Danielle Goldstein

May 12, 2022

News, Walks

Glasgow's trail tells story of its wartime refugees

Danielle Goldstein

May 12, 2022

News, Walks

Glasgow's trail tells story of its wartime refugees

Renowned artists, a former classmate of Albert Speer, Scotland’s oldest synagogue and a club for exchanging political views are among the people and sites commemorated by Glasgow’s new Garnethill Refugee…

Danielle Goldstein

May 5, 2022

Reviews, Theatre

The End of the Night ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

May 5, 2022

Reviews, Theatre

For drama reimagining what went on behind the scenes during world-changing events, playwright Ben Brown is your go-to man. His 2010 play The Promise took its audience backstage in the lead up to the Balfour Declaration, he explored Churchill’s ‘darkest hours’…

Danielle Goldstein

April 13, 2022

News, Film & TV

Pass Over Me released early for Pesach

Danielle Goldstein

April 13, 2022

News, Film & TV

A new short film by award-winning Orthodox Jewish comedian, writer and director Rachel Creeger enjoys an early release for Pesach. Pass Over Me, a moving and amusing piece, was commissioned as part of The Covid…

Danielle Goldstein

April 13, 2022

News

Rabbis lead mass Passover seders for Ukrainian refugees

Danielle Goldstein

April 13, 2022

News

Rabbis lead mass Passover seders for Ukrainian refugees

Across Europe this week, thousands of Jewish Ukrainian refugees will enjoy a Passover seder thanks to the efforts of the Conference of European Rabbis. The organisation has set up an international fund to aid their work, which…

Danielle Goldstein

April 11, 2022

Reviews, Theatre

Anyone Can Whistle ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

April 11, 2022

Reviews, Theatre

This early musical by Stephen Sondheim did not find its public when it premiered on Broadway in 1964, closing after just nine performances. Arthur Laurents’ off-the-wall book was probably too opaque and the handful of memorable Sondheim songs almost worked better out…

Danielle Goldstein

April 7, 2022

Reviews, Theatre

The Fever Syndrome ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

April 7, 2022

Reviews, Theatre

The family in Alexis Zegerman’s drama revolves around a brilliant veteran scientist, a pioneer in IVF, for which he is about to receive a prestigious award. However, Professor Richard Myers suffers from advanced Parkinson’s, so the satisfaction of this lifetime achievement is tempered…

Danielle Goldstein

April 6, 2022

Family

A clean sweep for Pesach

Danielle Goldstein

April 6, 2022

Family

Keep Britain Tidy's annual Great British Spring Clean campaign comes to a close this Sunday, but that doesn't mean job done. Passover is just around the corner (15-23 Apr), so with that in mind we're urging readers to keep going. No doubt you're preparing to rid your home…

Danielle Goldstein

April 5, 2022

JR Tours

In pictures: Enemy Aliens on the Isle of Man

Danielle Goldstein

April 5, 2022

JR Tours

In pictures: Enemy Aliens on the Isle of Man

Last week JR Tours enjoyed a trip to the Isle of Man to mark 80 years since the internment of refugees from Nazi Europe by the British government. The four-day tour was packed full of walks, talks, music and even a Blue Plaque…

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

March 31, 2022

Reviews, Theatre

Jewish Hollywood ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

March 31, 2022

Reviews, Theatre

As the band in this bustling Highgate venue strikes up 'Hava Nagila' and the packed audience claps to the insistent beat, you know Jewish Hollywood has found its ideal home. It’s a perfect entrance number for the terrific four-strong company, who sing and dance up a storm, more than…

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…