Danielle Goldstein

November 14, 2019

Reviews

From Slavery to Freedom ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

November 14, 2019

Reviews

Natan Sharansky, now a prominent figure in Israeli politics and human rights activism, first came to international attention as a brave and defiant refusenik. That was the name given to Russians refused permission to emigrate – especially Russian Jews seeking to leave for the late…

Danielle Goldstein

November 13, 2019

Reviews, Festivals

The Operative ★★

Danielle Goldstein

November 13, 2019

Reviews, Festivals

The last decade has seen a number of Israeli serial TV dramas that have enjoyed great international acclaim. Among these are several well-made and gripping spy stories, which have been particularly successful among both viewers and critics. Homeland, Mossad 101, and False Flag…

Danielle Goldstein

November 12, 2019

Reviews, Theatre

Truth to Power Cafe ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

November 12, 2019

Reviews, Theatre

Speaking truth to power – confronting those who hold institutional authority – could not be more topical. Yet when Jeremy Goldstein poses the question, "Who has power over you and what do you want to say to them?" he illustrates it with a poetic and honest account of his own…

Danielle Goldstein

November 11, 2019

Interviews, Theatre

The Cosmo comes to life again

Danielle Goldstein

November 11, 2019

Interviews, Theatre

“I loved The Cosmo, which I got to know in the mid-50s. This was the time when not much English could be heard in Finchley Road, and the bus conductor would call out “Jerusalem” or ‘Vienna”! The German accent in the streets was predominantly Austrian, as was the conversation in…

Danielle Goldstein

November 8, 2019

Reviews

It Must Schwing! The Blue Note Story ★★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

November 8, 2019

Reviews

It Must Schwing! The Blue Note Story ★★★★★

“It laid out a platform for black musicians to have a voice. That in itself was a statement,” says the musician Herbie Hancock, speaking about the legendary American jazz label Blue Note Records, in Eric Friedler’s joyful documentary…

Danielle Goldstein

November 7, 2019

Reviews, Books & Poetry

More Beautiful Than Before: How Suffering Transforms Us ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

November 7, 2019

Reviews, Books & Poetry

Written by Steve Leder, senior rabbi at Wilshere Boulevard Temple in LA, More Beautiful Than Before: How Suffering Transforms Us takes readers on a journey through the cycle of life. From the naivety of childhood to that familiar…

Danielle Goldstein

November 4, 2019

Features

Six films you should see at the UK Jewish Film Festival 2019

Danielle Goldstein

November 4, 2019

Features

Six films you should see at the UK Jewish Film Festival 2019

The Love Trilogy Dir Yaron Shani, Israel “Israeli director Yaron Shani, whose 2009 film Ajami (co-directed with Scandar Copti) was nominated for an Oscar in the Best International Feature Film category, is back with three films…

Danielle Goldstein

November 1, 2019

Reviews, Theatre

God's Dice ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

November 1, 2019

Reviews, Theatre

In his stand-up show My Family: Not the Sitcom, London comedian David Baddiel shared painful revelations about his father’s dementia. And in the preface to this, his first stage play, he reveals his father as a passionate scientist, even through the fog of his condition. So God’s Dice can…

Danielle Goldstein

October 23, 2019

Reviews, Theatre

The Ice Cream Boys ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

October 23, 2019

Reviews, Theatre

When two ruthless power players clash, things are seldom as black and white as they seem. Noted Jewish playwright Gail Louw brings together – South Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma and his one-time fellow freedom fighter Ronnie Kasrils – confining them in a hospital ward with…

Danielle Goldstein

October 16, 2019

Reviews, Theatre

The Silver Lake (Der Silbersee) ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

October 16, 2019

Reviews, Theatre

The Silver Lake was the last collaboration between playwright Georg Kaiser and composer/librettist Kurt Weill, before they fled Germany in 1933. The Nazis banned this ‘story for Winter’, as its creators subtitled it, and it’s easy to see why in James Conway’s timely production. Subversive…

Danielle Goldstein

October 15, 2019

News

Jewish heritage to return to the Welsh valleys

Danielle Goldstein

October 15, 2019

News

Jewish heritage to return to the Welsh valleys

Proposals for a Welsh Jewish heritage centre took a step forward in September after The Foundation for Jewish Heritage bought the former Merthyr Tydfil synagogue. Built in 1872, the synagogue is the oldest purpose-built…

Danielle Goldstein

October 15, 2019

Reviews, Theatre

First Encounters: Merchant of Venice ★★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

October 15, 2019

Reviews, Theatre

First Encounters: Merchant of Venice ★★★★★

What was your first encounter with Shakespeare? A "cold reading through" in class, perhaps? Or a magical encounter “with everything made of candy floss"? These are the highs and lows of how the cast and creative team of this 90…

Danielle Goldstein

October 14, 2019

Opinion, Family

Sadeh Farm diary: October 2019

Danielle Goldstein

October 14, 2019

Opinion, Family

Late summer on Sadeh is one of my favourite times of the year. The tomatoes are turning red; there are so many courgettes that we have plenty to hand out to the guys who fix our tractor; the pumpkins have started turning orange and we are harvesting green beans by the bushel…

Danielle Goldstein

October 7, 2019

Features, Family, Books & Poetry

Tales of Amazing Animal Heroes

Danielle Goldstein

October 7, 2019

Features, Family, Books & Poetry

It’s time to talk about the elephant in the room. Lizzie the elephant that is. The story of this helpful giant, who carted steel around Sheffield for use in World War I when all the horses were at war, is just one of many in Tales of Amazing Animal Heroes: Real Life Stories of Animal Bravery…

Danielle Goldstein

October 3, 2019

Reviews, Theatre

Blood Wedding ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

October 3, 2019

Reviews, Theatre

Celebrated Jewish South African director Yaël Farber has a reputation for the power and physicality of her productions. Her treatment of Spanish playwright Federico Lorca’s dark fable grabs its audience by the throat from the get go and pulls it into his story of feuding families caught in a spiral…