Danielle Goldstein

March 31, 2022

Reviews, Theatre

The Marriage of Alice B Toklas by Gertrude Stein ★★★

Danielle Goldstein

March 31, 2022

Reviews, Theatre

The Marriage of Alice B Toklas by Gertrude Stein ★★★

Before I got to know Alice B Toklas and Gertrude Stein, at least in playwright Edward Einhorn’s reimagining, I must confess my awareness of the pair stretched little further than Stein’s oft-quoted gnomic declaration: “A rose is a rose…

Danielle Goldstein

March 16, 2022

Family

Keep Britain Tidy: In Numbers

Danielle Goldstein

March 16, 2022

Family

Back for its seventh year, the 2022 Great British Spring Clean takes place from this Friday 25 March to Sunday 10 April. This year they’re asking people to join the #BigBagChallenge and pledge to pick up as much litter as possible during the campaign. This could be just one big…

Danielle Goldstein

March 15, 2022

Reviews, Theatre

The Merchant of Venice ★★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

March 15, 2022

Reviews, Theatre

Alone on a darkened stage a young woman lights a candelabra, singing Black Eyed Peas with the band (led by Zac Gvi): "I got a feeling / That tonight's gonna be a good night… Mazel tov." Jessica, Shylock’s daughter, tense as she plans elopement with her Christian lover Lorenzo…

Danielle Goldstein

March 10, 2022

Film & TV

Servant of the People comes to Channel 4

Danielle Goldstein

March 10, 2022

Film & TV

Servant of the People comes to Channel 4

When Jewish comedian Volodymyr Zelenskyy co-wrote and starred in Servant of the People, a comedy series about a history teacher (Zelenskyy) who finds himself elected president, little did he know that life was to imitate art…

Danielle Goldstein

March 7, 2022

Features, Family

Top tips for litter picking

Danielle Goldstein

March 7, 2022

Features, Family

Last autumn we claimed that “litter picking's not just for Mitzvah Day" and we’ve stuck by our word. This month, JR is teaming up with Keep Britain Tidy for their seventh annual Great British Spring Clean (GBSC), running from Friday 25 March to Friday 8 April. We're inviting the rest…

Danielle Goldstein

March 3, 2022

News

Thinking of JR's friends in Ukraine

Danielle Goldstein

March 3, 2022

News

Like so many in this country and across the world, I have been anxiously following the news about Ukraine, which is now updated hourly rather than daily. I have been trying to keep up with Jewish communities in Lviv and Kyiv, with whom our own Ark Synagogue in Northwood and…

Danielle Goldstein

March 1, 2022

Features, Music

Letter to Kamilla: Music in Jewish Memory

Danielle Goldstein

March 1, 2022

Features, Music

Letter to Kamilla: Music in Jewish Memory

This year is proving to be a busy and fruitful one for Mosaic Voices. Members of the resident choral group of New West End Synagogue have built on the success of the beautifully made and wonderfully atmospheric music videos they…

Danielle Goldstein

March 1, 2022

Features, Family

Five Ways to Prep for Purim

Danielle Goldstein

March 1, 2022

Features, Family

Much like Michael Winterbottom’s movie, 24 Hour Party People, Purim is a time for round-theclock celebration. But it’s also a fun time for the little ’uns to play dress-up, gorge on hamantaschen and make a heck of a racket aided by handheld noisemakers known as groggers (Yiddish for…

Danielle Goldstein

February 23, 2022

News, Books & Poetry

Nicole Krauss wins 2022 Wingate Literary Prize

Danielle Goldstein

February 23, 2022

News, Books & Poetry

Nicole Krauss wins 2022 Wingate Literary Prize

To Be a Man, the first collection of short stories by Nicole Krauss, has won this year’s Wingate Literary Prize. The 10 visceral stories were written over an 18-year period and span continents, focusing on the similarities that connect…

Danielle Goldstein

February 17, 2022

Reviews, Theatre

The Chairs ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

February 17, 2022

Reviews, Theatre

You could almost call Eugene Ionesco’s 1952 absurdist farce typecasting, what with it featuring a married couple with decades together under their belts. The Romanian-born French playwright, whose mother was Jewish, could hardly have envisaged a husband and wife duo of physical…