APRIL 2021
LIRAZ // ISRAELI-PERSIAN POP PIONEER
Spring has officially sprung and with it we journey to Ireland – north and south – to meet the community and hear about its rich Jewish history. We also join comedian David Baddiel and French Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur, as they discuss antisemitism in the UK and France; uncover the glorious sounds of trailblazing Israeli-Persian singer Liraz; hear about a new Bristol food project focusing on Mizrahi heritage; and get a sneak preview of the new outdoor space at London’s Arcola Theatre, which kicks off its post-lockdown summer season with an original musical adaptation of Wolf Mankowitz’s Kid for Two Farthings.
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Liraz. ©Ronen Fadida
MUSIC: A CLOAK-AND-DAGGER OPERATION
Israeli-Persian singer Liraz tells Danielle Goldstein how the musical journey of her latest album has been accompanied by secrecy, fear of arrest and worse.
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YOUR SAY…
Readers’ rants, raves and views on the January issue of JR.
WHAT’S NEW
Bevis Marks’ new centre; Willesden’s Pre-Raphaelite tomb; art of chaos and hope from Israel.
FEATURE
George Floyd – a year on. Edie Friedman assesses how the Jewish community is tackling racism.
FEATURE
The confines of the Covid pandemic and wartime internment are the subjects for two new archive projects explored by Noa Lessof Gendler.
PASSPORT
Ireland – north and south: uncover the history of Belfast; take a walk around historic Cork; learn about the radical artists of the 1930s and meet the poets, writers and musicians of the community on both sides of the border.
MUSIC
Danielle Goldstein meets the Israeli-Persian musician, Liraz.
THEATRE
Judi Herman speaks to the creators of The Unicorn and Joe, the play that reopens the Arcola in June.
FILM
Ian Black on a new film about evangelical Christians and the Israeli right; Hella Pick on The Sound of Music.
ART
Monica Bohm-Duchen explores a clutch of new books on art and wartime resistance.
BOOKS
David Baddiel meets Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur; Shalom Auslander’s tale of modern-day cannibals; a new book on Howard Jacobson; the rise and fall of the Vienna Circle; the story of the rabbi and the alphabetician.
THE YIDDISHISTS
Our series that uncovers the YIVO archive. This issue: Gulliver in Yiddishland.
SEPHARDI RENAISSANCE
Ali Shakir on translating a Baghdadi Jewish memoir into Arabic; a Bristol Mizrachi food project; the writer Gabriel Josipovici remembers Egypt.
WHAT’S HAPPENING
Our three-month guide to art, books, film, music, theatre and other cultural events in the UK, Europe and Israel.
FAMILY
A new book uncovers the Jewish folktales of Britain and Ireland.
MEET THE READER
Dolf Mogendorff in Moortown, Leeds.
