The Jewish Chronicle

Arts Agenda: May 2017

Barbra Streisand at 75

Divorce drama on Radio 4

A new radio play is set in Manchester's strictly Orthodox community

Managing the Loose Women

Hilary Freeman talks to Jo Sheinman, Loose Women’s Head of Showbiz

Interview: Kay Mellor

The hugely successful creator of TV hits Band of Gold, Fat Friends, and In The Club. tells Francine White about her forthcoming stage musical

Ex JFS boy taps to 42nd Street

“I was about to do my GCSEs at JFS, but Dame Ruth Robbins was very supportive: I revised during rehearsals and amazingly came out with high grades.”

Interview: singer-songwriter David Broza

Jewish artists on the edge

Questions of gender and sexuality in the work of Jewish artists emerge in two major art exhibitions.

Shoah memorial: time to rethink

Stephen Games isn't impressed by the shortlisted designs for a Holocaust memorial.

Jack Lindsay looking good in his new career

After half a century in the rag trade, octogenarian Jack Lindsay has reinvented himself as an actor

Mazz Murray - the secret superstar

Actress Mazz Murray has starred in innumerable West End shows. But by day she helps run kosher restaurants

The song of hope that made a nation

What makes Israel's national anthem so special? And why did Tupac choose to sample it? Daniel Sugarman found out.

Interview: 'Logan' director James Mangold

Mutant superhero Wolverine is haunted by the Holocaust

A festival full of debate and delight

Revolution at the Royal Academy

Jewish artists feature prominently in the RA's exhibition of art from the period after the Russian revolution.

Rachel Weisz: 'No denying my heritage'

The star of Denial talks about her life, her first Jewish role and resisting pressure to change her surname

Interview: Jason Isaacs

Best-known as Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, Jason Isaacs is now starring in the new Netflix series The OA. Jennifer Lipman talked to the actor who always keeps his suitcase packed.

Review: Salome