 WHAT'S NEW
TUNISIAN JEWS UNFAZED BY REVOLUTION
Saul Zadka looks at the impact the Tunisian unrest has had on the Jewish community there
NEW HERITAGE ROUTE IN SOUTH INDIA
Janet Levin on the highlights of the recent JR trip to India
ALTERNATIVES
ABRAHAM WAS A PUNK ROCKER
Did you know that there was a religious Jewish punk scene in New York? Patricia Eszter Margit tells all about its present and past
JEWS AND WINE
BIBLE TIPPLE
David Weitzman’s overview of the role of wine in biblical stories.
HOW WINEMAKERS BECAME MONEY-LENDERS
Haym Soloveitchik discovers how expertise in winemaking led Jews to become creditors in the Middle Ages
WHY ONLY ORTHODOX JEWS?
Did you ever wonder what makes wine kosher? Agi Erdos looks at the historical background to all the different rules and regulations concerning wine.
WHICH ISRAELI WINE?
Sommelier Dan Whine recommends four of his favourites, all of them kosher for Passover
ISRAELI WINES COME OF AGE
Agi Erdos reports on the recent boom in Israeli wine industry and talks to the owners of two boutique wineries, Castel and Tulip
THE JEWS OF GEORGIA USA
TIMELINE
Agi Erdos
THE LYNCHING OF LEO FRANK
The notorious case that led to the founding led both to the establishment of the Anti-Defamation League and to the revival of the Ku Klux Klan.
FROM SOUTHERN BELLES... TO PROUD JEWS
The first generations of Jews in Atlanta – where they came from and what being Jewish meant to them
ALFRED UHRY – DRAMATIZING ATLANTA JEWRY
The award-winning author of plays such as Driving Miss Daisy and The Last Night of Ballyhoo comes to terms with his Jewish identity
JEWS AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
How the question of Black integration split the community.
THE DAY THAT MARTIN LUTHER KING JR WAS SHOT
Susan Neiman recalls how as a 13-year-old she mourned for their family friend
MAKING CONNECTIONS
Kavita Chhibber talks to Sherry Frank, a fighter for social justice and inter-ethnic partnership.
THE STORY OF MEGA-PHILANTHROPIST BERNIE MARCUS
The man who started Home Depot believes that you’re never too poor to share
WHY ATLANTA?
Paula Neuman Gris, Rabbi Michael Broyde and other recent immigrants to the city talk to Janet Levin
CAN!!CAN
Patrick Aleph, the leader of Atlanta’s hard core Jewish punk band, smuggles Jewish content into his music.
THE TEMPLE NOW
Atlanta’s first synagogue is still active today, with up to 3,000 members
FESTIVAL
THE NORTH STARS
A new arts festival is launched in South Manchester, while the Leeds International Festival is larger than ever
THEATRE/TV
JACK ROSENTHAL CELEBRATED
David Herman reviews the DVD box set of the writer’s work recently published by the BBC
FAMILY TRAUMA AT THE NATIONAL THEATRE
Judi Herman interviews Henry Goodman and Ryan Craig about The Holy Rosenbergs, now on at the National Theatre
MUSIC
ISRAEL’S AVANT-GARDE – AND ORTHODOX – COMPOSER ANDRE HAJDU
The Hungarian-born composer talks to Malcolm Miller about his daring projects and the influences that shaped his music
JEWISH WOMEN SING NEW MUSIC
Abigail Wood reviews CDs by Galeet Dardashti, Tally Koren and Chava Alberstein
ART
ARTIST IN THE CATHEDRAL
Galit Mana talks to Israeli David Behar-Perahia who is currently resident artist at Gloucester Cathedral
HAGGADOT
ART AND THE FOUR SONS
Maureen Kendler’s analysis of the different depictions of the four sons in haggadot from the Middle Ages to the present.
THE PAPERCUT HAGGADAH
Archie Granot has created a unique work of art, with each letter of the text and all the elements of the design hand cut.
PRINT OFF YOUR OWN…
A review by Judith Mirzoeff of all the alternative haggadot you can access online – gay, Black, humanist, feminist, and even Christian
THIS YEAR IN KIGALI
David Russellwrites about an unusual Seder in Rwanda
BOOKS
THREE LIVES
Memoirs by Holocaust survivors Zahava Kohn, Romek Marber and Vera Forster are reviewed by Agi Erdos
COMPELLING FRAGMENTS
David Clark reviews four talks at JBW 2011, all of which focused on objects as the means of telling a story.
JBW 2011 PODCAST RECOMMENDATIONS
Agi Erdos reviews Shalom/Salaam by Thomas Block – a book about Sufi influence on Judaism
The Novel in the Viola by Natasha Solomons is reviewed by Marge Clouts
Judith Mirzoeff reviews The Liberation of Celia Kahn by
J David Simons
Peter Falush reviews Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder
POETRY
POETRY REVIEW
Wanted on a Voyage by Wanda Barford
POETRY CHOICE
Liz Cashdan chooses poems by Penny Feinstein and
Teresa Turk
LAST WORDS
HOLY TONGUE? FAR FROM IT
Tamar S Drukker looks at Hebrew religious terms that have made it to modern secular usage
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