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October 7 drama ‘Our Loves’ set for Toronto Film Festival despite boycott demands

The recognition comes after a controversy around an honour for a similar film at last year’s festival

Spider-Man: Brand New Day review: Oh, what a very tangled web he weaves ★★★★

The movie has bucked the trend of diminishing returns at the box office

Award-winning director Mike Leigh says next film will be his last after health struggles

Leigh was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that causes chronic pain and weakness last year

Keeping it cool in cosmopolitan Marseille

Gaby Koppel returns to France’s vibrant port city in search of an elusive Jewish-Tunisian cafe

All aboard for a great garden party in Somerset

Heading to Europe this summer? These are your Jewish cultural must-sees

Jewish culture and history is on display across the continent.

Summer reads 2026: four page-turners for kids

From intergenerational empathy to a rubber duck that becomes scuba kit, these titles will spark curiosity and family conversation

Without gay Jewish Brian Epstein we would have no Beatles

The extraordinary life of the greatest of pop managers is revealed in a new biography

Wine, women and ignoring the genocide

It is the first time this disturbing war portrait has been published in English

Boy George says he’s ‘devastated’ by loss of ‘innocent lives on both sides’ of Gaza War amid backlash over new ‘pro-peace’ song

It comes after the Culture Club star pulled out of a West End performance of Jesus Christ Superstar

Meet Benji Miller, the 22-year-old musician we’ll all be listening to

The London alternative R&B singer and pianist is the first artist to be signed by Oi Va Voi’s new Jewish label

The Sleeping Beauty review: Lovely dancing, shame about the staging ★★★

Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s interpretation of the famous fairy tale does not wholly convince me

Israeli winger Manor Solomon poised for £7m Spurs-West Ham leap

Solomon has played for Tottenham since 2023, after being evacuated from Ukraine the year before while signed to Shakhtar Donetsk

Barcelona manager Hansi Flick heaps praise upon Israeli academy prospect

Flick named Orian Goren as one of the three youngsters who most impressed him in preseason

Cristiano Ronaldo’s fiancée Georgina Rodríguez deletes Hebrew Instagram caption after backlash

The model and influencer subsequently replaced the Hebrew word for ‘healthy’ with a Japanese phrase

Summer 2026 Israel eating guide: the cafes and restaurants you don’t want to miss

British-born Israeli travel and food blogger Debbie Kandel shares her insider tips for the best places to eat this summer – in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and beyond

‘Kosher catering feels like a mitzvah’: how the chef behind Shuk is elevating simchahs

Chef Mark Jankel has been a major player in London’s culinary scene for 20-plus years, but, he tells Siam Goorwich, it is his latest gastronomic project that is really bringing him nachas

New feature on kosher-checking app allows users to scan supermarket products

Is It Kosher? announced the update yesterday