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Danielle Goldstein

September 1, 2021

Reviews, Theatre

Once Upon a Time in Nazi-Occupied Tunisia ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

September 1, 2021

Reviews, Theatre

Once Upon a Time in Nazi-Occupied Tunisia ★★★★

A schematic pitiless sun glares down on levels of woodblocks, standing in for sand as designed by Max Johns, on an unfortunate man apparently buried up to his neck. The figure standing over him explains that he has been…

Danielle Goldstein

June 10, 2019

Previews, Walks

London's most Jewish neighbourhood? Highgate of course!

Danielle Goldstein

June 10, 2019

Previews, Walks

London's most Jewish neighbourhood? Highgate of course!

What’s the most important place in London’s Jewish history? The old East End? Hendon? Golders Green? Think again: it's Highgate. The very first house owned by Jews in England was bought by Alvaro da Costa, who came to…

Danielle Goldstein

May 3, 2019

News, Art

New to the Ben Uri Gallery

Danielle Goldstein

May 3, 2019

News, Art

This week the Ben Uri Gallery acquired a new addition to their collection, a painting by Solomon Hart, one of the 19th century’s most important British Jews. Entitled The Writing on the Wall, this watercolour is thought to depict the interior of one of the first British synagogues…