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Rebecca Segal with Teddy, the dog named after her late husband, Martin who was UK chief executive of Israel Guide Dogs
Jewish animal stories
Help raise Teddy and Israel’s Guide Dogs
By Brigit Grant
With soldiers left with life-changing eye injuries the demands on the charity are immense.
The site of the old cemetery in Pikelai (left) and the site of the town's old synagogue
November 28, 2024, 11:31 am
The Jews of Lithuania – book review: an enticing history of a once vibrant community
In a concise narrative backed by meticulous research Nick Sayers tells the story of the community his great-grandfather left behind when he emigrated to Cork
By Antony Lishak
Merseybeat hit writer Mitch Murray with Paul McCartney
October 31, 2024, 10:03 pm
Brian Epstein’s Merseybeat hit composed in Golders Green
Liverpool's Gerry and The Pacemakers gave The Beatles' manager his first number one but it was written in NW11
By Brigit Grant
Sir Paul McCartney on Yom Kippur in Chile
October 20, 2024, 12:03 am
Let it be about the Beatles and us
Sir Paul McCartney got by with a little help from Jewish friends
By Beatles fan David Stark
October 19, 2024, 9:54 pm
Israeli designers open for business + winter wear with Jewish heart
Buying from Israel is a fashion trend to follow and at home there is knitwear with your name on it
By Brigit Grant
Rebecca Segal with Teddy, the dog named after her late husband, Martin who was UK chief executive of Israel Guide Dogs
October 19, 2024, 7:06 pm
Help raise Teddy and Israel’s Guide Dogs
With soldiers left with life-changing eye injuries the demands on the charity are immense.
By Brigit Grant
Brian Epstein at NEMS in Liverpool and Jacob Fortune-Lloyd as Epstein in the new film Midas Man
October 12, 2024, 1:15 am
Finally, the Beatles manager gets a movie
Extraordinary achievements of Brian Epstein are revealed in the new film Midas Man, airing now on Amazon Prime
By Brigit Grant the scriptwriter
Michael Aloni as Arthur Miller and Jasmine Blackborow as Marilyn Monroe
September 30, 2024, 6:40 pm
Michael Aloni on stage in Richmond? I’m there!
Who wouldn't travel west to see the Israeli actor as playwright Arthur Miller?
By Brigit Grant
Director Roman Polanski on set An Officer and a Spy.
September 30, 2024, 5:53 pm
It’s time to see a Jewish film
Who better than the Chief Executive of UK Jewish Film to guide you through the festival
By Michael Etherton
Joaquin the Joker with Jewish roots
September 29, 2024, 11:04 pm
The Jewish Joker
In his sequel to the film that gave Joaquin Phoenix an Oscar, director Todd Phillips further explores the character with very Jewish roots
By Etan Smallman
Retired army general Noam Tibon who defied Hamas to save his family
September 29, 2024, 9:53 pm
Fauda creators set to make a film about grandfather’s October 7 rescue mission
Amir Tibon's extraordinary new book about his heroic father and the future of Israel may become a movie
By Jenni Frazer
Writer Nathan Englander and director Patrick Marber unite in the serious comedy. pic Matt Crockett
September 29, 2024, 7:45 pm
A ‘serious’ comedy about Anne Frank?
Writer Nathan Englander and director Patrick Marber bring Shoah talk fuelled by wine to the stage
By Francine Wolfisz
Jackie Tohn as Esther Rokolov and Kristen Bell as the disrupting non-Jew in No One Wants This
September 25, 2024, 6:40 pm
Thank you Netflix for this Jewish romance
Jackie Tohn plays the unhappy sister-law of a rabbi who goes rogue in Nobody Wants This which starts this week
By Brigit 'I love this show' Grant
Teder,a cultural hub in Tel Aviv: the atmosphere ramps up through the night .
September 19, 2024, 3:38 pm
What you don’t know about Israel…
The country needs your support more than ever and a reason to visit is to see things you’ve never seen
By Charlotte Henry
Adam-Dannheisser as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof Regent's Park. pic: Marc Brenner
August 7, 2024, 8:13 pm
Raising the roof! Safe and starry opening of Fiddler in Regent’s Park
Director Jordan Fein brings his family history to his new production of the Jewish musical
By Brigit Grant
Natalie Portman and Moses Ingram in Lady in the Lake
July 29, 2024, 12:10 am
New Jewish murder mystery gets rave reviews
Directed by an Israeli and starring Israeli -born Natalie Portman, Lady in the Lake is the critic's choice
By Brigit Grant
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