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Danielle Goldstein
July 30, 2025
Reviews, Books & Poetry

The Safekeep ★★★★★

Danielle Goldstein
July 30, 2025
Reviews, Books & Poetry
The Safekeep ★★★★★

The stunning fictional debut from Dutch-Israeli rising star Yael Van der Wouden gets its paperback release…

Tagged: Jewish author, Jewish writer, Jewish literature, Jewish books, Israeli author, Dutch author, Israeli books, book review, Booker Prize, Women's Prize, Yael Van der Wouden

Danielle Goldstein
July 29, 2025

Once Upon a Time in Algeria ★★★

Danielle Goldstein
July 29, 2025
Once Upon a Time in Algeria ★★★

Alexandre Arcady's semi-biopic is overly sentimental, but well informed…

Danielle Goldstein
July 27, 2025
News, Comedy, Festivals

Jewish comedians have their shows pulled from the Edinburgh Fringe

Danielle Goldstein
July 27, 2025
News, Comedy, Festivals
Jewish comedians have their shows pulled from the Edinburgh Fringe

Philip Simon and Rachel Creeger were only told last week that they "were no longer welcome"…

Tagged: Jewish comedy, Jewish news, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe

Danielle Goldstein
July 17, 2025
Film & TV, Interviews

The film that changed my life: Sophie Zucker

Danielle Goldstein
July 17, 2025
Film & TV, Interviews
The film that changed my life: Sophie Zucker

US comedian and writer Sophie Zucker unpacks Josie and the Pussycats, directed by Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan…

Tagged: Jewish comedy, Jewish comedian, Josie and the Pussycats, Tara Reid, Film column

Danielle Goldstein
July 16, 2025
Festivals, Previews

From groundbreaking shows to inappropriate jokes: The Fringe returns

Danielle Goldstein
July 16, 2025
Festivals, Previews
From groundbreaking shows to inappropriate jokes: The Fringe returns

As Edinburgh gets set to welcome the annual festivities, we dive into the must-see Jewish shows…

Tagged: Jewish comedy, Jewish theatre, comedy review, theatre review, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe, fringe fest, Fringe round-up, Fringe preview

Danielle Goldstein
June 6, 2025
Theatre, Reviews

The Reckoning ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein
June 6, 2025
Theatre, Reviews
The Reckoning ★★★★

Dash Arts' thought-provoking drama will leave you fulfilled – in more ways than one…

Tagged: London theatre, Jewish theatre, theatre review

Danielle Goldstein
May 29, 2025
Theatre, Reviews

The Frogs ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein
May 29, 2025
Theatre, Reviews
The Frogs ★★★★

A fabulous cast finds its funny as gods, mortals and more in Sondheim’s merry musical fable…

Tagged: theatre review, London theatre review, Jewish theatre, London theatre

Danielle Goldstein
May 29, 2025
Obituaries

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Danielle Goldstein
May 29, 2025
Obituaries
Alan Yentob 1947-2025

The BBC broadcaster has died aged 78. David Herman looks back at his influential career in TV…

Tagged: Alan Yentob, obituary

Danielle Goldstein
May 28, 2025
Theatre, Reviews

The Crucible ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein
May 28, 2025
Theatre, Reviews
The Crucible ★★★★

Seven decades on and Arthur Miller's thriller based on the Salem Witch Trials still hits a pertinent nerve…

Tagged: Jewish theatre, London theatre, Shakespeare's Globe, Shakespeare, theatre review

Danielle Goldstein
May 19, 2025
Film & TV, Reviews

The Most Precious of Cargoes ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein
May 19, 2025
Film & TV, Reviews
The Most Precious of Cargoes ★★★★

An extraordinary feat of animation that offers perspectives from the heart – and heartless – amid the horrors of the Holocaust…

Tagged: film review, Jewish film, Jewish animation, animated film, film animation, Michel Hazanavicius, Jean-Claude Grumberg, Holocaust, World War Two, World War II, WWII

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