 COMMUNITY
IN A MINORITY AT SCHOOL
Judi Herman interviews six teenage pupils
who are active members of the Jewish community but go to multi-faith
or Christian schools
Jeremy Williams reports on the King David
School in Birmingham where Jewish children are in a minority
and explores the views of non-Jewish parents of pupils there
HABO FOLK
David Russell, Ruth Deech,
Jonathan Freedland and Dan Patterson
reminisce about their Habonim years and the impact the movement
had on their later lives
LETTER
FROM ISRAEL
TWO TOWNS, TWO SCHOOLS, TWO VIEWS
Vivienne Tankus talks about her experiences
as a teacher at a school in Zichron Yaakov
Naomi Meshasha in Netanya is a college student
helping underprivileged Ethiopian pupils build a better future
for themselves
IN
MEMORY
GOLDA ZAFER-SMITH
Janet Levin, Sir Arnold Wesker,
Norman Lebrecht and others remember Jewish
Renaissance’s favourite columnist who tragically passed
away this summer
JUDAISM
AND...SATAN
Is he evil incarnate or just a little mischievous? Looking
at what our texts have to say about Satan, Maureen
Kendler’s intriguing piece explores the character
and role of God’s eternal challenger in the Jewish tradition
THE
JEWS OF WALES
Agi Erdos draws up the TIMELINE for an unusually
peaceful Jewish history, starting with medieval money-lenders,
through a 19th-century influx of east European immigrants
to the current dwindling of the Welsh Jewish community
THE DAY DR HERZL CAME TO CARDIFF
Simon Crammer tells the story of the Zionist
prophet’s first visit to Wales and his encounter with
local communal leaders
PACKMEN AND MINERS
Michael Wallach remembers the hard-working
Jewish pedlars and miners of rural Wales
RIOTS
A glimpse at the single dark moment in Welsh-Jewish history,
the 1911 riots in the mining valleys of South Wales
MY LLANELLI
Excerpts from Channah Hirsch’s charming
book about her memories as a young girl growing up in a strictly
observant family in a small Welsh village
POST-WAR LLANELLI AND ITS MOST FAMOUS SON
Former Conservative Party leader and Minister Michael
Howard grew up in Llanelli and has always been proud
of his Jewish background
A PLACE THAT ANSWERS YOUR BELONGING
Monica Bohm-Duchen writes about the Welsh
years of Polish-Jewish artist Josef Herman.
ALSO PAINTING IN WALES
Heinz Koppel, Philip Sutton
and Rhoda Hodes – artists from around
the world who settled in Wales
THE WELSH AND THE JEWS
Jan Morris describes what she thinks are
the similarities between these two ethnic groups she has so
much affection for
DANNIE ABSE
Judi Herman’s portrait of the still
youthful doctor poet
A TALE OF TWO SHULS
Cardiff’s two communities, the Orthodox and the Reform,
and how they get on with each other
MINE HOST
Janet Levin discovers Jewish innkeepers and
hoteliers in Wales
FOOD
A TASTE OF WALES: LEEK AND POTATO SOUP AND WELSH CAKES
Ruth Joseph recommends some heart-warming
traditional dishes for the chilly winter months
FILM
THE MAKING OF A FESTIVAL
Judi Herman talks to the organizers of the
UK Jewish Film Festival as they prepare its 2009 programme
MUSIC
RIVKA GOLANI
Anthony Wilkinson profiles the great Israeli
viola player who will be performing at the Wimbledon Music
Festival.
CANTORIAL CURAÇAO
Malcolm Miller recommends a CD of Jewish
music with a Caribbean flavour
ART
BEN SHAHN AND THE AMERICAN SOCIAL REALISTS
Writing about a new exhibition, Katya Marshall
explores the lives and works of Ben Shahn,
Moses Soyer and Fermin Rocker
BOOKS
SHOLEM ALEICHEM REVISITED
Barry Davis looks at the new English translations
of three novels by Sholem Aleichem
REVIEWS
Gerald de Groot reviews Born to Kvetch
by Michael Wex
Maureen Kendler reviews The Thoughtful
Dresser by Linda Grant
Barbara Michaels reviews Jewish Pirates
of the Caribbean by Edward Kritzler
Driven to Innovate: A Century of Jewish Mathematicians
and Physicists by Ioan James is reviewed
by David Herman
YOUNG READERS
Joel Coussins reviews Message in a Bottle
by Valerie Zenatti
POETRY
POETRY CHOICE
Liz Cashdan chooses poems by Georgia Varvas
and Wanda Barford
Please click HERE for details
of how to submit poems to JR
OUR POETRY REVIEW
Flowers of Perhaps by Ra’hel
– Liz Cashdan reviews Robert
Friend’s English translation
LAST
WORDS
ONLY IN HEBREW
Tamar S Drukker takes a look at expressions
and words that are unique to Hebrew
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