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Danielle Goldstein
October 30, 2025
Reviews, Theatre

The Wanderers ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein
October 30, 2025
Reviews, Theatre
The Wanderers ★★★★

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Tagged: Jewish theatre, London theatre, London theatre review, theatre review

Danielle Goldstein
October 29, 2025
Reviews, Film & TV

Nobody Wants This (Season 2) ★★

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Reviews, Film & TV
Nobody Wants This (Season 2) ★★

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Reviews, Theatre

The Assembled Parties ★★★★

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October 29, 2025
Reviews, Theatre
The Assembled Parties ★★★★

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Danielle Goldstein
October 7, 2025
JR Tours

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JR Tours
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Reviews, Theatre

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September 17, 2025
Reviews, Theatre
Dr Freud Will See You Now, Mrs Hitler ★★★★

Famed sitcom writing team Marks & Gran find the funny – and the dramatic – in this full stage debut of their darkly comic alternate reality…

Tagged: Jewish theatre, London theatre, London theatre review, theatre review, Sigmund Freud, Hitler, world war II, World War Two, Holocaust

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Reviews, Theatre

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Reviews, Theatre
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Reviews, Film & TV
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September 11, 2025
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Danielle Goldstein
September 11, 2025
News, Art
JR on South African radio

Our executive director Dr Aviva Dautch appeared on Chai FM to talk Limmud, the state of the art world for Jews and William Kentridge. Listen now…

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Reviews, Theatre

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Reviews, Theatre
Deaf Republic ★★★★★

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Tagged: Jewish theatre, Ukrainian poetry, Ukrainian theatre, Jewish Ukraine, Ilya Kaminsky, Dublin theatre, Irish theatre, theatre review

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September 3, 2025
Reviews, Books & Poetry

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September 3, 2025
Reviews, Books & Poetry
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A decent debut that explores the tribulations of youth, familial relationships and what it really means to be a Jew in today's world…

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