A FRESH PERSPECTIVE ON JEWISH CULTURE
Inside our latest issue
From Berlin to Brooklyn // DANIEL & RACHEL LIBESKIND ON BUILDING & BELONGING
At the beginning of this year, as the eyes of the world fell on Venezuela due to conflicts with the US, we wondered: what is life like for the country's Jews? In our spring issue, we visit this tiny, close-knit community to discover its Sephardi heritage, hear from its writers and artists, and explore how Jews are faring in the current climate. In other features, an Israeli and Palestinian tell us how they’re taking their message of peace around the world; Ukrainian fashion designers draw on their Jewish heritage; and meet two female rabbis who are rejuvenating their communities in Spain. The Jewish Museum in Berlin marks its 25th birthday, so we also speak to the museum's architect Daniel Libeskind and his artist daughter Rachel. Hungarian director László Nemes’ (Son of Saul) discusses his new film, The Orphan, and we hear from Astrid Goldsmith, author of a new graphic novel that traces her family roots back to 1930s Berlin and 1960s Zimbabwe.
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Brian Epstein with The Beatles during a break from TV filming © Alamy
“It was a building born out of turmoil”
As the Jewish Museum Berlin celebrates its 25th anniversary, Rebecca Taylor speaks to its architect Daniel Libeskind and his artist daughter Rachel about their memories of watching the building go up, and telling stories of identity, faith and history through their work © Bridget Casey
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In celebration of our 20th anniversary, we’ve launched our first book, Age of Confidence: The New Jewish Culture Wave, which comprises five essays by experts in their fields that cover Jewish culture over the last two decades in a period that spans the attacks on New York’s Twin Towers in 2001 to the challenges of creating culture under Covid today. Interspersed with the essays are a series of archive pieces from past magazines, ranging from Mike Leigh on Arnold Wesker to Linda Grant on Saul Bellow, plus an introduction by Howard Jacobson.
SEPHARDI RENAISSANCE
In every issue of JR you'll find our unique seven-page section called Sephardi Renaissance. Here we focus on the Sephardi world throughout the UK and beyond. Read interviews with those from places such as Sudan, Morocco and Egypt and hear about their colourful traditions. Learn about ancient Jewish culture across the Islamic world; listen to the voices of young Sephardim today; and uncover the culture of communities stretching from Shanghai, to Bukhara to Venezuela.
PASSPORT series
Start exploring the world with our Passport series. Here we visit countries and cities to do in-depth studies of Jewish communities across the globe: from Brighton to Brazil, via Burma and Bulgaria. If you have links to a particular place, or are interested in reading about their people, visit our Passport page to browse through the list of places we have covered, or have a quick search below.
THE PLACES WE'VE COVERED SO FAR
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2026: Venezuela | City of London
2025: Ferrara | South Africa (2) | The Channel Islands | Iceland
2024: Philadelphia | Singapore | Argentina (2) | Romania
2023: Germany’s East | Scotland | Brazil (2) | Italy (2)
2022: Lithuania (2) | 100 Years of Modernism | Hong Kong | Afghanistan
2021: South London | Japan | Ireland (2) | Prague
2020: Washington DC | Northern England (2) | Northern England (1) | The Caribbean
2019: Oxford | Turkey (2) | Melbourne | Belgium
2018: Mexico | Vienna (2) | Cambridge | Catalonia
2017: Hungary | Gibraltar | The Netherlands | Russian Revolution
2016: East Africa | Greece | Brighton & Hove | Venice (2)
2015: Ukraine (2) | Portugal | Jewish Radicals | Iran (2)
2014: Britain's South Africans | Paris | World War I | Kraków
2013: Britain's Israelis | Italy (1) | Montreal | Uzbekistan
2012: Brazil (1) | Burma | Berlin (2) | Yorkshire
2011: Rome | India (2) | Georgia USA | St Petersburg
2010: Manchester | Slovakia | Provence | Turkey (1)
2009: Wales | Croatia | Tel Aviv | Munich
2008: Ireland (1) | Spain | Rosh Pinah | Liverpool
2007: Vienna (1) | Denmark | Ethiopia | Jamaica
2006: Hackney | Bulgaria | Morocco | The West Country
2005: Cuba | Lithuania | Libya | China
2004: Glasgow | South Africa | London's East End | Iran (1)
2003: Australia | Salonika | Argentina | Egypt
2002: Venice (1) | India (1) | Ukraine (1) | Leeds
2001: Berlin (1)
