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

Pesach

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

By Keren David

3 min read

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

Television

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

By Eliana Jordan

5 min read

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

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

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

Family

Our Passover in Israel is off, so everyone’s at my place for lunch. What could possibly go wrong?

By Misha Mansoor

3 min read

"I've suffered enough": Misha's mum and dad; her five children and (inset) the writer with her goyfriend

Lifestyle

Hostages

Season of freedom: a heart-to-heart with four former hostages

From making a cup of tea to laughing out loud, Emily Damari, Doron Steinbrecher, Aviva Seigel and Danielle Aloni share how it feels to be free women back home in Israel

By Natalie Blenford

12 min read

Emily Damari has got engaged and launched a clothing line since her release (Picture: Shai Franco)

Film

Maker of ‘Mr Nobody Against Putin’ celebrated her Oscar with Hollywood latke feast

The ‘We Will Dance Again’ filmmaker added the iconic golden statuette to her many awards earlier this month

By Elisa Bray

4 min read

Lucie Kon, pictured with the best documentary Oscar her team won for 'Mr Nobody Against Putin' (Photo: Instagram/@imluciek)

Books

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

Twenty years on from his public resignation as a Jew, the novelist explains where he stands now

By David Bennun

6 min read

One-state solutionist: Will Self and his new book

Television

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

Even at the beginning, SNL was very hit and miss. The inaugural episode of the transatlantic spin-off is just…a miss

By Ben Felsenburg

2 min read

Opening night host Tina Fey Credit: Sky UK

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

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Film

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

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

One rabbi’s search for the boys who survived an Auschwitz gas chamber

Rabbi Naftali Schiff’s 20-year mission to track down the 51 boys who left Crematorium 5 alive has resulted in a book and film

By Eliana Jordan

3 min read

Travel

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Travel

World Cup goals

By Anthea Gerrie

6 min read

Searching for the last Jew of Kochi

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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Our love is stronger than your hate: the march against antisemitism in London, in November 2023

October 7

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

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

Howard Jacobson’s brilliant new book on the moral insanity unleashed by October 7

Howl is the first major British novel to address why so many in this country have been driven mad with hatred for Israel

By David Herman

2 min read

Music

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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

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(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

These matzah nachos are fun, fast and kosher for Passover! (Picture: Jamie Milne)

Passover recipe

Matzah nachos (Machos)

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)

Recipe

Gluten-free chocolate chip cookie cake

Perfect for Pesach, or a gluten-free birthday cake

By Melinda Strauss

Cook time: 30 minutes, plus cooling time

Recipe

Passover bagels

Yes, really! Just add smoked salmon and cream cheese...

By Melinda Strauss

Cook time: 40-45 minutes (plus 40 minutes cooling time)

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

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

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Support the world’s oldest Jewish newspaper

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

Our Passover in Israel is off, so everyone’s at my place for lunch. What could possibly go wrong?

Lifestyle

Season of freedom: a heart-to-heart with four former hostages

Maker of ‘Mr Nobody Against Putin’ celebrated her Oscar with Hollywood latke feast

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

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

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

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’★★

One rabbi’s search for the boys who survived an Auschwitz gas chamber

Travel

World Cup goals

Searching for the last Jew of Kochi

A perfect Paris escape in the Marais

In praise of Prague

Books

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

Howard Jacobson’s brilliant new book on the moral insanity unleashed by October 7

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

Matzah nachos (Machos)

Pistachio meringues

Gluten-free chocolate chip cookie cake

Passover bagels