Jewish book week, an annual event, takes place in London in late February, 28 Feb to March 8th in 2026.
I read through all the events, which feature authors, as well as a couple of workshops where you can do your own writing.
Some of the events you must pay for in advance. Others are free. But free events are still ticketed, so that presumably the limited number of seats are allocated on a 'first come first served' basis, in this case first applied first allocated seats
The venue is near, about 8 minutes walk from, Kings Cross and St Pancras station.
Subjects covered range from biblical era stories - researching the book of Esther as seen my Jews, Christians and Muslims.
Famous names pop up from the pop world, Bob Dylan. And songwriter Carole King.
New books, new looks at the Kindertransport, the Holocaust, modern Israel, the hostages and Israelis working with Palestinian Arabs from or in Gaza.
My favourite new discovery was the translation of a book translated from Yiddish about a Yiddish speaking detective, called the Jewish Sherlock Holmes. Fifteen stories of drama and disguise, rescuing a kidnapped girl being just one of them.
An amusing book to read on holiday. And I discovered a holiday destination, connected with the Yiddish language.
The Yiddish library in Massachusetts on a university campus.
They run Yiddish language course, have a Yiddish music festival, and have an online bookshop.
Useful Websites
UK
https://jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/jewish-book-week
USA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiddish_Book_Center
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outwitting_History
Watch the Barry sisters singing Rumania in Yiddish with a translation, an old film from the Thirties on You Tube. But my favourite version is the comical version by New York tenor, Moshe Schulhof. The song was by Aaron Lebedeff, written in 1923, but he died in 1960 and music copyright lasts 70 years after the death of the composer so it may still be in copyright until 2030.
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