CULTURE
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Kafka ★★★★ — Jewish Renaissance
Kafka was an intense, haunted, genius with neurotic paranoia. His constant apprehension of terror inhabits novels such as The Trial,…
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Kidnapped ★★★★★ — Jewish Renaissance
Bellocchio’s cinematography is stunning, with many interior scenes in chiaroscuro, lit like a Caravaggio painting. Care has been taken to…
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JR hears from Mexico’s first president to be a woman – and Jewish — Jewish Renaissance
Sheinbaum never considered a political career until López Obrador made her his environment secretary when he was mayor of Mexico…
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The Boy in the Woods ★★★ — Jewish Renaissance
He puts his skills to good use, eventually managing to light a fire. He builds a shelter from fallen branches,…
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Memories of Berlin before the breakout of World War II — Jewish Renaissance
Matthew Reisz introduces Barbara Loftus’s beautiful, two-volume collection of artwork, stories and more, which launched earlier this month It was…
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Where words won’t suffice, music leads the charge — Jewish Renaissance
This is a reflective session, beautifully played, of memory, passion, regret, rage and resignation. The album is without liner-note dates,…
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Books in brief: Spring reads
Clear a space on the bookshelves as Rebecca Taylor recommends a new crop of books for spring MUSIC OF EXILE:…
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All aboard the bookmobile!
An initiative by the National Library of Israel is helping children deal with the trauma of war through the power…
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Finding love amid the horror — Jewish Renaissance
Is it possible to create a believable love story in a setting as hellish as Auschwitz? Barney Pell Scholes talks…
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz ★★★★
The new small-screen adaptation of Heather Morris’s contentious best-seller is an unmissable marvel First published in 2018, The Tattooist of…
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