James Mangold, the ‘half-Jewish’ director of A Complete Unknown on making one of cinema’s most hotly anticipated biopics
Let’s hope Nick Cassenbaum builds on the wild success of this fearless Yiddishe heist
Hilton Nathanson set up the charity Bishnat in his father’s memory to celebrate Judaism’s musical traditions and, in the wake of October 7, to show solidarity with the Jewish state
How I broadened my horizons by going ‘textile free’ in a German bath house
From bar mitzvah boy to born-again Christian releasing gospel music, then back to Judaism, the singer-songwriter is a walking contradiction of Jewishness
This new study on contemporary antisemtism is a welcome addition to the canon
The music reverberates from the pages of this feminist journalist’s debut novel
Send ice cream – I’m short on fat after my mastectomy
‘People haven’t laughed like this since October 7’ says Yohay Sponder
From the Shoah to the screwed-up elite, the five stand-out Jewish books of the year are a mix of eviscerating fiction, assiduously researched history and memoir
This past year has seen an outpouring of creativity from Israeli artists who have used their talents as an outlet for trauma and to battle antisemitism and anti-Israel forces
More than a thousand schoolchildren have competed at Maccabi inter-school competitions this year
Claire Calman’s given up on formal dinner parties
Natalie Marchant hits the slopes in Obertauern, the Austrian town where the Fab Four filmed Help! and which is gearing up for the movie’s 60th anniversary
The International Sephardic Music Festival in Córdoba pays homage to the city’s Jewish legacy. Jules Stewart listens in
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