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Film

Exclusive interview: Mayim Bialik’s next big bang

The Hollywood actor on how being Jewish informs the way she plays the starring role in Jim Jarmusch’s new movie

By James Mottram

5 min read

Books

What made Osip Mandelshtam tick?

By David Herman

1 min read

Past indiscretion: Robert Pattinson and Zendaya

Film

The Drama review: Zendaya and Robert have chemistry in a very dark climate ★★★

By John Nathan

2 min read

Dance

A nice Jewish boy in the circus

By Joy Sable

4 min read

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Theatre

Exclusive interview: Henry Goodman on Arthur Miller, mental health and his own ‘Swansong’

By John Nathan

5 min read

In this together: Amanda Craig's new novel, and Londoners sitting cheek by jowl share park space with a pigeon

Books

High and Low by Amanda Craig review: ‘A thoroughly moreish state-of-the-nation novel’

If half a century from now you were to be asked what it was like to live in Britain in 2026, this is the book you should hand over in answer

By Ben Felsenburg

2 min read

chicken recipe

Spanish chicken and rice

A one pot wonder that feels special enough for family Shabbats or dinner parties

By Amy Sheppard

Cook time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Amy Sheppard's Spanish chicken and rice is her go-to dinner party dish (Photo: Dan Jones)

Recipes

Lemon and honey chicken

This nostalgic take on a Chinese classic is sweet, sticky comfort in a bowl

By Katrina Meynink

Cook time: 20 minutes

Katrina Meynink's lemon and honey chicken is 'sweet, sticky comfort in a bowl' (Photo: Katrina Meynink)

chicken recipe

Grilled coconut spatchcocked chicken with coriander and mango salsa

This Mexican-inspired dish is a riot of colour and flavour

By Thomasina Miers

Cook time: 30-35 minutes

Thomasina Miers’s grilled coconut spatchcocked chicken is a riot of colour and flavour (Photo: Matt Russell)

Lifestyle

Dance

Alchemies review: High calibre dancers impress in triple ballet bill that lacks variety ★★★

Wayne McGregor's ballet triptych at the Royal Opera House is full of beautiful shapes but not enough nuance

By Joy Sable

1 min read

Untitled, 2023. (Photo: Andrej Uspenski)

The London Marathon

‘The London Marathon is a way to push myself while contributing to something bigger’

Four fundraisers tell the JC about their chosen charities, training schedules, and food habits before the big race

By Ben Conway

5 min read

‘The London Marathon is a way to push myself while contributing to something bigger’

Artwork

When art imitates life

The JC speaks to Emma Gurner, an interior designer-turned-painter ahead of an exhibition of her work

By Gaby Wine

2 min read

Emma Gurner with her artwork (Photo: Anna Yanovsky)

Aliyah

I’m backing my future here. I have faith in Britain

I understand that Jewish fears are high, but I believe our country can turn itself round and get tougher on extremism

By Naomi Greenaway

4 min read

Good old Blighty: the reassuringly English village of Great Budworth in Cheshire

Theatre

Les Liaisons Dangereuse review: ‘why revive it?’★★

Lesley Manville’s predictably superb performance is not enough to redeem a new stage production of the sexually exploitative 18th century novel

By John Nathan

1 min read

Lesley Manville as Marquise de Merteuil and Aidan Turner as Vicomte de Valmont in Les Liaisons Dangereuses at the National Theatre. (Photo: Sarah Lee)

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

Film & TV

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documentary

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

By Ben Felsenburg

2 min read

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

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

The American streaming platform’s long-awaited UK launch heralds new access to some of the best Jewish-flavoured shows on TV

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

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

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Pulling back the curtain: Simon Weisz (a pseudonym) and his mother c.1959

Books

Himmler’s Curtains: How my survivor mother ended up living in a Nazi leader’s house

By Jennifer Lipman

2 min read

The Jewish Renoir girls who were betrayed by France

Catherine Ostler’s new book explores the fate of the children in the painter’s famous work Pink and Blue, one of whom was murdered at Auschwitz

By Eliana Jordan

3 min read

Acerbic verse from a ‘cantakerous’ Yiddish poet

Anyone with an interest in Yiddish culture, or simply first-class poetry, will relish this excellent selection

By Mark Glanville

2 min read

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

This epic set in Jewish Salonica is full of ideas, marvellously rich in detail and its people feel real

By David Bennun

2 min read

Music

All Music

Opera

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

By Stephen Pollard

2 min read

Haunting music of the exiled composers

On Sunday Wigmore Hall is featuring a day of music by composers forced to uproot and flee

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

Sport

All Sport

Hapoel Hyde Park celebrating the victory (photo: Georgia Rosenberg)

Union of Jewish Students

Leeds Uni Jsoc football team lifts its first ever trophy under the lights in London

By Ben Conway

3 min read

Israeli trio makes NBA history in Portland-Brooklyn game

The fixture featured All-Star Deni Avdija and two rookies from the Brooklyn Nets, marking the first time three Israeli athletes have shared an NBA court

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

Let's Eat

All Food

Helen Graham's peas, walnuts and orange blossom (Picture: Yuki Sugiura)

Recipes

Peas, walnuts and orange blossom water

By helen graham

Cook time: 0

Recipe

Za’atar and cherry chocolate fridge cake bars

This decadent fridge cake artfully balances sweet and savoury flavours

By helen graham

Cook time: 7 minutes

Move over Ottolenghi, there’s a new flavour genius on the chopping block

Former Bubala chef, Helen Graham, tells us about her joyfully Jewish debut cookbook Centrepiece

By Siam Goorwich

4 min read

Recipe

Wholemeal toast with hazelnut cocoa butter and baked apples

A deliciously indulgent – and surprisingly healthy – breakfast or brunch

By Luigi Fontana

Cook time: 20-25 minutes

Life

Exclusive interview: Mayim Bialik’s next big bang

What made Osip Mandelshtam tick?

The Drama review: Zendaya and Robert have chemistry in a very dark climate ★★★

A nice Jewish boy in the circus

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Exclusive interview: Henry Goodman on Arthur Miller, mental health and his own ‘Swansong’

High and Low by Amanda Craig review: ‘A thoroughly moreish state-of-the-nation novel’

Spanish chicken and rice

Lemon and honey chicken

Grilled coconut spatchcocked chicken with coriander and mango salsa

Lifestyle

Alchemies review: High calibre dancers impress in triple ballet bill that lacks variety ★★★

‘The London Marathon is a way to push myself while contributing to something bigger’

When art imitates life

I’m backing my future here. I have faith in Britain

Theatre

Les Liaisons Dangereuse review: ‘why revive it?’★★

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

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 ★★★★

Film & TV

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

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

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

Travel

World Cup goals

Searching for the last Jew of Kochi

A perfect Paris escape in the Marais

In praise of Prague

Books

Himmler’s Curtains: How my survivor mother ended up living in a Nazi leader’s house

The Jewish Renoir girls who were betrayed by France

Acerbic verse from a ‘cantakerous’ Yiddish poet

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

Music

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

Haunting music of the exiled composers

2025 in review: Music

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

Sport

Leeds Uni Jsoc football team lifts its first ever trophy under the lights in London

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

Let's Eat

Peas, walnuts and orange blossom water

Za’atar and cherry chocolate fridge cake bars

Move over Ottolenghi, there’s a new flavour genius on the chopping block

Wholemeal toast with hazelnut cocoa butter and baked apples