TOO COOL FOR SHUL? // NOT FOR THESE ICELANDERS…

Join us in the country where rabbis say blessings over volcanoes, hot springs are used for mikvahs and Shabbat sometimes starts after midnight, as we travel to Iceland in our first magazine of 2025. Meet the locals involved in Europe's northernmost Jewish community and hear how Jewish émigrés introduced classical music to the land of the midnight sun. In other features, we hear from Odesan poet Ilya Kaminsky as Ukraine approaches the fourth year of its war; head to Eastbourne with the broadcaster David Dimbleby and his daughter Liza as they discuss their exhibition exploring life's darkness – and light – through the medium of drawing; discover what drag queen Rebbetzin Hadassah Gross can teach us about Judaism in the 21st century; and much more.