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Danielle Goldstein
June 1, 2022
News

A rare look at four priceless scrolls

Danielle Goldstein
June 1, 2022
News
A rare look at four priceless scrolls

This year, in advance of Shavuot, the National Library of Israel (NLI) has released a series of video clips featuring four of the most significant Torah scrolls from its world-leading Judaica collection. Due to their exceedingly delicate state, the scrolls aren't generally available for public viewing…

Tagged: Jewish news, National Library of Israel, Torah scrolls

Danielle Goldstein
May 24, 2022
Music, Film & TV

Sixty years on from her Royal Festival Hall debut, du Pré still shines

Danielle Goldstein
May 24, 2022
Music, Film & TV
Sixty years on from her Royal Festival Hall debut, du Pré still shines

“A swansong of rare and vanishing beauty. Those present were witness, on the first day of spring, to an early blossoming in Miss du Pré’s playing, and such a…

Tagged: Jewish music, Elgar, Jewish film, jewish music institute

Danielle Goldstein
May 19, 2022
Reviews, Theatre

The Dwarfs ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein
May 19, 2022
Reviews, Theatre
The Dwarfs ★★★★

Ascending the stairs to the theatre above The White Bear pub is to leave the 21st century behind and find yourself back in the 1950s. The room cunningly stands in for a series of rooms – bedsits inhabited by twentysomething mates Len, Mark and Pete. This is pub theatre at its most…

Tagged: Harold Pinter, Jewish theatre, theatre reviews, London theatre

Danielle Goldstein
May 17, 2022
News

UK’s first Stolperstein to be unveiled in Soho

Danielle Goldstein
May 17, 2022
News
UK’s first Stolperstein to be unveiled in Soho

Around 80,000 Stolpersteins (“stumbling stones”) have been installed in pavements across Europe since the scheme started in 1992, with each tiny plaque marking the last known address of a Holocaust victim. Now…

Tagged: Jewish news, Jewish London, Stolperstein

Danielle Goldstein
May 17, 2022
Film & TV

The film that changed my life: The Yacoubian Building

Danielle Goldstein
May 17, 2022
Film & TV
The film that changed my life: The Yacoubian Building

When I was a girl in Cairo, Egypt, in the 1950s, my favourite outing was going to see a weekly film with my family, then going to eat ice creams and pastries. We saw everything that came out of Hollywood starting with…

Tagged: Jewish film, Jewish food, Claudia Roden, Egyptian film

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…

Tagged: Jewish tours, Jewish Scotland, Glasgow walking tour

Danielle Goldstein
May 5, 2022
Reviews, Theatre

The End of the Night ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein
May 5, 2022
Reviews, Theatre
The End of the Night ★★★★

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’…

Tagged: Jewish theatre, World War Two, World War II, Second World War, Himmler, theatre reviews

Danielle Goldstein
April 13, 2022
News, Film & TV

Pass Over Me released early for Pesach

Danielle Goldstein
April 13, 2022
News, Film & TV
Pass Over Me released early for Pesach

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…

Tagged: Jewish film, Jewish news, Pesach, Passover, Jewish comedy

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…

Tagged: Ukraine war, Ukrainian refugees, Jewish Ukraine, Jewish Ukrainian refugees, Jewish news

Danielle Goldstein
April 11, 2022
Reviews, Theatre

Anyone Can Whistle ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein
April 11, 2022
Reviews, Theatre
Anyone Can Whistle ★★★★

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…

Tagged: London theatre, theatre reviews, jewish theatre, Stephen Sondheim

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