Danielle Goldstein

August 12, 2021

Walks

In pictures: Willesden Jewish Cemetery Tour

Danielle Goldstein

August 12, 2021

Walks

In pictures: Willesden Jewish Cemetery Tour

Last Tuesday (3 August), I joined a group of JR readers and our guide Elbie Lebrecht for a tour of Willesden Jewish Cemetery. The leafy paths and quiet sidewalks of the cemetery feel a million miles from the busy and rather…

Danielle Goldstein

August 11, 2021

Reviews, Theatre

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

August 11, 2021

Reviews, Theatre

The life-affirming lyrics and poignant tune of ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ made it the anthem of Liverpool FC. Its adoption by the club chimes with Timothy Sheader’s reimagining of Carousel in a tight-knit British fishing…

Danielle Goldstein

August 8, 2021

Family

A new generation of pink rabbits

Danielle Goldstein

August 8, 2021

Family

“It had embroidered black eyes – the original glass ones had fallen out years before – and an endearing habit of collapsing on its paws. How could she ever have chosen to pack that characterless woolly dog in its stead?” Judith Kerr’s seminal children’s book When Hitler Stole…

Danielle Goldstein

August 2, 2021

Features

The Workers’ Olympiad

Danielle Goldstein

August 2, 2021

Features

In the summer of 1924 in Paris, as a stadium of 60,000 people looked on, British Jewish track-and-field star Harold Abrahams won the Olympic gold medal in the 100-metre race. Running under the flag of Great Britain, Abrahams beat competitors from 44 nations, becoming the…

Danielle Goldstein

July 29, 2021

Reviews, Theatre

South Pacific ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

July 29, 2021

Reviews, Theatre

Rosy light bathes a beautiful young woman (Sera Maehara’s Liat) bending gracefully in a slow contemplative dance. A soundscape of birds enhances the tranquillity – until the roar of helicopters heralds the arrival of a battalion of armed, uniformed American marines literally invading…

Danielle Goldstein

July 28, 2021

Reviews, Theatre

Pippin ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

July 28, 2021

Reviews, Theatre

One of my first forays back into live theatreland – having run the gauntlet of heat, crowds and delays on the tube – and it was a relief to find myself in the intimate air-conditioned Charing Cross Theatre. And what a joy to be whirled back in time, though not to the Middle Ages of…

Danielle Goldstein

July 26, 2021

Obituaries, Comedy

Jackie Mason 1928-2021

Danielle Goldstein

July 26, 2021

Obituaries, Comedy

March 1993, we had tickets to see Jackie Mason at the Dominion Theatre in London’s Tottenham Court Road. We knew what shtick to expect having experienced him on the radio and TV, including his own sarcastic opinion that he was “too Jewish”, especially for a nice middle-class…

Danielle Goldstein

July 14, 2021

News, Books & Poetry

Meet DC Comics' first Jewish superhero in 40 years

Danielle Goldstein

July 14, 2021

News, Books & Poetry

Meet DC Comics' first Jewish superhero in 40 years

Poison Ivy, The Riddler and Killer Croc have got a new hero to contend with: 16-year-old Willow Zimmerman, aka Whistle. The crime-fighting teenager is the newest member of the Batman universe and she’s the first Jewish…

Danielle Goldstein

July 8, 2021

News, Books & Poetry

New Jewish children’s literature prize launches

Danielle Goldstein

July 8, 2021

News, Books & Poetry

New Jewish children’s literature prize launches

This week Green Bean Books and Jewish Book Week announced a brand new award in the world of literature for youngsters. The Jewish Children’s Book Awards aims to celebrate work by budding authors and illustrators…

Danielle Goldstein

July 7, 2021

Reviews, Music

Forgetful Heart: Dylan and Cohen and Love ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

July 7, 2021

Reviews, Music

Forgetful Heart: Dylan and Cohen and Love ★★★★

This is the one about the three Jews who walked into my heart and wrung it out with the beauty of their song. As long as I can remember, Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen have been part of my life’s soundtrack. Dylan’s harsh…