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Philip Rosenberg

Jan 17, 2025, 1:38 PM

The Beatles, Berlioz and a story of the Jewish world

Busking, as it were, in Jerusalem. (courtesy)

When you're a gentle musical virtuoso, your viola E-string can snap mid-performance and you'll figure out how to play on (at least, that's what my grandfather did)

Dorothea Shefer-Vanson

Jan 12, 2025, 12:43 PM

I was stunned when the editor of the small journal issued by the Association of Jewish Refugees in London declined to publish my article about a family reunion which arose from an exhibition accorded to a relative at the...

Jan 11, 2025, 4:03 PM

Exercise is not for me

Triathletes. (iStock)

But my husband is a pro, so I go out to cheer him through his triathlon, gel-packs and all (no, I don't know how we last as a couple)

Jan 5, 2025, 4:46 PM

Let Strictly Orthodox Jews in the UK decide how to educate their own children

It’s fine to be Jewish in the UK of 2025. As long as you are not too Jewish. As long as you sign up to educating your children, as some, such as Lord Finkelstein, have noted, in the basic...

Eddie Hammerman

Dec 30, 2024, 2:53 PM

What will we do when this is all over?

Oct 8 2023. Borehamwood. No credit required.

A few weeks ago, Michael Marlowe asked me a simple yet challenging question which I could not answer. Michael and Lisa are parents of a true lion of Israel, Jake z"l who was brutally murdered by Hamas at Nova on...

Dec 27, 2024, 8:02 AM

Carrying the Light: Stories of Jewish Life and Unity During World War I

As we light the Hanukkah candles this year, I am drawn to the stories of Jewish life in places where its presence might surprise some—small towns like Steubenville, Ohio, and Tredegar, Wales. These towns, though removed from the major...

Dec 15, 2024, 5:32 AM

Jews Must Count for Autistic Lives to Thrive

I remember the time I went on the March Against Antisemitism in 2023 on the streets of London. It was the first in my life that I went on a protest march and connected with my Jewish friends and...

Jerry Isaak-Shapiro

Dec 12, 2024, 11:58 PM

When is enough, enough?

I'll just own it: I'm channeling my inner Aaron Sorkin right now, specifically President Josiah Edward Bartlet's introductory monologue, when he says that he never should have gotten on that damn bicycle when he was angry. I'm sure that...

Vanessa Vanderbilt

Nov 25, 2024, 4:55 PM

Seeing Diverse Jewish Life Globally: Unity Needed

What’s a benefit that people converting to Judaism enjoy? In many cases, we are able to do some of our own exploring, finding our place within this wide religion due to not having any biological family being affiliated with...

Ilana K. Levinsky

Nov 13, 2024, 12:47 AM

The Heart Mender’s Last Breath

Death—it’s a word we skim over, a concept we try to ignore. We hear about it on the news, feel a pang of sorrow when it touches someone close to us, but nothing truly prepares us for the intimate,...

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