rubinger. p12 

ADAM FERGUSSON has been a 

journalist, politician, MEP, and special 

adviser to the Foreign Office. His five 

books include When Money Dies, a history 

of the Weimar inflation. p35 

PEDRO FERREIRA, Professor of 

Astrophysics at the University of Oxford, 

is author of The Perfect Theory, an 

acclaimed ‘biography’ of General 

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DANIEL FINKELSTEIN, formerly adviser 

to John Major and William Hague and a 

former executive editor of The Times, 

remains a Times columnist and associate 

editor and sits in the House of Lords. p34 

JONATHAN FOREMAN, journalist, 

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magazine, is now their Writer-at-Large and 

writes for publications including The New 

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BIOGRAPHIES 

JENNI FRAZER, Glasgow-born 

award-winning Jewish journalist, formerly 

assistant editor of the JC and now a 

freelance writer for UK national and Jewish 

newspapers. p16, 36 

BEN GOLDACRE, award-winning writer, 

Guardian ‘Bad Science’ columnist 

2003-2011, broadcaster and medical 

doctor, specialises in unpicking scientific 

claims. p26 

JAMES HARDING, a former editor of 

The Times, is BBC Director of News and 

Current Affairs. p21, 31 

ANDREW JAFFE is Professor of 

Astrophysics and Cosmology at Imperial 

College, London. p14 

WILLIAM KENTRIDGE is a renowned 

South African artist who exhibits 

worldwide and is the recipient of 

numerous awards and honours. He 

recently directed Alban Berg’s Lulu for The 

Metropolitan Opera. p35 

NATASHA LEHRER, writer, translator 

and editor, writes for publications 

including the TLS, the Guardian and the JC 

and is literary editor of the JQ. p26 

JONATHAN FREEDLAND, the 

Guardian’s executive editor, Opinion, 

weekly columnist, and winner of the 2014 

Orwell Prize, has also written bestselling 

thrillers as Sam Bourne. p24, 28 

HENRY GOODMAN is a leading actor, 

twice recipient of the Laurence Olivier 

award and winner of the London Critics’ 

Circle Award. He has recently starred as 

Volpone in the Trevor Nunn production. 

p10, 14, 16, 29 

THOMAS HARDING, a journalist and 

author, was shortlisted for the 2013 COSTA 

Biography Award and winner of the 

JQ-Wingate Prize for his bestselling Hanns 

and Rudolf. p31 

ELLIOTT JAGER, Jerusalem-based 

freelance journalist, former editorial page 

editor at the Jerusalem Post and founding 

managing editor of Jewish Ideas Daily 

(now Mosaic). p12 

JUDITH KERR is the celebrated author 

and illustrator of internationally acclaimed 

children’s books including Mog, The Tiger 

Who Came to Tea and When Hitler Stole 

Pink Rabbit. p15 

JEREMY LEWIS spent the first half of his 

career in book publishing before 

becoming a full-time journalist and 

biographer. He is Editor-at-Large of the 

Literary Review. p30 

HARRY FREEDMAN is a writer and 

academic with a PhD in Aramaic. His 

previous books include The Talmud: A 

Biography. p17 

ILAN GOODMAN is a RADA-trained 

actor who has appeared extensively on 

stage in the UK, most recently in Joshua 

Harmon’s Bad Jews. p35 

ELIZABETH HARPER trained as a 

theatre designer at the Bristol Old Vic 

Theatre School and works on productions 

in London and Bristol. p40 

NICHOLAS JONES is a RADA-trained 

English character actor whose many 

stage, film and television appearances 

include Philomena, Kavanagh QC, Foyle’s 

War and Spooks. p35 

FRANCESCA KLUG is a visiting 

professor and former Director of the 

Human Rights Futures Project at the LSE 

Centre for the Study of Human Rights. p11 

OLIVIA LICHTENSTEIN is a BAFTA 

award-winning documentary-maker, 

former editor of BBC’s Inside Story and 

author of two novels including Mrs 

Zhivago of Queen’s Park. p37 

HADLEY FREEMAN, author of The 

Meaning of Sunglasses and Be Awesome, 

is a staff writer for the Guardian and a 

contributor to US Vogue. p9 

LYNDALL GORDON, an award-winning 

literary biographer, is Senior Research 

Fellow at St Hilda’s College, Oxford. Her 

most recent book is a memoir: Divided 

Lives. p32 

MICHAEL HASLAM, musical director, 

conductor and pianist, is also a skilled 

arranger and orchestrator who has 

worked extensively in the West End, at the 

National Theatre and on tour. p10 

NICOLETTE JONES is a writer, critic and 

broadcaster, specialising in literary and 

arts journalism. She has been children’s 

books editor of The Sunday Times for 

more than two decades. p15 

HENRY KNOBIL, a company director, 

was born in Vienna in 1932. He has an 

honorary doctorate from Bar Ilan 

University and has chaired many boards. 

p12 

NATALIE LIVINGSTONE, began her 

career as a Daily Express feature writer 

and now writes for a variety of magazines 

and newspapers. The Mistresses of 

Cliveden is her first book. p15 

ESTHER FREUD was an actress before 

writing her first novel, Hideous Kinky, 

which was turned into a film. A former 

Granta Best Young British Novelist, she 

has published seven novels. p37 

GABRIEL GORODETSKY is a Quondam 

Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and 

Professor Emeritus of History at Tel Aviv 

University. p16 

SIMON HATTENSTONE, features writer 

and interviewer for the Guardian, also 

writes books including two e-book 

compilations of interviews with actors and 

major sporting figures. p12 

BEN JUDAH, journalist, foreign 

correspondent and author of Fragile 

Empire: How Russia Fell In and Out of 

Love with Vladimir Putin. p11, 30 

KATYA KRAUSOVA, Czechoslovakianborn 

independent film and documentary 

maker, is Co-Founder of Portobello Films 

which made the Oscar-winning Kolya. p17 

MIRANDA LOPATKIN has exhibited her 

work at the National Portrait Gallery, the 

Jewish Museum, PM Gallery and the Ben 

Uri Gallery and national and international 

private galleries. p40 

STEPHEN FROSH, Professor of 

Psychology and Pro-Vice-Master of 

Birkbeck, is author of numerous academic 

books including For and Against 

Psychoanalysis. p20 

JEREMY GAVRON, former foreign 

correspondent in Africa and India, is 

author of two works of nonfiction, 

including Encore Award winner The Book 

of Israel, and three novels. p29 

STEVEN GIMBEL is Professor of 

Philosophy at Gettysburg College. His 

latest books examine the impact of Jewish 

heritage on Einstein’s science, politics and 

life. p12, 14 

JOSH GLANCY is a feature writer and 

the deputy editor of The Sunday Times 

News Review. He also contributes to the 

JC and reviews books for the Literary 

Review. p11, 31 

VICTORIA GLENDINNING, biographer, 

novelist and critic, has written about the 

lives of many eminent writers including 

Leonard Woolf. She is currently writing a 

novel about nuns. p32 

ROGER GRAEF, documentary-maker, 

journalist and author, was awarded the 

BAFTA Fellowship Lifetime Achievement 

Award in 2014. p17 

STEPHEN GROSZ, a practising 

psychoanalyst and author of the 

bestselling The Examined Life, teaches at 

the Institute of Psychoanalysis and in the 

Psychoanalysis Unit at UCL. p23 

AYELET GUNDAR-GOSHEN is an Israeli 

author, scriptwriter and filmmaker who has 

won awards for her screenplays and films 

and the Sapir Prize for her debut novel 

One Night, Markovitch. p31 

EDITH HALL is Professor of Classics 

at King’s College London, a frequent 

broadcaster, and author of over 20 

acclaimed books on the classical era. p26 

REUVEN HAMMER is a world renowned 

scholar, Jewish educator and leader and 

winner of two National Jewish Book 

Awards. p35 

DAVID HERMAN produced TV 

programmes before becoming a freelance 

writer for journals including the JC, 

Prospect, Standpoint and the New 

Statesman. p29 

ARLENE HEYMAN a psychiatrist/ 

psychoanalyst practising in New York, is 

the recipient of Woodrow Wilson, 

Fulbright, Rockefeller and Robert Wood 

Johnson fellowships. p33 

FRANCIS HODGSON, Professor in the 

Culture of Photography at the University 

of Brighton, is photography critic for the 

FT and one of the founders of Prix Pictet. 

p22 

WENDY HOLDEN, journalist and former 

foreign and war correspondent at the 

Telegraph, is author and co-author of 

more than thirty books. p36 

MICHAEL IPGRAVE, Bishop of 

Woolwich, is current Chairman of the 

Council of Christians and Jews. p17 

TIM JUDAH is an author, reporter and 

political analyst for The Economist. His 

books include The Serbs: History, Myth 

and the Destruction of Yugoslavia and 

Kosovo: What Everyone Needs to Know. 

p30 

OLIVER KAMM is a leader writer and 

columnist for The Times whose book on 

grammar, Accidence Will Happen: The 

Non-Pedantic Guide to English Usage, 

was published in 2015. p13 

ANNE KARPF, writer, broadcaster, 

Guardian columnist and sociologist, is 

author of several books including The War 

After: Living With The Holocaust. p29 

LINDA KELSEY, former editor of 

Cosmopolitan and SHE, contributes to 

numerous magazines and national 

newspapers and writes novels about 

women’s lives and relationships. p38 

HELENA KENNEDY sits in the House of 

Lords, is a QC and campaigns tirelessly for 

social justice. The recipient of numerous 

honours, she has just been appointed 

Chair of the Booker Prize Foundation. p11 

IRMA KURTZ joined Cosmopolitan as 

agony aunt in 1972. A frequent 

broadcaster, she has also written three 

self-help books, two novels and three 

travel books. p33 

NICHOLAS LANDER, the FT’s 

restaurant critic and author of The Art of 

the Restaurateur, is a previous owner of 

the celebrated Soho restaurant, 

L’ Escargot. p13 

NICK LANE, Reader in Evolutionary 

Biochemistry at UCL, is author of three 

acclaimed books on evolutionary 

biochemistry which have sold more than 

100,000 copies worldwide. p24 

MARK LAWSON is a journalist, 

broadcaster and author. A Guardian 

columnist, he presented Radio 4’s flagship 

arts programme Front Row between 1998 

and 2014, and now presents Mark Lawson 

Talks To… on BBC Four. p24 

ZACHARY LEADER is Professor of 

English Literature at Roehampton 

University and author of many books. p29 

MARGARET MACMILLAN is Warden of 

St Antony’s College and Professor of 

International History at the University of 

Oxford. Her Paris 1919: Six Months that 

Changed the World won the Samuel 

Johnson Prize and she is the recipient of 

numerous other awards. p25 

BENJAMIN MARKOVITS grew up in 

Texas, London and Berlin. He teaches at 

Royal Holloway, University of London and 

is author of eight novels as well as essays, 

stories, poetry and reviews. p15 

MICHAEL MARMOT, knighted in 2000, is 

Professor of Epidemiology and Public 

Health at UCL and President of the World 

Medical Association. He is currently 

Bernard Lown Visiting Professor at 

Harvard. p23 

HENRY MARSH, a consultant 

neurosurgeon at London’s Atkinson 

Morley’s/St George’s Hospital from 

1987-2015, is author of the award-winning 

memoir Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death 

and Brain Surgery. p23 

TIM MARTIN is a writer and critic, with a 

regular column in the Daily Telegraph. p15 

DINA GOLD, former BBC investigative 

journalist and producer, lives in 

Washington, DC. She is a senior editor at 

Moment magazine and Co-Chair of 

Washington Jewish Film Festival. p36 

MICHELE HANSON, a Guardian writer 

for 30 years, whose autobiography What 

the Grown-ups were Doing was a Sunday 

Times bestseller. p30 

HOWARD JACOBSON, writer of 13 

novels and five works of nonfiction, 

commentator and essayist. He has won 

numerous awards including the 2010 Man 

Booker Prize for The Finkler Question. 

p28, 33 

MATTHEW KENTRIDGE is a 

management consultant and author, 

currently writing a novel for children. The 

Soho Chronicles is his first collaboration 

with William Kentridge. p35 

ADAM LEBOR is a British journalist, 

writer and novelist living in Budapest. His 

books include the Orwell Prize shortlisted 

Hitler’s Secret Bankers and the bestselling 

City of Oranges. p32, 39 

ESTHER MENELL arrived in England as a 

child at the outbreak of WW2; Oxford was 

followed by a long career in publishing at 

André Deutsch as a colleague of 

Diana Athill. p30 

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CAROLINE MOOREHEAD is the New 

York Times bestselling author of, among 

many books, A Train in Winter, the first in 

her Resistance Trilogy. Village of Secrets, 

the second, was shortlisted for the Samuel 

Johnson Prize. p35 

IAN MORRIS, Willard Professor of 

Classics at Stanford University, is Philippe 

Roman Chair in History and International 

Affairs at LSE IDEAS for 2015-16. p9 

SUSAN NEIMAN, an American moral 

philosopher who has taught at Yale and 

Tel Aviv Universities, is currently Director 

of the Einstein Forum in Potsdam. Her 

previous books include Moral Clarity. p11 

JULIA NEUBERGER is Senior Rabbi at 

West London Synagogue. A cross bench 

member of the House of Lords and social 

commentator, she writes and broadcasts 

on a variety of social and religious issues. 

p16 

HARRI NYKÄNEN, born in Helsinki, was 

a well-known crime journalist before 

turning to fiction in 1986. His thrillers 

feature Jewish-Finnish detective Ariel 

Kafka. p32 

BEN OKRI has published ten acclaimed 

novels, including the 1991 Booker Prize 

winning The Famished Road, as well as 

collections of poetry, short stories and 

essays. p17 

KRISTINA OLHSSON, now a full-time 

crime writer, previously a Counter- 

Terrorism Officer at OSCE, she worked for 

the Swedish Security Service and Ministry 

of Foreign Affairs. p32 

ARKADY OSTROVSKY is a Russianborn, 

British journalist who has spent 

fifteen years reporting from Moscow, 

first for the FT and then as bureau chief for 

The Economist. p21 

ROWAN PELLING, broadcaster 

and journalist, writes regularly for the 

Daily Telegraph, is the Daily Mail’s 

relationship columnist and has been a 

Man Booker Prize judge. p14 

DEREK PENSLAR is Stanley Lewis 

Professor of Israel Studies at Oxford. 

A native of California, he has taught at 

several universities including Toronto, 

Harvard and Columbia. p29 

STEWART PERMUTT won a Fringe First 

Award at Edinburgh for Real Babies Don’t 

Cry. Other work includes Unsuspecting 

Susan starring Celia Imrie and Love and 

Lust In Lewisham. p10 

JULIA PEYTON-JONES has been 

Director of the Serpentine Gallery since 

1991. In 2008 she was made both 

Professor at the University of the Arts, 

London, and Senior Fellow of the RCA. 

p32 

MELANIE PHILLIPS, award-winning 

journalist and author, is best known for 

her weekly column, now appearing in 

The Times about political and social 

issues and her appearances on Radio 4’s 

Moral Maze. p28, 36 

PETER POMERANTSEV, a former 

consultant for the EU and World Bank, 

spent ten years making TV documentaries 

in Moscow and is now a London-based 

journalist. p21 

TRISTRAM POWELL is a film and 

television director whose credits include 

adaptations of the novels The Ghost 

Writer by Philip Roth and Falling by 

Elizabeth Jane Howard. p35 

FRANCINE PROSE, Distinguished Writer 

in Residence at Bard College, literary critic, 

arts commentator and author of more 

than 20 books both fiction and nonfiction. 

p30, 32 

DAVID PRYCE-JONES was born in 

Vienna and has been a distinguished 

journalist, editor, author and commentator 

for more than five decades. p21, 37 

BENJAMIN QUASH, Professor of 

Christianity & the Arts at King’s College 

London, has been academic convenor of 

the Inter-Faith Programme at Cambridge’s 

Faculty of Divinity. p33 

TESSA RAJAK is Professor Emeritus of 

Ancient History at the University of 

Reading and Senior Research Fellow at 

Somerville College, Oxford. p26 

FREDERIC RAPHAEL, author of essays 

and fiction, won a Royal Television Society 

Award for his adaptation of his novel The 

Glittering Prizes and an Oscar for the 1965 

film Darling. p27, 37 

MATT REES is a crime writer and 

journalist. His first of four mysteries about 

Palestinian sleuth Omar Yussef won the 

UK Crime Writers Association ‘New Blood’ 

Dagger. p16 

CLAUDIA RENTON is a practising 

barrister who has also acted with the RSC 

and National Theatre. Her book Those 

Wild Wyndhams won the Slightly Foxed 

Best First Biography Prize 2014. p15 

HUGO RIFKIND, an award-winning 

Edinburgh-born journalist, writes for The 

Times, the Spectator and GQ and is a 

frequent panellist on BBC Radio 4’s The 

News Quiz. p18 

JANCIS ROBINSON, the first person 

outside the wine trade to pass the Master 

of Wine exams, travels the world as the 

FT’s wine correspondent and is an 

award-winning TV presenter. p13 

AARON ROSEN, lecturer in Sacred 

Traditions & the Arts at King’s College 

London, previously taught at Yale, Oxford 

and Columbia and is a guest curator at 

London’s Jewish Museum. p33 

MEG ROSOFF, Boston-born and 

Harvard-educated, moved to London in 

1989. She has won or been shortlisted for 

20 international prizes including the 

Carnegie Medal. p14 

HANNAH ROTHSCHILD, writer and film 

director, was recently appointed chair of 

the National Gallery and is also a vice 

president of the Hay Literary Festival. p30 

CLIVE ROWE is an award-winning actor 

whose work spans theatre, TV and film, in 

productions ranging from comedy, drama 

and the classics to musical theatre. p10 

ADAM RUTHERFORD, biologist, writer, 

broadcaster and presenter of BBC Radio 

4’s Inside Science, is an honorary Research 

Fellow at UCL and scientific adviser on 

many well-known movies. p24 

JONATHAN SACKS, former Chief Rabbi, 

is currently Professor of Judaic Thought at 

New York and Yeshiva Universities 

and Professor of Law, Ethics and the Bible 

at King’s College London. He sits in the 

House of Lords. p34 

POLLY SAMSON, a fiction writer and 

lyricist for Pink Floyd, has published two 

collections of short stories and two novels, 

Out of the Picture and The Kindness. p38 

PHILIPPE SANDS, Professor of 

International Law at UCL, is a QC 

attached to Matrix Chambers and writes, 

broadcasts and creates performancerelated 

events on human rights. p14 

MARCUS DU SAUTOY is the Simonyi 

Professor for the Public Understanding of 

Science and Professor of Mathematics at 

the University of Oxford, broadcaster and 

author. p17 

SIMON SCHAMA, Professor of Art 

History and History at Columbia 

University, writer, journalist and 

broadcaster has written and presented 

40 films for the BBC. p18, 28 

SIMON SEBAG-MONTEFIORE is an 

eminent historian and novelist, whose 

bestselling books, including Jerusalem: 

The Biography, have been published in 

over 40 languages. p9 

ANNE SEBBA, biographer, lecturer, 

journalist and former Reuters foreign 

correspondent, has written eight books 

and is chair of the Society of Authors. 

p15, 22, 32 

FRANCESCA SEGAL, is a writer 

and journalist. Her first novel The 

Innocents won many awards, including 

the 2013 National Jewish Book Award and 

the 2012 Costa First Novel Award. p9 

COLIN SHINDLER is Professor Emeritus 

and Pears Senior Research Fellow at 

SOAS, and author of eight books. p29 

ASAF SINIVER, Reader in International 

Security at the University of Birmingham, 

specialises in the politics, diplomacy and 

history of the Arab-Israeli conflict. p26 

ANDREW SOLOMON, writer, activist, 

lecturer on psychology, politics and the 

arts; winner of the National Book Award 

for The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of 

Depression and the Wellcome Prize for Far 

From the Tree. p16 

JASON SOLOMONS, author of Woody 

Allen: Film by Film, is one of the UK’s 

best-known film critics and interviewers 

on channels including the BBC, Sky Arts 

and London Live TV. p28 

DAN STONE, Professor of Modern 

History at Royal Holloway, London, is 

author or editor of over 14 books, including 

Goodbye to All That? The Story of Europe 

Since 1945. p18 

DANIEL SUSSKIND lectures in 

Economics at Oxford. He previously 

worked in the Prime Minister’s Strategy 

Unit, No 10’s Policy Unit, and as a Cabinet 

Office senior policy adviser. p27 

RICHARD SUSSKIND is President of the 

Society for Computers and Law and IT 

adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of 

England. p27 

ITAY TALGAM, a protégé of Leonard 

Bernstein, has conducted prominent 

orchestras and ensembles worldwide and 

teaches leadership to Fortune 500 

companies. p31 

TUVIA TENENBOM, author, journalist 

and dramatist, founder of the Jewish 

Theater of New York and author of the 

bestselling Alone Among Germans. p34 

ADAM THIRLWELL is the author of three 

novels, Politics, The Escape and Lurid & 

Cute. His work is translated into 30 

languages and he has twice been selected 

as one of Granta’s Best of Young British 

Novelists. p28 

SIAN THOMAS is a Welsh actress who 

has appeared on stage, TV and in films 

such as Harry Potter and the Order of the 

Phoenix in which she played Amelia 

Bones. p35 

JOHN THORNHILL, deputy editor of 

the FT and a former FT bureau chief in 

Moscow, Asia editor, Paris bureau chief 

and European editor. p16 

AYELET TSABARI, an Israeli-Canadian 

of Yemeni descent, is the recipient of the 

2015 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. 

p13 

ISSY VAN RANDWYCK is a triple Olivier 

Award nominee whose recent theatre 

work includes Closer Than Ever, Raving 

and A Further Education. p10 

EDMUND DE WAAL is one of the 

world’s leading ceramicists. His bestselling 

family memoir The Hare with Amber Eyes 

won many awards. p20 

NIKOLAUS WACHSMANN is Professor 

of Modern European History at Birkbeck 

and author of the prize-winning Hitler’s 

Prisons. p22 

ERICA WAGNER, New York-born literary 

editor of Harper’s Bazaar, former literary 

editor of The Times, a broadcaster and 

award-winning writer in many genres, 

including fiction, biography and poetry. 

p30 

DANIEL WILDMANN is a historian and 

film scholar. He is Acting Director of the 

Leo Baeck Institute London and Senior 

Lecturer in History at Queen Mary, 

University of London. p18 

KATE WILLIAMS, Professor of History at 

the University of Reading and author of 

both biographies and novels, writes for 

many newspapers and journals and is a 

frequent TV presenter. p9 

ROBERT WINSTON, Professor of 

Science and Society at Imperial College, 

London, holds many prestigious positions 

and honours and sits in the House of 

Lords. p12 

JONATHAN WITTENBERG is Senior 

Rabbi of Masorti Judaism UK. A leading 

writer and thinker on Judaism, he is Rabbi 

of the New North London Synagogue. p18 

A B YEHOSHUA, a leading Israeli author 

and social and cultural commentator, is 

recipient of many prizes including the 

National Jewish Book Award. p13 

RAPHAEL ZARUM, Dean of the London 

School of Jewish Studies and a Rabbi, he 

has also published papers on Quantum 

Chaos Theory. p17 

AVIVAH ZORNBERG teaches Torah at 

Jerusalem’s Hebrew University. A visiting 

professor at the LSJS, she lectures 

internationally in Jewish, academic and 

psychoanalytic settings. p20, 37 

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BATTLEBRIDGE 

BASIN 

Crinan St 

FESTIVAL 

INFORMATION 

BOOKING JW3 

For JW3 venue information, see pages 36 and 39. 

BOOKING KINGS PLACE 

Except where shown in the listings, events are held at 

Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG. Tickets can 

be bought through the Kings Place Box Office or online at 

www.kingsplace.co.uk/jbw. All prices shown in this guide 

are for online booking, which is cheaper than other 

methods. Please add £2 to the internet price if booking 

over the telephone or in person. 

ONLINE 

www.kingsplace.co.uk/jbw 

Secure online booking 24 hours 

BY PHONE & IN PERSON 

Kings Place Box Office 020 7520 1490 

BOX OFFICE OPENING HOURS 

12:00 – 19:00 Mon 

10:00 – 17:00 Tue 

12:00 – 20:00 Wed, Thur, Fri, Sat 

12:00 – 19:00 Sun 

Closed on Bank Holidays. Please note these hours are 

subject to change based on venue performance schedule. 

Please call the Box Office or check online for more details. 

MULTI-BUY TICKET OFFER 

SAVE 10% WHEN YOU BOOK 3 TO 5 EVENTS 

This offer is available online or by calling or visiting the 

Box Office. Discounts on multiple ticket purchases are 

calculated on the online prices. Tickets must be bought 

in a single transaction and are subject to availability. 

The Multi-Buy offer applies to most, but not all, events 

in Jewish Book Week. Events not eligible for the offer are 

marked as such in the programme and online. Multi-Event 

ticket offer does not apply to any JW3 Events. 

TICKET COLLECTION 

Customers who have chosen to receive tickets by post 

will receive them from the end of January onwards. 

Please note that we do not post tickets abroad. If you 

would prefer to collect your tickets they will be available 

to collect during opening hours from January or will be 

available for collection on the day of the event. 

FREE EVENTS 

Jewish Book Week offers some events free of charge. 

To attend a free event you need a ticket, which can 

be reserved in advance from the Box Office, up to 

two tickets per person. If you are unable to use your 

ticket please let the Box Office know as early as 

possible. Late-comers to free sessions may have 

their tickets re-allocated. 

RETURNS POLICY 

Kings Place does not offer exchanges or refunds but is 

happy to offer to re-sell tickets once all house seats have 

been sold and the event is deemed a sell-out. All re-sales 

are at the discretion of the Box Office. Tickets that have 

been sold will be refunded in the form of a Kings Place gift 

certificate valid for 12 months, which can be used in full or 

part payment for tickets for future events at Kings Place. 

VENUE 

Some events may be subject to a change of venue and/or 

start time. Please check for up-to-date information at the 

box office, on the Kings Place and Jewish Book Week 

websites, or on the information screens at Kings Place. 

H1 HALL ONE 

Assigned seating. Select your own seat when booking. 

H2 HALL TWO & S T P ST PANCRAS ROOM 

All seating is unreserved. 

LATE ARRIVALS 

If you arrive late for the start of an event or after an 

interval, we appreciate that you will want to take your seat 

as soon as possible. Kings Place staff will do everything 

they can to assist. To limit disturbance to fellow audience 

members and artists, they may have to ask you to wait 

until a suitable break in the performance. Occasionally it 

may not be possible to enter once the event has started. 

VACATING THE HALLS 

Between sessions it will be necessary to vacate each room so 

that staff can prepare the venue for the next session. Tickets 

will be checked each time you enter or leave the hall, so 

please ensure you have them ready to present. Please note 

that seats for general admission events cannot be reserved. 

PHOTOGRAPHY 

Taking pictures is prohibited during events, performances 

and concerts and in exhibitions. This also holds true for 

film, video and sound recordings whether inside a hall or 

around the building. Kings Place and Jewish Book Week 

may take pictures or film during your visit for later 

promotional use. For all other purposes prior written 

permission is required to film. 

BLACKWELL’S FESTIVAL BOOKSHOP 

The festival bookshop can be found in the Ground Level 

Foyer. Blackwell’s offers books by Jewish Book Week 

contributor and other titles of interest. The bookshop will 

be open at least 30 minutes before the start of the first 

session and until 30 minutes after the end of the last 

session each day. Opening times subject to change. 

AUTHOR SIGNINGS 

Speakers will sign books after their sessions. All signings 

will take place on the gallery level, -1. 

FOOD & DRINK 

The Green & Fortune Café will offer a selection of kosher 

sandwiches and snacks. The Rotunda Bar is the ideal place 

to meet or enjoy a drink after a talk. 

OPENING TIMES 

Monday – Wednesday: 11am – 11pm 

Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday: 11am – 12 midnight 

Restaurant: 12pm – 3pm & 5 – 10.30pm 

Bar food: 12pm – 10.30pm 

Sunday menu: 11am - 10.30pm 

JBW FRINGE 

This year as part of the 2016 JBW Fringe, set designer, 

Elizabeth Harper, is dressing The Space, located on gallery 

level -1, where the fringe events will be held. JBW has also 

commissioned two artists – Leni Diner-Dothan and 

Miranda Lopatkin – to create pieces reflecting the festival’s 

theme of Life, Death and Everything In Between. The 

works will be displayed on -2 level at Kings Place for the 

duration of the festival. These works are supported by 

Arts Council England. 

YOUR JOURNEY 

Kings Place is situated just a few minutes’ walk from King’s 

Cross and St Pancras stations, one of London’s most 

connected locations in London, and now the biggest 

transport hub in Europe. 

TUBE: The nearest tube station is King’s Cross St Pancras, 

on the Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City, 

Piccadilly, Northern and Victoria lines. The station has 

step-free access from the platform to street level. 

FOOT: Kings Place is situated on the Grand Union Canal 

towpath. From the tube station the quickest route is via 

the new King’s Boulevard. You may also walk up York Way. 

TRAIN: King’s Cross St Pancras and Euston mainline rail 

stations are nearby. Eurostar travellers from Europe arrive 

at St Pancras International. 

BUS: The 390 from Archway to Notting Hill Gate stops on 

York Way. King’s Cross St Pancras is also served by routes 

10, 17, 30, 45, 46, 59, 63, 73, 91, 205, 214, 259 and 476. 

CAR AND PARKING: Kings Place is easily accessible by 

car and is clearly signposted in the immediate area. If you 

are using satnav the postcode is N1 9AG. The building is 

not in the Congestion Charge Zone. Kings Place has no 

public car parking. The nearest public car park is at St 

Pancras International Station on Pancras Road, open 

24 hours/7 days a week including bank holidays. 

DISABLED PARKING: Blue badge holders can park 

anywhere on Crinan Street in bays which state ‘permit 

holders only’ (resident bays) or pay and display bays, 

free of charge and without time limit, as well as in disabled 

bays. Blue Badge holders may park on a single or double 

yellow line up to a three hour maximum limit, subject to 

loading or unloading restrictions or where the road is too 

narrow to park safely. Crinan Street is adjacent to Kings 

Place and offers level access to the building. 

BIKE: There is a Barclays Bike Hire Docking Station next 

door to Kings Place on Crinan Street, N1. For 

recommended cycling routes visit www.tfl.gov.uk or call 

London Travel Information on 020 7222 1234. 

ACCESS 

Kings Place aims to be accessible to everyone, and all 

performance spaces offer suitable seating for wheelchair 

users. Please let the Box Office staff know when booking 

if you have any access requirements or for a copy of 

the Kings Place Accessibility Guide email 

access@kingsplace.co.uk. 

The Box Office has an induction loop to help those with 

hearing aids. An infrared system is installed in Hall One 

and Two, with hearing advancement headsets available 

for visitors who do not use a hearing aid. Neck loops 

are also available to use with hearing aids switched to 

the ‘T’ position. 

All areas of Kings Place are accessible to those with Guide 

& Hearing Dogs. 

STAGETEXT 

A live speech-to-text service will be provided by Stagetext 

for deaf, deafened or hard of hearing visitors. These events 

will be demarcated by the symbol above. 

The provision is supported by a grant from 

Arts Council England. 

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THE JEWISH 

BOOK COUNCIL 

The Jewish Book Council was established in 1948 to promote the reading of books on all 

aspects of Jewish thought and culture. The JBC puts on Jewish Book Week, presents the 

Risa Domb-Porjes Prize for Hebrew-English Translation, and organises other book-related 

activities throughout the year. 

HONORARY LIFE PRESIDENTS 

Marion Cohen and Marilyn Lehrer 

PRESIDENT 

Anne Webber 

JEWISH BOOK WEEK OFFICE TEAM 

FESTIVAL DIRECTOR 

Lucy Silver 

lucy@jewishbookweek.com 

ADVERTISEMENT 

“Standpoint is a superb 

publication, always 

intellectually stimulating 

and insightful in 

its analysis” 

Former Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks 

CO-CHAIRS 

Gail Sandler and Lucy Silver 

HONORARY SECRETARY 

Romie Tager 

HONORARY TREASURER 

Peter Musgrave 

TRUSTEES 

Marion Cohen, Stephanie Marcus, Peter 

Musgrave, Andrew Renton, Gail Sandler, 

Lucy Silver, Romie Tager, Anne Webber 

COUNCIL MEMBERS 

Josephine Burton, Richard Camber, Avi 

Goldberg, Michael Goldhill, Judith Reinhold, 

Zoe Ross, Juliet Simmons and Philip Skelker 

PRODUCTION MANAGER 

Sarah Fairbairn 

sarah@jewishbookweek.com 

PROJECTS COORDINATOR 

Miranda Segal 

miranda@jewishbookweek.com 

HON SOLICITORS 

Dechert LLP 

AUDITORS 

Wilkins Kennedy LLP 

PROGRAMME AND WEBSITE DESIGN: 

Creative & Commercial 

www.creativeandcommercial.co.uk 

FOR SPECIAL CONSULTANCY: 

Nicky Mayhew 

“Standpoint is an 

intellectual and 

visual delight” 

Susan Hill 

WE WISH TO THANK: 

The Community Security Trust; the Staff at 

Kings Place and JW3; all the authors, artists 

and performers who have contributed to 

the festival; and organisations around 

Britain who host Jewish Book Week on tour. 

The Jewish Book Council is a registered charity no 293800 

To subscribe visit standpointmag.co.uk 

or call 0844856635 

£37.80 for 12 issues 

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