CULTURE
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Guys and Dolls ★★★★★
The all-immersive revival of the deservedly popular musical marches on, with a magical mix of new and established cast members…
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Urgent Voices: Hebrew Poets
As part of our ‘Urgent Voices’ series, in which key jewish cultural figures respond to the continuing crisis following the…
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The New Look ★★
Apple TV’s flashy fashion drama about legendary haute couture designers during World War II cuts a weak silhouette of a…
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Arte! Arte! Arte! — Jewish Renaissance
Early life Minujín’s grandfather Salvador was a military tailor whose Russian Jewish family arrived in Argentina in the 1890s. He…
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Nachtland ★★★ — Jewish Renaissance
When Nicola seizes the opportunity call out Israel for its ongoing persecution of Palestinians, it is momentarily uncomfortably topical, especially…
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From Mumbai to Kerala: In Search of India's Jewish Story
JR’s subscriber trip to India last month was a delightful assault on the senses and sensibilities, says Monica Bohm-Duchen The…
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Cable Street ★★★★★ — Jewish Renaissance
The music is wonderfully eclectic, embracing a Jewish vibe as well as both Irish folk melody (hard to resist singing…
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Richard Rampton KC 1941-2023 — Jewish Renaissance
At this time Richard was starting to phase out his work at the bar and was pleased to accept JR’s…
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Einstein and the Bomb ★★ — Jewish Renaissance
Netflix’s new Oppenheimer-wannabe documentary falls frustratingly short of the mark After the smash-hit success of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer comes Einstein…
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Listening for God in Torah and Creation — Jewish Renaissance
It was important to me to embrace critical scholarship; no text can be understood without context. This applies especially to…
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