Life

Why is this Haggadah different from all others?

Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Marc Chagall and Lucian Freud are among the Jews depicted in the colourful scenes of artist Leon Fenster’s new work

By Simon Rocker

7 min read

Jew-de-vivre: Leon Fenster's Haggadah has a psychedelic twist

Samantha Ellis revels in Iraqi delicacies for the Seder

Pesach

Rice, dates and dressing up… welcome to my Iraqi seder

By Samantha Ellis

3 min read

Seder

The new Haggadah which takes us back to Egypt

By Simon Rocker

3 min read

Ryan Gosling in 'Project Hail Mary.' (Photo: MGM)

Film

Project Hail Mary review: Gosling brings substance to this alien-buddy sci-fi ★★★★

By John Nathan

2 min read

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No match: a drawing of the duel between the Marquis de Morès and Captain Mayer, as it appeared on the front page of Le Petit Parisien Illustré

Books

Meet the world’s first fascist

By Robert Low

3 min read

Spiritual journey: (from left) Ashley Blaker, Hermione Norris, Jayne Middlemiss, Patsy Kensit, Ashley Banjo, Tasha Ghouri and Hasan Al-Habib on their pilgrimage

Television

The Jewish Pilgrim’s Progress

Ashley Blaker, once the UK’s only Orthodox comedian, now a tattooed agnostic, is travelling through Northumberland for the new series of Pilgrimage

By Jenni Frazer

6 min read

Dance

Mayerling review: This doomed love affair produces some of the most erotically-charged dances seen on stage ★★★★★

Kenneth MacMillan’s 1978 ballet about a prince and his young baroness mistress is back in London with exquisite performances that build to a tragic end

By Joy Sable

1 min read

A scene from Mayerling by The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House. Choreography by Kenneth MacMillan. (Photo: Tristram Kenton)

Television

The Pitt review: ‘doesn’t entirely live up to the overheated hype, but it works’ ★★★★

Noah Wyle is finally back on our screens in a hotly anticipated, jam-packed and sometimes exhausting medical drama

By Ben Felsenburg

2 min read

The doctor will see you now: Noah Wyle in The Pitt

Pesach

I’m the Pesach Ayatollah…can I stop my family from eating rice?

In this Ashkenazi home, family members are lobbying for a Sephardi diet.

By Keren David

3 min read

Rice and hummus are off the menu for Ashkenazi families at Pesach - or are they?

Lifestyle

Television

The top ten Jewish and Jew-ish shows to watch on HBO Max

The American streaming platform’s long-awaited UK launch heralds new access to some of the best Jewish-flavoured shows on TV

By Eliana Jordan

5 min read

Noah Wyle in 'The Pitt'. (Photo: Warrick Page/HBO Max)

Theatre

The Producers review: Richard Kind dazzles in a show more urgent and less indulgent than ever ★★★★★

The smash hit musical by Mel Brooks is revived with a raw and dangerous production starring one of the world’s funniest performers as Max Bialystock

By John Nathan

2 min read

Richard Kind (Max Bialystock) and the company of The Producers. (Photo: Manuel Harlan)

Theatre

Summerfolk review: The feckless middle classes on the brink of a rude awakening ★★★★

Maxim Gorky’s 1905 full-frontal attack on the demographic is a searing depiction of helplessness in the face of violent change

By John Nathan

2 min read

Jewish films

How the Jewish American epic leapt from the page to the screen

Once millions read Bellow and Roth, now they flock to cinemas to see Marty Supreme and The Brutalist

By Ithamar Handelman-Smith

6 min read

"Augie March on screen":Timothée Chalamet in Marty Supreme

Theatre

What is it like to be a queer Palestinian?

Yael Breuer speaks to the Israeli playwright of a new drama about the precarious lives of LGBTQ+ Palestinians

By Yael Breuer

3 min read

Tomer Aldubi (left) with his producer Maera Daniel Hagage in Ohio in 2025

Opera

Siegfried review: Spellbinding Schager is the greatest Siegfried of our age ★★★★★

The opera’s flawless cast, set design and music are led by Andreas Shager, who delivers one of the finest theatrical performances London has seen in many years

By Stephen Pollard

2 min read

Andreas Schager as Siegfried. (Royal Opera House)

Jewish theatre

Yentl review: ‘Isaac Bashevis Singer would be pleased’ ★★★★

The writer was not impressed with the Barbra Streisand adaptation of his short story, but this performance captures its mysticism and humanity so well, he would surely approve it

By John Nathan

1 min read

Theatre

The Holy Rosenbergs review: ‘Craig tackles head on the anxiety of being Jewish’ ★★★★

‘The sight of a Jewish family being ripped apart by conflicting opinions about Israel and Gaza is more of a thing than it ever was’

By John Nathan

3 min read

Dorothea Myer-Bennett as Ruth Rosenberg and Adrian Lukis as Stephen Crossley (Photo: Manual Harlan)

Film & TV

All TV

Opening night host Tina Fey Credit: Sky UK

Television

Saturday Night Live UK review: ‘It’s hard to judge the quality of the performers when the material is this bad’ ★

By Ben Felsenburg

2 min read

The Testament of Ann Lee review: ‘an unexpected use of movement and music’ ★★★★

Brilliant score and choreography breathes life into this haunting tale of vision and faith

By John Nathan

1 min read

Wuthering Heights review: ‘This sex-heavy new interpretation never feels as daring as the old’

Emerald Fennell’s take on the classic literary love story is sure to leave film audiences as unsatisfied as diehard Brontë fans

By John Nathan

1 min read

Hamlet review: ‘watchable but wearying’★★

This bold and radical version of Shakespeare’s most famous play is lost in a south Indian translation

By John Nathan

1 min read

Travel

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Travel

Since his aunt died, Keith Hallegua has been the last Jew left of a once-thriving community in this region of India. But he still prays every week, hoping that tourists will join him at the historic synagogue

By Andy Mossack

5 min read

A perfect Paris escape in the Marais

From falafel feasts to late-night cocktails, 24 hours in the French capital

By Jane Prinsley

5 min read

In praise of Prague

Visit the Czech capital and step back in time to when there was a thriving Jewish community that built beautiful synagogues

By Anthea Gerrie

5 min read

Books

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One-state solutionist: Will Self and his new book

Books

Will Self: What inspired me to write this book? The Glasto crowd chanting ‘Death to the IDF’

By David Bennun

6 min read

Melanie Phillips’s new guide to our antagonists and how to fight them fair and square

This punchy and practical handbook to battling Jew-hate is more than timely

By Dominic Green

3 min read

Why did people stand by when the Gestapo came child-hunting?

From carrying messages for the Resistance to hugging at the Seder table, our pick of the best new books for children

By Angela Kiverstein

1 min read

A useful handbook on the Israel-Palestine deadlock...until it turns to Netanyahu

Colin Shindler’s historical guide is erudite and concise but perhaps guilty of wishful thinking when it describes a Tel Aviv rally as Bibi’s ‘Ceaușescu moment’

By Robert Low

3 min read

Music

All Music

Music

Haunting music of the exiled composers

By Mark Glanville

3 min read

2025 in review: Music

It’s been a difficult year for Jewish musicians and music fans alike, but Elisa Bray says virtuoso musicianship defiantly drowned out the hate

By Elisa Bray

4 min read

London venue appalled by Primal Scream’s use of ‘antisemitic imagery’ during gig

The band displayed a Star of David entwined with a Nazi symbol during a performance of their song Swastika Eyes

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Björk, Lorde and Paul Weller join 1,000 artists and labels to block Israelis from streaming their music

A new campaign aims to pressure music companies such as Sony, UMG and Warner to follow suit

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Sport

All Sport

(L-R) Danny Wolf, Ben Saraf and Deni Avdija

Basketball

Israeli trio makes NBA history in Portland-Brooklyn game

By Ben Conway

3 min read

Israeli teenage kick-boxing star delivers a knockout to the trolls in latest triumph

Aged 19, Ahavat Hashem Gordon is already known as the ‘Golden Boy’ of the sport and is headed for the top

By Yoav Borowitz

3 min read

Meet Sheina Vaspi – the first and only Israeli athlete to compete at the Winter Paralympics

The observant Orthodox Jew views her role as the sole athlete to represent Israel as a ‘mission from above’

By Ben Conway

2 min read

Spurs fined after fans’ ‘disgusting’ Nazi salutes in Germany

The club branded the fans’ behaviour ‘abhorrent’

By Ben Conway

1 min read

Let's Eat

All Food

Transform matzah into a really fun, shareable starter, side dish or snack (Picture: Justyna Radon)

Passover recipe

Smoked salmon and horseradish matzah nachos

By Denise Phillips

Cook time: 8-10 minutes

Recipe

Salmon and sweet potato fish cakes with avocado, lime and coriander dip

These Pesach-friendly fish cakes are a great way to use up cooked salmon

By Victoria Prever

Cook time: 30-40 minutes

Recipe

Matzah nachos (Machos)

Fun, fast and full of flavour, these machos are a Passover hero

By Jamie Milne

Recipe

Pistachio meringues

A classic Pesach treat, with a trendy nutty twist

By Melinda Strauss

Cook time: 1 hour 30 minutes (plus 1 hour cooling)

Life

Why is this Haggadah different from all others?

Rice, dates and dressing up… welcome to my Iraqi seder

The new Haggadah which takes us back to Egypt

Project Hail Mary review: Gosling brings substance to this alien-buddy sci-fi ★★★★

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Meet the world’s first fascist

The Jewish Pilgrim’s Progress

Mayerling review: This doomed love affair produces some of the most erotically-charged dances seen on stage ★★★★★

The Pitt review: ‘doesn’t entirely live up to the overheated hype, but it works’ ★★★★

I’m the Pesach Ayatollah…can I stop my family from eating rice?

Lifestyle

The top ten Jewish and Jew-ish shows to watch on HBO Max

The Producers review: Richard Kind dazzles in a show more urgent and less indulgent than ever ★★★★★

Summerfolk review: The feckless middle classes on the brink of a rude awakening ★★★★

How the Jewish American epic leapt from the page to the screen

Theatre

What is it like to be a queer Palestinian?

Siegfried review: Spellbinding Schager is the greatest Siegfried of our age ★★★★★

Yentl review: ‘Isaac Bashevis Singer would be pleased’ ★★★★

The Holy Rosenbergs review: ‘Craig tackles head on the anxiety of being Jewish’ ★★★★

Film & TV

Saturday Night Live UK review: ‘It’s hard to judge the quality of the performers when the material is this bad’ ★

The Testament of Ann Lee review: ‘an unexpected use of movement and music’ ★★★★

Wuthering Heights review: ‘This sex-heavy new interpretation never feels as daring as the old’

Hamlet review: ‘watchable but wearying’★★

Travel

World Cup goals

Searching for the last Jew of Kochi

A perfect Paris escape in the Marais

In praise of Prague

Books

Will Self: What inspired me to write this book? The Glasto crowd chanting ‘Death to the IDF’

Melanie Phillips’s new guide to our antagonists and how to fight them fair and square

Why did people stand by when the Gestapo came child-hunting?

A useful handbook on the Israel-Palestine deadlock...until it turns to Netanyahu

Music

Haunting music of the exiled composers

2025 in review: Music

London venue appalled by Primal Scream’s use of ‘antisemitic imagery’ during gig

Björk, Lorde and Paul Weller join 1,000 artists and labels to block Israelis from streaming their music

Sport

Israeli trio makes NBA history in Portland-Brooklyn game

Israeli teenage kick-boxing star delivers a knockout to the trolls in latest triumph

Meet Sheina Vaspi – the first and only Israeli athlete to compete at the Winter Paralympics

Spurs fined after fans’ ‘disgusting’ Nazi salutes in Germany

Let's Eat

Smoked salmon and horseradish matzah nachos

Salmon and sweet potato fish cakes with avocado, lime and coriander dip

Matzah nachos (Machos)

Pistachio meringues