CULTURE
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Jewish Connections in Unexpected Places — Jewish Renaissance
On our way back to London we’ll stop at another little-known but fascinating location: St Matthew’s Church on the outskirts…
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Questioning belief — Jewish Renaissance
Shimon ben Azzai was a second century rabbinic scholar, who would walk up and down the bustling market in Tiberius…
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A Song of Songs ★★★★ — Jewish Renaissance
Woodyatt’s is a tall and imposing figure, his voice authoritative as narrator and his presence compelling, almost sinister. The score,…
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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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