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The enduring creative obsession with romantically matching Jews and Nazis

A history of times that authors and filmmakers have tried to match Jews and Nazis in love

By Keren David

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The enduring creative obsession with romantically matching Jews and Nazis
American actor, film director, producer, and race car driver Paul Newman (1925 - 2008), and, walking behind him, his daughter Melissa Newman, UK, 11th February 1977. (Photo by Douglas Doig/Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

My Hollywood father: Paul Newman’s daughter on the silver screen icon’s struggles with fame

6 min read
Meet Sarit Yishai-Levi, the bestselling queen of Jerusalem

Meet Sarit Yishai-Levi, the bestselling queen of Jerusalem

7 min read
Writer Ben Okri: Jews and black people share a past of unjust suffering

Writer Ben Okri: Jews and black people share a past of unjust suffering

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Participants pose with rainbow handfans during the first Tel Aviv pride event since before the Covid-19 pandemic on June 25, 2021 even as officials urged marchers to wear masks amid a surge in infections. - Organisers called it the "largest parade of its kind held worldwide since the outbreak of Covid-19. "The last Tel Aviv Pride in 2019 drew a quarter of a million revellers, who danced on colourful floats under rainbow banners in the beachside city. This year's celebration will be more subdued as Israel remains largely closed to tourists due to the coronavirus. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Meet the activist who wants Jews to be proud

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Historian, presenter and author, Simon Sebag Montefiore speaks to Jewish Chronicle writer Tanya Gold. Byline John Nguyen/JNVisuals 12/10/2022

The man who wrote The World: Tanya Gold meets Simon Sebag Montefiore

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Book review - Chapters of Accidents: A Writer’s Memoir - Evocative portrait of a long-gone era

Book review - Chapters of Accidents: A Writer’s Memoir - Evocative portrait of a long-gone era

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