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Danielle Goldstein
April 15, 2026
Features, Music, Art

Mishpocha: kith, kin and everything in between

Danielle Goldstein
April 15, 2026
Features, Music, Art
Mishpocha: kith, kin and everything in between

A new exhibition spearheaded by Beastie Boys member Mike D about chosen family opens in Frankfurt this week. We talk to the team behind it to learn more…

Tagged: Beastie Boys, Michael Diamond, Mike D, Mike Diamond, Jewish art, Jewish artists, Jewish Museum Frankfurt

Danielle Goldstein
April 10, 2026
Reviews, Theatre

Dear Jack, Dear Louise ★★★★★

Danielle Goldstein
April 10, 2026
Reviews, Theatre
Dear Jack, Dear Louise ★★★★★

An unusual delight of a love story that crosses not just space, but time, in the UK premiere of Ken Ludwig’s epistolary romance…

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

Danielle Goldstein
April 1, 2026
Features, Theatre

Big day out: JR's trip to Yentl

Danielle Goldstein
April 1, 2026
Features, Theatre
Big day out: JR's trip to Yentl

Thought-provoking panels bookended a lively matinee of Kadimah Yiddish Theatre’s Yentl at JR's theatre visit…

Tagged: Jewish theatre, London theatre, Jewish London, Australian theatre, Yentl, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Barbra Streisand, Yiddish theatre, theatre review

Danielle Goldstein
March 27, 2026
Reviews, Comedy

Mark Maier: Jewvenile ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein
March 27, 2026
Reviews, Comedy
Mark Maier: Jewvenile ★★★★

The Northern comedian shares the good, the bad and a bit of the ugly with an enthusiastic audience…

Tagged: Jewish comedy, Jewish comedian, Jewish stand-up, comedy review, London comedy

Danielle Goldstein
March 19, 2026
Reviews, Theatre

The Holy Rosenbergs ★★

Danielle Goldstein
March 19, 2026
Reviews, Theatre
The Holy Rosenbergs ★★

Ryan Craig’s family drama exploring ideological tensions amidst Jewish Londoners lacks subtlety and imagination…

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

Danielle Goldstein
March 16, 2026
Reviews, Theatre

Yentl ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein
March 16, 2026
Reviews, Theatre
Yentl ★★★★

The UK premiere of this new Yiddish staging of Yentl provides more twists than that of the tongue in a gratifying adaptation of the Isaac Bashevis Singer story…

Tagged: Yentl, Barbra Streisand, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Yiddish theatre, Jewish theatre, London theatre, theatre review, London theatre review

Danielle Goldstein
March 15, 2026
Reviews, Film & TV

The Tasters ★★★

Danielle Goldstein
March 15, 2026
Reviews, Film & TV
The Tasters ★★★

This intriguing World War II drama, while loosely based in truth, doesn’t quite hit the spot…

Tagged: Jewish film, Jewish cinema, World War II, World War Two, Second World War, Holocaust history

Danielle Goldstein
March 13, 2026
Interviews, Theatre

"Brian fancied the hell out of The Beatles"

Danielle Goldstein
March 13, 2026
Interviews, Theatre
"Brian fancied the hell out of The Beatles"

Brian Epstein struggled with his gay and Jewish identities, says Tom Wright, who explores those conflicts in his play Please Please Me…

Tagged: Jewish theatre, London theatre, The Beatles, Brian Epstein

Danielle Goldstein
March 11, 2026
Reviews, Theatre

Broken Glass ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein
March 11, 2026
Reviews, Theatre
Broken Glass ★★★★

Arthur Miller’s penultimate play, set in 1930s New York, provides a unique, if uneasy, perspective on Nazi Germany in this superbly cast revival from Jordan Fein…

Tagged: Arthur Miller, Jewish theatre, Jewish playwright, London theatre, London theatre review, theatre review, Jewish London, World War II, Holocaust history

Danielle Goldstein
March 8, 2026
Interviews, Theatre

In conversation: Adam Kammerling

Danielle Goldstein
March 8, 2026
Interviews, Theatre
In conversation: Adam Kammerling

The creative mind behind the multimedia marvel Seder opens up about his rural childhood, intergenerational trauma and finding more light in the dark…

Tagged: Jewish theatre, Jewish artist, Jewish poetry, theatre interview, Seder, Pesach, Passover, Holocaust history

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