 WHAT'S NEW
NEW HOME FOR WIENER LIBRARY
The Library will open to the public on 1 December at their new premises in Russell Square
1936: RADICAL ROOTS
Event series at the Jewish Museum commemorating the Battle of Cable Street and the Spanish Civil War
JR, MDA AND HELP FOR INDIAN CHILDREN
Following JR’s visit, Magen David Adom sends financial support to the Deep Griha Society in Pune
LOOKING BACK ON THE PAST 10 YEARS
HIGHLIGHTS 2001-2011
We have asked our reviewers and other commentators to pick the best of the decade in Jewish art, books, theatre, music and film
A DECADE OF JEWISH CULTURE IN THE UK
Geraldine Auerbach’s overview of the thriving activity and achievements of the past ten years on the Jewish cultural scene
AN ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT
Ten years –- Ten Commandments. Rabbis from different strands of Judaism tell us what precept they would add to the existing ten
IDENTITY
WHAT FUTURE FOR THE EUROPEAN JEW?
Prof Michael Brenner explores the decline of Europe’s role in the Jewish world and suggests how this might be reversed
THE JEWS OF ROME
TIMELINE
A historical overview by Susan Kikoler
THEY CAME BEARING GOLD
The Nazis demanded 50kg of gold. The Jews, helped by the citizens of Rome, delivered – but it was all a ploy… Susan Kikoler tells the story.
TWO REMARKABLE WOMEN
Two pillars of the Italian community: Tullia Zevi and Rita Levi-Montalcini
ON A ROMAN STREET
Eli Abt reconstructs the life of the earliest Jewish community of Rome, in Ostia Antica
THE POPE AND THE RABBI
An overview of the history of Vatican-Jewish relations by Susan Kikoler
LEAVING THE GHETTO OF THE MIND
Vesna Domany Hardy finds out what is behind the new vitality of the Jewish community of Rome
MICAELA PAVONCELLO
Janet Levintakes a tour with the super-guide
CROSSING CULTURES
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS AMONGST DREAMING SPIRES
Graduates of the Ariane de Rothschild Fellowship for Muslim and Jewish social entrepreneurs and the Tikvah Institute interfaith workshop speak about their experiences
HERITAGE
WHEN THE CONGREGANTS HAVE LEFT
Sharman Kadishlooks at how redundant synagogues in Britain are being put to new uses
FILM
FILM FESTIVAL
Judi Herman reviews two new films, Intimate Grammar and The Human Turbine, and highlights other Israel screenings of UK Jewish Film Festival
THEATRE
BROKEN GLASS
Review by Judi Herman of Iqbal Kahn’s production at the Vaudeville Theatre, and an excerpt from her interview with
Sir Antony Sher
THEN AND NOW
Emma Bondor sees Broken Glassfor a second time after 16 years
ART
SIGISMUND’S WATCH – A TINY CATASTROPHE
Galit Mana talks to artist Barbara Loftus about her new exhibition at the Freud Museum, inspired by her mother’s memories of 1920s’ Germany
JOSEF HERMAN: THE IMMIGRANT
On the occasion of Ben Uri’s new exhibition,
Monica Bohm-Duchen explores the influences the artist brought with him from Warsaw to Glasgow
THE BENEFACTORS: NASSER DAVID KHALILI
David Russellmeets one of the richest men in the world who talks about the pursuit of dreams – and his collection of Islamic art
BOOKS
SPEAKING UP FOR GOD
David Weitzman compares The Great Partnership – God, Science and the Search for Meaning by Jonathan Sacks and David Gelernter’s Judaism – A Way of Being
REVIEWS
David Breuer-Weil: Radical Visionary reviewed by Julia Weiner
Scenes from Village Life by Amos Oz reviewed by
Deborah Brooks
Lea Goldberg’s And This is the Light reviewed by Agi Erdos
Accident of Fate – A Personal Account 1938-1945 by
Imré Rochlitz reviewed by Vesna Domany Hardy
POETRY
POETRY REVIEW
Liz Cashdan looks at Evgeny Rein’s Selected Poems
POETRY CHOICE
Liz Cashdan chooses poems by Joanna Ezekiel and
Michael Berg
Please click HERE for details of how to submit poems to JR
FOOD
A TASTE OF ROME
Silvia Nacamulli on artichokes, aubergines and inventive thrift
Recipe: spinaci con pinoli e passerine
IN SEARCH OF CARCIOFI ALLA GIUDIA
Vesna Domany Hardy visits the Jewish restaurants of Rome’s ghetto
LAST WORDS
JUDAEO-ROMAN
On Hebrew words and unique creations in the Italian Jewish vocabulary
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