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Supergirl for ever: actress Helen Slater talks myths and fame

As a teenager, she played the title role in the 1984 movie Supergirl. Now Helen explains why she is going back to college

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October 20, 2022 14:24

Supergirl for ever: actress Helen Slater talks myths and fame

Theatre

Good Theatre review: How a decent man transformed into a Nazi

David Tennant stars as a German academic who descends to barbarity but it's Elliot Levey who stands out in excellent revival of CP Taylor's play

3 min read

October 20, 2022 14:06

GOOD by Taylor, , Writer - C.P. Taylor, Director - Dominic Cooke, Harold Pinter Theatre, 2022, Credit: Johan Persson/

Obituary

Obituary: Susie Steiner

Writer whose ‘screwed -up’ detective character projects the light and shade of everyday life

4 min read

October 20, 2022 14:05

The Walk-In TV review: The journey to hatred — but with vital elements missing

ITV drama presents the viewer with the opportunity to observe the process of how irrational hate can take hold in a person, but frustratingly fails to address why people can break out of its grip

2 min read

October 20, 2022 13:40

THE WALK-IN EPISODE 1 Pictured:STEPHEN GRAHAM as Matthew Collins. This image is under copyright and can only be reproduced for editorial purposes in your print or online publication. This image cannot be syndicated to any other third party.

Italy

Shoah survivor sounds warning as she opens hard-right parliament in Italy

Liliana Segre, 92, a senator-for-life and the only member of her Jewish family to survive Auschwitz, spoke about the 'symbolic' value of her role following an election that produced the country's most right-wing government since 1945

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October 20, 2022 13:39

Shoah survivor sounds warning as she opens hard-right parliament in Italy

Film

The Banshees of Inisherin Film review: When friends fall out it’s heartbreaking

In Bruges stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson reunite in Oscar-winning British-Irish filmmaker Martin McDonagh's powerful dark comedy

2 min read

October 20, 2022 13:39

This image released by Searchlight Pictures shows Colin Farrell, left, and Brendan Gleeson in "The Banshees of Inisherin." (Searchlight Pictures)

Books

Book review - Chapters of Accidents: A Writer’s Memoir - Evocative portrait of a long-gone era

Literary memoir by one of the great Anglo-Jewish writers, whose best work focused on working-class life in London

1 min read

October 20, 2022 13:13

Book review - Chapters of Accidents: A Writer’s Memoir - Evocative portrait of a long-gone era

Books

Book review: Blue Labour: The Politics of the Common Good - Feeling blue: one man’s plan for the party's future

New manifesto for Labour puts the emphasis on blue-collar values with a conservative bent to renew its historic solidarity with its working-class base

2 min read

October 20, 2022 13:13

Book review: Blue Labour: The Politics of the Common Good - Feeling blue: one man’s plan for the party's future

BBC cannot simply ignore concerns of Anglo-Jewry

The JC Leader, 21 October 2022

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October 20, 2022 13:08

BBC cannot simply ignore concerns of Anglo-Jewry

Film

Israel's Cary Grant: Meet actor Lior Ashkenazi

The star tells of his forthcoming directorial debut - a tale of secrets and lies - and his long and successful career

6 min read

October 20, 2022 13:05

Israel's Cary Grant: Meet actor Lior Ashkenazi

Meet the Jews of darkest Peru

Their 'Moses' was Segundo Villanueva, a Catholic who converted to Judaism and then found his own Land of Canaan on the bank of a tributary of the Amazon

2 min read

October 20, 2022 12:57

Netanyahu debates how close to work with religious far-right

Former PM mulls how much influence in his coalition to give to controversial MKs

4 min read

October 20, 2022 12:52

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on March 16, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Board of Deputies

Board president defends support for UK embassy move to Jerusalem

Marie van der Zyl was challenged over whether deputies had been consulted on policy

2 min read

October 20, 2022 12:33

Board president defends support for UK embassy move to Jerusalem

Books

Two Jewish authors lead colourful debates at book festival

Jonathan Freedland discussed his best-selling book The Escape Artist and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore quizzed experts on Vladimir Putin's war at fifth annual Cliveden Literary Festival

1 min read

October 20, 2022 12:32

SÃO PAULO, SP, BRASIL, 25.07.18 - O escritor e jornalista britânico Simon Sebag Montefiore, autor de livros sobre a história russa, na Flip (Festa Literária Internacional de Paraty), em Paraty, no Rio de Janeiro. (Foto: Marcus Leoni/Folhapress)

BBC

Love, life and auld hatred: Scottish Jewry opens up in new BBC television documentary

A Holocaust survivor, a woman who suffered from antisemitism at school and a trans man converting to Judaism feature in fascinating new film Being Jewish in Scotland

2 min read

October 20, 2022 12:32

Love, life and auld hatred: Scottish Jewry opens up in new BBC television documentary

We must not give up hope that enemies can become friends

It’s easy — and understandable — to be browbeaten by antisemitism. But we need to trust that sometimes people can move, attitudes can shift and positive change can happen

4 min read

October 20, 2022 12:31

We must not give up hope that enemies can become friends

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