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4YOUR SAY… Reader’s rants, raves and views on the January issue of JR.
6 WHAT’S NEW Urgent call to save Europe’s synagogues; Freud returns to Vienna; farewell to Barry Davis and Maureen Kendler; plus the new JR app.
10INTERVIEW Rebecca Taylor speaks to Richard Stone about the Stephen Lawrence inquiry and a life fighting injustice.
12 PASSPORT Cambridge: We uncover the city’s medieval history, explore the world of 18th-century astronomy and hear the stories of 1930s refugees. Plus Frederic Raphael, Elaine Feinstein, residents, students and academics talk about this special city.
27 DANCE Joy Sable speaks to the Israeli choreographer Sharon Eyal.
28 THEATRE As a production of Life and Fate opens in London, Judi Herman speaks to its director; Judi also delves into a new cabaret featuring the music that was banned by the Nazis.
32 TV The Marvelous Mrs Maisel is part of a long history of Jewish American stand-up comedy, says Sascha Cohen, while comic Rachel Creeger compares notes with her 50s doppelgänger.
34 MUSIC Danielle Goldstein speaks to Vivi Lachs about Yiddish street songs, sex and politics; David Conway on rare releases from three Russian composers.
36 ART Nicola Baird on Fred Uhlman; in her last piece for JR, Maureen Kendler explores Uhlman’s novel, Reunion.
38 BOOKS Icelandic author Sjón on his new book; the rabbi hitman in Gangster Nation; Albert Reuss in Mousehole; Exodus at 60 and Uprooted – the story of Jews in Arab lands.
46 THE MODERNISTS The Berliners: Tel Aviv’s design duo.
47 SEPHARDI RENAISSANCE Why is Sephardi culture invisible?; a new film on Jewish pirates; a cookbook tells the story of the Silk Road.
54 WHAT’S HAPPENING Our three-month guide to art, books, film, music, theatre and other cultural events in the UK, Europe and Israel.
66 MEET THE READER Our series in which we meet you, the reader. This issue: Norman Bright on cycling and Ken Dodd.
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