ArtThe £2 million masterpiece lost in a shul cupboard for 15 yearsThe ‘spectacular’ 19th-century German painting of the Western Wall sold at auction earlier this monthBy Susan Gray6 min read
patrilineal JewsMeet the Jewish man with 37 childrenUntil his daughter Rachel tracked him down in 2017, Peter Ellenstein had barely thought about the sperm bank donations of his youth. Now his 37 children are his worldBy Miranda Levy8 min read
Jewish BeatlesHow the Beatles got by with some help from their little-known Jewish friendsWith the Fab Four recently topping the charts (again), Mordechai Beck reminds us of an important, often overlooked, factor in their successBy Mordechai Beck3 min read
RussiaBill Browder: ‘With Navalny murdered, I’m now Putin’s enemy number one’The investor was expelled from Russia in 2005By Paul Cainer4 min read
Battle of Cable Street musicalInside the new show exploding myths about Cable StreetWe meet the writer of a musical about the famous day in 1936 when the people of the East End united to stop the fascists from marchingBy John Nathan5 min read
RAF MuseumMy aunt the Blitz heroineJoan Myers’s work in the Battle of Britain has been commemorated in an exhibition at the RAF Museum. Her niece Lucy Daltroff is kvellingBy Lucy Daltroff 3 min read
turning 60I’m turning 60 … is it time for a new profession?With a husband who’s no good at DIY, Claire Calman’s considering a radical shift in directionBy Claire Calman3 min read
giles corenWould you eat Giles Coren’s lokshen pudding?In his latest bid to cook his way back to Jewishness, Giles Coren attempts the classic Ashkenazi afters. It’s basically a rice pudding made with spaghetti, right?By Giles Coren6 min read
Frank AuerbachPortrait of a refugee: Looking back at the career of Frank AuerbachAs a new exhibition opens of Frank Auerbach’s portraits, we look back at his careerBy Alexander Cohen6 min read
small acts of kindnessIs being nice good for you?Gaby Koppel tests the theory that performing acts of kindness boosts your mental healthBy Gaby Koppel3 min read
selling clothes on eBayDo I need to pay tax on stuff I sell online?Our money maven Rosanna Spero advises whether you should be worrying about HMRC’s new rules on trading on sites like eBayBy Rosanna Spero2 min read
Israeli babiesWar babies: why having children is harder than everBringing kids into the world is especially challenging now, says Chana HughesBy Chana Hughes3 min read
ObituaryThe pioneering gerontologist who fled Nazi Germany and revolutionised dementia careNaomi Feil, whose family fled Nazi persecution in Germany in 1937, has died at the age of 91By Eliana Jordan4 min read
Joseph DebreczeniThe details of concentration camp life are brought to terrifying lifeDavid Herman pays homage to an unforgettable Holocaust memoirBy David Herman2 min read
Jewish MuseumThe toothbrush made by a concentration camp prisonerLily wanted to be an artist, but was rejected by the Vienna Art Academy because she was Jewish. This well-crafted object shows her skillBy Rhiannon Parkinson2 min read
