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Limmud launches fund to support innovation

Grants of £2,000 will be available to encourage new projects

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

Last summer's People of the Body Exhibition (photo: Limmud)

Friends and relatives dance with newly arrived Jewish immigrants coming from France upon their arrival at the Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on July 20, 2016. More than 200 French Jews were expected to immigrate to Israel aboard this aliyah (Immigration to Israel) flight, the largest of the summer from France. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Jewish and Proud

Short on New Year resolutions? I have one for you: be proud Jews

By Ben M. Freeman

6 min read

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy (right) with Board of Deputies president Phil Rosenberg (Image: Board of Deputies).

Board of Deputies

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy ‘shocked’ after hearing evidence of antisemitism in the arts

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

Support venues that aren't boycotting Jewish creatives, says Tsitsit director

Support venues that aren't boycotting Jewish creatives, says Tsitsit director

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

Pro-Israel protesters outside the Phoenix cinema in London (photo: Gaby Wine)

Jews being ‘erased’ from culture, warns head of UK Jewish Film Festival

By Daniel Ben-David

6 min read

A huge crowd of pro-Israel supporters held banners and flags outside the Phoenix Cinema (Photo: Gaby Wine)

Jewish culture in Britain is being silenced

By Michael Etherton

3 min read

Yannick Nezet-Seguin at the David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City. (Getty Images for Netflix)

Rob Rinder

In times like these, we need the unique comfort music gives us

2 min read

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Elisa Bray

The Talmud is very clear on Oasis ticket pricing

Jewish law and custom make plain that exploitative or unjust price inflation are both morally wrong

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September 18, 2024 10:17

A new mural depicting Liam and Noel Gallagher of Oasis, created by Manchester street artist Pic.One.Art., on the side of the Sifters Record store in Manchester, after the band announced they are due to reunite (Getty Images)

Hadley Freeman

By Hadley Freeman

Is this new novel too Jewish to be hailed for its brilliance?

Long Island Compromise is not just Jewish – it’s JEWISH

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August 14, 2024 13:12

Taffy Brodesser-Akner, author of Long Island Compromise (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

South Asian-Jewish actor brings representation to football in ENG-ER-LAND

Nikhita Lesler plays a young mixed race football fan in the latest rendition of Hannah Kumari’s one-woman play

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

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August 5, 2024 09:19

Nikhita Lesler stars as Lizzie in Hannah Kumari's play ENG-ER-LAND. (Photo: Jack Jeffreys)

Karen Glaser

By Karen Glaser

Why is the National Theatre staging a play with antisemitic tropes on October 7?

Putting on the Lehman Trilogy while the rest of us are marking Oct 7 shows the National Threatre doesn't care about Jews

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August 1, 2024 06:31

The Lehman Trilogy in New York (DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images)

Eden Golan: Israel’s Eurovision entry determined to perform in the face of death threats

Golan, 20, is both defiant and positive ahead of the contest semifinal on Thursday

By Nicole Lampert

4 min read

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May 7, 2024 13:32

Israel's Eurovision entry Eden Golan says she is trying to focus on 'the huge amount of support' she has received rather than the death threats and backlash against her participation in the song contest (Photo: Sarah Louise Bennett)

Jewish American novelist Paul Auster dies aged 77

The acclaimed writer was the son of two Jewish immigrants from Poland

By Rosa Doherty

2 min read

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May 1, 2024 11:19

Paul Auster penned more than 30 titles and his work was translated into 40 languages (Photo: Getty Images)

Arts agenda: From ‘Pickle’ to klezmer, get ready for showtime

Comedy featuring the ‘Jewish Bridget Jones’ and a klezmer celebration are among the best Jewish cultural events coming up this season

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March 19, 2024 12:04

Deli Segal brings her sell-out comedy 'Pickle' back to London's Soho Theatre (Photo: Lexi Clare)

Leaders in entertainment convene for JW3 fundraiser

Titans of culture share their insights during business breakfast to raise funds for the Jewish community centre

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

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February 22, 2024 17:43

The panel of experts: Nica Burns CBE, Michael Grade OBE, Neil Blair, Sir Nicholas Hytner and chair Samantha Simmonds

Kate Maltby

We must not allow the arts world to push us out

Jews are again being told to stop ‘moaning’ — but our fears must not be ‘shushed’ away

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February 8, 2024 10:00

Indhu Rubasingham (Getty Images)

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