Keren David is the Managing Editor of the Jewish Chronicle. She is also the award-winning author of 13 books for young adults, her most recent is Say No to the Dress, published by Barrington Stoke
His musical Wicked is a massive hit. Now Stephen Schwartz is back in London for the premiere of The Prince of Egypt, his musical take on Exodus
'The transformation in these desperately traumatised children in just a few months seemed magical.'
Adding colour to footage filmed in the death camp has an extraordinary emotional impact, says Keren David
'The furore over their victim’s treatment is in no way fuelled by anti-Jewish prejudice, but has everything to do with the way women are treated by men, how criminal justice systems behave towards alleged rape victims, about the assumptions that some young men make about how to behave towards women.'
We can't all be successful all the time but according to the author of a new book, failure can be the best way to get ahead
A year for learning from the past
Eric Pavony set out to make the traditional Chanukah game more exciting - and the spinagogue was born
Acts of kindness in the 1960s are still being paid back decades later, in the shape of Chabad's giant menorahs in Essex
'People wanted to believe in this mythical friendship, because that meant they could shrug off the moral question that the Chief Rabbi was posing'
Broadway star Rachel Izen is playing Scrooge in a London theatre - the first woman to take the role
Nicola Mendelsohn is determined to find a cure for her blood cancer - and last week launched a charity aiming to do just that
The Jewish actor has also been cast as Paul Atreides in a forthcoming remake of Dune
A 125-year old cook book found when the JC moved office gives an insight into the lives of British Jews in Victorian times
A series of short films from the past have been given a new, contemporary soundtrack by cellist and composer Francesca Ter-Borg
'If genocide gets no attention, the circumstances that led to it hardly change at all. The same hatred. The same language.'
Keren David lists her must-watch picks from this year's Jewish Film Festival
©2024 The Jewish Chronicle
