Life

Just an Illusion review: ‘Are we French, Jewish or African?’★★★★

This story about growing up in a Sephardi family in the suburbs of Paris during the 1980s will speak to Jews everywhere

‘My film about the Jewish revolt against Rome teaches us lessons about today’

I want to reconnect Jews with their ancient past, so I made the movie Legend of Destruction

‘I’m not flirtatious… I don’t get it,’ says Nigella Lawson ahead of Bake Off debut

The beloved TV host joked that she had reached the ‘Old Ma Lawson stage in life’

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

Error 404 review: The barmitzvah boy with no god delusion

Jewish News editor Richard Ferrer’s debut novel is a fresh and funny look at the science versus religion wars

A tale of survival in the Lithuanian forest

Berl Kagan’s Shoah memoir, written in a used butcher’s copybook, is an important addition to the Holocaust library

Simon Sebag Montefiore’s history of the Middle East is a masterpiece

His massively ambitious book is superbly written, perfectly balanced in the scope of its analysis and storytelling, and will serve both expert and lay readers

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

Boy George: I’ll sack bandmates who refuse to play pro-Israel song

The Culture Club frontman also defended the use of AI in creating the track, saying human musicians would have ‘gotten in his way’

High hole-y days: young golfer sets sights on stardom after strong showing at national tournament

James Poole came 12th out of more than 1,000 entrants in event hosted by golf legend Nick Faldo

West Ham asks fans to stop anti-Palestine chant about Israeli winger Manor Solomon

The chant has been called ‘offensive and divisive’ by the club

Checkmate! Maccabi Vale seal Chess Valley title with crushing 199-run win

Rising to the top: inside east London’s oldest Jewish bakery

Fourth-generation baker Jennifer Rinkoff spills the beans about a new cookbook that celebrates her family’s bakery business, her favourite memories – and future plans

Exclusive: To share food is to spread joy, says ‘godfather of Israeli cuisine’ Eyal Shani

Celebrated founder of Miznon chain speaks to JC as he opens new restaurant in Beverly Hills

The new cookbook celebrating the joy of Jewish desserts

After 20 years of writing about Yiddishe food, Leah Koenig has focused her attention on sweets. She tells Siam Goorwich about the recipes that bring flavour to her table