6157 JBW Programme Pages ONLINE v8 - Flipbook - Page 18
DIGIPASS LISTINGS
JEWISH BOOK WEEK 2023 ONLINE WHEREVER YOU ARE
Alongside our in-hall programme at Kings Place, London, we have 16 online events during
the festival, available for ticketholders to watch live or anytime until the end of March. With
speakers joining from the US, Israel, South Africa and Europe, these events cover everything
from politics and literature to faith and the mind. Each event can be booked individually or as
part of our best value Digipass.
On Monday 28 February our
online line-up includes Jews &
the Diamond Trade with historian
Saskia Coenen Snyder, Bad
Jews: American Jewish Politics
& Identities with New Statesman
US editor Emily Tamkin & Zoe
Strimpel, New Yorker essayist
Adam Gopnik
on how people
develop their
skills in The Mystery of Mastery
and a unique insight into the
Trump presidency and the
Abraham Accords from his
special envoy to the Middle
East Jason Greenblatt.
On Tuesday 1 March Dartmouth
professor Shaul Magid talks to
journalist Anshel Pfeffer about the radical Meir
Kahane while Jacob Mikanowski explores a
group of nations that for most of their history
were not nations, in Goodbye Eastern Europe.
book on Pope Pius XII, based on Vatican papers
sealed for over 60 years; and Barbara Mann joins
Adam Kirsch for The Object of Jewish Literature.
On Thursday 3 March Courtauld Institute
senior lecturer Shulamith Behr challenges the
predominantly male-oriented narratives of the
history of art in Women of Expressionism and
One Hundred Saturdays author Michael Frank
is joined by the book’s subject, nonagenarian
survivor Stella Levi.
And we also have a series of free online events
at 10.30am GMT, including Noga Arikha &
Lisa Appignanesi on The Disrupted Mind; Lea
Taragin-Zeller & Sally Berkovic for The Future
Face of the Jewish State; A Guide for the Jewish
Undecided with philosopher Samuel Lebens and
fellow rabbi Raphael Zarum; and Kei Hiruta &
Dennis Davis with Hannah Arendt & Isaiah Berlin:
The Feud.
On Wednesday 2 March we look at the life and
career of Golda Meir and her recurring role
as a woman standing alone among men, with
biographer Pnina Lahav and historian Trudy
Gold; New York Times bestseller Dani Shapiro
discusses her novels and non-fiction; Pulitzerwinner David Kertzer returns with an explosive
DIGIPASS
Our best value Digipass includes access to all 12 of our ticketed
online events for less than half price at £39.50. Book your digipass
at jewishbookweek.com to enjoy events from the very best
international speakers from the comfort of home.
18