Danielle Goldstein

July 27, 2022

Family

Four things to keep your kids busy this summer

Danielle Goldstein

July 27, 2022

Family

Four things to keep your kids busy this summer

It’s always a challenge to find ways to occupy your little (and not-so-little) ones over the summer, so here are four ways to get them out of the house and off their phones…

Danielle Goldstein

April 5, 2022

Features

Meet Alf Borman: 100 today!

Danielle Goldstein

April 5, 2022

Features

In our Winter 2022 issue we featured an interview with north London’s Alf Borman in Meet the Reader, the series in which we get to know you, our readers. He was incredibly charismatic and, unsurprisingly, had a wealth of fascinating things to say. At the time, he was 99, but…

Danielle Goldstein

March 31, 2022

Art

Behind the Shop Facade

Danielle Goldstein

March 31, 2022

Art

Jim Grover’s beautiful photos of retailer Maurice Dorfman illuminate a rich life beyond the shop counter. Here, the photographer reflects on the enduring story of one south London family… On Christmas Eve 2019, Maurice Dorfman flipped the sign on his haberdashery shop door…

Danielle Goldstein

July 2, 2021

News, Art

Manchester Jewish Museum reveals its hidden glory

Danielle Goldstein

July 2, 2021

News, Art

Manchester Jewish Museum reveals its hidden glory

A beautiful synagogue, with a new, modern museum wrapped around it; we may even have a café...” promised Max Dunbar, CEO of the Manchester Jewish Museum, six years ago. This summer, his promise has been fulfilled…

Danielle Goldstein

May 27, 2021

News

You Don’t Have to be Jewish

Danielle Goldstein

May 27, 2021

News

Jonathan Freedland, go-to Jewish journalist and pundit, has given BBC Sounds 50 recordings (from over 1,000!) of You Don’t Have to be Jewish, the programme his late father, broadcaster and journalist Michael Freedland developed and fronted. Broadcast weekly on BBC Radio London…

Danielle Goldstein

May 19, 2021

News

Prince of Wales visits Merthyr Tydfil synagogue

Danielle Goldstein

May 19, 2021

News

Prince of Wales visits Merthyr Tydfil synagogue

Standing at the top of Bryntirion Road, the Victorian Gothic structure of Merthyr Tydfil synagogue has loomed since the 1870s. For over a century this Grade II-listed building functioned as a working synagogue until finally…

Danielle Goldstein

May 11, 2021

News

Pioneering Jewish care home opens

Danielle Goldstein

May 11, 2021

News

Anyone who’s seen the Channel 4 documentary Old People’s Home for Four-Year-Olds, in which care home residents are introduced to a classroom of preschoolers, will know that it had hugely beneficial results. But this Nottingham-based home wasn’t the first to pioneer the…

Danielle Goldstein

April 28, 2021

Features

Looking to the future with Prague’s Jewish community

Danielle Goldstein

April 28, 2021

Features

Looking to the future with Prague’s Jewish community

Ec chajim is a new Progressive community, mostly made up of families with children, although our oldest regular is 95. I think it’s very important to create connections between generations. I myself want to listen to stories and…

Danielle Goldstein

September 15, 2020

News, Art

Hidden Treasures

Danielle Goldstein

September 15, 2020

News, Art

Hidden Treasures is a new project from the Board of Deputies of British Jews. It celebrates Jewish archives in Britain, telling the stories of Jews in Britain through photos, documents, videos and other archive material. Our earliest items date from the 11th century and we have uncovered…

Danielle Goldstein

January 9, 2020

Festivals, Reviews

Limmud Festival 2019

Danielle Goldstein

January 9, 2020

Festivals, Reviews

According to the website, "Limmud is a place for community, learning, empowerment, diversity, debate, laughing, dancing, families and volunteering” and that's no exaggeration. Before the 2019 festival, which ran 27-31 December, I’d been to Limmud just twice: a day session…