In "The Dark Circle" by Linda Grant, set in a 1950s London TB clinic, twin teenagers navigate the liminal space between recent collective death and impending personal mortality as patients.

Israeli chefs from the successful Machneyuda restaurant in Jerusalem are expanding their culinary ventures to London with the opening of The Palomar in Soho, in collaboration with British nightlife impresarios.

In early 2011, the author's premature daughter Rena faced a life-threatening intestinal condition known as necrotizing enterocolitis.

Chefs Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi, originally from Jerusalem but now based in London, collaborated on "Jerusalem: A Cookbook" to revisit the flavors of their childhood and share recipes from Palestinian and Sephardic communities.