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This article surveys contemporary British-Jewish writing. It looks at a variety of texts to argue that British-Jewish writing is gaining a new visibility, momentum and confidence. In fiction, memoirs, criticism and journalism, writers are addressing increasingly challenging questions about what it means to be both British and Jewish in the twenty-first century, and exploring the profound ambiguity about Jews that can be traced back throughout the history of Anglo-Jewry.In 2003 Bryan Cheyette noted that 'there exists a commonplace perception, despite a good deal of evidence to the contrary, that Jewish writers in Britain do not exist' (British-Jewish 7). But the situation is changing. Jewish writing has long been a powerful strand of British cultural life and,

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