Our online festival starts Saturday!

[Jewish Book Week]

Talks, Q&As, panels and debates from 27 February until the end of March

https://jewishbookweek.com/

Jewish Book Week 2021 begins this weekend with two livestreams live from Kings Place on Saturday night, followed by 50+ events over the coming weeks with David Baddiel, Hermione Lee, Rob Rinder, Lionel Shriver, Elif Shafak, Matthew d'Ancona, Lipika Pelham, Michael Rosen & many more!
View the full line-up and book (https://jewishbookweek.com/upcoming-events/)
HOW TO WATCH OUR ONLINE FESTIVAL
https://jewishbookweek.com/upcoming-events/

You don't need to download anything to enjoy Jewish Book Week from wherever you are. All events you have booked for will appear under My List in the KPlayer section of kingsplace.co.uk (https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/kplayer/) . You can watch live or anytime until the end of March. And for best value you can purchase one of our Festival Passes (https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/jewish-book-week/) , covering either all 49 paid-for events or either of the Sundays.

Coming up at Jewish Book Week
FOOD WITH THE EXPERTS,
SATURDAY, 6.45PM GMT
Jewish Chronicle food editor Victoria Prever is joined by Observer restaurant critic Jay Rayner and Pen Vogler, author of Dinner with Mr Darcy & Scoff for a culinary chat to open this year's festival.
BOOK THIS ONLINE EVENT NOW (https://jewishbookweek.com/event/fresse-food-with-the-experts/)
MAHLER & HIS FAITH, SATURDAY, 8.15PM GMT
Norman Lebrecht, the world's bestselling author on classical music, returns with a musically illustrated lecture on the composer and his relationship with Judaism and Christianity.
BOOK THIS ONLINE EVENT NOW (https://jewishbookweek.com/event/mahler-and-his-faith/)
https://jewishbookweek.com/event/the-happy-traitor-spies-lies-and-exile/

THE HAPPY TRAITOR,
MONDAY, 10.30AM GMT
George Blake's death last year aged 98 lifted the embargo on Simon Kuper revealing for the first time the results of his unparalleled access and years of research on the most notorious double agent in British history. 65 years after he escaped from Wormwood Scrubs the extraordinary story of the last remaining Cold War spy can be told. The Financial Times columnist will be in conversation with fellow author and historian Helen Fry.
BOOK THIS ONLINE EVENT NOW (https://jewishbookweek.com/event/the-happy-traitor-spies-lies-and-exile/)

MAKING SENSE OF HATRED, SUNDAY, 1.45PM GMT
Delphine Horvilleur, France's third-ever female rabbi and known for her strong stance on social justice, joins Philippe Sands to discuss her hopeful and original new book Antisemitism Revisited.
BOOK THIS ONLINE EVENT NOW (https://jewishbookweek.com/event/making-sense-of-hatred/)
RESCUING JEWISH CULTURE,
SUNDAY, 10AM GMT
Elisabeth Gallas joins George Prochnik to discuss her award-winning account of the post-war project to restore, identify and return millions of Nazi-looted cultural treasures to their rightful owners.
BOOK THIS ONLINE EVENT NOW (https://jewishbookweek.com/event/rescuing-jewish-culture/)
https://jewishbookweek.com/event/living-with-other-species/

LIVING WITH OTHER SPECIES
3 MARCH, 10.30AM GMT
Humans have lived side by side with animals for millennia, but how much do we understand about this complex relationship? Broadcaster Matthew Stadlen, who combines his passions for photography and birdwatching in How To See Birds and Corvus author Esther Woolfson, who explores love, ownership and representation of animals in arts in Between Light and Storm, discuss our creature connections.
BOOK THIS ONLINE EVENT NOW (https://jewishbookweek.com/event/living-with-other-species/)

GERMAN JERUSALEM,
SUNDAY 4.15PM
Thomas Sparr joins the National Library of Israel's Stefan Litt to discuss the neighbourhood on the outskirts of the Holy City, known as  Grunewald on the Orient and home to many notable residents including poet Else Lasker-Schüler and intellectual Gershom Scholem.
BOOK THIS ONLINE EVENT NOW (https://jewishbookweek.com/event/german-jerusalem/)
OLIVER KAMM: MENDING THE MIND, MONDAY 12PM
The Times columnist and Accidence Will Happen author joins Spectator journalist and Week in Westminster presenter Isabel Hardman to reveal how he overcame severe depression and share insights into the condition from scientists, artists and writers.
BOOK THIS ONLINE EVENT NOW (https://jewishbookweek.com/event/oliver-kamm-mending-the-mind/)
https://jewishbookweek.com/event/boris-johnson-the-gambler/

BORIS JOHNSON: THE GAMBLER, 7 MARCH, 6.45PM
Having previously taken on Robert Maxwell, Prince Charles and Tony Blair, Tom Bower returns with his take on the Prime Minister's journey from journalism to No. 10, speaking with Johnson's Spectator successor Matthew d'Ancona.
BOOK THIS ONLINE EVENT NOW (https://jewishbookweek.com/event/boris-johnson-the-gambler/)

https://jewishbookweek.com/event/100-maps-for-the-next-100-years/

RESCUE: FROM GLOBAL CRISIS TO A BETTER WORLD
2 MARCH, 10.30AM GMT
Oxford University Professor of Globalisation and Development Ian Goldin explains how, in the face of catastrophic risks created by globalisation the pandemic could provide the catalyst to stop future health, climate and other crises, prompting urgently needed reforms to manage global risks and create shared prosperity.
BOOK THIS ONLINE EVENT NOW (https://jewishbookweek.com/event/100-maps-for-the-next-100-years/)

View the festival brochure (https://jewishbookweek.com/main-home-page/download-the-full-programme-here/)
FROM OUR FRIENDS AT THE ANGLO-ISRAEL ASSOCIATION
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