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Danielle Goldstein
August 15, 2024
News, Theatre

From Here On: A new international theatre performance

Danielle Goldstein
August 15, 2024
News, Theatre
From Here On: A new international theatre performance

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Tagged: Jewish theatre, refugee stories, Kindertransport

Danielle Goldstein
August 13, 2024
Reviews, Comedy, Festivals

David Ellis: The Worst Jew ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein
August 13, 2024
Reviews, Comedy, Festivals
David Ellis: The Worst Jew ★★★★

The quick-witted Brit takes audiences on a personal journey via identity, self-discovery and a very un-PC pudding…

Tagged: Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe, jewish comedy

Danielle Goldstein
August 8, 2024
Reviews, Theatre

Fiddler on the Roof ★★★★★

Danielle Goldstein
August 8, 2024
Reviews, Theatre
Fiddler on the Roof ★★★★★

Jordan Fein's open-air production of the classic Jewish musical is a dazzling feat for our time…

Tagged: Jewish theatre, theatre review, London theatre, Fiddler on the Roof, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

Danielle Goldstein
August 7, 2024
Reviews, Books & Poetry

Books in brief: Summer reads

Danielle Goldstein
August 7, 2024
Reviews, Books & Poetry
Books in brief: Summer reads

Your quest for a good summer read ends here. Danielle Goldstein picks the best books of the season…

Tagged: Jewish literature, Jewish author, Jewish writers, Jewish books, book reviews

Danielle Goldstein
July 31, 2024
Features, Art

When Dolls Speak: A Margit Anna Retrospective

Danielle Goldstein
July 31, 2024
Features, Art
When Dolls Speak: A Margit Anna Retrospective

In light of the Budapest-based exhibition on the Hungarian Jewish painter, Nicole Waldner delves deeper into the artist's life and work…

Tagged: Jewish art, Jewish artist, Hungarian Jews, Jewish Hungary, Hungarian art

Danielle Goldstein
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Previews, Festivals

Best of the Fest: Edinburgh 2024

Danielle Goldstein
July 31, 2024
Previews, Festivals
Best of the Fest: Edinburgh 2024

From bad Jews to Yiddish gangsters, Danielle Goldstein picks the best Jewish – and Jew-ish – shows at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe…

Tagged: Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe, Jewish comedy, Jewish theatre, Jewish artist, Jewish music

Danielle Goldstein
July 25, 2024
Reviews, Theatre

The Baker’s Wife ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein
July 25, 2024
Reviews, Theatre
The Baker’s Wife ★★★★

This musical French rural idyll offers enough light and shade to keep audiences guessing…

Tagged: Jewish theatre, theatre review, London theatre

Danielle Goldstein
July 23, 2024
Reviews, Books & Poetry

Kafka: Making of an Icon

Danielle Goldstein
July 23, 2024
Reviews, Books & Poetry
Kafka: Making of an Icon

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Tagged: Franz Kafka, Jewish author, Jewish writer

Danielle Goldstein
July 18, 2024
News, Books & Poetry

AMIA: 30 years on from the Argentinian bombing that shocked the world

Danielle Goldstein
July 18, 2024
News, Books & Poetry
AMIA: 30 years on from the Argentinian bombing that shocked the world

On the anniversary of the bombing of the AMIA Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, a question mark still hangs over the unfinished investigation, says Javier Sinay…

Tagged: AMIA bombing, Argentine Israelite Mutual Association, Jewish Argentina, Jewish news, Jewish author, Jewish writer

Danielle Goldstein
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Reviews, Theatre

Visit from an Unknown Woman ★★★★

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July 17, 2024
Reviews, Theatre
Visit from an Unknown Woman ★★★★

Christopher Hampton’s absorbing stage version of Stefan Zweig’s epistolary work ups the anti by shifting and sharing the perspectives of his characters…

Tagged: Jewish theatre, London theatre, theatre review, London theatre review, Stefan Zweig

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