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Jonathan Freedland with
wife Sarah and baby Sam
View of the Shrine of the Book
Cantors in Concert, Queen Elizabeth Hall, December 2004
Ancient menorah (185 BCE)
found in Cyrenaica
Jewish girls waiting to greet Jewish soldiers of the Eighth Army, Hara
Kebira 1943
Papercut mizrach by Marta Golab incorporating Psalm 125
Storyteller David Bash
Detail from cover of For Generations – Jewish Motherhood
WHAT’S
NEW
MUSEUM TAKES A STAND
JEWISH SCULPTOR COMMEMORATES FOLEY
INCLUSIVENESS IS NEW SCHOOL’S WATCHWORD
THE
JR INTERVIEW
JONATHAN FREEDLAND
The high profile and controversial Guardian journalist, is proud of his
Jewishness but profoundly annoys many fellow Jews. Janet Levin finds out
more about the man, his formative years and his hopes for the future
JUDAISM
AND...
JUDAISM AND THE VISUAL IMAGE
Elliott Tucker puts forward some challenging ideas on the way forward
for Jewish art
HERITAGE
THE MYSTERY OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS
Angela Levine recalls the sensational history of the discovery of these
incomparably important scrolls and reports on the latest controversy
MUSIC
THE POWER OF SYNAGOGUE MUSIC
Stephen Glass waxes lyrical on the role of music in the synagogue and
explains why a renaissance is necessary
PARIS KLEZMER
Cyril Robinson talks to some of the players in the Jewish music scene
in Paris and provides a guide as to where to go to hear the stars
THE JEWS OF LIBYA
HISTORY
Janet Naim tells the story of the community that began in the days of
the Roman Empire
THE BEGINNING OF THE END
Aldo Habib tells his own personal experience of living through the years
of Italian fascism, British administration, and an increasingly hostile
environment culminating in exile in 1967.
HERBERT PAGANI
The story of the artist/writer/poet/film-maker and his Letter to the
Colonel
EVERYDAY LIFE
Life as it was lived in the heyday of the community, in words and pictures
PASSOVER TRADITIONS
Raphael Luzon details the traditions that are specific to the Libyan community
LOVE AND MARRIAGE
Mali Tayar Zekeria and Janet Naim on the colourful betrothal customs
IN LIBYA NOW
Raphael Luzon on the glimmers of hope as negotiations with Colonel Gadhaffi
begin
RUNNING RISKS FOR THE RECORD
The story of the photographers who took illicit photos of the current
state of synagogues and cemeteries
THOSE WHO STAYED
Pedazur Benatti on the last Jewish residents
FIND OUT MORE
Books and websites for further information
ART
POLISH ARTISTS INSPIRED BY JEWISH TRADITION
Henryk Halkowski talks to papercut artist Marta Golab; Lena Stanley-Clamp
views the installation of Janusz Marciniak
MARK CHAGALL AND THE BIBLE
Monica Bohm-Duchen on the background to the forthcoming Ben Uri exhibition
AMSTERDAM MUSEUM SHOWS OFF ITS SYNAGOGUES
Judy Jaffe-Schagen reports
ARTS IN ISRAEL
FROM THE DYBBUK TO BEST FRIENDS
Linda Ben Zvi tells the story of theatre in Israel
STORYTELLING
STRANDS OF STORYTELLING
Derek Reid celebrates a key part of the fabric of Jewish cultural life
MIRIAM’S CUP
Maria Bywater on a new addition to the telling of the Passover story
BOOKS
Kate McLoughlin reviews the latest Cynthia Ozick novel
Judith Mirzoeff reads and hears Einstein’s own words
Lynda Harris on an anthology about motherhood
Paul Gross reviews two books that search out the real Israelis
Marge Clouts on the last of Richard Zimler’s trilogy
JR Young Readers: The Mystery of the Dead Sea Scrolls
POETRY
POETRY CHOICE
Liz Cashdan chooses poems by Ruth Trilling and Esta Leftonl
POETRY REVIEW
Songs from Bialik
FOOD
THE LIBYAN JEWISH KITCHEN
Mali Tayar Zakeria
LETTER
FROM ISRAEL
FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN
Golda Zafer-Smith pays a return visit
LAST
WORDS
LIBYAN JUDEO-ARABIC
Raphael Luzon