Elisa Bray

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Progressive Judaism

Zöe Jacobs – the leader bringing the sound of music to shul

The UK Progressive movement’s first ordained cantor will be honoured at a concert this weekend

6 min read

Zöe Jacobs – the leader bringing the sound of music to shul

How many Britons know Jewish kids have to drill for terror threats?

2 min read

Off his own bat: Timothée Chalamet as Marty Mauser in Marty Supreme

Ping! How Jews turned the table on the game Howard Jacobson calls chess in shorts

3 min read

Mourners lay down floral tributes to the victims of the antisemitic mass shooting terror attack at Bondi Beach (Photo: Getty)

How to talk to your children about the Sydney terror attack, according to mental health experts

4 min read

Marty Supreme reviews round-up: Timothée Chalamet tipped for Oscars glory with comparsions made to De Niro and Pacino

Rave reviews have been pouring in for the Jewish star’s performance as Marty Mauser in Marty Supreme

2 min read

December 4, 2025 09:52

Timothée Chalamet stars as ping pong champion Marty Mauser in new A24 film 'Marty Supreme'. (Photo: A24)

I’m a Zionist but my parents are not – and it really hurts

A Leeds parent tells of being the ‘black sheep’ in their family since the political schism widened after October 7

3 min read

November 20, 2025 12:27

I’m a Zionist but my parents are not – and it really hurts

Bristol venue accepts ‘mistake’ in Oi Va Voi cancellation and admits band was treated differently due to Jewish heritage

The British band welcomed the Bristol venue’s statement

3 min read

November 19, 2025 13:44

Steve Levi-Kallin, John Matts, Kalliopi Mitropoulou, Josh Breslaw and David Orchant of Oi Va Voi.

Creatives launch venture to promote Jewish arts

‘If Jewish art once again became central to Britain’s cultural conversation, imagine what that would do for how Jewish stories are told and heard’

2 min read

November 14, 2025 16:10

Tania Black and Rabbie Rose Prevezer (Photo: Marc Shelkin)

When David Bowie fantasised about being Hitler

Bowie, the Sex Pistols, John Lennon: all flirted with Nazi imagery. Elisa Bray speaks to the author of a new book which examines the rock world’s fixation on fascism

9 min read

November 13, 2025 11:03

Badge of dishonour: some of the rock and pop stars who flaunted swastikas. Top right: author Daniel Rachel

Sarah Hoover memoir ‘The Motherload’ to be adapted for TV

The book lays bare the author’s feelings of despair, rage, guilt and anxiety as a new mother

1 min read

November 11, 2025 17:10

Mum's the word: Sarah Hoover and her book Photo: Beowulf Sheehan

I’m so scared of giving birth in a UK hospital, I’ve hired a Jewish doula

An Israeli woman who has lived in Britain for eight years and who had her first child here talks candidly about her terror of rising antisemitism in the NHS since October 7

3 min read

November 5, 2025 15:56

Confirmed concerns: the expectant mum said her GP agreed "the situation was not great" in the NHS

Claim that Ruth Posner was coerced to attend suicide clinic is ‘appalling’, say her friends

Members of ‘Ruth’s film club’ told the JC that the decision to end her life at the Swiss clinic was hers, not that of her husband

3 min read

November 5, 2025 14:09

Claim that Ruth Posner was coerced to attend suicide clinic is ‘appalling’, say her friends

Pregnant Jewish women are enlisting doulas to keep them ‘safe’ when they give birth with the NHS

Mothers-to-be are employing the services of Jewish doulas for the birth of their babies ‘to have someone on their side’ amid a wave of reports about antisemitic NHS staff

6 min read

November 4, 2025 16:02

Pregnant Jewish women are enlisting doulas to keep them ‘safe’ when they give birth with the NHS

Oi Va Voi release new song for diaspora Jews who ‘feel unheard’

The band were cancelled by two venues due to pressure from activists back in May

3 min read

October 31, 2025 09:00

Steve Levi-Kallin, clarinettist and vocalist in Oi Va Voi (Photo: Bram Versteeg)

The choral angels who sing for the dying

Since being established just over a decade ago, Companion Voices has now grown to 13 groups around the UK

2 min read

October 29, 2025 12:18

The choral angels who sing for the dying

The Wanderers: ‘The grass is really not always greener on the other side’

Playwright Anna Ziegler on her new work about two very different Jewish marriages

4 min read

October 22, 2025 12:06

The Wanderers: ‘The grass is really not always greener on the other side’

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Elisa Bray

Latest from Elisa Bray

Zöe Jacobs – the leader bringing the sound of music to shul

How many Britons know Jewish kids have to drill for terror threats?

Ping! How Jews turned the table on the game Howard Jacobson calls chess in shorts

How to talk to your children about the Sydney terror attack, according to mental health experts

More from Elisa Bray

Marty Supreme reviews round-up: Timothée Chalamet tipped for Oscars glory with comparsions made to De Niro and Pacino

I’m a Zionist but my parents are not – and it really hurts

Bristol venue accepts ‘mistake’ in Oi Va Voi cancellation and admits band was treated differently due to Jewish heritage

Creatives launch venture to promote Jewish arts

When David Bowie fantasised about being Hitler

Sarah Hoover memoir ‘The Motherload’ to be adapted for TV

I’m so scared of giving birth in a UK hospital, I’ve hired a Jewish doula

Claim that Ruth Posner was coerced to attend suicide clinic is ‘appalling’, say her friends

Pregnant Jewish women are enlisting doulas to keep them ‘safe’ when they give birth with the NHS

Oi Va Voi release new song for diaspora Jews who ‘feel unheard’

The choral angels who sing for the dying

The Wanderers: ‘The grass is really not always greener on the other side’