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
TVTV review: The Power - Charged up women... but with a short circuitLessons bought home by Naomi Alderman's book - the impact of physical difference between the sexes, how power corrupts - are at risk of dilution in screen versionBy Josh Howie2 min read
CelebrityRachel Weiz plays twin doctors in new ‘Dead Ringers’ miniseriesWeisz, 53, who lives in New York with James Bond actor Daniel Craig and their family, admits she is ‘obsessed’ with the Cronenberg filmBy Tash Mosheim1 min read
Amazon PrimeMeet Naomi Alderman, the ‘tough Jew’ asking questionsAs her bestselling sci-fi novel The Power reaches our TV screens, award-winning novelist Naomi Alderman describes how her schooldays started a lifetime of questioning Orthodox attitudes towards womenBy Nicole Lampert6 min read
TVTV review: Reboot - In this sitcom about a sitcom, we’re centralModern Family creator creator Steven Levitan has a new show about this dilemma: is it possible to make something great that’s all things to all people?By Josh Howie2 min read
ObituaryObituary: Barbara WaltersAmerican TV anchor who blazed the way for women to conquer the small screenBy Julie Carbonara4 min read
TVMartin Lewis is Good Morning Britain's new co-hostThe financial broadcaster's first co-presenting show for the ITV breakfast programme will be an end of year tax specialBy JC Reporter1 min read
Extrapolations TV review: You won’t save Earth like thisClimate-change drama commits the critical error of making the message the storyBy Josh Howie2 min read||March 23, 2023 15:31
We need to talk about ‘Jewface'Julia Wagner has a plan to help film, TV and theatre reflect our community accuratelyBy Julia Wagner5 min read||March 16, 2023 14:23
Goodbye Bake Off, Matt Lucas’s going musicalLittle Britain star has quit the GBBO tent and is launching a podcast about his favourite stage showsBy Karen Glaser4 min read||March 16, 2023 14:23
French state TV sacks journalist who shared 'joke' about Hitler barbecuing JewsJoelle Maroun, France 24’s correspondent in Beirut, was fired but three others suspended over accusations of posting inflammatory material have been reinstatedBy David Rose3 min read||March 16, 2023 11:45
Stephen Fry: Willem And Frieda - Defying The Nazis TV reviewIncredible story of two homosexuals who took a stand against Germans by creating forged identity cards that saved thousands of Jews.By Josh Howie2 min read||March 10, 2023 11:27
Fleishman is In Trouble TV review: Doctor dates amid mezuzahs and batmitzvahsJudaism’s almost a supporting character in this faithful but impressively visual recreation of bookBy Josh Howie2 min read||March 2, 2023 17:56
Richard Belzer was a Jewish comedian. Why couldn't the NYtimes say so?Belzer's proud Jewish heritage was mysteriously absent from the author's obituariesBy Eddy Portnoy5 min read||February 24, 2023 11:12
Extraordinary TV review: A British sitcom with its own super powerGreat concept and laughs aplenty from winner of scriptwriting competitionBy Josh Howie2 min read||February 23, 2023 13:51
How Arlene Phillips danced from poverty to fameWe meet the choreographer as she prepares an immersive production of Guys & DollsBy John Nathan4 min read||February 23, 2023 12:53
