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Winston Churchill
September 11, 2024, 2:51 pm
Meet the rugby playing former IDF volunteer and dementia research pioneer who built a global hotel empire
Laurence Geller is now developing a chain of luxury care homes for people with dementia - and gives away 75 percent of money to good causes
By Candice Krieger
July 4, 2024, 12:10 am
A celebration of Lionel Bart – the man who made the 1960s swing
The composer's biographer shares his story ahead of a show about his life
By Caroline Stafford
Jason Isaacs wears Salvador Dali
June 9, 2020, 6:55 pm
Israeli artist puts a smile on people’s faces (and their masks!)
Ron Arad has teamed up with the Ostro Fayre Share Foundation to produce face coverings featuring the smiles of well-known figures and beloved works of art
By Francine Wolfisz
A new documentary explores the friendship between movie mogul Alexander Korda and Winston Churchill
September 19, 2019, 1:43 pm
Winston Churchill, the Jewish mogul and the films that ‘swayed America to war’
New documentary Churchill and the Movie Mogul claims the British prime minister and Hollywood director Korda used ‘subtle propaganda’ to convince the US to join allies
By Francine Wolfisz
A Colossus Mark 2 codebreaking computer, 1943. (The National Archives (United Kingdom)/Wikipedia)
June 5, 2019, 10:56 am
D-Day: The Jewish contribution to the largest seaborne invasion in history
While many know D-Day was an intelligence triumph, experts say few appreciate the Jewish community's input to the key turning point in the Second World War
By Stephen Oryszczuk
Keeley Hawes and Toby Stephens star in Stephen Poliakoff's latest BBC2 drama, Summer Of Rockets.Credit: Sophie Mutevelian
May 22, 2019, 3:47 pm
Summer of Rockets writer Stephen Poliakoff: ‘MI5 accused my dad of spying’
BBC2 Cold War drama starring Keeley Hawes, Toby Stephens, Linus Roache and Timothy Spall was inspired by Poliakoff's Russian-Jewish father
By Francine Wolfisz
John Lukacs delivering a lecture at Eastern University in 2009 / YouTube
May 10, 2019, 1:32 pm
Historian John Lukacs, author of best-selling Winston Churchill book, dies at 95
His book Five Days in London was widely cited as a source for Darkest Hour
By Jewish News Reporter
A French antisemitic poster of James de Rothschild features in Jewish Museum's new exhibition, Jews, Money, Myth
April 1, 2019, 12:53 pm
Not right on the money! New exhibition unravels stereotypes about Jews
Jewish Museum London launches Jews, Money, Myths to dispel antisemitic notions all Jews are moneylenders and bankers...or are wealthy
By Francine Wolfisz
The Kiss
February 24, 2019, 12:03 am
It started with The Kiss! A look behind the lens of Alfred Eisenstaedt
As Alfred Eisenstaedt’s iconic picture makes headlines again, we take a closer look at the talent behind the lens
By Francine Wolfisz
Call into Calais!
June 22, 2018, 9:47 am
Call into Calais!
Lucy Daltroff explores northern France and discovers forgotten Jewish heroes, wartime bravery and the inspiration behind James Bond’s Casino Royale…
By Lucy Daltroff
The seder plate that Nikki Tapper's family share
March 28, 2018, 9:08 pm
Pesach Judaica with meaning
Alex Galbinski talks to members of the Jewish community whose seder objects hold much sentimental value
By Alex Galbinski
German soldiers march along the Arc de Triomphe in June 1940
June 14, 2017, 11:01 am
Women in wartime Paris: ‘It’s impossible to know what we might have done’
Alex Galbinski speaks to author Anne Sebba about her new book, which reveals stories of women living in wartime Paris
By Alex Galbinski
The Right Hon David Cameron Prime Minster speaks at the Jewish Care Dinner (Credit: Blake Ezra Photography)
June 21, 2016, 11:34 am
Cameron: We must stay in EU to influence Europe’s approach to Israel
The Prime Minister tells guests at Jewish Care dinner to reject 'divisive and intolerant' Leave campaign
By Justin Cohen
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