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"With Jewish Book Week now into our eighth decade, Howard Jacobson, who has been speaking at the festival for almost half of our existence and predates us by just 10 years, delivers a specially created keynote: How the Jews Invented Disappointment.
The Booker winner explains: “When asked to name what Jews were best at, I used always to say ‘argument’. Disputatiousness is our element, I insisted, but I don’t expect you to agree with me. Today I’d say something different. Today I’d say that what defines Jews essentially is disappointment. Disappointment is the poetry of the Jewish soul."""
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The Booker winner explains: “When asked to name what Jews were best at, I used always to say ‘argument’. Disputatiousness is our element, I insisted, but I don’t expect you to agree with me. Today I’d say something different. Today I’d say that what defines Jews essentially is disappointment. Disappointment is the poetry of the Jewish soul."""
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Speakers: Jo Bloom, Steve Silver, Dave Rich
50 years after its formation, the story of the anti-fascist 62 Group – the successor to the 43 Group, two veterans of which joined us at Jewish Book Week 2020 – remains relevant, as shown by the huge interest in the BBC1 drama Ridley Road, which took its name from a well-known fascist meeting place and site of several battles. Jo Bloom, on whose novel the miniseries was based, is joined by Dr Dave Rich, director of policy at the Community Security Trust (CST) and author of The Left’s Jewish Problem, and Steve Silver, former Searchlight editor, a researcher on the book and consultant on the TV show. They will discuss the story on page, screen and real life, as well as looking at modern parallels.
Speakers: Jo Bloom, Steve Silver, Dave Rich
50 years after its formation, the story of the anti-fascist 62 Group – the successor to the 43 Group, two veterans of which joined us at Jewish Book Week 2020 – remains relevant, as shown by the huge interest in the BBC1 drama Ridley Road, which took its name from a well-known fascist meeting place and site of several battles. Jo Bloom, on whose novel the miniseries was based, is joined by Dr Dave Rich, director of policy at the Community Security Trust (CST) and author of The Left’s Jewish Problem, and Steve Silver, former Searchlight editor, a researcher on the book and consultant on the TV show. They will discuss the story on page, screen and real life, as well as looking at modern parallels.
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