FilmFilm review: The Portable Door - A Potteresque mysteryAdaptation of the first book of Tom Holt’s J.W. Wells & Co. book series is fun but has too much going on all the time to fully workBy Linda Marric1 min read
TheatreTheatre review: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead - the hunted's revengePoland’s Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk's eco-thriller is brought to brilliant life in Simon McBurney's productionBy John Nathan1 min read
BooksBook review: Architect of Terror - When Franco ruled and hatred spreadRevealing account of the shocking antisemitism that underpinned the 1936 nationalist uprising that led to Spain's civil warBy Robert Low2 min read
BooksThe alchemy of friendship: a pair of best mates have written a novel about magicAndy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson's The Warlock Effect is a rollicking Boys’ Own-style adventure set in 1950s Soho - and it's very JewishBy Jenni Frazer6 min read
Bereavement‘Shiva was amazing. It really left me not alone’The Jewish way of processing bereavement helps mourners change and grow, says grief expert Merissa Nathan GersonBy Gaby Wine4 min read
BooksBook review: Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia - Perfectionist girls who starveHadley Freeman's eating disorder memoir is a vital contribution that it’s hoped will change how we understand anorexiaBy Jennifer Lipman3 min read
BooksFrom boxing to baking: the joy of learning new thingsAdam Gopnik’s new books celebrates the mastery of skills, something that is sadly neglected in the education of childrenBy Stephen Applebaum6 min read
Meet the menschiest man in publishingTreating his authors well, whether they write bestsellers or not, is publisher Richard Charkin’s business philosophyBy Stephen Applebaum4 min read||March 30, 2023 14:17
To dip or not to dip? The Shakespeare HaggadahIT worker from New Jersey has written a Bard's version of the text we read every Pesach... with a little technical helpBy Gaby Wine2 min read||March 30, 2023 14:07
Agatha Christie novels edited to remove 'offensive references' to JewsPublisher HarperCollins has edited the novelist's work after sensitivity readers suggested changesBy Gabe Friedman1 min read||March 29, 2023 12:08
Anthony Horowitz hits out at Dahl publishers for 'tampering' with his workThe Jewish author said reading 'offensive' books was better than not reading at allBy Tash Mosheim1 min read||March 27, 2023 14:29
Ukraine re-discovers its Jewish writersHow persecuted voices from the past are inspiring a new generationBy David Herman5 min read||March 23, 2023 13:50
I beat anorexia and drugs and became a bestselling life coachJacqueline Hurst was an unhappy teenager with multiple problems, now she is ‘recovered’ and helps others turn their lives aroundBy Sandy Rashty5 min read||March 23, 2023 12:47
The music manager who turned down Jesus Christ Superstar on a lifetime of picking hitsHarvey Lisberg still rues the smash hits he let slip through his fingersBy Elisa Bray7 min read||March 23, 2023 12:45
Book review: A Small Town in Ukraine and My Disappearing Uncle - takes on family historyThere is much to admire in these two richly illustrated books - and a deep complementarity between themBy Daniel Snowman3 min read||March 17, 2023 10:32
Book review: The Equal Parent - Lessons in child-rearing from a fatherAs a father in a same-sex relationship, Morgan-Bentley offers a unique perspectiveBy Jennifer Lipman1 min read||March 17, 2023 10:29
