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Giselle review: Marianela wins hearts with her meltingly beautiful movement ★★★★

This traditional production of the great romantic ballet offers a pleasing, if unsurprising, performance, with several standout debuts

2 min read

February 20, 2026 17:23

Giselle. Royal Opera House, Royal Ballet.

Books

Eli Sharabi memoir ‘Hostage’ named Book of the Year at National Jewish Book Awards

The book is ‘my testimony, a story of my survival, written so others could bear witness,’ the author said

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February 20, 2026 17:15

Eli Sharabi memoir ‘Hostage’ named Book of the Year at National Jewish Book Awards

Winter Olympics

Golden girl! US women’s ice hockey team triumph at Winter Olympics with goalie Aerin Frankel

First Jewish gold medal winner at 2026 Games after victory in final against Canada

3 min read

February 20, 2026 16:35

Aerin Frankel (left) celebrates her gold medal win with Ava McNaughton of Team United States at the 2026 Winter Olympics (Photo: Getty)

Hatfield

Hatfield celebrates ‘biggest ever’ Jewish gathering

The US Jewish community takes a “people-centred” approach

1 min read

February 20, 2026 16:26

Hatfield Jewish Community gather for Havdalah (Photo: the United Synagogue)

JW3

JW3 to host b’mitzvah party to celebrate 13 years of culture and community

The landmark Jewish cultural institution comes of age this year

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February 20, 2026 16:04

JW3 is the only Jewish community centre of its kind in the UK (Photo: JW3)

Purim

Rob Rinder and Rachel Riley star in Purim special of Celebration Kitchen on BBC One

Dedicated episode of Saturday Kitchen spin-off will feature hamantaschen and other beloved festival treats

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February 20, 2026 15:35

Barrister and television personality Rob Rinder (Photo: Getty)

Art

British artist who depicts murder of Zionists and appears to celebrate Hamas is convicted graffiti tagger

Elliott Phillips calls for Zionism to be ‘burned to the ground’, ‘death to the IDF’ and ‘freedom by any means’ in his work

3 min read

February 20, 2026 15:01

KRIME is a Plymouth-based graffiti artist who produces extreme anti-Israel, anti-Zionist, anti-police, and anti-capitalist artworks

Reform UK

Reform UK probes campaign manager over alleged antisemitic posts

Adam Mitula said he ‘would never touch a Jewish woman’ and appeared to downplay Holocaust on social media in 2024

1 min read

February 20, 2026 14:03

Adam Mitula (Image: Facebook/ Adam Mitula)

Theatre

Dracula review: Cynthia mesmerises but the show lacks real bite ★★★★

The performer’s acting gifts are on full display in this spectacular adaptation of the gothic novel, but the evening never achieves the tension generated by many other West End dabblings in the supernatural

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February 20, 2026 13:41

Count on me: Cynthia Erivo in Dracula at the Noel Coward Theatre

Poland

The Jewish cemetery reclaimed by nature – and my husband

Gaby Koppel joins her other half on an emotional trip into his family’s Polish past

5 min read

February 20, 2026 13:17

Monuments to another era: Gaby and Steve at the headstone of Kaija Cimberknopf, and the Braun family

BBC

BBC rejects complaint over ‘Moneybags Rothschild’ remark on Gardeners’ Question Time

Corporation says Bunny Guinness’s reference to Jewish family was ‘not in any way antisemitic’

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February 20, 2026 13:09

BBC Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time panellist Bunny Guinness has been criticised for making the 'Moneybags Rothschild' comment in one episode of the programme (Photo: YouTube)

Books

New tales from the Ghetto

You may think we know everything we need to about the world’s first ghetto and its Jews, but this remarkable history proves otherwise

1 min read

February 20, 2026 12:44

Brit milah

Belgian government comments on circumcision row ‘misleading’

An adverse ruling in the probe into Antwerp mohalim – denounced by the US ambassador as antisemitic – could be ‘weaponised’ to ban brit milah, says Jewish community leader

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February 20, 2026 11:55