Book Week starts tomorrow!

[Jewish Literary Foundation]

Events in-person and online at Book Week 24 from 2-10 March

https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/
With the Jewish Literary Foundation's 73rd annual festival beginning tomorrow, a look at this weekend's events and some highlights taking place next week, in-person & online
View the full Book Week 24 line-up (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/bookweek/24/events)
https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/bookweek/24/events
It’s a sell-out start tomorrow night so check for returns for Lemn Sissay: Let The Light Pour In (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/bookweek/24/event/lemn-sissay-let-the-light-pour-in)  and Being Jewish in Modern Britain (https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/words/being-jewish-in-modern-britain/) , while limited tickets remain for a live relay (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/bookweek/24/event/being-jewish-in-modern-britain-live-relay)  of the latter and Roger Lewis on Richard Burton & Elizabeth Taylor (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/bookweek/24/event/burton-taylor) .

Sunday begins with Torah and Tradition in an Age of Doubt (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/bookweek/24/event/torah-tradition-in-an-age-of-doubt)  and What is Jewish History For? (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/bookweek/24/event/what-is-jewish-history-for)  followed by Nicholas Hytner in Conversation (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/bookweek/24/event/nicholas-hytner) , Woman in Art: Helen Rosenau (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/bookweek/24/event/woman-in-art-helen-rosenau) , YIVO and the Recovery of Jewish Memory (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/bookweek/24/event/yivo-and-the-recovery-of-jewish-memory) , and Dannie Abse Centenary Celebration (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/bookweek/24/event/dannie-abse-centenary-celebration) . Free events include Adi Toch: Place to Place (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/bookweek/24/event/adi-toch-place-to-place) , Horror Movies in Israel
(https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/bookweek/24/event/horror-movies-in-israel)  and Jewish Dimensions of the War in Ukraine (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/bookweek/24/event/jewish-dimensions-of-the-war-in-ukraine) . Then in the evening there's Women in Intelligence (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/bookweek/24/events) , Bats & Mitzvahs: Jews & Cricket, (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/bookweek/24/event/bats-mitzvahs-jews-and-cricket)  Itamar Rabonovich & David Aaronvitch (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/bookweek/24/event/itamar-rabinovich) , Susan Rubin Suleiman: An Immigrant Girlhood (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/bookweek/24/event/susan-rubin-suleiman-an-immigrant-girlhood) , The Art of the Thriller (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/bookweek/24/event/the-art-of-the-thriller)  and Leonard Bernstein: Some Other Time (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/bookweek/24/event/leonard-bernstein-some-other-time) .
#BOOKWEEK24 HIGHLIGHTS IN-PERSON & ONLINE
https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/bookweek/24/event/iran-whats-next

As Iran holds its first election since the anti-government protests of 2022, we look at the country's past, present and future in a late addition to the programme. Jonathan Rosenthal is joined by Haaretz senior correspondent Anshel Pfeffer, academic & broadcaster Sharan Tabari and Economist defence editor Shashank Joshi.
Find out more & book (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/bookweek/24/event/iran-whats-next)

https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/bookweek/24/event/dickens-jews

In 1854, long before Jews Don’t Count, the Jewish Chronicle asked of Charles Dickens, why “Jews alone should be excluded from the sympathising heart of this powerful friend of the oppressed.” Helena Kelly joins Claire Berliner to explore his relationship with the Jewish community, from the relatives whose faith he strived to conceal to portrayals in his books.
Find out more & book (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/bookweek/24/event/dickens-jews)

https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/bookweek/24/event/sacks-greenberg-the-quest-for-orthodox-pluralism

A new model for acceptance between religions requires significant theological rethinking. Two of the most important Orthodox Jewish voices advocating change have been Irving Yitz Greenberg and Jonathan Sacks. Alon Goshen Gottstein, founder of the Elijah Interfaith Institute joins Dr Raphael Zarum to discuss Covenant & World Religions, his exploration of their moral and social views. Find out more & book (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/bookweek/24/event/sacks-greenberg-the-quest-for-orthodox-pluralism)

https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/bookweek/24/event/alphabetical-diaries

Multi-award-winning novelist and playwright Sheila Heti turns to non-fiction with the thrilling
confessional Alphabetical Diaries. She kept a record of her thoughts over a 10-year period, then arranged the sentences from A to Z. Passionate and reflective, joyful and despairing, she joins us online to discuss with The Future of Seduction author Mia Levitin.
Find out more & book (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/bookweek/24/event/alphabetical-diaries)

https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/bookweek/24/event/political-football

Proclaimed by its own fans as 'the most racist club in the country' Beitar Jerusalem FC has gone from the sports movement of a liberal national Zionism party to an overt symbol of right-wing views, Mizrahi identity and eventually hardcore nationalism. Shaul Adar joins The Goldberg Variations author and Millwall suporter Mark Glanville to discuss.
Find out more & book (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/bookweek/24/event/political-football)

View the full Book Week 24 line-up (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/bookweek/24/events)
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