Anne Joseph
Anne Joseph is a freelance journalist who writes about Jewish arts and culture. She has a special interest in film, particularly Israeli cinema.
Azazel Jacobs on His Three Daughters
The film director on why returning to his native New York inspired him to make a movie about how a family copes with grief
My grandmother’s handmade life
Miriam Gold talks to me about the multimedia biography she has created that tells the remarkable tale of her granny Elena, who by the age of 17, had already escaped Stalin and Hitler to become a doctor in the UK
Legacy of a monster: the real-life story behind The Zone of Interest
After the dark portrayal of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his family in Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest, Daniela Völker tells Anne Joseph how her new film presents the parallel stories of his descendants and those of a survivor of the camp
Love in hell: Tattooist of Auschwitz director explains why it was a tale she had to bring to the screen
My goal was to create a meaningful love story that takes place in this hell, says Tali Shalom-Ezer
How I told my family’s history through the words of early Zionists
Rachel Cockerell’s genre-bending debut book ‘Melting Point’ about the search for a Jewish homeland blends the history of Zionism with her own family story
Adolf Eichmann in his own words
In 1957, the notorious Nazi recorded a series of conversations about his role in the Final Solution. Now a filmmaker has turned those tapes into a documentary
The Israeli author on a quest to find out how well she knows her family
Ayelet Gundar-Goshen’s latest novel explores how well we know the people we love
The Jewish author on the road to greatness after being longlisted for Booker Prize
Sarah Bernstein’s second novel made the longlist for the Booker Prize this week, but she’s surprised to be in the literary limelight
Jewish author Sarah Bernstein's novel about rise of xenophobia makes 2023 Booker Prize longlist
The author's book is called Study For Obedience
The women opening up Israeli art to the world
Sarah Penguine and Michal Freedman are bringing European art collecting culture to the Holy Land
How a man rescued his Down's syndrome brother from a care home in lockdown
Manni Coe set off from his home in Spain after receiving a troubling text from Reuben
Leonard Cohen’s ‘raw tour’ for the members of his tribe
During the Yom Kippur war, Israel’s soldiers were given concerts by the Canadian singer
Israel's Cary Grant: Meet actor Lior Ashkenazi
The star tells of his forthcoming directorial debut - a tale of secrets and lies - and his long and successful career
The fighters and the filmmakers
Israeli director Avi Nesher's new film highlights a kibbutz's battle in the 1948 War of Independence
My husband chose to die…and I helped
Author Amy Bloom’s husband ended his life when he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Now she's written a book on love and loss
Vampires, Vikings and a dybbuk too
Traditional folklore inspires debut author Leon Craig
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