Miranda Levy

Miranda Levy is a freelance journalist

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When they were giving out the Jewish tech gene, I was offline

Some are People of the iPad. As for me and the rest of us, we are happy to remain the People of the Book

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The listed building that formerly housed Hackney and East London Synagogue in Brenthouse Road (photo: Paul the Archivist/Wikimedia Commons)

From chicken soup to 7 Up: A Jewish journey through Clapton

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A scene from Hannah and Her Sisters, in which Woody Allen plays a hypochondriac (Image: YouTube/Orion Pictures)

My very Jewish anniversary gift for my health-neurotic New York husband? Shingles jabs!

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The author during her honeymoon in New York (Image: courtesy of Miranda Levy)

‘Zaftig’ is a state of mind – at least it is since I discovered weight-loss jabs

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‘The dark humour of Dad, who fled Hitler, runs through my new show’

Comedian Mark Maier on how the laughter his father brought to his childhood home inspired him

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March 6, 2026 12:20

Why are the celebrities I used to love suddenly so anti, well… me?

From Annie Lennox to Roger Waters, it’s hard not to take pro-Palestine activism personally. Thank God for Quentin Tarantino

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January 22, 2026 13:41

‘My non-Jewish wife didn’t ‘get’ me but my new Jewish one does’

Two newlyweds tell of their deep joy at marrying another Jew for the first time in middle age and of their first Rosh Hashanah as husband and wife

5 min read

September 18, 2025 15:43

Coming home: the newlyweds under the 'chupah' in Central Park (Credit: Mara Kareken)

Why do secular Jews love this branch of Orthodox Judaism so much? What is its secret?

A London rabbi on how spreading a message of Jewish joy and pride means Chabad has grown from an insular Chasidic sect to the influential Jewish force it is today

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June 26, 2025 15:44

Roots schmoots: Rabbi Bentzi and his wife, Rochie

‘I love Fiddler so much that I finally have my own Tevye’

I now know I was destined to end up with a warm-hearted, sentimental and silver-maned Jewish man

3 min read

September 17, 2024 12:17

Miranda Levy and her American boyfriend Jeremy Kareken enjoying a very English tea

Meet the Jewish man with 37 children

Until his daughter Rachel tracked him down in 2017, Peter Ellenstein had barely thought about the sperm bank donations of his youth. Now his 37 children are his world

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February 22, 2024 16:53