Books

The Glass Island

Listen to this review We are beset with stories of war. Pervasive and shocking, our world seems to revolve around the Middle East, Ukraine, refugees escaping tyranny. How do we...

The sixth Jewish Literary Festival will see a stellar line-up of authors

The 2027 Cape Town literary calendar is soon to be rolled out, but be first in line for...

A life across continents: from Asia to Europe to Africa

By RABBI NAFTALI Y. SILVER, Rabbi, Sephardi Hebrew Congregation Some books preserve history. The finest ones remind us that...

The Shock of the Light

Listen to this review: I was broken by the time I finished reading this book.  Lori Inglis Hall’s debut novel...

Podcast review: Episode 310. DAVID BADDIEL

Recommended by Matthew Berman, a World War II history enthusiast British Jewish writer and comedian David Baddiel has explored...

Memories of a childhood in Calvinia 

Forever keen to take on a challenge, and certainly not one to slow down because of age, Shirley Kantor has led a life she...

A gut-wrenching, heart-breaking read

Listen to this review: The River is Waiting Much has been written about Wally Lamb and his ‘compassionate writing’, his ‘Imperfect people’, his ‘unerring eye,...

The Listeners

Listen to this book review read by Beryl Eichenberger below: I had left The Listeners by Maggie Steifvater to stew, so to speak, thinking it...

Bittersweet, brilliant, and laugh-out-loud funny

Listen to this book review: For those who attended the Jewish Literary Festival 2025 in Cape Town, David Baddiel, as keynote speaker, was a breath...

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Eli Sharabi’s harrowing account of life in Hamas captivity is a story of survival, resilience, and hope. Every page bears witness to the human...

Fly low and fly slow

A recently published book, Fly low and fly slow,tells the wartime story of Capetonian Harold Barnett. The book is a collaborative effort by Harold’s...

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