OCTOBER 2017
HUNGARY: FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM
Come with us to Hungary in October’s issue of JR. You’ll discover Budapest’s 19th century cultural hotbed, Kiraly Street and learn the stories behind the country’s stunning synagogues. Elsewhere, Anne Sebba discusses the dramatic lives of Parisian women during World War II; Naomi Games recalls growing up in a household of European graphic designers; and we explore the astonishing stories behind the synagogues dotted across the Islamic world.
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WHAT'S NEW
The divided response to Barcelona’s terror attack; Lionel Blue’s peace prize; a new Balfour painting
FEATURE
Up in smoke? Debra Rapp uncovers the hidden legacy of the London Olympics
PASSPORT
Hungary: As the country lurches towards the right, we explore its rich Jewish culture and speak to young Hungarians about its future. Featuring George Szirtes on the Soros affair; novelist Joseph Kertes on 1956 and Mary Gluck on the revolutionary spirit of Király Street
FILM
Filmmaker Gábor T. Szántó on his latest film, 1945, which gets a gala screening at this year’s UK International Jewish Film Festival
ART
Naomi Games grew up in a household of émigré artists. As a show on their work opens at the Jewish Museum London, she reflects on the impact they had on British design
EXHIBITION
Thirza Vallois visits a new museum in the French Champagne region that is dedicated to the life and work of the medieval sage Rashi
COMEDY
Judi Herman speaks to comedian Mark Steel about the search for his birth parents and the show born out of it
BOOKS
Sarah Lightman on Charlotte Salomon; Anne Sebba on the women of wartime Paris; Helga Abraham on Albert Londres’ French masterpiece; David Herman on Joseph Roth
THE MODERNISTS
František Zelenka’s Baba estate in Prague
SEPHARDI RENAISSANCE
The impact of the Six Day War on Arab lands; Mosul’s vanished synagogues; and the last Moroccans of Stamford Hill
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Our three-month guide to art, books, film, music, theatre and other cultural events in the UK, Europe and Israel
FAMILY
Children’s books with a refugee theme for Chanukah
MEET THE READER
A new series in which we meet you, the reader. This issue: musician Theo Travis
