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October 7 drama ‘Our Loves’ set for Toronto Film Festival despite boycott demands

The recognition comes after a controversy around an honour for a similar film at last year’s festival

Spider-Man: Brand New Day review: Oh, what a very tangled web he weaves ★★★★

The movie has bucked the trend of diminishing returns at the box office

Award-winning director Mike Leigh says next film will be his last after health struggles

Leigh was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that causes chronic pain and weakness last year

Keeping it cool in cosmopolitan Marseille

Gaby Koppel returns to France’s vibrant port city in search of an elusive Jewish-Tunisian cafe

All aboard for a great garden party in Somerset

Heading to Europe this summer? These are your Jewish cultural must-sees

Jewish culture and history is on display across the continent.

Israel on Trial: one judge’s search for truth

Jonathan Sacerdoti speaks to Judge Roy K. Altman about his hopeful new book, where he puts Israel in the dock

Summer reads 2026: four page-turners for kids

From intergenerational empathy to a rubber duck that becomes scuba kit, these titles will spark curiosity and family conversation

Without gay Jewish Brian Epstein we would have no Beatles

The extraordinary life of the greatest of pop managers is revealed in a new biography

Boy George: I’ll sack bandmates who refuse to play pro-Israel song

The Culture Club frontman also defended the use of AI in creating the track, saying human musicians would have ‘gotten in his way’

Boy George says he’s ‘devastated’ by loss of ‘innocent lives on both sides’ of Gaza War amid backlash over new ‘pro-peace’ song

It comes after the Culture Club star pulled out of a West End performance of Jesus Christ Superstar

Meet Benji Miller, the 22-year-old musician we’ll all be listening to

The London alternative R&B singer and pianist is the first artist to be signed by Oi Va Voi’s new Jewish label

Checkmate! Maccabi Vale seal Chess Valley title with crushing 199-run win

They think it’s all over… it is now, thanks to Tony Platman

Exclusive: Israeli football stars Daniel Peretz and Manor Solomon on the joy and challenge of playing in England

Southampton’s goalkeeper and West Ham’s new winger talk about the new season and post-October 7 hostility

Summer 2026 Israel eating guide: the cafes and restaurants you don’t want to miss

British-born Israeli travel and food blogger Debbie Kandel shares her insider tips for the best places to eat this summer – in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and beyond

‘Kosher catering feels like a mitzvah’: how the chef behind Shuk is elevating simchahs

Chef Mark Jankel has been a major player in London’s culinary scene for 20-plus years, but, he tells Siam Goorwich, it is his latest gastronomic project that is really bringing him nachas

New feature on kosher-checking app allows users to scan supermarket products

Is It Kosher? announced the update yesterday