Books How I told my family’s history through the words of early ZionistsRachel Cockerell’s genre-bending debut book ‘Melting Point’ about the search for a Jewish homeland blends the history of Zionism with her own family storyBy Anne Joseph6 min read
HolocaustWhy is Holocaust denial rampant on Gen Z’s favourite news source?Educational content creators on TikTok are fighting disinformation one myth-busting video at a timeBy Eliana Jordan7 min read
Book WeekHow Jewish music helped me find my voice againMark Glanville believed a haemorrhage on his vocal chords had brought his singing career to an end...until he began picking up the liturgical melodies at Westminster SynagogueBy Mark Glanville3 min read
colour drenchingHow to give yourself a decent ‘drenching’In 2024, we are wearing one colour – neckline to hemlineBy Jan Shure1 min read
heated rollersHow I’m rolling back the yearsGive your hair a voluminous look with an easy-to-use styling tool that’s ideal for new mothers (like me)By Viola Levy2 min read
abigail shrierAre the kids all right? Abigail Shrier says you should stop asking themTherapy culture is actively harming Western children, says this American authorBy Zoe Strimpel6 min read
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
