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Danielle Goldstein
December 1, 2025
Obituaries, Theatre

Remembering Tom Stoppard

Danielle Goldstein
December 1, 2025
Obituaries, Theatre
Remembering Tom Stoppard

After the passing of the Czech-British playwright and screenwriter this weekend, we take a look back at his work, as featured in JR…

Tagged: obituary, obit, Tom Stoppard

Danielle Goldstein
November 28, 2025
Reviews, Theatre

A Court of Paper ★★★

Danielle Goldstein
November 28, 2025
Reviews, Theatre
A Court of Paper ★★★

Two young Dutch theatremakers reckon with their families’ pasts in a scrappy and affecting piece of documentary storytelling…

Tagged: jewish theatre, London theatre, London theatre review, theatre review, Dutch Jews

Danielle Goldstein
November 26, 2025
Interviews, Theatre

Music, mischief and matzah balls: an interview with Nick Cassenbaum

Danielle Goldstein
November 26, 2025
Interviews, Theatre
Music, mischief and matzah balls: an interview with Nick Cassenbaum

With two hit pantomimes under his belt and a third on the way, we sit down with the mastermind behind the family festivities to talk all things comedy, chaos and chutzpah…

Tagged: Jewish theatre, Jewish panto, London panto, London theatre, theatre interview, JW3

Danielle Goldstein
November 25, 2025
Reviews, Film & TV

Desperate Journey ★★★

Danielle Goldstein
November 25, 2025
Reviews, Film & TV
Desperate Journey ★★★

Annabel Jankel's new drama tells the true story of Freddie Knoller well, but struggles to truly encapsulate his survival throughout the Holocaust…

Tagged: Jewish film, Jewish filmmaker, Holocaust history, Holocaust education, world war II, World War Two, WWII, Anschluss

Danielle Goldstein
November 11, 2025

Eleanor the Great ★★★

Danielle Goldstein
November 11, 2025
Eleanor the Great ★★★

Scarlett Johansson's directorial debut won't bust any boundaries, but it's a satisfying, thought-provoking watch…

Danielle Goldstein
October 30, 2025
Reviews, Theatre

The Wanderers ★★★★

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

Anna Ziegler’s drama takes audiences between timelines, relationships and the resulting dilemmas…

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

Danielle Goldstein
October 29, 2025
Reviews, Film & TV

Nobody Wants This (Season 2) ★★

Danielle Goldstein
October 29, 2025
Reviews, Film & TV
Nobody Wants This (Season 2) ★★

Netflix's interfaith romcom flops for a second time around…

Tagged: jewish tv, TV review, Jewish Netflix, Netflix review, Adam Brody, Kristen Bell, Seth Rogen

Daniella Silver
October 29, 2025
Reviews, Theatre

The Assembled Parties ★★★★

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

A New York family’s bonds are tested as secrets spill and fortunes turn in two, one of a kind, Christmas gatherings…

Tagged: theatre review, London theatre, Tracy-Ann Oberman

Danielle Goldstein
October 7, 2025
JR Tours

In pictures: Jewish Culture in Unexpected Places

Danielle Goldstein
October 7, 2025
JR Tours
In pictures: Jewish Culture in Unexpected Places

A snapshot of our recent JR Tour to Yorkshire & Coventry…

Tagged: Jewish artist, Jewish art, Jewish theatre, Jacob Kramer, William Kentridge, Amy Rosenthal, Jacob Epstein

Danielle Goldstein
September 17, 2025
Reviews, Theatre

Dr Freud Will See You Now, Mrs Hitler ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein
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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