Dara Horn, Mike Leigh & more on JLF Player

[Jewish Literary Foundation]

https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/

July 27, 2026

THIS MONTH ON JLF PLAYER
https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/jlf-player

Fancy listening to Dara Horn, Mike Leigh, Nicholas Hytner, Emily Maitlis, David Grossman and Daniel Finkelstein?

Want more time for inspiring talks and debates instead of endless scrolling? Perhaps you'd enjoy listening to music while cooking, or hearing authors read from their novels while you're out for a walk. Whatever you're looking for, we have something for you.

The JLF Player is where you'll find more than 1,000 talks, debates, performances and readings from Jewish Book Week and our year-round events – all free to watch or listen to whenever you choose.

To help you get started, we've put together a special selection featuring recent additions, recommendations from the team and a few of our biggest hits.

Read on for what’s trending this month on the JLF Player.


** CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES
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Applications are open for our six-month Jewish Playwrights Programme, led by award-winning writer Julia Pascal. Designed for emerging and early-career playwrights, the programme focuses on developing a full-length script through mentoring, dramaturgical feedback, peer support and an industry day with a leading director and professional actors. Apply by Monday 3 August at 5.00pm (BST).
APPLY NOW (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/awards-prizes/jewish-playwrights-programme)

Applications are also open for the sixth JLF-Genesis Emerging Writers Programme, offering structured support for writers of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Participants are paired with established authors and poets from our network and benefit from mentoring, bursaries, peer support and opportunities to engage with the publishing world. Apply by Friday 31 July at 11.59pm (BST).
APPLY NOW (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/programmes/genesis-emerging-writers-programme/applying-to-the-programme)


** JUST RELEASED
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Carole King: In Words & Music (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/videos/carole-king-in-words-music)
The Traitors Circle with Jonathan Freedland (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/videos/the-traitors-circle-with-jonathan-freedland)
A Poetry of Migration (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/videos/a-poetry-of-migration)


** TEAM PICKS
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Lapidarium: The Secret Life of Stones (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/videos/lapidarium-the-secret-life-of-stones)
Primo Levi: The Elements of a Life (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/videos/primo-levi-the-elements-of-a-life)
Michael Ignatieff: On Consolation (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/videos/michael-ignatieff-on-consolation)
Jewish Languages and Book Culture (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/videos/jewish-languages-and-book-culture)


** AUDIENCE FAVOURITES
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AI: A Guide for the Perplexed (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/videos/ai-a-guide-for-the-perplexed)
Abraham: The First Jew (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/videos/abraham-the-first-jew)
Jack Rosenthal: A Celebration (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/videos/jack-rosenthal-a-celebration)
Ethel Rosenburg: An American Tragedy (https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/videos/ethel-rosenburg-an-american-tragedy)

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