CULTURE
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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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The Zone of Interest ★★★★ — Jewish Renaissance
There are a few monotone moments, strangely ethereal night scenes. A girl, the movie’s only active resister, leaves apples for…
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Bernard Kops 1926-2024 — Jewish Renaissance
In 1957 his first play, The Hamlet of Stepney Green, was produced at the Oxford Playhouse, one of the key…
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Welcome to Wales — Jewish Renaissance
“This project is designed to help others tell their stories in as positive and creative a way as possible,” says…
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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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