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Letters to the Editor, May 30 2025

Shucked, review: ‘Not quite the cream of the crop’

This is an entertaining musical comedy, and its corny gags are fun, but only fleetingly does it soar

A trip to Tuscany’s ‘Little Jerusalem’

Pitigliano offers a trip into history – and an excuse to linger among south-west Tuscany’s hidden charms

GCSE exam paper pulled over ‘inappropriate’ reference to Israel-Gaza war

The task asked students to read a passage from David Knott’s book ‘War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line’

Jewish artist and Private Eye stalwart Barry Fantoni dies aged 85

The cartoonist was also a musician, poet, playwright and actor

ANALYSIS: The consensus view — Rosenberg lays out the Board’s stance on the Middle East

The JC takes a careful look at what the president of the Board of Deputies said at Sunday’s plenary meeting

The Salt Path, review: ‘Jason Isaacs in touching tale of homelessness’

The Jewish star is the tent born in this feel-good film about the sanctuary of a good marriage

Dua Lipa and Benedict Cumberbatch among 300 celebrities to call for end of UK ‘complicity’ in Gaza ‘horrors’

Director Danny Boyle, comedian Grace Campbell and actress Nicola Coughlan were also included in the list of signatories

Parents of two-year-old with ‘butterfly skin’ disease leading 1,000km walk to raise funds for vital research

Abe was born with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (EB), a rare genetic disease that causes the skin to be extremely fragile

Grandma's traditional Shavuot cheesecake

A classic bake studded with sultanas and a lemony sharpness that cuts through the richness - this is a winner

JC Israel Briefing Day 602: Hamas set to scupper new Israel-approved ceasefire deal

Plus, court rules government cannot block anti-war protest over controversial placards

If Pesach tells us where we came from, Shavuot shows where we are going

How did the Israelites become the Jewish people? It is the story behind next week’s festival

The Etgar Shavuot Quiz

Try our weekly Jewish knowledge test

The Oldest Trick in the Book, review: ‘Chapter after chapter of intrigue flow’

Sasson Gabay and Yehezkel Lazarov star in this clever, twist-filled Israeli series about a chronic case of writer’s block… and a stolen story

Women’s football final abandoned over supporters waving Palestinian flags

Clapton Women and Dulwich Hamlet have criticised the stadium for cutting the match short

Gun-toting Orthodox rabbi turns the tables on would-be car thieves

Emanuel Goldfeiz was still dressed in his Shabbat best when he was attacked by two masked assailants