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FRIDAY
4 MARCH
SUNDAY 6 MARCH
FROM THE GROUND UP
11:00–12:00 |
| £18.50
H1
SPARK: HOW
GENIUS IGNITES
Hannah Rothschild joins an illustrious panel to
discuss building Israel’s new national library.
13:00–14:00 |
11:15–12:15 |
KPL
| £9.50
Claudia Kalb on the origins of
greatness, from child prodgies Yo-Yo
Ma and Picasso to those who achieved
greatness later in life like Maya Angelou
and Alexander Fleming.
SATURDAY 5 MARCH
1952: WORLD
ON THE CUSP
19:00–20:00 | H1 | £21.50
Mark Lawson & guests on a year that
saw the Queen ascend to the throne,
Einstein decline the Israeli presidency,
Anne Frank published in English and
the first Jewish Book Week.
| £14.50
H2
Daniel Finkelstein & Beverley Lester on her
powerful novel set in ‘Whites Only’ South Africa.
JEWS OF CRETE
11:15–12:15 |
StP
| £9.50
Ruth Padel & Nicholas de Lange on one of
Europe’s oldest Jewish communities, virtually
eliminated by the Nazis.
GIVING FOR GOOD
12:45–13:45 |
H1
| £18.50
Paul Vallely & Trevor Pears on philanthropy
from Aristotle to Zuckerberg.
HOW JEWS MADE
THE ART WORLD MODERN
13:00–14:00 |
H2
| £14.50
19:00–20:00 | H2 | £16.50
A celebration of our unlikely existence,
as poet Adam Kammerling is joined
by musicians and performers.
LITERATURE & MEMORY
H2
| £16.50
Maria Stepanova & George Szirtes in
conversation with Jewish Renaissance
editor Rebecca Taylor.
16:15–17:15 |
H1
| £18.50
Jo Bloom, Dave Rich & Steve Silver discuss
the anti-fascist 62 Group and the novel and BBC
series it inspired.
PLUNDER
16:30–17:30 |
| £14.50
H2
Menachem Kaiser on his memoir of family
property and Nazi treasure.
WRITING THE FAMILY
16:30–17:30 |
| £9.50
StP
Award-winning Israeli writer and poet Miron
Izakson reflects on family life as the source of
authentic literature.
CAN WE TALK ABOUT ISRAEL?
18:00–19:00 |
| £18.50
H1
New Israel Fund head Daniel Sokatch &
Anshel Pfeffer.
LETTERS OF LIGHT
18:15–19:15 |
H2
| £14.50
Charles Dellheim on how outsiders acquired
masterpieces.
Art advisor for the new National Library of Israel
Yigal Zalmona & philosopher Rachel Elior on
ancient, mystical texts in modern art.
TWO HITLERS AND A MARILYN
LOOKING FOR AN ENEMY
13:00–14:00 |
StP
| £9.50
Adam Andrusier on the world of autographs.
SEDER
20:45–21:45 |
WE WERE THE NEWMANS
RIDLEY RD
THE TAMING OF THE JEW
14:30–15:30 |
H1
| £18.50
Tuvia Tenenbom on his new UK-focused book, in
conversation with Rachel Riley.
THE VACCINE
14:45–15:45 |
H2
| £14.50
Joe Miller on the extraordinary story of the
BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine.
HOW TO BE A REFUGEE
14:45–15:45 |
StP
| £9.50
Simon May on self-concealment in the shadow
of the Third Reich.
18:15–19:15 |
StP
| £9.50
Jo Glanville, Natasha Lehrer, Gideon Reuveni &
Daniel Trilling offer a fresh take on antisemitism,
an ancient hatred in an age of reason.
DON BLACK & MICHAEL GRADE
19:45–21:00 |
H1
| £18.50–£26.50
Music and memories with the Oscar-winning
lyricist.
THATCHER: THE END
19:45–20:45 |
H2
| £16.50
Insiders David Young & Caroline Slocock on the
end of an era.
THE OBLIGATION OF BEAUTY
19:45–20:45 |
StP
| £9.50
Artist Mindy Weisel on her journey from BergenBelsen to the Smithsonian.