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Movie Review: Another Year
As the plot of Mike Leigh’s latest film unfurled itself with leisured ease across the screen at Rosh Pina’s Cinematheque, I became increasingly convinced that its central vision is Jewish. Moreover,...
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Movie Review: The King’s Speech
It’s December 1936 and the little princesses, Lilibet and Margaret Rose spot their father during their last hours at the family’s private London home. “Your Majesty!” they whisper to the new King...
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Tales of a ‘Bar Mitzvah Boy’
Saga Magazine – the publication much beloved by middle-class British oldies – has just released an e-newsletter interview with actress, Maureen Lipman. The piece is to publicise a new box set DVD...
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Get Stuffed – With ‘Globe’ Courgettes
Just as I was beginning to despair of finding uniformly good quality food in Northern Israel, produce at the Dohan Market in Karmiel began to improve. Perhaps their buyers have read my complaints?...
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Restaurant Review (Karmiel, Israel): Dalia’s
I take them all back – all those cruel comments about poor Israeli food. After all, I came to Israel from Manchester – one of the U.K.’s largest cities – which despite its size and its plethora of...
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Book Review: Untold Stories by Alan Bennett
An idle moment some weeks ago saw me participate in a Facebook game where players quoted 12 lines from the page of the book they were currently reading. I’m still unsure whether I spoilt the fun for...
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Jewish Bardolators Avow Their Love in Hebrew
As scholars now often insist that the “Dark Lady” of Shakespeare’s sonnets was Jewish, it is no surprise that two Israelis have offered a new translation into Hebrew – where many feel the poems truly...
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Theatre Review (Zichron Yaakov, Israel): A Midsummer Night’s Dream
During the most joyous three hours I have experienced since emigrating to Israel, on Monday I watched the best production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream I have seen in 40 years. It came...
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Movie Review: J. Edgar
J. Edgar Hoover hated communists, Blacks, and Jews and simply loathed Lithuanian-born Jewish anarchist Emma Goldman, whom he had deported to Russia in 1919, although she was a U.S. citizen. But the two...
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Movie Review: The Iron Lady
Him: (slathering tomato ketchup over his food) “I used to be Prime Minister.” Me: (pouring derision on top) “Don’t be silly. You need to slosh H.P. Sauce, wear a Gannex raincoat and stick a pipe...
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