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The small movies with big ideas at the UK Jewish Film Festival

This 30th anniversary year of the reveals some of the lesser-known reaches of Jewish life in the UK through its UK Jewish Film Factory programme, and the diversity of stories is dizzying. Here is the lowdown on many of them

Will any Jews be watching this? Why the dilemma over Nobody Wants This is deeper than you think

Once again, something that should have been light and fun has become deeply problematic for proud, Zionist Jews

‘I wasn’t terribly excited by his writing when I was young’: Paweł Pawlikowski on his new film about Thomas Mann

Hanns Zischler and Sandra Hüller play the great writer and his daughter in Fatherland, the Polish-Jewish film-maker’s portrait of postwar Germany

Forte dei Marmi: Old-world glamour on the Tuscan coast

Coast to coast: one woman’s love affair with America

Montenegro is the Jewel of the Adriatic – and it puts a slip on south-eastern Europe’s antisemitic shadows

The life of Steven Berkoff, the bad boy of British theatre in his own words

The actor’s memoir is a rich tour through a now vanished mid-century London

Office hours in the studio of Paula Rego review: Portrait of the artist and her male muse

A deeply moving memoir by the man who modelled for the Portuguese painter

Sacred Betrayal review: How deafening silence of French bishops condemned so many Jews to their death

American academic Aliza Luft’s new book is well-written and meticulously documented

Black Eyed Peas’ ‘mazel tov’ lyric was intended to thank Jewish friend’s father, reveals will.i.am

The singer explained that the song ‘I Gotta Feeling’ was written with simchot in mind

Dolly Parton’s Wikipedia page vandalised with swastika hours after her death

The page was also strewn with antisemitic slogans and glorification of the Sandy Hook school shooter

Rossini Opera Festival: ‘Le Siège de Corinthe was massacred’

I was excited by this year’s inclusion of his great but less frequently performed work, but David Livermore’s production was clumsy and oafish

Israel men’s football team wear black armbands for October 7 victims in acrimonious Ireland match

An Irish coach alleged he had been spat at by an Israel player during half-time – though neither the Republic of Ireland nor Israeli head coaches would confirm this

Irish-Israeli footballer ‘considering retirement’ amid row over Nations League match

Finn Azaz reportedly made an ‘impassioned speech’ during a team meeting before the fixture, but did not play due to fitness concerns

Irish players’ hostility ‘stems from ignorance,’ claims Israeli goalkeeper

Daniel Peretz also apologised to fans for his side’s ‘embarrassing’ performance, which saw them beaten 3-0 in a politically charged match

Jewish deli’s ‘legendary’ sandwiches named best in New York

New research into the city’s culinary scene also recommended the ‘ultimate Manhattan food trail’

It’s a scoop! The delicious dishes we eat with a spoon

Alissa Timoshkina’s new book is an ode to nosh we scoff without knife and fork, learns Siam Goorwich

Sensational salads, for a really good cause

Salads for Good from social enterprise Cook for Good serves up recipes designed to make you feel great inside and out