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Warren Mitchell as Solomon
in the current Apollo Theatre
production of The Price
Bobbie Dahdi in her tallit
designed by Shirley Waxman
Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak
Photos: Gadi Dagon
Grisha Bruskin Aleph Bet 6 1984
Oil on canvas, 43.6 x 38.5 in
Private Collection USA
Imre Kurtész
Arthur Miller with
Marilyn Monroe 1960
Photofest
Bahai Temple and gardens, Haifa
THE JR INTERVIEW
WARREN MITCHELL AND FRIENDS
Golda Zafer-Smith finds out about the source of the inspiration for Warren Mitchell’s splendid portrayal of Solomon in The Price and much else about the irascible actor
CROSSING CULTURES
OUTSIDER/INSIDER
Rachel Gaffin finds her preconceptions shattered when she tours East Anglia with a Jewish-themed play
JUDAISM AND……
JUDAISM AND ANXIETY
Michele Klein explores ancient Jewish wisdom
HERITAGE
TALLIT STORY
Bobbie Dahdi on the history and customs of the prayer shawl and on the creativity to which it is now giving rise
COMMUNITY – THE JEWS OF SALONIKA
CHRONOLOGY
The history of a community where Jews were once in the majority and the port closed down on Shabbat
SALONIKA REFINDS ITS JEWISH PAST
Bea Lewkowicz on the remarkable change she has seen come about in the last decade
SALOMON AND LINA
Jacqueline Joseph on her parents’ unusual romance
FOR THE VISITOR
Places to see and sources of information
ARTS IN ISRAEL
INBAL PINTO COMES TO BRITAIN
Gloria Deutsch talks to the creators of the modern dance show Boobies which is touring Britain this Autumn
DANCE IN ISRAEL
The history of dance in Israel
THEATRE
JEWISH THEATRE IN EUROPE – WHERE IS IT GOING?
Lena Stanley-Clamp reports on a debate on the future of Jewish Theatre
ON THE FRINGE
Gillian Dawson reviews the Jewish offerings at the Edinburgh Festival
THE PRICE
Sonia Zafer-Smith reviews the new production of Arthur Miller’s play
MUSIC
MAOZ TZUR
Cecil Bloom on the history of the melody and the words of the Chanukah song
SINGING SCIENTIST - RALPH KOHN
Malcolm Miller interviews the baritone who has received the highest honours in two very different fields
ART
ART AS PROTEST
Grisha Bruskin, the important Russian artist, explains why he uses Jewish themes
A STORM IN EUROPE
Richard Aronowitz-Mercer on the forthcoming exhibition of avant-garde Hungarian artists at the Ben Uri Gallery
BOOKS
20TH CENTURY WRITERS
Erica Gordon on S.A. An-ski, radical and courageos author of The Dybbuk
IMRE KERTÉSZ
The Nobel prize-winner is back in the limelight. Peter Falush reports
BOOK REVIEWS
Arthur Miller, A Life Martin Gottfried
Ingredients for a Jewish Life Russell & Manning
Letters to Auntie Fori, History of the Jewish People Sir Martin Gilbert
Man is Wolf to Man, Surviving Stalin’s Gulag Bardach & Gleeson
The Book of Israel Jeremy Gavron
Taken for a Ride Neil Roland
YOUNG READERS
The Golem of Old Prague Michael Rosen
POETRY
Liz Cashdan chooses from readers' submissions
POETRY REVIEW
FOOD
SALONIKAN CUISINE
Hilary Pomeroy
LETTER FROM ISRAEL
VIEW FROM HAIFA
Miriam Brill
LAST WORDS
LADINO TWO
Hilary Pomeroy