Life

Why is this Haggadah different from all others?

Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Marc Chagall and Lucian Freud are among the Jews depicted in the colourful scenes of artist Leon Fenster’s new work

By Simon Rocker

7 min read

Jew-de-vivre: Leon Fenster's Haggadah has a psychedelic twist

Samantha Ellis revels in Iraqi delicacies for the Seder

Pesach

Rice, dates and dressing up… welcome to my Iraqi seder

By Samantha Ellis

3 min read

Seder

The new Haggadah which takes us back to Egypt

By Simon Rocker

3 min read

documentary

Hatton Garden: The Great Diamond Heist review: ‘the reality TV version of a Guy Ritchie film’★★★★★

By Ben Felsenburg

2 min read

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The way we were: Michael Arditti's new saga, and the Kovo family in Salonica, in Greece, which under Ottoman rule was Europe's only Jewish-majority city

Books

The Tribe review: ‘a brilliantly told story of a once gilded Sephardi family’

By David Bennun

2 min read

Trust me, I'm a doctor: Noah Wyle as Dr Michael 'Robby' Robinavitch and Lucas Iverson in The Pitt

Television

ER star Noah Wyle: Why I’m playing a Jewish doctor in The Pitt

In an exclusive interview, the Hollywood star reveals the background to his acclaimed role in the HBO Max series

By Elaine Penn

6 min read

Israel

Mum’s sunny Israel vacation turned into a war-cation

My mother came to stay and then the missiles started falling. Would she get home to the UK?

By Natalie Blenford

4 min read

Carol with a cappuccino at Carmel Market, in Tel Aviv, during a break from the sirens

therapy

The therapist helping troubled strictly Orthodox Jews

Meet the shrink who treats Charedim – with forthright language

By Lianne Kolirin

5 min read

I swear by it: Darryl Christie (Photo: Gary Manhine)

Books

Shushu review: ‘Motherhood, warts and all, beautiful, ugly and true’

This graphic novel by a Jewish writer is a gift for a woman who is out the other side but can still see those moments in the rear window

By Jennifer Lipman

1 min read

Shushu review: ‘Motherhood, warts and all, beautiful, ugly and true’

Lifestyle

Film

Project Hail Mary review: Gosling brings substance to this alien-buddy sci-fi ★★★★

It’s no ‘Interstellar’, but a fun, odd-couple space romp doesn’t need to be – so long as it’s got Ryan Gosling piloting the spaceship

By John Nathan

2 min read

Ryan Gosling in 'Project Hail Mary.' (Photo: MGM)

Books

Meet the world’s first fascist

This is a revelatory biography about the Frenchman who almost fought Dreyfus in a duel

By Robert Low

3 min read

No match: a drawing of the duel between the Marquis de Morès and Captain Mayer, as it appeared on the front page of Le Petit Parisien Illustré

Television

The Jewish Pilgrim’s Progress

Ashley Blaker, once the UK’s only Orthodox comedian, now a tattooed agnostic, is travelling through Northumberland for the new series of Pilgrimage

By Jenni Frazer

6 min read

Spiritual journey: (from left) Ashley Blaker, Hermione Norris, Jayne Middlemiss, Patsy Kensit, Ashley Banjo, Tasha Ghouri and Hasan Al-Habib on their pilgrimage

Dance

Mayerling review: This doomed love affair produces some of the most erotically-charged dances seen on stage ★★★★★

Kenneth MacMillan’s 1978 ballet about a prince and his young baroness mistress is back in London with exquisite performances that build to a tragic end

By Joy Sable

1 min read

A scene from Mayerling by The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House. Choreography by Kenneth MacMillan. (Photo: Tristram Kenton)

Theatre

The Producers review: Richard Kind dazzles in a show more urgent and less indulgent than ever ★★★★★

The smash hit musical by Mel Brooks is revived with a raw and dangerous production starring one of the world’s funniest performers as Max Bialystock

By John Nathan

2 min read

Richard Kind (Max Bialystock) and the company of The Producers. (Photo: Manuel Harlan)

Theatre

Summerfolk review: The feckless middle classes on the brink of a rude awakening ★★★★

Maxim Gorky’s 1905 full-frontal attack on the demographic is a searing depiction of helplessness in the face of violent change

By John Nathan

2 min read

Israeli theatre

What is it like to be a queer Palestinian?

Yael Breuer speaks to the Israeli playwright of a new drama about the precarious lives of LGBTQ+ Palestinians

By Yael Breuer

3 min read

Tomer Aldubi (left) with his producer Maera Daniel Hagage in Ohio in 2025

Opera

Siegfried review: Spellbinding Schager is the greatest Siegfried of our age ★★★★★

The opera’s flawless cast, set design and music are led by Andreas Shager, who delivers one of the finest theatrical performances London has seen in many years

By Stephen Pollard

2 min read

Andreas Schager as Siegfried. (Royal Opera House)

Film & TV

All TV

Noah Wyle in 'The Pitt'. (Photo: Warrick Page/HBO Max)

Television

The top ten Jewish and Jew-ish shows to watch on HBO Max

By Eliana Jordan

5 min read

How the Jewish American epic leapt from the page to the screen

Once millions read Bellow and Roth, now they flock to cinemas to see Marty Supreme and The Brutalist

By Ithamar Handelman-Smith

6 min read

Saturday Night Live UK review: ‘It’s hard to judge the quality of the performers when the material is this bad’ ★

Even at the beginning, SNL was very hit and miss. The inaugural episode of the transatlantic spin-off is just…a miss

By Ben Felsenburg

2 min read

The Testament of Ann Lee review: ‘an unexpected use of movement and music’ ★★★★

Brilliant score and choreography breathes life into this haunting tale of vision and faith

By John Nathan

1 min read

Travel

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Travel

Since his aunt died, Keith Hallegua has been the last Jew left of a once-thriving community in this region of India. But he still prays every week, hoping that tourists will join him at the historic synagogue

By Andy Mossack

5 min read

A perfect Paris escape in the Marais

From falafel feasts to late-night cocktails, 24 hours in the French capital

By Jane Prinsley

5 min read

In praise of Prague

Visit the Czech capital and step back in time to when there was a thriving Jewish community that built beautiful synagogues

By Anthea Gerrie

5 min read

Books

All Books

One-state solutionist: Will Self and his new book

Books

Will Self: What inspired me to write this book? The Glasto crowd chanting ‘Death to the IDF’

By David Bennun

6 min read

Melanie Phillips’s new guide to our antagonists and how to fight them fair and square

This punchy and practical handbook to battling Jew-hate is more than timely

By Dominic Green

3 min read

Why did people stand by when the Gestapo came child-hunting?

From carrying messages for the Resistance to hugging at the Seder table, our pick of the best new books for children

By Angela Kiverstein

1 min read

A useful handbook on the Israel-Palestine deadlock...until it turns to Netanyahu

Colin Shindler’s historical guide is erudite and concise but perhaps guilty of wishful thinking when it describes a Tel Aviv rally as Bibi’s ‘Ceaușescu moment’

By Robert Low

3 min read

Music

All Music

Music

Haunting music of the exiled composers

By Mark Glanville

3 min read

2025 in review: Music

It’s been a difficult year for Jewish musicians and music fans alike, but Elisa Bray says virtuoso musicianship defiantly drowned out the hate

By Elisa Bray

4 min read

London venue appalled by Primal Scream’s use of ‘antisemitic imagery’ during gig

The band displayed a Star of David entwined with a Nazi symbol during a performance of their song Swastika Eyes

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Björk, Lorde and Paul Weller join 1,000 artists and labels to block Israelis from streaming their music

A new campaign aims to pressure music companies such as Sony, UMG and Warner to follow suit

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Sport

All Sport

(L-R) Danny Wolf, Ben Saraf and Deni Avdija

Basketball

Israeli trio makes NBA history in Portland-Brooklyn game

By Ben Conway

3 min read

Israeli teenage kick-boxing star delivers a knockout to the trolls in latest triumph

Aged 19, Ahavat Hashem Gordon is already known as the ‘Golden Boy’ of the sport and is headed for the top

By Yoav Borowitz

3 min read

Meet Sheina Vaspi – the first and only Israeli athlete to compete at the Winter Paralympics

The observant Orthodox Jew views her role as the sole athlete to represent Israel as a ‘mission from above’

By Ben Conway

2 min read

Spurs fined after fans’ ‘disgusting’ Nazi salutes in Germany

The club branded the fans’ behaviour ‘abhorrent’

By Ben Conway

1 min read

Let's Eat

All Food

Transform matzah into a really fun, shareable starter, side dish or snack (Picture: Justyna Radon)

Passover recipe

Smoked salmon and horseradish matzah nachos

By Denise Phillips

Cook time: 8-10 minutes

Recipe

Salmon and sweet potato fish cakes with avocado, lime and coriander dip

These Pesach-friendly fish cakes are a great way to use up cooked salmon

By Victoria Prever

Cook time: 30-40 minutes

Recipe

Matzah nachos (Machos)

Fun, fast and full of flavour, these machos are a Passover hero

By Jamie Milne

Recipe

Pistachio meringues

A classic Pesach treat, with a trendy nutty twist

By Melinda Strauss

Cook time: 1 hour 30 minutes (plus 1 hour cooling)

Life

Why is this Haggadah different from all others?

Rice, dates and dressing up… welcome to my Iraqi seder

The new Haggadah which takes us back to Egypt

Hatton Garden: The Great Diamond Heist review: ‘the reality TV version of a Guy Ritchie film’★★★★★

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The Tribe review: ‘a brilliantly told story of a once gilded Sephardi family’

ER star Noah Wyle: Why I’m playing a Jewish doctor in The Pitt

Mum’s sunny Israel vacation turned into a war-cation

The therapist helping troubled strictly Orthodox Jews

Shushu review: ‘Motherhood, warts and all, beautiful, ugly and true’

Lifestyle

Project Hail Mary review: Gosling brings substance to this alien-buddy sci-fi ★★★★

Meet the world’s first fascist

The Jewish Pilgrim’s Progress

Mayerling review: This doomed love affair produces some of the most erotically-charged dances seen on stage ★★★★★

Theatre

The Producers review: Richard Kind dazzles in a show more urgent and less indulgent than ever ★★★★★

Summerfolk review: The feckless middle classes on the brink of a rude awakening ★★★★

What is it like to be a queer Palestinian?

Siegfried review: Spellbinding Schager is the greatest Siegfried of our age ★★★★★

Film & TV

The top ten Jewish and Jew-ish shows to watch on HBO Max

How the Jewish American epic leapt from the page to the screen

Saturday Night Live UK review: ‘It’s hard to judge the quality of the performers when the material is this bad’ ★

The Testament of Ann Lee review: ‘an unexpected use of movement and music’ ★★★★

Travel

World Cup goals

Searching for the last Jew of Kochi

A perfect Paris escape in the Marais

In praise of Prague

Books

Will Self: What inspired me to write this book? The Glasto crowd chanting ‘Death to the IDF’

Melanie Phillips’s new guide to our antagonists and how to fight them fair and square

Why did people stand by when the Gestapo came child-hunting?

A useful handbook on the Israel-Palestine deadlock...until it turns to Netanyahu

Music

Haunting music of the exiled composers

2025 in review: Music

London venue appalled by Primal Scream’s use of ‘antisemitic imagery’ during gig

Björk, Lorde and Paul Weller join 1,000 artists and labels to block Israelis from streaming their music

Sport

Israeli trio makes NBA history in Portland-Brooklyn game

Israeli teenage kick-boxing star delivers a knockout to the trolls in latest triumph

Meet Sheina Vaspi – the first and only Israeli athlete to compete at the Winter Paralympics

Spurs fined after fans’ ‘disgusting’ Nazi salutes in Germany

Let's Eat

Smoked salmon and horseradish matzah nachos

Salmon and sweet potato fish cakes with avocado, lime and coriander dip

Matzah nachos (Machos)

Pistachio meringues