first personAfter my mastectomy, I wondered: Is life too short to watch The Walking Dead?Despite a golden opportunity to bond with her son, Karen Skinazi weighs up whether watching the 130-hour series is really worth itBy Karen E H Skinazi 2 min read
first personI’m a Zionist but my parents are not – and it really hurtsA Leeds parent tells of being the ‘black sheep’ in their family since the political schism widened after October 7By Elisa Bray3 min read
first personWhy I don’t want to see in the new year with my non-Jewish boyfriendChag evenings at my parents’ are always a bit bonkers, but at Rosh Hashanah they get really wildBy Misha Mansoor 3 min read
first personI want my readers to fall in love with this Jewish heroMy novel’s leading man helped saved Italy’s Jews and deserves recognition for itBy Kat Devereaux4 min read
first personBringing home the folks – dead or alive...Going on holiday with my parents but without travel insurance nearly cost me very dearly indeedBy Misha Mansoor 3 min read
first personIs this what it is to be a Jewish patient in the UK today?When Israel-Palestine eventually became the topic of conversation in my physiotherapy appointmentBy Karen E H Skinazi 3 min read
first personWhat to pack for a very Jewish holidayDon’t forget your spiritual essentials, the right books, and above all, hair tamersBy Naomi Greenaway4 min read
How I wish I could let rip about golems, nebechs and nebbishes on ‘Kvetch FM’Misha Mansoor pleads the case for an ‘agony aunt’ radio station exclusively for Jewish kvetchingBy Misha Mansoor 3 min read||July 25, 2025 09:56
Why I’m using my Sephardi ancestry to get a Portuguese passportMy forebears were driven out of Portugal in 1497. Now I’m reclaiming my birthrightBy Jonathan Romain4 min read||July 10, 2025 13:17
‘Our kids are on the front line in the war of words… how should we arm them?’By Naomi Greenaway5 min read||June 26, 2025 13:03
Why isn’t there a Jewish family living on Coronation Street?Could it be because the writers of British soaps think Jews are too middle class?By Maureen Lipman4 min read||June 25, 2025 13:45
I wish my new toy was more stimulating company!In which I explain why electric massagers are less fun when you’re on your ownBy Karen E H Skinazi 2 min read||June 20, 2025 12:41
‘I’m an autistic, non-Jewish antisemitism warrior’Charlie Keeble, 39, on why he fights the good fight and how being neurodiverse connects him to JewsBy Charlie Keeble4 min read||June 16, 2025 13:03
It feels like my Jewish hood is going back in timeIn some wards of Hackney, 90 per cent of births are to Charedi women. What was once a genuinely diverse area now feels less soBy Misha Mansoor 2 min read||June 6, 2025 13:27
My bodywork decisions are NOT for Mom to makeWhen my husband and I were in a prang, my mother told me to pursue an insurance claim. She also gives me unsolicited post-mastectomy adviceBy Karen E H Skinazi 3 min read||May 15, 2025 14:10
What makes a car Jewish? I mean, how long you got?In which I explain why I have been in love with my Volvo, a car that is almost as Yiddishe as me, for 16 yearsBy Angela Epstein2 min read||April 25, 2025 09:27
