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Victoria Beckham, Bella Hadid and Jewish ‘princesses’: Nicole Lampert's week in showbiz

Jewish readers were up in arms with Casandra character in Candice Carty-Williams' hit book - so will she be toned down on screen?

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November 3, 2022 13:45

2A4E4NN Candice Carty-Williams attending The Women of The Year Lunch and Awards 2019 at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London.

The enduring creative obsession with romantically matching Jews and Nazis

A history of times that authors and filmmakers have tried to match Jews and Nazis in love

By Keren David

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November 3, 2022 13:43

The enduring creative obsession with romantically matching Jews and Nazis

My Hollywood father: Paul Newman’s daughter on the silver screen icon’s struggles with fame

As the star's posthumous memoir is published, Melissa Newman discusses his feelings on his celebrity status — and his Jewish heritage

By Stephen Applebaum

6 min read

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November 3, 2022 12:47

American actor, film director, producer, and race car driver Paul Newman (1925 - 2008), and, walking behind him, his daughter Melissa Newman, UK, 11th February 1977. (Photo by Douglas Doig/Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Meet Sarit Yishai-Levi, the bestselling queen of Jerusalem

The former journalist talks about her glittering career and the hit book that changed her life

By Francine White

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November 3, 2022 12:45

Meet Sarit Yishai-Levi, the bestselling queen of Jerusalem

Writer Ben Okri: Jews and black people share a past of unjust suffering

Booker Prize winner used a synagogue appearance marking Black History Month to urge the communities to show mutual support

By Simon Rocker

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November 3, 2022 11:40

Writer Ben Okri: Jews and black people share a past of unjust suffering

Meet the activist who wants Jews to be proud

Ben M Freeman's new book explores the impact of antisemitism - and what we can do about it

By Karen Glaser

6 min read

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October 27, 2022 09:46

Participants pose with rainbow handfans during the first Tel Aviv pride event since before the Covid-19 pandemic on June 25, 2021 even as officials urged marchers to wear masks amid a surge in infections. - Organisers called it the "largest parade of its kind held worldwide since the outbreak of Covid-19. "The last Tel Aviv Pride in 2019 drew a quarter of a million revellers, who danced on colourful floats under rainbow banners in the beachside city. This year's celebration will be more subdued as Israel remains largely closed to tourists due to the coronavirus. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

The man who wrote The World: Tanya Gold meets Simon Sebag Montefiore

The celebrated historian has tea with our columnist to toast his landmark new book about… everything

By Tanya Gold

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October 27, 2022 09:43

Historian, presenter and author, Simon Sebag Montefiore speaks to Jewish Chronicle writer Tanya Gold. Byline John Nguyen/JNVisuals 12/10/2022

Book review - Chapters of Accidents: A Writer’s Memoir - Evocative portrait of a long-gone era

Literary memoir by one of the great Anglo-Jewish writers, whose best work focused on working-class life in London

By David Herman

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October 20, 2022 12:13

Book review - Chapters of Accidents: A Writer’s Memoir - Evocative portrait of a long-gone era

Book review: Blue Labour: The Politics of the Common Good - Feeling blue: one man’s plan for the party's future

New manifesto for Labour puts the emphasis on blue-collar values with a conservative bent to renew its historic solidarity with its working-class base

By Georgia L Gilholy

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October 20, 2022 12:13

Book review: Blue Labour: The Politics of the Common Good - Feeling blue: one man’s plan for the party's future

‘Deep feelings and a wild imagination’ - a tribute to the short-story queen Grace Paley

New book on Einstein is result of one man's fascination with physicist

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