Americans have utterly ruined the bagelUp in Montreal the Jews have stayed faithful to the old ways; bagels there are boiled before they're bakedBy Dominic Green2 min read
TVThe Offer TV review: Entertaining drama about the making of The GodfatherA charismatic cast tells the tale of how Jewish and Italian filmmakers came together to create the cinema classicBy Josh Howie2 min read
TheatreBad Jews theatre review: A slow return for an excellent comedyThere are pauses long enough to pitch a tent in this production of Josh Harmon’s excellent playBy John Nathan2 min read
BooksOld Truths and New Clichés book review: Essays by Isaac Bashevis Singer - The universal mamaloshenThe essays in this volume may not match Singer’s fiction at its best, but they provide an invaluable supplement to our understanding of this extraordinary writer’s visionBy Alun David 2 min read
TheatreBarefoot in the Park theatre review: Reworking Neil Simon’s classic is a step too farMuch of the evening fizzes along in its dated, delightful way but this production would do well to follow the lead of the film versionBy John Nathan2 min read
USAStudents and staff at NY college pledge re-education programs for Jews to 'unlearn Zionism'The letter has been criticised as a ‘throwback to Soviet re-education campaigns to un-Jew the Jews’By Ben Bloch3 min read
By Dominic GreenA great episode of Jews in the city: The Celebrate Israel parade returns for the first time in three yearsThousands of Jewish pedestrians walked down the middle of New York's Fifth Avenue waving Israeli flags2 min read
Police hunt for woman suspected of arson attack on New York synagogueA reward of $3,500 is being offered for information leading to the woman's arrestBy Ben Bloch1 min read||May 24, 2022 16:06
City University of New York law faculty endorses BDS resolutionThe resolution charged the school with 'complicity' in war crimes allegedly perpetrated by IsraelBy JC Reporter1 min read||May 21, 2022 12:03
On her 80th birthday, a celebration of Barbra Streisand's glittering career in showbizFrom her first screen role in William Wyler’s 1968 film Funny Girl to her hilarious turn in 2004's Meet the Fockers, few can rival the success of this global icon, who grew up in a Jewish family in BrooklynBy James Mottram3 min read||April 21, 2022 14:03
Family’s horror after body of mum-of-two found dumped in parkNew Yorker Orsolya Gaal was stabbed 58 times and stuffed inside a sports bagBy Rosa Doherty1 min read||April 19, 2022 16:32
The Fever Syndrome theatre review: 'Feverpitch speed spoils this family’s drama 'Last seen on stage as an actor in Leopoldstadt, Alexis Zegerman takes on the genre of the great American family playBy John Nathan2 min read||April 7, 2022 14:19
Police investigating gang beating of Jewish man in New YorkNYPD shared footage of the assault as part of their inquiriesBy Harry Brockhurst2 min read||April 5, 2022 15:48
The price of life: the man who ran the 9/11 compensation fundKenneth Feinberg headed the compensation fund for the victims of 9/11. He tells Jennif Frazer how his Jewish background helped him - and how he cried in private for those lostBy Jenni Frazer6 min read||September 9, 2021 10:59
