Sunday 13 March was the final day of Jewish Book Week 1988. The main festival ran from 7 to 13 March. More than 15 challenging and entertaining speakers took part in 7 sessions, presenting arguments and many different points of view.

For the full list of the festival’s events see below.

• Israel at Forty: A New Chapter in Jewish History by Leonard Fein chaired by Dr Lionel Kopelowitz

• Contemporary Hebrew Literture: A Perspective of Forty Years by Moshe Shamir chaired by Dr Risa Domb
• Contemporary Hebrew Literture: A Perspective of Forty Years by Moshe Shamir chaired by Malka Ben-Yosef

• The Creativity Libel: Wagner, Mahler, Hitler and Beyond by Norman Lebrecht chaired by Renate Stern

• That Which Was Lost – Fiftieth Anniversary of the Anschluss by Richard Grunberger, Joseph Horovitz, Georges Clar & Fred Barschak

• Forty Years: A Peoples Walk Towards the Light by Emmanuel Zabar & Louise Goldschmidt
• The Dream of Zion by Dr Tudor Parfitt chaired by Gina Monty