 GREEN
AND JEWISH
Rabbi Jeremy Gordon’s piece SO
WHAT HAS RELIGION GOT TO OFFER? reports on the events
of the Windsor conference where representatives of the world’s
religions met to discuss how to make faith more sustainable.
In their interviews with WORLD-CLASS ACTIVISTS,
Agi Erdos and Janet Levin
talk to Nigel Savage and Naomi Tzur
about fighting for a greener world in a Jewish context.
ECO-INITIATIVES is a short description of
the major Jewish green organizations or projects.
In LIVING GREEN: BUILDING BRIDGES WITH BRICKS,
Judi Herman writes about her visit to Kibbutz
Lotan is Israel.
HOLOCAUST
EDUCATION
AND THEN THEY CAME FOR ME
Judi Herman sees a remarkable play about
Eva Schloss, Anne Frank’s stepsister
THE
JEWS OF TURKEY
A TIMELINE of Turkish Jewish history, from
the Hellenistic period to the very present, by Louis Fishman.
1492 – RESCUE AND RENEWAL
Historian Jane S Gerber tells the story of
the resettlement of Spanish Jews to the Ottoman Empire following
the expulsion of 1492.
THE REMARKABLE SEÑORA OF ISTANBUL,
by Vesna Domany Hardy, is about a powerful
woman who, after the death of her husband, settles in Istanbul
and becomes an influential leader of the Jewish community
there.
SHABATAI ZVI
Agi Erdos briefly recalls the life story
of the kabbalistic false messiah and seeks the secret of his
movement’s success.
A TURKISH HERITAGE
Moris Farhi on the importance of story-telling
in his own youth and for humankind.
CULTURE AND MUSIC
Karen Sarhon writes about the oral transmission
of Turkish Jewish culture, of Judaeo-Spanish, which has become
and endangered language today, and the romansa, an
epic poem that was part of the musical tradition brought by
Spanish Jews to the Ottoman Empire.
JEWS AND THE TURKISH CARPET
Alex Felton looks at the role Jews played
not only in the manufacture and sale of carpets but also in
design.
CONTEMPORARY LIFE
In a personal account of the Jewish community of today’s
Turkey, Louis Fishman writes about synagogue
life, emigration and anti-Semitism.
MEETING THE CULTURAL LEADERS
Janet Levin visits Istanbul and meets the
people who run the local Jewish paper, museum, and other cultural
establishments.
THE MAN WHO SPEAKS OUT: RIFAT BALI
The Turkish history professor analyses the anti-Semitism in
today’s Turkey and the community’s responses to
it. Janet Levin interview.
OUTREACH
Lina Filiba on teaching Turks about
Judaism and the Jewish community of the country.
FOR VISITORS gives you all the useful information
you will need for planning your trip to Jewish Turkey, from
where to stay to kosher food.
FILM
FILMS TO WARM YOUR HEART
Reviews of A Matter of Size, Dancing Alfonso
and Praying with Lior
A PERPETRATOR’S FAMILY
Review of Harlan: In the Shadow of the Jew Süss
ART
RON ARAD AND ISRAEL’S NEW DESIGN ICON
Judi Herman visits the soon-to-open Holon
Design Museum and talks to its designer
KNOW HOPE
Judi Herman meets Tel Aviv’s top graffiti
artist – in Surrey
TOPOLSKI AND HIS CENTURY
Julia Weiner explores the artist’s
roots via the Topolski Century and his children’s memories
MUSIC
RECLAIMING LONDON’S PAST
Abigail Wood reviews Klezmer Klub’s
Whitechapel mayn Vaytshepl
LETTER
FROM ISRAEL
VIEW FROM A PATIENT
Ralph Dobrin writes about his experiences at Jerusalem’s
Hadassah Hospital and its unique atmosphere where ethnic differences
disappear
FOOD
A TASTE OF TURKEY
Karen Sarhon on the characteristics of Sephardi
cooking and the favourite dishes of Turkish Jewish cuisine.
Recipes of spinach and cheese pie and beef kofte
LAST
WORDS
Karen Sarhon explains how, beyond its original
meaning, ‘kasher’ can also mean cheese and fish
BOOKS
A NEW VOICE FROM DORSET
Janet Levin talks to Natasha Solomons, author
of Mr Rosenblum’s List
CLASSIC CHOICE
Beverley Cohen reviews My Name is Asher
Lev by Chaim Potok
YOUNG READERS
Luz Toff reviews The Night of the Burning by Linda Press Wulf
MEETING SANDRA SMITH
Janet Levin talks to the translator of Irène
Némirovsky about the author’s life and
the controversial question whether her portrayals of Jews
are anti-Semitic.
BOOK REVIEWS
Agi Erdos reviews Future Tense by
Jonathan Sacks
Deborah Brooks reviews My Happiness Bears
No Relation to Happiness by Adina Hoffman
Dan Senor and Saul Singer’s
Start-Up Nation is reviewed by David Russell
POETRY
POETRY CHOICE
Liz Cashdan chooses a poem by Teresa
Turk
Turning the Key is reviewed by Miriam Kramer
Please click HERE for details
of how to submit poems to JR
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