Life

Pesach

My DIY Passover for three school mums

I didn’t grow up with a Seder tradition so I have created my own – with a little help from my friends

By Karen Glaser

3 min read

Courage and faith: Sophie Nélisse (centre) as Irena Gut, the housekeeper for a Nazi officer

Film

The Polish nurse, the Nazi officer and the Jews in the basement

By James Mottram

6 min read

Haifa

In Haifa, Israelis mark the war on the city’s walls

By Josh Kaplan

2 min read

Trusty workhorse: Angela Epstein with her beloved family car -- a Volvo XC90

first person

What makes a car Jewish? I mean, how long you got?

By Angela Epstein

2 min read

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Dance

Dance review: International Draft Works and The Forsythe Programme

By Joy Sable

1 min read

Film

Film review, Sinners: ‘Magical’

A vampire film which nearly transcends the familiar

By John Nathan

1 min read

Bread

Want to know how to bake the best babka? I can show you how.

Elana Pearlman’s book ‘With Love and Babka’ celebrates a traditional and ever popular Jewish bake

By Elisa Bray

4 min read

Dolce de leche is a favourite flavour Photo: Caitlin Bensil

Genealogy

Andrew Garfield explores Jewish roots in BBC1’s ‘Who Do You Think You Are’

The Spider Man actor goes on a teary voyage to Poland and America in pursuit of information about long-lost family members

By Eliana Jordan

3 min read

Andrew Garfield appeared in the 22 April episode of BBC1's 'Who Do You Think You Are', through which he made several illuminating discoveries about his Jewish lineage. (Photo: BBC / Wall to Wall / Stephen Perry)

Theatre

Theatre review: Ghosts ‘Today’s moral landscape imposes itself on Ibsen’s play’

The action is updated to 21st century Britain

By John Nathan

1 min read

Lifestyle

Healthy eating

Full of beans: here’s why you should add pulses to more than cholent and hummus

Once Legumes are deliciously versatile — here’s how to get the best out of them

By Eleanor Maidment

3 min read

Full of beans: here’s why you should add pulses to more than cholent and hummus

Health

Health news update: Is type 2 diabetes a Jewish disease?

Millions are thought to have undiagnosed pre-diabetes, or raised blood sugar. Are a disproportionate number of them Jews?

By Gaby Koppel

5 min read

Health news update: Is type 2 diabetes a Jewish disease?

Books

How heroes outwitted collaborators in Nazi-occupied Norway

This book is a rigorously documented history of wartime resistance in Norway

By Robert Low

2 min read

Shoah survivor Kai Feinberg and Robert Ferguson's book

Theatre

Midnight Cowboy review: ‘not cut out for the stage’

Why turn John Schlesinger’s famous 1968 film starring Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight into a musical? Does the story really need more music?

By John Nathan

1 min read

Paul Jacob French (centre) as Joe Buck & cast in Midnight Cowboy- A New Musical, Credit Pamela Raith

Theatre

Rhinoceros review: ‘don’t follow the herd’

The message of this 1959 absurdist play survives. But instead of looking back at the horrors of conformism in 20th-century Europe, it now warns of the stampede ahead

By John Nathan

1 min read

Metaphor: Anoushka Lucas (left) and Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù Photo: Marc Brenner

Theatre

Apex Predator review: ‘this supernatural psychodrama just about works’

John Donnelly’s hybrid play combines the occult with urban social realism

By John Nathan

1 min read

Sophie Melville as Mia and Bryan Dick as Joe

Dance

Balanchine: Three Signature Works ‘This was Balanchine at his best’

A chance to get a bit of American pizzazz

By Joy Sable

2 min read

Production photo of Balanchine - Serenade, The Royal Ballet ©2025 Foteini Christofilopoulou

Theatre

Dear England review: ‘permission to be patriotic’

How good to able to sit in a theatre and with some justification, rather than deluded hope, feel the unashamed urge to cry ‘Come on England’

By John Nathan

2 min read

Defying expectations: the cast of Dear England, with Gwilym Lee as Gareth Southgate (light sleeves) on stage at the National Theatre Photo: Marc Brenner

Film & TV

All TV

Birds of a feather: Steve Coogan and his co-star penguin

Film

The Penguin Lessons: ‘Steve Coogan p-p-picks one up’

By John Nathan

1 min read

New season of ‘Pilgrimage’ takes multifaith celebs on medieval passage through Austrian Alps

Jewish comedian Helen Lederer is one of seven celebrity ‘pilgrims’ to star in upcoming BBC reality show promoting interfaith dialogue

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

Jewish star of Inglourious Basterds cast in new series of Fauda

Mélanie Laurent gained fame for her portrayal of Shoshanna in 2009 Tarantino blockbuster

By JC Reporter

1 min read

What They Found review: Sam Mendes presents the proof of Bergen-Belsen

The intention to counter Holocaust denial is achieved in the director’s first documentary

By John Nathan

1 min read

Travel

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Cityscape image of Nashville, Tennessee, USA downtown skyline with reflection of the city the Cumberland River at spring sunset.

Travel

Nashville’s on my mind

By Barry Toberman

7 min read

The Thai vegan retreat where Israelis go to zen out

Kapuhala is popular with Israelis drawn by an environment that lends itself well to those keeping kosher – or who just want to take in its off-the-beaten-track vibe

By Lianne Kolirin

3 min read

Visiting the artists’ village in the south of France where Chagall is buried

St Paul de Vence is a must-visit destination for art lovers

By Anthea Gerrie

5 min read

Visiting Denmark’s Triangle – and discovering its surprising Jewish history

The Scandinavian nation is having an economic boom, thanks to weight loss drug Ozempic

By Lucy Daltroff

5 min read

Books

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Prophet journalist: Douglas Murray and his new book

Books

‘Douglas Murray’s latest book must be read even by those of us who think we know exactly what is going on’

By Nicole Lampert

6 min read

The Jewish influence on Germany’s post-war avant grade music

This new portrait of Krautrock shows how the country’s rare Jewish survivors were central to its development

By David Bennun

2 min read

The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz review: ‘they played for their lives’

This thoroughly researched book explains why a place in the death camp’s only women’s orchestra was sought after, and the moral dilemmas that came with it

By Monica Porter

2 min read

The ordinary choices of ordinary people in post-war Germany

This is a remarkable novel about how everyday Europeans faced up to life as war drew to a close

By David Herman

3 min read

Music

All Music

GOLDY is a Jewish Ukrainian singer bringing her unique sound to the UK. (Photo: Vadim Yatsun)

Yiddish music

‘I don’t want to hide where I’m from’: Ukrainian singer Goldy on launch of new Jewish-inspired single ‘Shalom’

By Eliana Jordan

1 min read

Turntables, cabaret and Middle Eastern jazz: nightlife with a Jewish twist

The JC meets three young women bringing Jewish inclusivity to London’s nightlife scene

By Eliana Jordan

7 min read

Despite growing antisemitism, unity and dialogue headline emotional German-Jewish music festival

From klezmer to classical, The International Days of Jewish Music celebrates the diversity and depth of Jewish music in venues across Germany

By Eliana Jordan

7 min read

Jeremy Sassoon find his mojo singing his way through Jewish musical history

From psychiatry to jazz, Sassoon wants to lift the spirits of his audience

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

Sport

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Soviet chess grandmaster Boris Spassky has died aged 88 (Image: Getty)

Obituary

Boris Spassky, chess grandmaster who played the ‘game of the century’, dies aged 88

By Menachem Wecker

2 min read

Israel Premier League match announced reportedly arrested after he called Hamas ‘humane’

Saeed Hassanain also dubbed the IDF an ‘occupation army’ and discouraged Arab-Israelis from joining the military

By JC Reporter

1 min read

How the world’s most popular wrestling championship ended up in a Tel Aviv shopping centre

The belt was contested by megastars like Rick Rude and Jerry Lawler during the sport’s cultural heyday and its lineage maps the tragic history of its founding family

By Jacob Jaffa

3 min read