Jewish literature

Code Name Kingfisher ★★★★★

Code Name Kingfisher ★★★★★

Liv is a year-eight student in present-day UK. She's shy and uncertain and currently navigating between wanting to fit in and wanting to be herself. She's been tasked with creating a family tree, which leads to all sorts of problems when she realises her only port of call is her stern Bubbe…

Callout to creatives for a Jewish children's book prize

Callout to creatives for a Jewish children's book prize

The Jewish Children’s Book Awards is calling for entries for its annual award that aims to bring attention to new Jewish literature for children. The awards were set up in 2021, born from Green Bean Books publisher Michael…

Love and War in the Jewish Quarter

Love and War in the Jewish Quarter

It is unlikely many Iranian Jewish women are involved in the ongoing protests in Iran. Historically they have been silent and invisible and there has always been an almost total absence of literature by Jewish women in Iran because it endangered the community. But in exile there has been…