Danielle Goldstein

September 14, 2022

News, Art

What happened to Israel’s 'diasppeared children'?

Danielle Goldstein

September 14, 2022

News, Art

What happened to Israel’s 'diasppeared children'?

During the 1940s and 1950s, as hundreds of thousands of Jews made aliyah to the newly founded State of Israel, a number of infants went missing. Most of them were from Yemen, but also the Middle East, North Africa and the…

Danielle Goldstein

March 31, 2022

Art

Behind the Shop Facade

Danielle Goldstein

March 31, 2022

Art

Jim Grover’s beautiful photos of retailer Maurice Dorfman illuminate a rich life beyond the shop counter. Here, the photographer reflects on the enduring story of one south London family… On Christmas Eve 2019, Maurice Dorfman flipped the sign on his haberdashery shop door…

Danielle Goldstein

January 25, 2022

News, Art

Manchester Jewish Museum launches a year-long Holocaust Memorial Day project with Imperial War Museums

Danielle Goldstein

January 25, 2022

News, Art

Manchester Jewish Museum launches a year-long Holocaust Memorial Day project with Imperial War Museums

To coincide with Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) this Thursday, Manchester Jewish Museum (MJM) launches a newly commissioned short film created by local artist…

Danielle Goldstein

December 15, 2021

News, Art

Manchester Jewish Museum to get new gatekeepers

Danielle Goldstein

December 15, 2021

News, Art

Manchester Jewish Museum to get new gatekeepers

After 10 years of planning, two years of construction and £6 million, the shiny new Manchester Jewish Museum (MJM) is being handed over to new management. Chief Executive Max Dunbar and Chair of Trustees Andrew Singer QC…

Danielle Goldstein

November 14, 2021

Reviews, Art

Metzger’s Mobbile

Danielle Goldstein

November 14, 2021

Reviews, Art

During the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), a VW Passat with a one-metre-square glass container attached to its roof drove around the west end of Glasgow. The car was originally manufactured by climate change activist and artist Gustav Metzger in 1970, which…

Danielle Goldstein

October 1, 2021

News, Art

IWM London opens new Holocaust galleries

Danielle Goldstein

October 1, 2021

News, Art

IWM London opens new Holocaust galleries

After two years in the making, the Imperial War Museum London is finally set to open its brand new Second World War and The Holocaust Galleries on Wednesday 20 October. At three times the size of their award-winning…

Danielle Goldstein

July 2, 2021

News, Art

Manchester Jewish Museum reveals its hidden glory

Danielle Goldstein

July 2, 2021

News, Art

Manchester Jewish Museum reveals its hidden glory

A beautiful synagogue, with a new, modern museum wrapped around it; we may even have a café...” promised Max Dunbar, CEO of the Manchester Jewish Museum, six years ago. This summer, his promise has been fulfilled…

Danielle Goldstein

June 3, 2021

Art, News

Multi-media artwork wows in Jerusalem

Danielle Goldstein

June 3, 2021

Art, News

Last year we featured an interview with artist Matan Ben Cnaan, who is best known for his large group portraits and, in 2015, became the first and only Israeli artist to win the National Portrait Gallery’s BP Portrait Award. When he…

Danielle Goldstein

February 10, 2021

News, Art

Why I reproduced a Botticelli

Danielle Goldstein

February 10, 2021

News, Art

Last year in September, Sotheby’s announced the forthcoming sale of Botticelli’s Young Man Holding a Roundel (c.1480), prompting London artist Philippa Abrahams to spend the next few months working on a reproduction (pictured below). It is now placed in her…

Danielle Goldstein

September 15, 2020

News, Art

Hidden Treasures

Danielle Goldstein

September 15, 2020

News, Art

Hidden Treasures is a new project from the Board of Deputies of British Jews. It celebrates Jewish archives in Britain, telling the stories of Jews in Britain through photos, documents, videos and other archive material. Our earliest items date from the 11th century and we have uncovered…