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The Merchant of Venice 1936 ★★★★

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The Merchant of Venice 1936 ★★★★

For actor Tracy-Ann Oberman and director Brigid Larmour, this radical reimagining of the Shakespeare classic has been years in the making (including a two-year delay thanks to the pandemic). Indeed, Oberman herself said it's been "a lifelong dream of mine to bring this play to the stage…

NEW POETRY: Say it in Yiddish

NEW POETRY: Say it in Yiddish

The poems in Jeremy Robson’s eighth book of poetry, Chagall’s Moon, range from the heat of Alabama to a cool night in London, from a universe where Chagall’s lovers fly in a cloudless sky to a place where Beethoven, Picasso and Billie Holiday rub shoulders. Written in the aftermath of…

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Love and War in the Jewish Quarter

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Love and War in the Jewish Quarter

It is unlikely many Iranian Jewish women are involved in the ongoing protests in Iran. Historically they have been silent and invisible and there has always been an almost total absence of literature by Jewish women in Iran because it endangered the community. But in exile there has been…

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The Lehman Trilogy ★★★★★

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The Lehman Trilogy ★★★★★

Director Sam Mendes' electrifying family epic The Lehman Trilogy opens on a spare set of glass, steel and designer furniture. It’s so bright and sparklingly modern you almost need shades. Yet this pristine office scene, created on a revolving stage by set designer extraordinaire Es Devlin…