SUMMER 2002

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Klezfest 2001

Klezfest 2001

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BEN URI LAYS A GHOST TO REST
CHARITY EMBRACES CULTURE
NOBEL LAUREATE SPONSORS CAMBRIDGE FESTIVAL
CELLIST FINDS HIS JEWISH ROOTS

bullet  THE JR INTERVIEW

CATCHING UP WITH WESKER
Labelled as the unique outsider, Wesker's own crie de coeur remains, 'I want to be here, to belong'
Golda Smith has lunch with Arnold and Dusty

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Helga Bejach in 1939

Helga Bejach in 1939

bullet  WE TOO WERE REFUGEES

THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS
Karen Lewis talks to Richard Attenborough about his family's connection with sisters Irene and Helga Bejach

WHAT WAS I THINKING?
Poem by Alexander Newton

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Banner from the Jews' Hospital and Orphan Asylum

Banner from the Jews' Hospital
& Orphan Asylum at Norwood

bullet  REMEMBERING

VIEWING THE PAST WITH VISION
David Clark comments on the changing role of The Jewish Museum London as it reaches its 70th birthday

bullet  CROSSING CULTURES

ANNA WYNER
Lucille Grant interviews the Jewish mosaic artist whose work has touched a Catholic chord

Ringmaster by Olga Rapai Markish

Ringmaster
by Olga Rapai Markish

bullet  COMMUNITY - THE JEWS OF UKRAINE

FLAMES AND FANFARE
1,000 years of suffering and creativity, by Margaret Brearley
OLGA RAPAI MARKISH
Cheryll Berrebi visits the daughter of the great Yiddish poet who is now a celebrated ceramic artist
NOTHING SHORT OF A MIRACLE
Vivienne Lewis finds hope in the midst of poverty and describes the Jewish revival
CAST YOUR BREAD UPON THE WATERS
Margaret Brearley on the help that is pouring in
JEWISH UKRAINIAN WRITERS
Ray Keenoy gives a summary
FIND OUT MORE
Contact address and books to read

bullet  JUDAISM AND...

JUDAISM AND THE EARTH
Vivienne Cato asks whether Jews can hold their heads up high in the world of Deep Ecology
KOL NIDRE
Cecil Bloom on the history of the melody and the prayer

Dohany Utca Synagogue

Dohany Utca Synagogue
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'Adam' by Barnet Newman

Adam by Barnett Newman

bullet  CITY SPOTLIGHT - BUDAPEST

Peter Falush takes the reader on a tour of Jewish Budapest
PLACES TO GO - THINGS TO SEE
CHRONOLOGY
BUDAPEST TALENT
FIND OUT MORE
IS THERE A RENAISSANCE?

bullet  THE ARTS

THE THIRD STRING
In the first of a new series on cross-cultural collaborations, Josephine Burton shows us works created by Jacqueline Nichols from Leeds and Gonkar Guyatso from Tibet
THE MEIDNERS RETURN
Diane Michaels on the life and work of Ludwig and Else Meidner, whose remarkable work is now on show at the Ben Uri Gallery
BARNETT NEWMAN
Lucille Grant interviews Jeremy Lewison about the American Expressionist wose work comes to Tate Modern in September

THE ARTS IN ISRAEL

PIONEER COMPOSER
Jospeh Tal, one of Israel's pioneer composers who has been at the forefront of electronic music, is interviewd by Malcolm Miller

Cover of Duel

bullet  BOOKS

20TH CENTURY WRITERS
A Jewish Cossack: Cecil Bloom on the life and work of Isaac Babel

COMING OUT JEWISH
Three books reviewed by Ray Keenoy

OTHER REVIEWS
Arnost; The Life and Times of Miklos Radnotti; The Red Tent

YOUNG READERS
Reviews of Duel by David Grossman

BOOKENDS
Quiz, writing opportunities

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Borsch

bullet  FOOD

RECIPE
Borsch

RESTAURANT REVIEW
Philip Baum enjoys an extravaganza at La Fiesta

bullet  LETTER FROM ISRAEL

VIEW FROM JERUSALEM
Hannah Levinsky Koevary on the realities of daily life now

bullet  LAST WORDS

Definitions and origins - from cheder to Haskalah by Ruth Doniach-Durant

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