Judaism

Colin Shindler tracks Britain’s Labour Party’s journey from ‘uber-Zionists’ to the Zionophobes of Camp Corbyn, in a preview of JQ’s Summer 2016 issue: During the 1960s there…
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An extract from Elliot Jager's newly published book, The Pater: For years, every Rosh HaShana I would sneak a glance at Lisa as the story of Hannah was intoned; she’d be…
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The Cairo Genizah – currently on show at the British Museum as part of the exhibition Egypt: Faith after the Pharoahs – is a collection like no other from the Middle Ages: a huge…
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I come from a long line of broiges holders (feuds, for the uninitiated). My father had a PhD in sulking. God rest his soul, he could stay shtumm for weeks, until my beleaguered Ma…
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For Jews, happiness is land-based. Throughout the Bible, characters hope for, travel towards, are exiled from, or wish to return to some location or another. Adam and Eve lose…
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The Summer festival season is once again here, and for the hordes of us Jewish festival-goers, it’s time to dust down the tents, and go back to our outdoor desert roots.…
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Poverty and homelessness were huge problems in 19th century London, and the philanthropic efforts of Jewish societies were significant in providing relief. We've uncovered…
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Esther Kreitman’s influence on the oeuvres of her two younger brothers – Isaac Bashevis and Israel Joshua (captured above, with Esther between them, in a painting by Hazel Karr) -…
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What you read every year in that scroll? Not my version, which is too bad for you.The literary aftermath is a story in itself.
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An orchestrated psychedelic rock recording with a total running time of just under 25 minutes, based on the Kol Nidre, one of the most solemn, holy and important prayers in the…
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