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YOUR SAY… Readers’ rants, raves and views on the Summer issue of JR.
WHAT'S NEW How Australian creatives are grappling with the aftermath of Bondi; the quiet fightback in British Jewish publishing.
FEATURE A new initiative is giving Latin American artists a sense of community, support and a place to create.
JR AT 25 Tony Kushner on the first issue of JR; Josh Azouz hears why theatremaker Steven Berkoff still feels an outsider; a new story by Booker-shortlisted Ben Markovits; Edie Friedman and Nadine Batchelor-Hunt talk racism and the far right; and don’t miss our exciting auction!
FILM Woody Guthrie’s Jewish connnections are the focus of a new documentary about the American folk hero.
THEATRE A new play illuminates Hannah Arendt’s experience at the Gurs internment camp. Lara Feigel explores how it shaped her thinking about identity.
MUSIC Yiddish history, techno and klezmer are all part of the mix for New York musician Chaia.
ART Dale Berning Sawa hears from women artists whose work is the focus of a JR co-hosted Royal College of Art conference in December.
BOOKS Natalie Perman on a new graphic novel about Theresienstadt; Keith Kahn-Harris on building bridges with Israeli heavy metal; the poetry of Jacob Bronowski; and the history of South Africa’s remarkable Litvak community.
THE YIDDISHISTS Our series that uncovers the YIVO archive. This issue: Pioneering printers.
SEPHARDI RENAISSANCE The story of a stew: Joel Harber celebrates cholent; Simon A Waldman says goodbye to Turkey.
WHAT'S HAPPENING Our three-month guide to art, books, film, music, theatre and other cultural events in the UK, Europe and Israel.
FAMILY A new artwork celebrates children’s authors past and present.
MEET THE READERS We hear from David Green, a reader since 2001, and new subsciber Jessica Rosenfield.
