SUMMER 2023
A tour of Jewish Scotland // Kilts, whisky, poetry & pipers
Take in the Highlands, islands and beyond as we travel from Edinburgh's Southside to the Gorbals of Glasgow to uncover 200 years of Scottish Jewish heritage. Meet Yiddish theatre stars, a cigarette-factory poet, refugee artists, tartan designers and the activists keeping Jewish life vibrant north of the border. Plus, we get a preview of the best Jewish acts at this year's Edinburgh Festival; Golda Meir's grandson shines new light on her legacy; The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem author explores her latest novel; and following news of the closure of Jewish Museum London, Rebecca Abrams examines the future of UK Jewish culture. All this and much more.
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A love letter to Liverpool
Linda Grant’s ninth novel traces the story of one family from the flour mills of Latvia to the suburbs of Liverpool and post-war Soho. Louise Ellman, formerly the MP for Liverpool Riverside, speaks to the writer about the pull of Merseyside’s famous city and the ties that bind to a past elsewhere. Photo © Alamy
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YOUR SAY… Readers’ rants, raves and views on the Spring issue of JR.
WHAT’S NEW What now for UK Jewish culture?; The Jewish Children’s Book Awards; Moroccan genizah finds.
FEATURE Dorothy Bohm was a remarkable photographer and an inspiring friend, says Jillian Edelstein.
PASSPORT Scotland: Whether through kilts, whisky, pipers or poetry, Jews have been embracing Scottish culture with a Jewish twist for over 200 years. We travel from Shetland to the Borders to meet the writers, artists and activists who are carving out a distinctive identity.
ART Chaim Soutine and Leon Kossoff never met but they shared a deep empathy for the human condition.
FILM “It’s time to set the facts straight,” Golda Meir’s grandson on his grandmother’s war legacy, feminism and how she would have loved Helen Mirren.
MUSIC Katherine Bulthuis melds Yiddish poetry with indie, shoegaze and synthpop with her musical project Olke.
THEATRE It’s time for summer madness again, as Danielle Goldstein rounds up the acts to make you chuckle at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
BOOKS Louise Ellman and Linda Grant share a love of Liverpool; Joan Silber meets Lore Segal; Bryan Cheyette delves into Philip Roth’s wars; Julia Neuberger reviews a bio of Golda Meir; Judi Herman on a theatre memoir; and Michelene Wandor traces London’s man of mystery.
THE YIDDISHISTS Our series that uncovers the YIVO archive. This issue: The Vilna busy bees.
SEPHARDI RENAISSANCE Ayelet Tsabari speaks to Sarit Yishai-Levi about her latest book, motherhood and the pull of the sea; plus a new piano work evokes the sounds of old Iraq.
WHAT’S HAPPENING Our three-month guide to art, books, film, music, theatre and other cultural events in the UK, Europe and Israel.
FAMILY Should video games be used to talk about the Holocaust?
MEET THE READER Phil Alexander in Edinburgh, Scotland.
