| Saturday 24 February |
| 8.30pm |
Behold, There Were Twins in her Womb (Gen19:24) One Birth, Two Sons, Three Approaches |
Robert Alter, Yair Zakovitch,
Avivah Zornberg |
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Sunday 25 February |
| 11am |
Web of Deceit |
Barry Lando, Philippe Sands
Tony Lerman (chair) |
| 11am |
Rome and Jerusalem |
Martin Goodman, Sean Kingsley
Geza Vermes (Chair) |
| 12.30pm |
The Attack |
Yasmina Khadra
Matthew Reisz (Chair) |
| 12.30pm |
Translation Masterclass |
Robert Alter |
| 2pm |
Taboos |
John Canter, Jeremy Gerlis, Jonathan Maitland, Arabella Weir
David Aaronovitch (Chair) |
| 2pm |
Janusz Korczak |
Sandra Joseph, Jonathan Salt
(Age 8 To 88) |
| 3.30pm |
Mr Gum |
Andy Stanton (Age 5 to 105) |
| 3.30pm |
Edgardo Cozarinsky in conversation with Julia Pascal |
Edgardo Cozarinsky and Julia Pascal |
| 3.30pm |
Walking tour of Jewish Bloomsbury |
Clive Bettington |
| 4.30pm |
Passions: Bob Marley |
Vivien Goldman |
| 5.30pm |
In Search of the Real Leonard Woolf |
Victoria Glendinning, Henry Goodman
Anne Sebba (Chair) |
| 5.30pm |
Graphic & Novel |
Joann Sfar, JT Waldman
Paul Gravett (Chair) |
| 7pm |
Self-Made Englishmen |
George Alagiah, Andrew Miller
Joanna Newman (Chair) |
| 7pm |
Corresponding With The Past An Israeli Born Author Bears The Scar Of The Holocaust |
Nava Semel
Tami Israeli (Chair) |
| 8.30pm |
No Laughing Matter |
Christopher Hitchens in conversation with Martin Amis |
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Monday 26 February |
| 11.30am |
Reading Group: Suite Française |
Naomi Lightman |
| 1pm |
Survivors' Stories |
Roman Halter, Peter Lantos
Joanna Newman (Chair) |
| 3pm |
Writers on Film: |
Aharon Appelfeld |
| 5.15pm |
A Celebration of the Life of Dr Risa Domb (1937-2007) |
In Association with the Cultural Department of the Israeli Embassy |
| 5.30pm |
Meet the Author |
Cecil Helman , 'Suburban Shaman: Tales from Medicine's Front Line' |
| 6.45pm |
Book Launch: "The Illusion of Return" |
Samir El-Youssef in conversation with Linda Grant |
| 8.30pm |
The Outsider |
Julia Kristeva in conversation with Eva Hoffman |
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Tuesday 27 February |
| School Day |
Nava Semel, JT Waldman, Anne Jungman |
Nava Semel, JT Waldman, Anne Jungman |
| 12.30pm |
Book Launch: Take Off Your Party Dress |
Dina Rabinovitch |
| 3.30pm |
Writers on Film |
David Grossman
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| 5.15pm |
Meet the Author |
Rohan Kriwaczek |
| 6.15pm |
Inspired by the Bible |
David Maine, Tamar Yellin
Rabbi Deborah Kahn-Harris (Chair) |
| 7.30pm |
Passion for Programmes |
Jeremy Isaacs |
| 8.30pm |
The Power of Prayer |
Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks in conversation with Leon Wieseltier
Andrew Renton (Chair) |
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| Wednesday 28 February |
| 1pm |
Doing Our Bit For a Better World |
Hilary Blume and Michael Norton
Edie Lush (Chair) |
| 3.30pm |
Writers on Film |
Philip Roth's Twenty First Century |
| 5.15pm |
Meet the Author |
Jonathan Wilson , 'A Palestine Affair ' |
| 6.15pm |
Passion: Jews on the record |
Norman Lebrecht |
| 7pm |
The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: A Tour of the Jewish Horizon |
Anthony Julius, Leon Wieseltier
Jonathan Freedland (Chair) |
| 8.30pm |
Great Writers of the 20th Century: Abraham Joshua Heschel |
Susannah Heschel
Jeremy Gordon (Chair) |
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| Thursday 1 March |
| 11.30am |
Reading Group |
Reuben Sachs |
| 1pm |
Living with Mother |
Michele and Amy Hanson Irma Kurtz (Chair) |
| 3.30pm |
Writers on Film: Saul Bellow's Gift |
Martin Amis interviews Saul Bellow |
| 5.30pm |
Meet the Author |
Olivia Lichtenstein |
| 6.45pm |
Bookniks: Postcards from the Unholy Land |
Idit Eshel, Etgar Keret, Avi Pitchon
Keith Kahn-Harris (Chair) |
| 8.30pm |
Is Humour Good for the Jews |
Adam Bloom, Judy Batalion, Sol Bernstein, Johnny Geller, Penelope Solomon
Jason Solomons (Chair) |
| 10pm |
Bookniks Session |
Idit Eshel, Sophie Hannah, Etgar Keret, David Maine,
DJ Jason Solonons |
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| Friday 2 March |
| 11am |
How to Write a Good Crime Novel |
Sophie Hannah |
| 11am |
How to Write a Good Children's Book |
Ann Jungman |
| 1pm |
The Dream of the Poem |
Peter Cole |
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| Saturday 3 March |
| 8.30pm |
I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman |
Nora Ephron in conversation with Mark Lawson |
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| Sunday 4 March |
| 11am |
Gabriel Josipovici in conversation with Bryan Cheyette |
Gabriel Josipovici, Bryan Cheyette |
| 11am |
Reading Louis Jacobs |
Josh Cohen (Chair) |
| 11am |
Michael Rosen |
(Age 5 to 105) |
| 12.30pm |
Rubies and Rebels |
Susannah Heschel, Julia Neuberger, Lynne Segal
Dina Rabinovitch (Chair) |
| 12.30pm |
The Seventh Gate |
Richard Zimler
Henrietta Foster (Chair) |
| 2pm |
Yiddish Civilisation: The Rise And Fall Of a Forgotten Nation |
David Schneider, Paul Kriwaczek |
| 2pm |
Remembering Babylon |
Marina Benjamin, Naim Kattan
Linda Dagoor (Chair) |
| 3.30pm |
Purim Puppet Show |
(Age <7) |
| 3.30pm |
Judith Kerr |
Judith Kerr
Geraldine Brennan (Chair)
(Age 8 to 88) |
| 3.30pm |
Shared Histories |
Manuel Hassassian, Benjamin Pogrund, Paul Scham, Colin Shindler (Chair) |
| 4.30pm |
Passion: Martin Gilbert Travelling In Search Of History |
Martin Gilbert |
| 5.30pm |
Michael Morpurgo |
Michael Morpurgo
(Age 8 to 88) |
| 5.30pm |
Missing Kissinger |
Etgar Keret in conversation with Hephzibah Anderson |
| 7pm |
Secrets and Lies |
Carmen Callil in conversation with Julian Jackson |
| 7pm |
Forgiveness and Retribution |
Judith Butler in conversation with Udi Aloni |
| 8.30pm |
Howard Jacobson in conversation with Peter Florence |
Howard Jacobson, Peter Florence |
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