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Tracy-Ann Oberman
Tracy-Ann Oberman is an actor and writer.
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It’s not a good time to be Jewish and work in the arts
Jews have given so much and yet we are slowly being erased
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This Jewish EastEnder is going back to her roots after 19 years
Nineteen years is a long time, in television, in life and in geopolitics. What a time of hope 2005 was
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I have 112,000 followers but my love for Twitter is over
Freeing myself from social media poison is a step I had to take
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I am suffering from a form of Social Antisemitism Tourette’s
No matter how much I tell myself to keep quiet, I keep mentioning the unmentionable
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Jewish women always speak up. We refuse to be silenced
We must keep reminding the wider community that what starts with the Jews never ends with the Jews
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In 2024, we must find strength in this new, dystopian world
Dystopian fiction doesn’t come close to the horror of October 7
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A moment of communal grief in York helped me begin to heal
I never thought that I would feel the way I feel now
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How the theatre is embracing my proud Jewish identity
When I landed a contract with the Royal Shakespeare Company in the early 1990s, I was told to keep my heritage a secret
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Shylock, Jewface and the long history of the ‘Jewish’ nose
Non-Jewish actors playing Jewish roles need to be sensitive to what they are taking on
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Of course non-Jews can play Jews, but they shouldn't have fake noses
Bradley Cooper's fake schnoz to play Leonard Bernstein has divided the Jewish community
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I will not be silenced on antisemitism
Not once has my union called out China, Turkey or Syria, but it has attacked Israel 28 times
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He didn’t have to be Jewish to be our favourite Jewish dad
From stage to screen there was something mesmerising about his work, says Tracy-Ann Oberman
Farewells and new worries
Tracy-Ann Oberman looks back over eight years of JC columns
My record-breaking noise fest
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A story I trust in a propaganda war
Jewish women don't do cults
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