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Danielle Goldstein
August 21, 2026
Reviews, Festivals, Comedy

Baba ★★★

Danielle Goldstein
August 21, 2026
Reviews, Festivals, Comedy
Baba ★★★

Halima Habil’s anarchic, endearing clown show has a ball with its audience…

Tagged: Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe reviews, Jewish comedy, Jewish comedian, Jewish artist, comedy reviews

Danielle Goldstein
August 20, 2026
Reviews, Festivals, Theatre

Giraffe ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein
August 20, 2026
Reviews, Festivals, Theatre
Giraffe ★★★★

Abigail Weinstock’s play about a woman who believes she’s a sociopath is a warmly funny and eye-opening hour…

Tagged: Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe reviews, theatre reviews, Jewish artist, Jewish theatre

Danielle Goldstein
August 20, 2026
News, Art

Black milk in Venice

Danielle Goldstein
August 20, 2026
News, Art
Black milk in Venice

Amidst armed police and angry protestors, Aviva Dautch meets artist Belu-Simion Fainaru to hear about representing Israel at the Biennale…

Tagged: Venice Biennale, Jewish artist, Jewish news

Danielle Goldstein
August 19, 2026
Reviews, Festivals, Theatre

Max Olesker: Making the Cut ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein
August 19, 2026
Reviews, Festivals, Theatre
Max Olesker: Making the Cut ★★★★

An “unorthodox love story” weaves comedy and storytelling into a charming tapestry…

Tagged: Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe reviews, theatre review, jewish theatre, Jewish artist

Danielle Goldstein
August 18, 2026
Reviews, Festivals, Music

Couplet: Folk Marry Kill ★★★★★

Danielle Goldstein
August 18, 2026
Reviews, Festivals, Music
Couplet: Folk Marry Kill ★★★★★

The comedic musician duo returns to the Fringe with a hilarious, tuneful adventure through marriage and mortality…

Tagged: Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe reviews, Jewish musicians, Jewish artists, music reviews

Danielle Goldstein
August 17, 2026
Reviews, Festivals, Theatre

QFWFQ ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein
August 17, 2026
Reviews, Festivals, Theatre
QFWFQ ★★★★

This playful piece of queer metatheatre slowly reveals a fierce political heart…

Tagged: Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe reviews, fringe fest, theatre reviews

Danielle Goldstein
August 17, 2026
Reviews, Books & Poetry

Going on an egg hunt

Danielle Goldstein
August 17, 2026
Reviews, Books & Poetry
Going on an egg hunt

Serena Kutchinsky's search for her father's vanished £7m jewelled egg is a tale of obsession, scandal and chutzpah…

Tagged: Jewish author, Jewish writer, Paul Kutchinsky, book review

Danielle Goldstein
August 14, 2026
News, Art

Other world on the South Bank

Danielle Goldstein
August 14, 2026
News, Art
Other world on the South Bank

With a major exhibition by Anish Kapoor running at London's Hayward Gallery, we speak to the artist about his Mumbai heritage, the horror of the Venice ghetto and the role of art in troubled times…

Tagged: Anish Kapoor, Jewish artist, Jewish art, Hayward Gallery, Jewish London

Danielle Goldstein
August 11, 2026
News, Books & Poetry

A new blue plaque for London

Danielle Goldstein
August 11, 2026
News, Books & Poetry
A new blue plaque for London

After an initial rejection, the former home of Austrian émigré author Stefan Zweig has finally been commemoratively marked…

Tagged: Stefan Zweig, Pushkin Press, Grand Budapest Hotel, Jewish author, Jewish writer, blue plaque scheme, London news, Jewish London, English Heritage blue plaque

Danielle Goldstein
August 10, 2026
Reviews, Books & Poetry

Lena Dunham: Everything hurts

Danielle Goldstein
August 10, 2026
Reviews, Books & Poetry
Lena Dunham: Everything hurts

Having already bared most of her life (and then some) on screen, what more could Lena Dunham have to reveal? We unpick the New Yorker's second memoir, Famesick…

Tagged: Jewish author, Jewish writer, Lena Dunham, book reviews

Aviva Dautch
July 31, 2026
Reviews, Theatre

Hit Machine ★★★★

Aviva Dautch
July 31, 2026
Reviews, Theatre
Hit Machine ★★★★

Sibling rivalry taking centre stage is music to the ears in Jonathan Caren’s account of two brothers pursuing careers – and each other – in the rock music industry…

Tagged: Jewish theatre, London theatre review, London theatre, theatre review

Danielle Goldstein
July 28, 2026
Features, Art

Photos evoke the East End on the cusp of change

Danielle Goldstein
July 28, 2026
Features, Art
Photos evoke the East End on the cusp of change

Inspired by the poet Avrom Stencl, Shloimy Alman documented the world of Yiddish culture and community in 1970s London. We explore his extraordinary archive in a new show at Massachusetts' Yiddish Book Center…

Tagged: Jewish London, Jewish East End, London East End, Shloimy Alman, Massachusetts' Yiddish Book Center, Jewish history, Yiddish history

Danielle Goldstein
July 24, 2026
Features

“A total fantasy of fun and colour, unlike anything else”

Danielle Goldstein
July 24, 2026
Features
“A total fantasy of fun and colour, unlike anything else”

Readers share their memories of the Festival of Britain to mark the 75th anniversary of one of the most exciting events of the century…

Tagged: Festival of Britain, Southbank Centre, South Bank, Jewish London, Jewish history, London Jewish history

Danielle Goldstein
July 23, 2026
Previews, Art

Coming of Age: The Freud Museum turns 40

Danielle Goldstein
July 23, 2026
Previews, Art
Coming of Age: The Freud Museum turns 40

A new exhibition showcases the life and work of the remarkable Freud family to mark the museum’s 40th anniversary…

Tagged: Sigmund Freud, Anna Freud, Freud Museum

Danielle Goldstein
July 22, 2026
Reviews, Theatre

Fagin: Hero or Villain? ★★★★★

Danielle Goldstein
July 22, 2026
Reviews, Theatre
Fagin: Hero or Villain? ★★★★★

Steve Furst single-handedly takes on a variety of personas throughout the 200-year history of one of literature’s most controversial characters…

Tagged: Jewish theatre, London theatre review, London theatre, theatre review, Oliver Twist, Fagin, Ron Moody, Steve Furst, Lionel Bart

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