http://www.jewishbookweek.com en-us Jewish Book Week Jewish Book Week 2011 Jewish Book Council This has been our best Jewish Book Week ever! Thank you for your support. You can now listen to most of this year's talks as podcats. Looking forward to seeing you at JBW 2012 18 - 26 February at Kings Place This has been our best Jewish Book Week ever! Thank you for your support. You can now listen to most of this year's talks as podcats. Looking forward to seeing you at JBW 2012 18 - 26 February at Kings Place Jewish Book Week geraldine.d'amico@jewishbookweek.com http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/last-words.php Jewish Book Council Jonathan Freedland in conversation with Howard Jacobson The Finkler Question is the 'first unashamedly comic novel' to win the prestigious Booker Prize and flagrantly Jewish to boot. Howard Jacobson and Jonathan Freedland – two restlessly questing souls – will wrestle "finklerisms" in intellectual combat: Does Jewishness provide a "way in" to the deep and meaningful questions of life? Is life invariably melancholy? Are friends inevitably disloyal? Can love endure? Join these two mighty Mega-Wits in their contemplation of life's tragicomic dimensions as they compete for JBW 2011's final word. The Finkler Question is the 'first unashamedly comic novel' to win the prestigious Booker Prize and flagrantly Jewish to boot. Howard Jacobson and Jonathan Freedland – two restlessly questing souls – will wrestle "finklerisms" in intellectual combat: Does Jewishness provide a "way in" to the deep and meaningful questions of life? Is life invariably melancholy? Are friends inevitably disloyal? Can love endure? Join these two mighty Mega-Wits in their contemplation of life's tragicomic dimensions as they compete for JBW 2011's final word. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-38.mp3 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 20:00:00 GMT 97:03 Jonathan Freedland, Howard Jacobson http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/vasily-grossman.php Jewish Book Council Vasily Grossman Vasily Grossman is famous for his masterpiece Life and Fate and his writing as a reporter embedded within the Red Army, particularly for his powerful report on Treblinka. Robert Chandler (his translator and editor of The Road) will reveal to us Grossman not only as a heroic witness, but also as a supreme artist, focusing on Grossman's dialogue with another great short story writer, Isaak Babel. Janet Suzman will read from three of Grossman's recently published short stories. Vasily Grossman is famous for his masterpiece Life and Fate and his writing as a reporter embedded within the Red Army, particularly for his powerful report on Treblinka. Robert Chandler (his translator and editor of The Road) will reveal to us Grossman not only as a heroic witness, but also as a supreme artist, focusing on Grossman's dialogue with another great short story writer, Isaak Babel. Janet Suzman will read from three of Grossman's recently published short stories.. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-37.mp3 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 18:30:00 GMT 63:58 Vasily Grossman, Janet Suzman http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/the-third-man.php Jewish Book Council Peter Mandelson in conversation with Nick Cohen Join us for the launch of the paperback of The Third Man: Life at the Heart of New Labour. Expect new revelations. Join us for the launch of the paperback of The Third Man: Life at the Heart of New Labour. Expect new revelations. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-36.mp3 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 17:00:00 GMT 61:51 New Labour, Peter Mandelson, Nick Cohen http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/a-rift-in-time.php Jewish Book Council A Rift In Time Raja Shehadeh's uncle fled the Ottoman police, his family lost their prosperous home by the sea when Israel was created, his father was murdered and his everyday pleasure of walking in the hills around Ramallah is often ruined by checkpoints and barriers. He talks to Jo Glanville about life under the occupation, the limits of politics and the power of the pen. Raja Shehadeh's uncle fled the Ottoman police, his family lost their prosperous home by the sea when Israel was created, his father was murdered and his everyday pleasure of walking in the hills around Ramallah is often ruined by checkpoints and barriers. He talks to Jo Glanville about life under the occupation, the limits of politics and the power of the pen. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-46.mp3 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 17:00:00 GMT 59:50 Israel, Palestine, Occupation, Ramallah http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/an-unfinished-business.php Jewish Book Council An Unfinished Business Boualem Sansal is not afraid to tackle difficult topics. His novels, written in French, are banned in his own country, Algeria. An Unfinished Business is the story of two young men who discover their father was a Nazi who died without having paid for his crimes. It is the fruit of his 20-year study of the Holocaust and reflects the parallels he sees between Nazis and Jihadists. Boualem Sansal is not afraid to tackle difficult topics. His novels, written in French, are banned in his own country, Algeria. An Unfinished Business is the story of two young men who discover their father was a Nazi who died without having paid for his crimes. It is the fruit of his 20-year study of the Holocaust and reflects the parallels he sees between Nazis and Jihadists. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-45.mp3 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 15:30:00 GMT 64:29 Nazis, Jihadists, Holocaust, Algeria http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/we-had-it-so-good.php Jewish Book Council We Had It So Good Linda Grant talks to Joan Bakewell about her new novel, We Had It So Good, which takes us from the late 60s to today, following the lives of a group of friends from youthful idealism to middle-class successes, until the events of late middle-age and the new century force them to realise that their fortunate generation has always lived in a fool's paradise. Linda Grant talks to Joan Bakewell about her new novel, We Had It So Good, which takes us from the late 60s to today, following the lives of a group of friends from youthful idealism to middle-class successes, until the events of late middle-age and the new century force them to realise that their fortunate generation has always lived in a fool's paradise. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-35.mp3 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 15:30:00 GMT 57:54 Linda Grant http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/yehuda-halevi.php Jewish Book Council Freud's Escape from Vienna Freud escaped from Vienna with the help of a good Nazi Anton Sauerwald who in his spare time made bombs. In my book The Escape of Sigmund Freud I tell the story of how their relationship. Sauerwald organised the removal of all Freud's belongings from Vienna which is why you see the real analytic couch in the Freud Museum in Hampstead. Very unjustly Sauerwald was accused of war crimes after the war. I will also talk about Freud's experiments with cocaine which are the subject of Freud on Coke. Freud escaped from Vienna with the help of a good Nazi Anton Sauerwald who in his spare time made bombs. In my book The Escape of Sigmund Freud I tell the story of how their relationship. Sauerwald organised the removal of all Freud's belongings from Vienna which is why you see the real analytic couch in the Freud Museum in Hampstead. Very unjustly Sauerwald was accused of war crimes after the war. I will also talk about Freud's experiments with cocaine which are the subject of Freud on Coke. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-44.mp3 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT 61:38 Freud, Holocaust http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/gideon-levy.php Jewish Book Council The Punishment of Gaza He has been called "a propagandist for Hamas" by Israeli right-wingers but sees himself as a patriot who wants to be proud of his country. He tells Johann Hari what makes him angry and ashamed, his duty to fight injustice and inhumanity with his pen and his hopes for the future. He has been called "a propagandist for Hamas" by Israeli right-wingers but sees himself as a patriot who wants to be proud of his country. He tells Johann Hari what makes him angry and ashamed, his duty to fight injustice and inhumanity with his pen and his hopes for the future. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-34.mp3 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT 64:40 Gaza, Hamas, Intifada, Israel, Zionism, Palestine http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/who-do-we-think-we-are.php Jewish Book Council Who Do We Think We Are? Journalists Gary Younge and Jeffrey Kaye wrestle with "identity" in this thought-provoking session. Younge assesses that identity politics may be a great place to start an idea of self and community but a terrible place to conclude. Kaye examines what he terms 'coyote capitalism', a strategy which defines people, like other natural resources, as supplies to be shifted around to meet demand. Both writers offer a provocative critique of the way society works and the struggle to define community in the 21st century. Journalists Gary Younge and Jeffrey Kaye wrestle with "identity" in this thought-provoking session. Younge assesses that identity politics may be a great place to start an idea of self and community but a terrible place to conclude. Kaye examines what he terms 'coyote capitalism', a strategy which defines people, like other natural resources, as supplies to be shifted around to meet demand. Both writers offer a provocative critique of the way society works and the struggle to define community in the 21st century. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-33.mp3 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 12:30:00 GMT 61:22 identity http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/jellyfish.php Jewish Book Council Tel Aviv Stories The film, Jellyfish, captures the hidden narratives of everyday Tel-Aviv life and draws a vision of the hundred-year old city which is both more seedy and magical than often meets the eye. To mark the publication of the film's screenplay, Shira Geffen, writer and co-director (along with Etgar Keret) talks to Linda Grant about the film and untold stories which fill the city. The film, Jellyfish, captures the hidden narratives of everyday Tel-Aviv life and draws a vision of the hundred-year old city which is both more seedy and magical than often meets the eye. To mark the publication of the film's screenplay, Shira Geffen, writer and co-director (along with Etgar Keret) talks to Linda Grant about the film and untold stories which fill the city. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-43.mp3 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 11:00:00 GMT 52:28 Tel Aviv http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/turbulent-times.php Jewish Book Council Turbulent Times The Jewish people have always been a disputatious lot. In the contemporary British Jewish community, issues such as attitudes to Israel, antisemitism, Jewish practice and schooling can be deeply divisive. Debates in the Jewish community can often be bitter, angry and alienating. So how can Jews maintain a sense of community and people-hood in the face of such differences? Can a more civil discourse replace some of the angry accusations and counter-accusations? Hear four very different panellists in what promises to be a lively discussion. The Jewish people have always been a disputatious lot. In the contemporary British Jewish community, issues such as attitudes to Israel, antisemitism, Jewish practice and schooling can be deeply divisive. Debates in the Jewish community can often be bitter, angry and alienating. So how can Jews maintain a sense of community and people-hood in the face of such differences? Can a more civil discourse replace some of the angry accusations and counter-accusations? Hear four very different panellists in what promises to be a lively discussion. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-42.mp3 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 11:00:00 GMT 72:48 Jon Boyd, Keith Kahn Harris, Melanie Phillips, Miri Weingarten, Martin Bright http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/balfour-declaration.php Jewish Book Council The Balfour Declaration The story of the Balfour Declaration is a tale full of intrigue, betrayal, adventure, death and triumph. Jonathan Schneer shows English diplomats' desperate efforts to balance Jewish, Turkish, French and Arab interests. Jonathan Schneer discusses his much acclaimed book, The Balfour Declaration, with Tom Fraser. The story of the Balfour Declaration is a tale full of intrigue, betrayal, adventure, death and triumph. Jonathan Schneer shows English diplomats' desperate efforts to balance Jewish, Turkish, French and Arab interests. Jonathan Schneer discusses his much acclaimed book, The Balfour Declaration, with Tom Fraser. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-32.mp3 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 11:00:00 GMT 57:46 The Balfour Declaration http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/true-tales.php Jewish Book Council True Tales Our totally true storytelling club is back. Come and be seduced, shocked and tickled. We have selected some of our favourite writers to reveal true moments of beauty, awkwardness, tragedy and hilarity all packaged in 10-minute stories and told with no notes. This year's theme is 'Close Call'. Expect the unexpected. Our totally true storytelling club is back. Come and be seduced, shocked and tickled. We have selected some of our favourite writers to reveal true moments of beauty, awkwardness, tragedy and hilarity all packaged in 10-minute stories and told with no notes. This year's theme is 'Close Call'. Expect the unexpected. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-31.mp3 Sat, 05 Mar 2011 21:00:00 GMT 73:35 Storytelling http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/the-death-of-eli-gold.php Jewish Book Council The Death of Eli Gold The Death of Eli Gold is a comedy, a thriller, and a meditation on love, death, aging, sex, America and fame. Inspired by Saul Bellow, Philip Roth, John Updike, Norman Mailer and Arthur Koestler, it is both a hymn to, and a critique of, that generation of writers whose greatness gave them a license to disregard the damage they caused all around them, especially to their women and children. David Baddiel tells us about his literary heroes, making people laugh about religion, and writing fiction. The Death of Eli Gold is a comedy, a thriller, and a meditation on love, death, aging, sex, America and fame. Inspired by Saul Bellow, Philip Roth, John Updike, Norman Mailer and Arthur Koestler, it is both a hymn to, and a critique of, that generation of writers whose greatness gave them a license to disregard the damage they caused all around them, especially to their women and children. David Baddiel tells us about his literary heroes, making people laugh about religion, and writing fiction. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-30.mp3 Sat, 05 Mar 2011 19:30:00 GMT 58:43 Saul Bellow, Philip Roth, John Updike, Norman Mailer and Arthur Koestler http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/berlin-at-war.php Jewish Book Council Berlin at War Roger Moorhouse's bird's eye-view of life in Berlin under Nazism using memoirs, diaries and interviews charts the violent humbling of a once-proud metropolis: the fear, the cruelty, the petty heroism and the individual tragedy. Daniel Silver retraces the amazing story of the Jewish Hospital, which miraculously functioned throughout the war. They tell Ben Barkow some of the amazing stories they discovered. Roger Moorhouse's bird's eye-view of life in Berlin under Nazism using memoirs, diaries and interviews charts the violent humbling of a once-proud metropolis: the fear, the cruelty, the petty heroism and the individual tragedy. Daniel Silver retraces the amazing story of the Jewish Hospital, which miraculously functioned throughout the war. They tell Ben Barkow some of the amazing stories they discovered. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-29.mp3 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:00:00 GMT 66:54 World War Two, Germany, Aliyah, Refugees http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/translating-anne-frank.php Jewish Book Council Translating Anne Frank Most of Anne Frank's readers come to her diary through a translation. How much has this affected our experience of this iconic piece of writing? How much is the voice we feel we know so well really the creation of her translators? Two prize-winning Dutch-English translators will produce independent versions of a passage of Anne's diary (without consulting one another!), and they will present, compare, discuss and defend their rival versions in front of a JBW audience. Most of Anne Frank's readers come to her diary through a translation. How much has this affected our experience of this iconic piece of writing? How much is the voice we feel we know so well really the creation of her translators? Two prize-winning Dutch-English translators will produce independent versions of a passage of Anne's diary (without consulting one another!), and they will present, compare, discuss and defend their rival versions in front of a JBW audience. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-28.mp3 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:00:00 GMT 81:26 Anne Frank, Holocaust http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/arabs-and-the-holocaust.php Jewish Book Council The Arabs and the Holocaust Arab and Israeli reactions to the Holocaust differ naturally and are yet closely interconnected, as the Nazi genocide of the Jews has become the object of various and often symmetrical forms of instrumentalisation on both sides of the Middle East conflict. Paying tribute to Tom Segev's study of Israeli reactions in his best-selling The Seventh Million, Gilbert Achcar's most recent book explores the Arab side of this history in all its complexity from the 1930s to our time. A dialogue between these two critical minded authors is a unique opportunity that should not be missed. Arab and Israeli reactions to the Holocaust differ naturally and are yet closely interconnected, as the Nazi genocide of the Jews has become the object of various and often symmetrical forms of instrumentalisation on both sides of the Middle East conflict. Paying tribute to Tom Segev's study of Israeli reactions in his best-selling The Seventh Million, Gilbert Achcar's most recent book explores the Arab side of this history in all its complexity from the 1930s to our time. A dialogue between these two critical minded authors is a unique opportunity that should not be missed. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-27.mp3 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:30:00 GMT 77:03 Arabs, Holocaust http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/banking-then-and-now.php Jewish Book Council Banking Then and Now With access to 10,000 letters and a wealth of previously unpublished material, Niall Ferguson's compelling biography: High Financier: The Lives and Time of Siegmund Warburg took 12 years to write. Amassing a personal fortune of a mere £2,000,000, Warburg was not an exceptionally wealthy man even by the standards of his day, in the sense of "megabucks". Deriving from an epoch where banking was still relationship-driven "haute banque", rather than our era of abstract finance and sub-prime mortgages, Warburg was nevertheless master of the modern merger and "father of the Eurobond". Warburg's elusiveness was legendary, but so is Niall Ferguson's acuity. With access to 10,000 letters and a wealth of previously unpublished material, Niall Ferguson's compelling biography: High Financier: The Lives and Time of Siegmund Warburg took 12 years to write. Amassing a personal fortune of a mere £2,000,000, Warburg was not an exceptionally wealthy man even by the standards of his day, in the sense of "megabucks". Deriving from an epoch where banking was still relationship-driven "haute banque", rather than our era of abstract finance and sub-prime mortgages, Warburg was nevertheless master of the modern merger and "father of the Eurobond". Warburg's elusiveness was legendary, but so is Niall Ferguson's acuity. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-25.mp3 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:00:00 GMT 61:29 Banking http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/meet-the-author.php Jewish Book Council Ways of Staying When his cousin was killed in the Zululand hills, journalist Kevin Bloom's reporting of South Africa's tempestuous social upheaval took on a deeply personal aspect. Bloom explores what life is like for white South Africans under majority rule and how tragedy still haunts the re-born rainbow nation. When his cousin was killed in the Zululand hills, journalist Kevin Bloom's reporting of South Africa's tempestuous social upheaval took on a deeply personal aspect. Bloom explores what life is like for white South Africans under majority rule and how tragedy still haunts the re-born rainbow nation. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-26.mp3 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:30:00 GMT 69:20 Janet Suzman http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/question-of-age.php Jewish Book Council A Question of Age Mid-life mum Cari Rosen certainly found out that age matters in more than one hilarious way. But age is not all gloom and doom, as Jane Miller, from a considerably more advanced vantage point, considers in her literate and witty exploration. They share anecdotes, wisdom and possibly advice. Mid-life mum Cari Rosen certainly found out that age matters in more than one hilarious way. But age is not all gloom and doom, as Jane Miller, from a considerably more advanced vantage point, considers in her literate and witty exploration. They share anecdotes, wisdom and possibly advice. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-24.mp3 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 13:00:00 GMT 61:56 Cari Rosen http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/clive-james-pascal-bruckner.php Jewish Book Council Clive James in conversation with Pascal Bruckner Pascal Bruckner is not afraid of controversy. Original and unconventional, the author of The Tyranny of Guilt: An Essay on Western Masochism has garnered praise from Nick Cohen, Christopher Hitchens and, of course, the brilliant polymath Clive James. He came to fame as one of the "nouveaux philosophes" together with Bernard-Henri Lévy, had a novel made into a film by Roman Polanski (Bitter Moon) and writes lucid prose. Pascal Bruckner is not afraid of controversy. Original and unconventional, the author of The Tyranny of Guilt: An Essay on Western Masochism has garnered praise from Nick Cohen, Christopher Hitchens and, of course, the brilliant polymath Clive James. He came to fame as one of the "nouveaux philosophes" together with Bernard-Henri Lévy, had a novel made into a film by Roman Polanski (Bitter Moon) and writes lucid prose. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-25.mp3 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:30:00 GMT 65:43 Clive James http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/tom-segev-simon-wiesenthal.php Jewish Book Council Simon Wiesenthal: The Life and Legends In his research for his biography of Simon Weisenthal, Tom Segev had access to previously unseen and recently declassified papers, rendering this the first fully documented biography of the world-renowned Nazi-hunter. Segev uncovers and places into context, Wiesenthal's relationship with Mossad, his real involvement in Eichmann's arrest, the unlikely friendships he formed with Kurt Waldheim and Albert Speer and the nature of his rivalry with Elie Wiesel. In his research for his biography of Simon Weisenthal, Tom Segev had access to previously unseen and recently declassified papers, rendering this the first fully documented biography of the world-renowned Nazi-hunter. Segev uncovers and places into context, Wiesenthal's relationship with Mossad, his real involvement in Eichmann's arrest, the unlikely friendships he formed with Kurt Waldheim and Albert Speer and the nature of his rivalry with Elie Wiesel. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-22.mp3 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 19:00:00 GMT 66:15 Holocaust,Simon Wiesenthal,Tom Segev http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/silent-words.php Jewish Book Council Silent Words Johanna Adorjan and Merilyn Moos both grew up with vast areas of silence, things that could not be spoken about. Echoes of the holocaust linger into the silence of the next generation and it is these ripples which both writers attempt to articulate. Johanna Adorjan and Merilyn Moos both grew up with vast areas of silence, things that could not be spoken about. Echoes of the holocaust linger into the silence of the next generation and it is these ripples which both writers attempt to articulate. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-21.mp3 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:30:00 GMT 51:40 Holocaust http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/haunting-memories-fractured-identities.php Jewish Book Council Haunting Memories and Fractured Identities Two strikingly new voices at JBW, original and poetic, revisit the themes of loss and belonging, nourished by their own experiences. In Jenny Erbenbeck's haunting novel, Visitation the inhabitants of a house by a lake are displaced by history, one family after the other. Julya Rabinovich's Splithead traces the story of a young girl is taken on a plane from Leningrad, without knowing that she is leaving the country for good. Discover how beautiful writing is borne from the pain of a heavy history. Two strikingly new voices at JBW, original and poetic, revisit the themes of loss and belonging, nourished by their own experiences. In Jenny Erbenbeck's haunting novel, Visitation the inhabitants of a house by a lake are displaced by history, one family after the other. Julya Rabinovich's Splithead traces the story of a young girl is taken on a plane from Leningrad, without knowing that she is leaving the country for good. Discover how beautiful writing is borne from the pain of a heavy history. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-20.mp3 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:00:00 GMT 62:32 Jenny Erpenbeck and Julya Rabinovich http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/nicole-krauss.php Jewish Book Council Great House Nicole Krauss mesmerised readers, critics and judges of literary prizes alike with The History of Love. Her third novel, Great House, a 2010 National Book Award nominee, looks set to do the same. Her writing isn't just appreciated - it is loved. Her books are about memory in the face of loss, the nature of love and the strange and intimate connections fostered between people. But mostly, they are about writing, and its power to change lives. Nicole Krauss mesmerised readers, critics and judges of literary prizes alike with The History of Love. Her third novel, Great House, a 2010 National Book Award nominee, looks set to do the same. Her writing isn't just appreciated - it is loved. Her books are about memory in the face of loss, the nature of love and the strange and intimate connections fostered between people. But mostly, they are about writing, and its power to change lives. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-19.mp3 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:30:00 GMT 67:23 Nicole Krauss http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/cookbook-collectors.php Jewish Book Council Eat, Write, Love Recipe for a delectable and stimulating talk: take an award-winning novelist and a fabulous cookbook writer. Add a flavour of Jane Austen, equal doses of intelligence, humour and sensibility. Sprinkle with business acumen, passion and sympathy. Let the audience add their pinch of salt. To be consumed and enjoyed immediately. Recipe for a delectable and stimulating talk: take an award-winning novelist and a fabulous cookbook writer. Add a flavour of Jane Austen, equal doses of intelligence, humour and sensibility. Sprinkle with business acumen, passion and sympathy. Let the audience add their pinch of salt. To be consumed and enjoyed immediately. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-18.mp3 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:00:00 GMT 58:55 Gefiltefest, Jewish Cookery http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/cookbook-collectors.php Jewish Book Council Eat, Write, Love Recipe for a delectable and stimulating talk: take an award-winning novelist and a fabulous cookbook writer. Add a flavour of Jane Austen, equal doses of intelligence, humour and sensibility. Sprinkle with business acumen, passion and sympathy. Let the audience add their pinch of salt. To be consumed and enjoyed immediately. Recipe for a delectable and stimulating talk: take an award-winning novelist and a fabulous cookbook writer. Add a flavour of Jane Austen, equal doses of intelligence, humour and sensibility. Sprinkle with business acumen, passion and sympathy. Let the audience add their pinch of salt. To be consumed and enjoyed immediately. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-18.mp3 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:00:00 GMT 58:55 Gefiltefest, Jewish Cookery http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/flavours-of-babylon.php Flavours of Babylon Refugee and Survivors Strories Following a screening of Sephardi Voices, in which seven Jewish men and women from Iraq, Egypt, Iran and Morocco tell their stories of coexistence and persecution, emigration and new beginnings, Linda Dangoor evokes the flavours of Babylon she has captured in her cookbook and what they mean to her. Following a screening of Sephardi Voices, in which seven Jewish men and women from Iraq, Egypt, Iran and Morocco tell their stories of coexistence and persecution, emigration and new beginnings, Linda Dangoor evokes the flavours of Babylon she has captured in her cookbook and what they mean to her. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-17.mp3 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:00:00 GMT 61:33 Cookery http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/refugee-and-survivors-stories.php Jewish Book Council Refugee and Survivors Strories Tony Grenville is the author of the first history of the refugees who fled to Britain from German-speaking lands, from their arrival in the mid-thirties, to their eventual settlement. Bob Moore's groundbreaking Survivors explores the strategies that enabled Jews to escape or hide from the Nazis, particularly in France, Belgium and Holland. Tony Grenville is the author of the first history of the refugees who fled to Britain from German-speaking lands, from their arrival in the mid-thirties, to their eventual settlement. Bob Moore's groundbreaking Survivors explores the strategies that enabled Jews to escape or hide from the Nazis, particularly in France, Belgium and Holland. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-16.mp3 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:30:00 GMT 67:27 Holocaust http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/the-hare-with-amber-eyes.php Jewish Book Council The Hare with Amber Eyes The internationally acclaimed ceramicist, Edmund de Waal, retraced the history of his family through an inherited collection of netsuke - tiny Japanese figurines. He talks here to James Harding about the painstaking journey he unwittingly embarked upon. He evokes vanished worlds - whether 19th century Paris or 20th Vienna - exquisitely, conveying the horrors of the destruction of cosmopolitan Europe and exploring the relationship between collectors and their collections. The internationally acclaimed ceramicist, Edmund de Waal, retraced the history of his family through an inherited collection of netsuke - tiny Japanese figurines. He talks here to James Harding about the painstaking journey he unwittingly embarked upon. He evokes vanished worlds - whether 19th century Paris or 20th Vienna - exquisitely, conveying the horrors of the destruction of cosmopolitan Europe and exploring the relationship between collectors and their collections. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-15.mp3 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:30:00 GMT 70:03 Edmund de Waal http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/poetry-ruth-fainlight.php Jewish Book Council Poetry Each of Ruth Fainlight's poems is a balancing act between thought and feeling, revealing otherness within the everyday. She reads from her New and Collected Poems, covering work written over 50 years. Each of Ruth Fainlight's poems is a balancing act between thought and feeling, revealing otherness within the everyday. She reads from her New and Collected Poems, covering work written over 50 years. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-14.mp3 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:30:00 GMT 28:52 Ruth Fainlight http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/arthur-miller-biography.php Jewish Book Council Arthur Miller Biography, Part 2 Back by popular demand, Christopher Bigsby returns to JBW to talk to us about Arthur Miller from 1962 - the year of Marilyn's death - to that of the playwright's own in 2005. He will shed new light on his complexities, his politics, his growing awareness of the impact of Holocaust and the way he not only captured a changing America, but helped to change it. Back by popular demand, Christopher Bigsby returns to JBW to talk to us about Arthur Miller from 1962 - the year of Marilyn's death - to that of the playwright's own in 2005. He will shed new light on his complexities, his politics, his growing awareness of the impact of Holocaust and the way he not only captured a changing America, but helped to change it. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-13.mp3 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:00:00 GMT 57:39 Arthur Miller http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/lives-remembered.php Jewish Book Council Lives Remembered Miriam Frank had to adjust to new countries and new languages before becoming a successful anaesthetist and respected translator. Prolific writer Rosemary Friedman gives us an insight into the world of books, theatre and television. Together they discuss what is remembered, revealed or kept silent in autobiographies. Miriam Frank had to adjust to new countries and new languages before becoming a successful anaesthetist and respected translator. Prolific writer Rosemary Friedman gives us an insight into the world of books, theatre and television. Together they discuss what is remembered, revealed or kept silent in autobiographies. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-11.mp3 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:00:00 GMT 47:59 Autobiography http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/eve-ensler.php Jewish Book Council All About Eve Eve Ensler, author of the groundbreaking The Vagina Monologues presents her latest project, New York Times bestseller: I Am An Emotional Creature: Stories of Girlhood From Around the World. In giving voice to the submerged narratives of girls through a series of beautifully crafted expressions, she captures their pain, celebration and, ultimately, their resilience. Eve Ensler, author of the groundbreaking The Vagina Monologues presents her latest project, New York Times bestseller: I Am An Emotional Creature: Stories of Girlhood From Around the World. In giving voice to the submerged narratives of girls through a series of beautifully crafted expressions, she captures their pain, celebration and, ultimately, their resilience. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-09.mp3 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 20:30:00 GMT 91:36 Eve Ensler http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/how-jew-in-gustav-mahler-changed-music-of-the-west.php Jewish Book Council How the Jew in Gustav Mahler changed the music of the West Norman Lebrecht's best-selling book Why Mahler? examines how a composer, scorned and rejected for decades, has come to replace Beethoven at the centre of symphonic culture. Here, especially for Jewish Book Week, Norman Lebrecht explains how Mahler's major innovations in music stem directly from his Jewish heritage and the trauma of exile and shares his passion for the great composer with us. Norman Lebrecht's best-selling book Why Mahler? examines how a composer, scorned and rejected for decades, has come to replace Beethoven at the centre of symphonic culture. Here, especially for Jewish Book Week, Norman Lebrecht explains how Mahler's major innovations in music stem directly from his Jewish heritage and the trauma of exile and shares his passion for the great composer with us. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-08.mp3 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 18:30:00 GMT 66:19 Gustav Mahler, Norman Lebrecht http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/stefan-zweig.php Jewish Book Council Stefan Zweig: Words and Music Stefan Zweig was a true cosmopolitan, at ease in the international republic of letters and dreaming of a depoliticised world, whose life fell apart when he saw all he believed in destroyed. Here through carefully chosen texts - some translated into English for the very first time - we follow his thoughts on literature; what it means to be Jewish; and exiled life in London. The readings will be interspersed with live music drawn from Zweig's vast collection of scores. Stefan Zweig was a true cosmopolitan, at ease in the international republic of letters and dreaming of a depoliticised world, whose life fell apart when he saw all he believed in destroyed. Here through carefully chosen texts - some translated into English for the very first time - we follow his thoughts on literature; what it means to be Jewish; and exiled life in London. The readings will be interspersed with live music drawn from Zweig's vast collection of scores. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-07.mp3 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:00:00 GMT 39:48 Israel http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/understanding-israel-through-its-writing.php Jewish Book Council My Bookshelf, My Country: Understanding Israel through its Writing Anat Hoffman's world is filled with demonstrations, vigils, courtrooms and confrontations in and out of parliament. Here she shares books that inspire, direct and move her to action. The tour of Anat's library covers texts from Amos Oz's meditations on Israel to Dirshuni, a collection of contemporary Midrash by Israeli women, which offers a truly fresh look at ancient texts. Anat Hoffman's world is filled with demonstrations, vigils, courtrooms and confrontations in and out of parliament. Here she shares books that inspire, direct and move her to action. The tour of Anat's library covers texts from Amos Oz's meditations on Israel to Dirshuni, a collection of contemporary Midrash by Israeli women, which offers a truly fresh look at ancient texts. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-41.mp3 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:00:00 GMT 55:12 Israel http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/history-of-protest-songs.php Jewish Book Council 33 Revolutions per Minute: A History of Protest Songs When pop music meets politics, the results are often thrilling, sometimes lifechanging and never simple. 33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs tracks this turbulent relationship across 33 pivotal songs that span seven decades and four continents. In this event, Dorian Lynskey explores the individuals, ideas and events behind some celebrated examples, using music and video clips to explain how these songs were written and what they tell us about certain moments in history. When pop music meets politics, the results are often thrilling, sometimes lifechanging and never simple. 33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs tracks this turbulent relationship across 33 pivotal songs that span seven decades and four continents. In this event, Dorian Lynskey explores the individuals, ideas and events behind some celebrated examples, using music and video clips to explain how these songs were written and what they tell us about certain moments in history. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-40.mp3 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:30:00 GMT 39:53 Protest, Jews http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/susannah-heschel-miri-rubin.php Jewish Book Council Jesus and the Jews Why is Jesus the source of fascination in modern Jewish thought? How has Christianity changed Jewish practice and how did Judaism shape the medieval imagination? Discover the Jews who insisted on Jesus' Jewish-ness, the movement to identify Jesus as an Aryan, and how an examination of the Virgin Mary can offer a glimpse into the links and catastrophic breaks between the Abrahamic faiths. Professors Susannah Heschel and Miri Rubin, two leading scholars in the field offer fresh and enlightening perspectives on the history of Jewish-Christian relations. Why is Jesus the source of fascination in modern Jewish thought? How has Christianity changed Jewish practice and how did Judaism shape the medieval imagination? Discover the Jews who insisted on Jesus' Jewish-ness, the movement to identify Jesus as an Aryan, and how an examination of the Virgin Mary can offer a glimpse into the links and catastrophic breaks between the Abrahamic faiths. Professors Susannah Heschel and Miri Rubin, two leading scholars in the field offer fresh and enlightening perspectives on the history of Jewish-Christian relations. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-06.mp3 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:30:00 GMT 64:57 Jesus, Jews http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/fifty-year-reflections-of-a-jewish-historian.php Jewish Book Council Fifty Year Reflections of a Jewish Historian With consummate skill, patience and brilliance in equal measure, Martin Gilbert has recounted most of the major events of the 20th century. His work encompasses both world wars; the definitive set of Churchill biographies; chronicles of the Jewish people; and accounts of their adversaries and saviours. He has also created 12 pioneering historical atlases on everything from Russian history to the Arab-Israel conflict. We are delighted that Martin Gilbert will share with us some of his most historic discoveries over a lifetime of outstanding scholarship, culminating in his latest work: In Ishmael's House: A History of Jews in Muslim Lands. With consummate skill, patience and brilliance in equal measure, Martin Gilbert has recounted most of the major events of the 20th century. His work encompasses both world wars; the definitive set of Churchill biographies; chronicles of the Jewish people; and accounts of their adversaries and saviours. He has also created 12 pioneering historical atlases on everything from Russian history to the Arab-Israel conflict. We are delighted that Martin Gilbert will share with us some of his most historic discoveries over a lifetime of outstanding scholarship, culminating in his latest work: In Ishmael's House: A History of Jews in Muslim Lands. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-05.mp3 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 14:00:00 GMT 66:19 Martin Gilbert http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/anne-frank-revisited.php Jewish Book Council Anne Frank Revisited Buddy Elias, Anne Frank's only surviving relative, tells us about his cousin, as he remembers her. He is joined by Mirjam Pressler, who translated and edited The Diary, and is the author of Treasures from the Attic, which brings together recently discovered material on Anne and her family. Buddy Elias, Anne Frank's only surviving relative, tells us about his cousin, as he remembers her. He is joined by Mirjam Pressler, who translated and edited The Diary, and is the author of Treasures from the Attic, which brings together recently discovered material on Anne and her family. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-04.mp3 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 12:30:00 GMT 54:04 Anne Frank http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/community-buildings.php Jewish Book Council Community Buildings, Building Communities One of the causes of both happiness and misery is the quality of our environment. Alain de Botton tells us about his new Living Architecture project, dedicated to the promotion and enjoyment of world-class modern architecture. Alex Lifschutz describes the new Jewish Community Centre for London building and the impact that it will have. They will talk about the way beautiful buildings can alter our perception of self and community and the way we think about both ourselves and our communities. One of the causes of both happiness and misery is the quality of our environment. Alain de Botton tells us about his new Living Architecture project, dedicated to the promotion and enjoyment of world-class modern architecture. Alex Lifschutz describes the new Jewish Community Centre for London building and the impact that it will have. They will talk about the way beautiful buildings can alter our perception of self and community and the way we think about both ourselves and our communities. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-03.mp3 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 11:00:00 GMT 55:30 Alain de Botton and Alex Lifschutz, Debbie Klein http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/bookniks-salon.php Jewish Book Council Bookniks Salon A literary salon with a twist (or two). Discover hidden Yiddish London, hear from the frontline of the 'Sheitl-gate' scandal and find out what happened to the woman who thought too much. A literary salon with a twist (or two). Discover hidden Yiddish London, hear from the frontline of the 'Sheitl-gate' scandal and find out what happened to the woman who thought too much. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-02.mp3 Sat, 26 Feb 2011 21:15:00 GMT 97:04 Bookniks http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2011/jerusalem-the-biography.php Jewish Book Council Jerusalem, the Biography Who better to open JBW than a captivating and charismatic storyteller on the most iconic city of the world, the capital of three faiths, the prize of many conquerors, the jewel of many empires, and the eye of the storm of today's battle of civilisations: Jerusalem. Who better to open JBW than a captivating and charismatic storyteller on the most iconic city of the world, the capital of three faiths, the prize of many conquerors, the jewel of many empires, and the eye of the storm of today's battle of civilisations: Jerusalem. http://bookweek.alsonetworks.com/jbw2011-01.mp3 Sat, 26 Feb 2011 19:30:00 GMT 65:56 Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem