It's all about fiction this week on the JLF Player! | Family Affairs: From Salonica to the Open Road | Lionel Shriver in Conversation with Zoe Strimpel | Robert Alter on Nabokov | Dreamers: When the Writers Took Power ▶️ Watch on our free JLF Player: shorturl.at/SvRkP

Want to be first to hear our plans for Jewish Book Week 2027? Fancy early access to our year-round events and tours, online and in person? How about seasonal reading lists, hand-picked by JLF, straight to your inbox? Sign up to our free newsletter: shorturl.at/eB8QI

Take a guided walk through London's theatreland and discover its Jewish connections - the actors, impresarios, writers and producers who shaped the West End, along with the theatres and cinemas. 📅 24 September, 2:30pm 🎟 Book now: shorturl.at/M6aLO

🎭 Applications are NOW OPEN for our Jewish Playwrights Programme! Our autumn 2026/27 cohort will be led by the extraordinary Julia Pascal, the first woman to direct at the National Theatre with 24 plays to her name. ⏰ Apply by 3 August, 5pm BST: shorturl.at/UjOhk

Just over two weeks until applications close for the JLF-@Genesis_Fndn Emerging Writers Programme 2026/27! The programme provides structured support for writers to refine their craft, build confidence, access mentorship, peer support and industry engagement. Apply now: shorturl.at/UMoQg

Join our tour to discover a thousand years of Jewish life in London, from the medieval community invited by William the Conqueror to the vibrant East End. Beginning at the Tower of London, we'll trace a story of expulsion and return. Find out more: shorturl.at/CXmSm

What a brilliant start to our season of summer tours! Following a visit to the Egyptian collection at the British Museum and a deep-dive into Jewish records at the National Archives, we’ve got many more visits in store for you. Watch this space for upcoming tours.

Take a break from the weather and watch our latest 75th anniversary JBW events, now free on the JLF Player: | The Lines We Draw: A Jewish Journalist’s Search for Identity | Across the Divide: Jewish & Arab Israeli Women | Autism: A Family Memoir ▶️ Watch: shorturl.at/SvRkP

AJ Davage took the stage at JBW 2026 to share what makes the JLF-Genesis Emerging Writers Programme so special in bringing writers together from all ages, faiths and backgrounds. Find out more about the programme and apply: shorturl.at/UMoQg

📚 July's Book of the Month is...Autocorrect by Etgar Keret! A collection of 33 short stories in which anything is possible. And as a special treat, we’re sharing an exclusive short story written by Etgar himself. Find out more and read the story: shorturl.at/4ORTE

Check out our latest releases on our free JLF Player, bringing you the best Jewish ideas and stories. | The Einstein Vendetta | Heroism & Rebirth in Nazi Europe | Death in a Shallow Pond | Spark: How Genius Ignites ▶️ Watch now: shorturl.at/SvRkP

🎭 Our Jewish Playwrights Programme is back - 6 months of sustained script development for 8 emerging playwrights, mentored by award-winning playwright and director Julia Pascal. Open to Jewish playwrights, or those working on a play engaging with Jewish themes/culture. Apply now: shorturl.at/UjOhk

Mel Brooks turns 100 this Sunday! To mark Mel’s centenary, watch our memorable Jewish Book Week celebrations of this extraordinary man: | Mel Brooks: The Almost 100 Year Old Man | Mel Brooks: Disobedient Jew ▶️ Watch now: shorturl.at/SvRkP

We're back with our second Jewish Playwrights Programme, with applications opening soon for our autumn 2026/27 cohort! If you're an emerging Jewish playwright or working on a play that engages with Jewish themes or culture, this one's for you. Watch this space for updates!

📢 Applications are open for The Genesis JLF Emerging Writers Programme! @genesis_fndn The programme provides structured support for writers working in fiction, non-fiction and poetry, with entries read blind and applications open to all. Find out more: shorturl.at/UMoQg

Step into the world of the pharaohs with our first July tour! Join Alec Nacamuli for a guided tour of the British Museum's celebrated Egyptian collection. 🏛 British Museum 📅 2 July, 12pm BST Book now: shorturl.at/GHWXU

🎉 JBW 2026 highlights are now on our free JLF Player, bringing you the best of our 75th anniversary festival. The Work of Writing: Ten New Voices — in partnership with thw Genesis Foundation Philip Roth: A Life — with Steven J. Zipperstein Good Slut — with Zoe Strimpel ▶️ Watch: shorturl.at/SvRkP

"We are expected to reveal certain truths or parts of ourselves that we keep hidden otherwise." Chloe Pinto at JBW 2026. Chloe shares her experience of the Genesis Emerging Writers Programme, supporting 50 writers to date. Apply now: shorturl.at/DTnkd

After the brilliant response during JBW, our live tours are back — and this summer we're bringing you the very best Jewish highlights and stories across London. Sign up to our newsletter via the link in bio to be first in the know: shorturl.at/DycIw

Get comfortable because we've got a host of new events for you on the JLF Player: 🌍 The Global Yiddish Story 💍 Matchmaker, Matchmaker: A Practical Guide 🔭 Religion & Science 🎨 Fin-de-siecle Emigré collectors: A British Story ▶️ Watch now: shorturl.at/SvRkP

Latest releases from JBW 2026 now on the JLF Player!🎬 Wo Jew Think You Are Live Latin American Journeys: Memory & Belonging Hidden Histories: Spies, Secrets and Survival ▶️ Watch now: shorturl.at/SvRkP

June's Book of the Month is Let's Make Things Better, by Gidon Lev and Julie Gray — a ninety-year-old Holocaust survivor’s powerful message of frank perseverance. Enjoy an exclusive preview, discount and a special forward from Julie Gray: shorturl.at/ox9Ys @panmacmillan.bsky.social

Bookings are now open for our two-night October reading retreat in Bath, in the company of Howard Jacobson and Aviva Dautch! Centred on the great British Jewish novel, this is an opportunity to slow down, read, and think together. Find out more: shorturl.at/Ulf07

Our sold-out JBW tours return! Following high demand at our recent Jewish Book Week festival, we’re introducing year-round tours so you never miss out. Expect museum and special collection visits, walking tours of London, manor houses, gardens and more.

Time to get watching! 🎬 These highlights from JBW 2026 are now streaming free on the JLF Video Player: 🎭 Hitchcock & Bernstein — panel and live performance 💊 HRT: Everything Your Mother Didn't Tell You 🌎️ Mamdani: A New New York ▶️ Watch now: shorturl.at/SvRkP

Applications are opening soon for the 6th year of The JLF-Genesis Emerging Writers' Programme! Run with the Genesis Foundation, the programme offers bursaries and mentorship to ten emerging writers of any background. Find out more: shorturl.at/Bps6l

It's the UK's first Jewish Culture Month! 🎉 A great time to explore what we have on offer — live tours soon to come, free streaming via the JLF Video Player, our June Book of the Month, and an upcoming event with @jw3london on Joyce's Ulysses: shorturl.at/iKI5o

Thanks to @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk for this one. New episode: Baghdad to the Andes, live at Jewish Book Week with @samanthaellis.bsky.social & Jordan Salama on Arab Jewish lives & what we carry across generations. #Shavuot felt like the right moment. Out now. Links in Bio. #ShabbatShalom

"Cooking is the landscape in a saucepan" — Claudia Roden, quoting Josep Pla at JBW 2022 A wonderful memory of Claudia Roden speaking with Jay Rayner, reflecting on a lifetime of travel, stories, and the food she cooks now. ▶️ Watch the full event: shorturl.at/j6NM3 @jayrayner1.bsky.social

Enjoy our Shavuot JLF Player special, exploring renewal in Jewish life and culture: ▶️ Children of the Book: A Memoir of Reading Together ▶️ From Pray to Play: Birth of Hebrew Children's Literature ▶️ The Relativity of Death ▶️ Torah & Tradition in an Age of Doubt Watch now: shorturl.at/SvRkP

Very excited that this episode is coming out this week, in time for Shavuot, on Friday. Subscribe to Listen, perhaps with cheesecake or,...maybe Kadeh, pastries filled with cheese; Kahee, buttered dough; or Sütlaç, rice pudding Thanks (again!) to @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk for their support

Join us at JW3 for a special event exploring James Joyce's Ulysses — the story of Jewish Dubliner Leopold Bloom's odyssey around the city. Joyce called it 'a novel of two peoples, the Irish and the Jewish'. 📅 16 June | 7.30pm BST: shorturl.at/brj1w

🎬 New on the JLF Player — highlights from our 75th festival! ▶️ Tales of Love from the Therapy Couch ▶️ Faith, Sex & Daring: An Orthodox Insight ▶️ The Dark Side of the Kindertransport 🔗 Watch now and explore the full collection: shorturl.at/SvRkP

"Here is the name of a good divorce lawyer for you" Stephen Grosz at JBW 2026 Psychoanalyst and bestselling author of The Examined Life Stephen Grosz asks what gets in the way of falling in love — and what it takes to stay there. Watch the full talk: shorturl.at/mD8lV

Very proud to congratulate Simon Schama on his well-deserved BAFTA for The Road to Auschwitz. Explore our archive of Simon Schama's talks at @jewishbookweek, including an exclusive preview of his 2013 documentary The Story of the Jews: shorturl.at/ffnS4

"Maybe it's about time that we shall all reformulate our formal stories" David Grossman, Jewish Book Week 2026 David Grossman and @GoldRosie discuss what enduring conflict does to a person's soul and to the spirit of a nation. ▶️ Watch the full talk: shorturl.at/mVx6M

They're here! Brand new talks from JBW 2026 are now on our free JLF Video Player. 📚 The Thinking Heart: David Grossman Speaks with Rosie Goldsmith About His Work 📚 The Future of Liberal Democracy 📚 Family, Exile & Food: Middle Eastern Stories ▶️ Watch now: shorturl.at/SvRkP

📚 Looking for your next great read? Our JBW speakers have picked 75 must-reads for our 75th festival — from Amos Oz and David Grossman to Cynthia Ozick and Primo Levi. See the full list: shorturl.at/B9J6a

✨ Introducing our first ever JLF Reading Retreat! This October, join us for a two-night reading retreat in Bath with Howard Jacobson. Enjoy expert-led reading sessions, a guided city walk, and an intimate dinner with Howard. Register your interest: shorturl.at/jaLjd

🎬 New on our JLF Player — free to watch! Catch up on JBW 2026 highlights: In Gaza's Wake: on Jewish life today A Better Death: on assisted dying Britain at a Crossroads: on Britain's future Start watching: shorturl.at/SvRkP

"If Israel represents Western imperial settler colonialism, then anyone who's against it is a progressive ipso facto." Adam Kirsch, JBW 2026 Watch Adam's full event with Tanya Gold, Simon Schama and Dave Rich, coming this week to our JLF Video Player: shorturl.at/SvRkP

📚 Your JBW reading list is here! To mark 75 years of Jewish Book Week, we asked our speakers — from Howard Jacobson and Claudia Roden to Maureen Lipman and Anthony Seldon — to share the 75 books they think you need to read. See the full list: shorturl.at/B9J6a

📖 Introducing... Book of the Month! Our first pick lands this Friday. Get an inside look, exclusive discounts, and a note from the author — celebrating the best in Jewish literature. Sign up to our newsletter to get our May deep-dive: shorturl.at/eB8QI

New on our JLF Player! Catch up on JBW 2026 highlights and past festival favourites — all free to watch: 🌍 Diaspora Jews: A Shifting Landscape 🔍 Unpacking Israel & Palestine 🌐 Translation: An Unfolding Dialogue ✡️ The Story of Hebrew Start watching: shorturl.at/SvRkP

Inaugural Freudenheim Translation Prize winner Peter Filkins joins @thetls.bsky.social's Toby Lichtig and prize judges to discuss the art of translation and his interpretation of Elias Canetti's The Book Against Death. 🎬 Coming this week to the JLF Video Player: shorturl.at/SvRkP

📚 Your JBW reading list! For our 75th Jewish Book Week, we asked every speaker to recommend a book. Two picks to start: Adam Kirsch: See Under Love, by David Grossman Silvia Nacamulli: Tales of the Hasidim, by Martin Buber. Sign up to our newsletter to get the full 75: shorturl.at/eB8QI

📽️ JBW 2026 is now on the JLF Player. Watch the first filmed events from the festival — free: 🎵 Jewish Book Week at 75: A Performance 📚 Jewish Book Week at 75: A Discussion 🌏 Can We Still Trust Auntie? 📺 Israel Behind the Headlines New releases every week. Start watching ⬇️ shorturl.at/SvRkP

For our 75th Jewish Book Week, we asked 75 festival speakers to recommend a special book. Check out some of their favourites from Dr Ellie Cannon, Raffaello Morales, Maureen Lipman and Tim Samuels - full list coming soon.

"It is a misconception that journalism is about reporting the world as it is." @robinlustig.bsky.social joins @joshglancy.bsky.social, Anthony Seldon and Natasha Hausdorff to debate whether we can still trust the BBC at Jewish Book Week 2026. Coming soon on JLF Video Player: shorturl.at/FaAh3

This May, we're introducing Book of the Month, where we'll recommend a title every month, including a preview of the first few pages, a note from the author and a special discount code for the full book. Sign up to be the first to hear about May's title: shorturl.at/eB8QI