Mizrahi Jewish musician David 'Dudu' Tassa has teamed up with Jonny Greenwood, lead guitarist in internationally renowned British rock outfit Radiohead. The pair became firm friends when Tassa's band opened for Radiohead…
Old coins, synagogue documents and newspapers dating back to 1873 have all been unearthed by Manchester Jewish Museum (MJM) in a 150-year-old time capsule. The sealed glass jar was first uncovered in 2020 in the museum’s Grade II-listed Spanish and Portuguese synagogue…
For any community undergoing a process of revival, it is important to have access to diverse forms of cultural and spiritual enrichment, including literature and the press. For the past nine years Chidusz, a small but excellent…
A new platform launches tonight to offer resources and an online community for Jewish fiction writers and those writing literature of Jewish interest around the world. The Global Jewish Literary Alliance aims to encourage more…
A sphere of polished stainless steel shines proudly in London’s late-winter sun, reflecting the greenery and buildings of the slice of London that surorunds it. The piece is known as SISTER, a new installation by Jewish Londoner David Breuer-Weil, and it sits in Hanover Square, where…
This month, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and the National Library of Israel (NLI) announced the completion of the digitisation of the papers of Chaim Grade, leading Yiddish writer, and his second wife…
The annual Wingate Literary Prize, worth £4,000, shines a light on the book that best translates the idea of Jewishness to the general reader, and now we know which of the 12 longlisted entries are in with a chance of bagging the…
This autumn the Museum of London (MoL) in Docklands is launching Fashion City: How Jewish Londoners Shaped Global Style, a brand new exhibition about the capital's pivotal fashion makers, designers and retailers throughout…
For the past two decades, commercial and editorial portrait photographer Rob Greig – a regular JR contributor – has committed the who’s who of popular culture and beyond to the page. From Tracey Emin to Tim Minchin, David Attenborough to David Cameron, Neil Gaiman to…
inspired by Saint Paul’s description of themes in the Christian Bible, The National Gallery has paired nine pictures from their collection with nine from partner institutions in a new virtual exhibition entitled Fruits of…