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ON
COURSE
Ray Keenoy on why he is learning Yiddish
Naim Dangoor
by Irene Wise
COMMUNITY
THE JEWS OF IRAQ
THE BABYLONIAN HERITAGE
The history of Iraqi Jews from the exile to Babylon to today
Charlemagne and his role in the Sephardi/Ashkenazy split
NAIM DANGOOR - EXILARCH
We talk to the community leader
SWEET AND SOUR
Claudia Roden on Iraqi cooking traditions - plus recipes
WHEN THE GREY BEETLES TOOK OVER BAGHDAD
Award winning novel by Mona Yahia reviewed by Maureen Lipman
IDENTITY
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE.... BUT IF YOU ARE WHO ARE YOU?
A view of current Jewish identity from Judy Ironside, Director of Brighton
Jewish Film Festival
Janet Suzman
INTERVIEW
Eminent figures talk about their work and their Jewish identity
Janet Suzman - Actor and anti-racism campaigner interviewed by Gerald de Groot
A
DUMMY'S GUIDE TO.....
KABBALAH
Jeremy Rosen answers some basic questions
WE
WERE REFUGEES
WE TOO WERE MALIGNED
Edie Friedman compares the reception given to refugees in 1901 and 2001
Luboml Synagogue
EVOKING
THE PAST
REMEMBERING LUBOML
Theo Richmond on the highlights of the exhibition at the London Jewish
Museum
Afternoon Stroll of Sid Pulver
by Milly Pulver
THE
ARTS
ART BEGINS AT 85
Milly Pulver is exhibiting nationally at the age of 91, having only started
painting when she was 85. Irene Wise talks to her and her teacher David
Dunbar at Jewish Care's Stamford Hill Community Centre.
ARTS IN ISRAEL
The work of Jerusalem paper cut artist Archie Granot is in the collections of many museums including the Victoria & Albert in London. His works revive a traditional Jewish art but are also innovative. The artist, originally from England, is interviewed by Diane Wyshogrod Zlotogorski.
Cover of Degenerate Music Catalogue, Dusseldorf, 1938
MUSIC
THWARTED VOICES
MUSIC SUPPRESSED BY THE THIRD REICH
Michael Haas suggests that the course of Western music could have been
very different if composers such as Franz Schreker had not had their careers
so violently interrupted.
YOUNG
READERS
Young readers are invited to review books and ask questions of the authors
OUT OF THE HITLER TIME
Judith Kerr's trilogy which begins with the favourite: When Hitler
Stole Pink Rabbit
LETTER
FROM ISRAEL
THREE LONG YEARS
A personal view, by 22 year old Yonatan Koevary, of his service in the
Israeli army and how it has impacted on his life
AS
OTHERS SEE US
KOSHER AND CHINESE
"How many people could have a one to one with their Rabbi...to be in this
man's company is to be extremely privileged". Irene Wise speaks to Norman
Han who runs a kosher restaurant and has absorbed Jewish culture - but
he has also made sure his children speak Chinese.
Neue Synagogue
by Irene Wise
CITY
SPOTLIGHT
BERLIN
SPACE THAT DEFIED BEING FILLED
Controversy has raged on what to exhibit in Daniel Libeskind's Jewish
Museum without detracting from the emotional impact of the building itself.
Jude Bloomfield writes about problems faced by the exhibit's creators;
David Clark reports from the grand opening.
A FLAVOUR OF JEWISH BERLIN
Rabbi Walter Rothschild, who now lives and works in Berlin, describes
its unusual Jewish community and advises the visitor on what must be seen.
PLUS VISITOR FACT FILE
DIFFERENT
WAYS OF BEING JEWISH
THE SAATCHI EXPERIMENT
As a second Saatchi synagogue is planned, Roy Rubenstein writes about
why the first was set up and just what is different about this innovative
congregation.
Illustration by David Wise
FOOD
RESTAURANT REVIEW
Simon Falush reviews ART 2 HEART, the new restaurant plus art gallery
in Golders Green
RECIPES
Traditional Iraqi cooking
WEB
SITE REVIEW
Aviva Dautch tells you how to explore the international Jewish world