Karen Glaser

Karen Glaser edits Life, the Jewish Chronicle's culture and lifestyle section

You can reach her at: kglaser@thejc.com

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Reform Judaism

The Finchley talent factory: Trio from same shul win national recognition for their artistic achievements

Jaren Ziegler, Dora Fidler and Isaac Reuben, all 17, have been shortlisted for writing and music awards

3 min read

The Finchley talent factory: Trio from same shul win national recognition for their artistic achievements

Are the kids OK? The mental health crisis among Jewish teens

8 min read

China bans printing of Chasidic woman’s memoir for being 'anti-communist'

1 min read

Volodymyr Zelensky has been named 2022’s world’s most influential Jew

1 min read

Gareth Malone: I want to teach the shul to sing

Britain's best-known choirmaster helps Finchley Reform congregants perfect a song for the High Holy Days

3 min read

September 22, 2022 09:13

PHOTO:JEFF GILBERT 15th September 2022 Gareth Malone having written a bespoke piece of music together with Cantor Zoe Jacobs for this year’s High Holy Days. Rehearsing with 120 members of the community who have put themselves forward to be in Gareth’s FRS choir and during the Rosh Hashanah morning service (and again on Simchat Torah) Gareth will be turning the whole community into his choir, teaching everyone this new song and conducting so the community sing together. FRS wanted to create a way of holding the mixed feelings of this New Year and acknowledge the complexities of celebrating people’s survival of a pandemic and yet recognising how fragile it has left people feeling and how many were lost in this painful way.

Suspected terrorist who murdered elderly Israeli woman found dead in Tel Aviv

Mousa Sarsour’s body was found hanged in a derelict building

1 min read

September 21, 2022 14:00

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Jewish stars remember a much-loved monarch with a 'mischievous' side

With the community and the country united in grief, Jewish stars of stage and screen spoke candidly to the JC about the monarch they loved

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September 15, 2022 16:12

G4JEMT G4JEMT The Queen talks meets (from left) actress Maureen Lipman, Artistic Director of the Almeida Theatre Jonathan Kent and actor David Suchet during her visit to the Almeida Theatre in London, part of a tour by The Queen and the Duke to London's Theatreland.

Lawyers’ group calls for action against Lebanese girl who refused to play Israeli in chess tournament

UKLFI says International Chess Federation must show leadership

1 min read

September 14, 2022 16:43

Lawyers’ group calls for action against Lebanese girl who refused to play Israeli in chess tournament

Diaspora Jews must toughen up, says Israeli UFC champ

Natan Levy, the only Israeli competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship martial arts competition, says learning self-defence as a child helped him protect friends from antisemitic bullies

2 min read

September 8, 2022 11:12

Diaspora Jews must toughen up, says Israeli UFC champ

Mazeltov! Board President has big Jewish wedding of the year

Board of Deputies’ President Marie van der Zyl marries Labour activist Adrian Cohen at West London Synagogue

2 min read

September 8, 2022 10:52

Mazeltov! Board President has big Jewish wedding of the year

BBC boss defends the Beeb’s impartiality – while ignoring antisemitism complaints

Tim Davie insists the corporation is doing a ‘good job’

1 min read

September 7, 2022 16:59

BBC boss defends the Beeb’s impartiality – while ignoring antisemitism complaints

Triple family barmitzvah is an Oxford first

Philip Rahmanou joined his son and father-in-law on the bimah, having missed out on a ceremony in his youth, when he fled war-torn Iran

2 min read

July 8, 2022 09:32

Triple family barmitzvah is an Oxford first

My partner's not Jewish, but our children are: Meet the supportive spouses keeping kids in the tribe

Assume ‘marrying out’ leads to assimilation? Think again, says Karen Glaser

6 min read

June 16, 2022 08:00

My partner's not Jewish, but our children are: Meet the supportive spouses keeping kids in the tribe

Is this what a Jew looks like?

Can Shannon, a Liberal Jew from York, replace the stereotypical image most British people have of Jews - the black-hatted, bearded Strictly Orthodox men? A new book aims to try.

9 min read

April 7, 2022 11:49

The policeman who conned me: How one Jewish woman was seduced by a spy-cop

Alison* was one of over 50 women conned by police into long-term intimate relationships

7 min read

March 31, 2022 14:19

The policeman who conned me: How one Jewish woman was seduced by a spy-cop

A very Jewish romance - with a Yiddish flavour

A new novel tells the story of a Jewish fashionista struggling with her identity - and finding true love

4 min read

February 4, 2022 01:00

A very Jewish romance - with a Yiddish flavour

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Karen Glaser

Latest from Karen Glaser

The Finchley talent factory: Trio from same shul win national recognition for their artistic achievements

Are the kids OK? The mental health crisis among Jewish teens

China bans printing of Chasidic woman’s memoir for being 'anti-communist'

Volodymyr Zelensky has been named 2022’s world’s most influential Jew

More from Karen Glaser

Gareth Malone: I want to teach the shul to sing

Suspected terrorist who murdered elderly Israeli woman found dead in Tel Aviv

Jewish stars remember a much-loved monarch with a 'mischievous' side

Lawyers’ group calls for action against Lebanese girl who refused to play Israeli in chess tournament

Diaspora Jews must toughen up, says Israeli UFC champ

Mazeltov! Board President has big Jewish wedding of the year

BBC boss defends the Beeb’s impartiality – while ignoring antisemitism complaints

Triple family barmitzvah is an Oxford first

My partner's not Jewish, but our children are: Meet the supportive spouses keeping kids in the tribe

Is this what a Jew looks like?

The policeman who conned me: How one Jewish woman was seduced by a spy-cop

A very Jewish romance - with a Yiddish flavour