Jenni Frazer

Paul Simon: sublime songs, flawed character

Homeward Bound, the Life of Paul Simon, by Peter Ames Carlin, Little Brown, £20 pp415

Interview: Claire Bloom

Actress Claire Bloom talks to the JC about her past successes, and regrets, and her hopes for the future

Group seeks non-observant women for trips to Israel

Our endgame, says Lori Palatnik, is to strengthen Jewish communities in the diaspora. And we do that by inspiring, educating and empowering women.

How we can live to be 100

As a community we may be ageing, but we are ageing with style.

Kirk Douglas at 100

Kirk Douglas is Hollywood’s great survivor, due to celebrate today with a shot of vodka — he has special permission from his doctor — at a star-studded party in Beverly Hills.

JNF pledges £8m to Negev

The multi-talented memory man

Laurence Geller is a passionate man. The Edgware-born, Chicago-based businessman is all jokes, charm, and bonhomie. But when it comes to his latest project, Geller is all conviction, angrily reeling off statistics about Alzheimer's disease and dementia, revealed last week to be the biggest cause of death in England and Wales, overtaking heart disease.

Leonard Cohen: the mensch who always remembered his past

Cohen made a point of keeping his Jewish identity to the fore in his songs, even if his fans didn’t always know what the references meant.

Writer atones for creating positive image of Trump

The refugee crisis: the pain never ends

A heartbreaking exhibition about the flight from the Nazis 80 years ago was inspired by today's refugee crisis.

A chicken soup and chopped liver tribute to Wesker

Peres the President: From kibbutznik to dandy