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Will new kid on the block Eisenkot rise to the top of the political tree?

Every former chief of staff is hot political property but Mr Eisenkot's also that rare candidate who can appeal to more right-leaning predominantly Mizrahi voters

5 min read

August 19, 2022 12:11

IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkott speaks at a conference at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya on January 02, 2018. Photo by FLASH90 *** Local Caption *** תמונות של הרמטכל אייזנקוט ואהרון ברק בכנס צה"ל והחברה הישראלית שהתקיים במרכז הבינתחומי בהרצליה

Science

How a young Jewish electronics expert helped win the War

The information young Londoner Jack Nissenthall gathered on a daring mission in Nazi-occupied Normandy played a vital role in D-Day planning

3 min read

August 19, 2022 12:09

How a young Jewish electronics expert helped win the War

Jewish heritage

Licoricia of Winchester Book review: A fascinating look at the richest woman in medieval England

The story of this remarkable woman reads like a blueprint for many later expulsions and destructions of Jewish communities

1 min read

August 19, 2022 12:00

Licoricia of Winchester Book review: A fascinating look at the richest woman in medieval England

USA

Being Jewish in the Deep South means 'polite unpleasantness'

Jews were an important part of the South's history

2 min read

August 19, 2022 11:59

Being Jewish in the Deep South means 'polite unpleasantness'

Sometimes, theatre can get Jewishness right

It is fabulous to see your own community on stage, but toe-curling when it hits a bum note

3 min read

August 19, 2022 11:57

Sometimes, theatre can get Jewishness right

Music

Trainwreck: Woodstock 99 TV review: A Sixties dream turns into a Nineties nightmare

Netflix's portrayal of how an attempt to replay the famous festival three decades on is a detailed autopsy of the decline and fall of teenagekind

2 min read

August 19, 2022 11:44

Clusterf**k: Woodstock '99. XXX in Clusterf**k: Woodstock '99. Cr. Netflix © 2022

Obituary

Obituary: Paul Ginsborg

Historian who analysed changes in contemporary Italian society

4 min read

August 19, 2022 11:33

Film

‘I love playing villains; I try to understand them’ says actress Isabelle Fuhrman

The American reprises the shocking character of Esther, a young Estonian girl adopted by an American family, in prequel Orphan: First Kill

6 min read

August 19, 2022 11:32

‘I love playing villains; I try to understand them’ says actress Isabelle Fuhrman

Film

Anais in Love Film review: An affair to forget in an engaging but overlong romantic comedy

A free-spirited young woman embarks on an whirlwind affair with an esteemed literary editor twice her age in French writer-director Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet's film

1 min read

August 19, 2022 11:30

Anais in Love Film review: An affair to forget in an engaging but overlong romantic comedy

Music

Facing down fear: Ezra Furman explains why community is important to her when she's battling prejudice

Her sixth solo LP, All Of Us Flames, is vivid, bold and thrillingly urgent - unlike the many introspective albums of instrumental music that emerged from the pandemic

6 min read

August 19, 2022 11:30

Facing down fear: Ezra Furman explains why community is important to her when she's battling prejudice

Film

Fisherman’s Friends: One and All Film review: - the Shanty singers return

Unnecessary sequel sees the return of James Purefoy as taciturn band leader Jim and features an impressive turn from Irish rockabilly singer Imelda May as his love interest

1 min read

August 19, 2022 11:29