Alex Kasriel
Interview: Idan Raichel
He’s probably Israel’s coolest global export
The Jewish G20 protesters and me
The Knesset belles
Interview: Jennifer Weiner
Don’t read this book, Lucy. Ever.
The man behind Britain’s other Best Picture
Slumdog Millionaire wasn’t the only big UK winner at the Oscars. Simon Chinn’s documentary, Man on Wire, also picked up a golden statuette.
From Mafia man to Orthodox Jew
Louis Ferrante on how reading the Torah in prison inspired him to abandon a life as a violent mobster.
Puppets, politics and pogroms
A dark new show telling the story of a Jewish activist features 26 characters — and there’s barely a human in sight.
Networking? It's just like kiddush
My challah-baking experiment? Fell flat
Making bread for Shabbat is a job best left to the professionals
Real Mills & Boon heroines
Romantic novelist Ida Cook and her sister, Louise, left the London suburbs to risk their lives to rescue Jews from the Nazis
Interview: Pete Cohen
‘Be wrong and be happy’
Interview: Eve Ensler
Uprooting a body taboo
Go see Milk
I love my big broods
Amy's kosher bling
Do the Hokey Cokey? So that’s what it’s all about
Some Catholics think it’s a vile parody of the Latin mass. In fact, it’s a dance tune written by a Jewish band leader who was inspired by ice cream.
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