Ben Felsenburg
Ben Felsenburg is deputy editor of the Jewish Chronicle. He tweets at @BenFelsenburg
A Yiddish colossus
Isaac Bashevis Singer would never have submitted to today’s ideological edicts
Beethoven: Nine symphonies+ (Decca)
This Beethoven gift set is not for Christmas. It is for life
Rishi goes a-wooin’
The Prime Minister was an extremely nervous suitor trying to impress some very sceptical rural in-laws
The City’s lights are dimming
The Square Mile is increasingly at risk of becoming an irrelevance
A festival for women — and men?
You cannot address the underrepresentation of women by including men
Attack is the best form of defence
The right cannot always be fighting a rearguard action in the culture wars
Britain will not be a “Christian country” without Christians
Traditions die if there is no one to cherish them
Don’t ban anti-Israel marches
Principled and pragmatic arguments for prohibition are weak
Police Scotland must stop patronising the public
The Hate Crime And Public Order Act will waste the time of the police and endanger the freedoms of the public
Playing the victim
A new book satirises the bizarre dynamics of social justice activism
The broad influence of Aquinas
His influence has been felt in economics as well as philosophy and religion