Nathalie Rothschild is commissioning editor of spiked-online and a member of the Battle of Ideas committee. She is UK correspondent for Judisk Krönika - the Swedish Jewish chronicle - and has contributed to a range of publications in the UK and abroad, including Comment is Free, Ordfront and Hindustan Times. Nathalie has also worked on documentary film production with WORLDwrite in London and with Media Channel and Global Vision in New York.

Disobedience

The strength of the book is where Alderman displays her insight into Jewish religion and customs, which adds depth and meaning to the situations of the characters. The novel has more originality and freshness when Alderman allows her own presence to be diminished.

The Modernization Imperative

Charlton’s and Andras’ thesis is itself a prescriptive method of analysis which provides instructions not on whether to ‘modernise’, but how.