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Newcomer Michael Iskander appears as the shepherd-turned-King David in House of David. (Photo: Jonathan Prime/Prime Video)

House of David review: ‘hokey biblical adaptation rings hollow’

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Out for blood: James Daly as Dracula Photo: Matt Crockett

A Comedy of Terrors review: ‘a hoot’

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Eran Tibi (left) shares his recipe with host, Andi Oliver and judge Tom Aiken Photo: BBC Pictures

BBC

Eran Tibi shares the heartbreak behind his Great British Menu experience

By Victoria Prever

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Make me a match: Daniel and Juliette Photo: Gary Manhine

JC blind date

JC blind date: ‘What do I think she thought of me? That I have a somewhat unusual job’

Daniel and Juliette had dinner and lots of laughs at kosher restaurant TukTuk in Golders Green

By Karen Glaser

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first person

A trip to Israel broke my heart – but filled it too

By Naomi Greenaway

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House of David revives ancient story of faith and destiny amid Israel’s modern struggles

Stars of the David and Goliath adaptation Ayelet Zurer and Stephen Lang share what it was like to play larger-than-life biblical characters in epic new Amazon series

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Queen Ahinoam (Ayelet Zurer) and King Saul (Ali Suliman) in 'House of David'. (Photo Credit: Courtesy of Prime © Amazon Content Services LLC)

Film

Snow White review: ‘a Grimm remake’

Oh no, it’s off to woke they go in this new Disney adaptation, co-starring Gal Gadot, of its 1937 animated classic

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Thinly drawn: Gal Gadot as the queen Photo: Disney

Lifestyle

Books

Are we really so special? Two new works take on the great Jewish identity debate

Two authors, a sociologist and an academic, have written books about the modern Jewish experience. One is partisan, the other is rigorously methodical...

By Alun David

5 min read

Are we really so special? Two new works take on the great Jewish identity debate

The Seagull review: ‘Cate Blanchett gives it pitch–perfect pizzazz’

The star is ceaselessly flamboyant in Thomas Ostermeier’s staging of the Chekhov comedy

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Zachary Hart as Medvedenko ansd Cate Blanchett as the selfish Irina Arkadina in Chekhov's story about unrequited love Photo: Marc Brenner

Film

Opus review: ‘glossy but lacks spine’

Films about journalism can make great thrillers but Mark Anthony Green’s debut requires the audience to suspend more belief than is reasonable

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Mixed media: Ayo Edebiri (centre) as magazine staffer Ariel

Farewell Mister Haffman review: ‘an unlikely ménage à trois’

There is much to enjoy in the London premiere of this darkly comic play set in Nazi-occupied Paris, but its premise means it is ultimately unconvincing

By Imogen Garfinkel

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Three's a crowd: Alexander Waldmann (Joseph Haffmann), Jennifer Kirby (Isabelle Vigneau) and Michael Fox (Pierre Vigneau) in Fairwell Mister Haffmann at Park Theatre Photo: Mark Senior

Theatre

Dance review: Romeo and Juliet

The Royal Ballet shines in a classic production

By Joy Sable

1 min read

The Last Laugh review: ‘a love letter to British comedy and three of its funny men’

This is a wonderful resurrection of gilded comedians Tommy Copper, Eric Morecambe and Bob Monkhouse

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A gleam in your eye: Damian Williams as Tommy Cooper; Bob Golding as Eric Morecambe and Simon Cartwright as Bob Monkhouse Photo: Pamela Raith

Unicorn review: ‘Stephen Mangan, Nicola Walker and Erin Doherty in threesome’

Having explored a gay couple being attracted to a straight relationship in the play Cock, Mike Bartlett now turns to a heterosexual relationship where a spouse wants a same-sex affair

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Throuple therapy: Erin Doherty (Kate), Nicola Walker (Polly) and Stephen Mangan (Nick) in Unicorn Photo: Marc Brenner

This Menuhin show is all about the words, not the music

The granddaughter of the great classical violinist on her first stage play, an adaptation of the 1938 German novel The Passenger

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Film & TV

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Ehud Olmert showing the map he presented to Mahmoud Abbas detailing prospective borders in 2008, and which was rejected

Television

Israel and the Palestinians: The Road to 7th October review: ‘highly recommended’

By Stephen Pollard

3 min read

Clueless writer finally confirms that Cher is Jewish

As Clueless hits the West End in a new musical version of the hit film, Amy Heckerling answers the question she has preferred to avoid for the past 30 years

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Mickey 17 review: ‘dark satire meets bonkers science fiction’

For the Oscar-winning Parasite director’s latest film think Dr Strangelove aboard an intergalactic ship

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The Friday Night Dinner writer on his latest ‘mad creative adventure’

Jewish sitcom supremo Robert Popper’s most recent work is about a 104-year-old widow who cannot stop writing letters

By Imogen Garfinkel

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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

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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

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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

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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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Fable-like tragicomedy: Manya Wilkinson and her book

Books

Manya Wilkinson: ‘I wanted to write an edgy novel about the shtetl’

By Jennifer Lipman

6 min read

The Chasidic stories that anticipate the parables of Franz Kafka

Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav was one of the great Chasidic writers of the early modern period, and this Pushkin Press translation of his tales of rabbis, robbers, princes and paradoxes is a treasure

By David Herman

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The Prosecutor review: ‘the Jew who put his country on trial’

This is a monumental biography of Fritz Bauer, the German-Jewish lawyer who went back to Deutschland to see justice done

By Jenni Frazer

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The best new books for toddlers, teens and those in between

From a children’s tale set in Burma to a Purim board book, our pick of the best new releases for children

By Angela Kiverstein

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Music

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Nightlife

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

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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