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There are lots of subjects worth thinking hard about How best to give to charity shouldn’t be one of them At SmartGiving we believe there is nothing more important than giving to charity. But we also appreciate that there is more to life than spending hours pondering over the finer details of all your donations. That is why we are committed to making our charity account the most tax efficient and effective way to support the causes close to your heart. Sign up with us, and we will even make a free donation to Jewish Renaissance on your behalf. So if you would rather be pondering philosophy than philanthropy, join SmartGiving today. SIGN UP TODAY* Email jr@smartgiving.org.uk Website smartgiving.org.uk *Terms and Conditions. You can join SmartGiving online at www.smartgiving.org.uk. When you open your account, we will send a free gift to Jewish Renaissance magazine, depending on the value of your initial top-up. (£100 = a £25 donation; £200 = £50; £500 = £100.) Please contact jr@smartgiving.org.uk after signing up so we can finalise the gift on your behalf. SmartGiving is the trading name of KKL Charity Accounts (Charity Number 1105998 and a Company registered in England Number 5118360).
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CONTENTS JULY 2020 WWW.JEWISHRENAISSANCE.ORG.UK JR 22 C N A A N B E N ; © M ATA N B A R N E T T ; T H A M A R ; G E T T Y I N S A J AC K ; © I TC H I D OV I DAV I R : © M C OV E R T H E O N 64 38 32 51 NORTHERN ENGLAND PASSPORT SERIES 4YOUR SAY… Readers’ rants, raves and views on the April issue of JR. 6 WHAT’S NEW Welcome to Aviva Dautch, JR’s new executive director; why we need to listen to the UK’s black Jews. 9 FEATURE Meet the refugee women creating art from woven baskets. 12 FEATURE.Will Covid-19 upend ultra-Orthodox society? 16 FEATURE Jenifer Glynn, the sister of the scientist Rosalind Franklin, reflects on the life of her pioneering sibling. 18 FEATURE Simon Parkin tells the story of the Isle of Man internment camp that became a cultural hub. 22PASSPORT The second in our series on the north of England uncovers the history and present-day life of communities from Sheffield to the Lakes. 32 ART Tanya Bentley speaks to Matan Ben Cnaan about creating his largescale group works in lockdown. 35 FILM La Haine, Mathieu Kassovitz’s portrait of a Paris banlieu, is still relevant 25 years on, says Rebecca Taylor. 36 MUSIC A new project explores the work of émigré musicians. 38 THEATRE Can a good Nazi be a good man? Judi Herman speaks to Elliot Levey, one of the stars of Good. 40 BOOKS Agi Erdos on Zoom Shabbats and JewBu; Mary Fulbrook explores the Nazi ‘ratlines’; David Benmayer traces the blood-libel myth. 50 THE YIDDISHISTS Our series that uncovers the YIVO archive. This issue: stories from the pandemic. 51 SEPHARDI RENAISSANCE Andrew Kaye reports on the Spanish communities uniting to fight Covid-19; the missing voices of Sephardi history 56 WHAT’S HAPPENING Our three-month guide to art, books, film, music, theatre and other cultural events in the UK, Europe and Israel. 64 FAMILYMaisie Barnett’s trail to find her Holocaust ‘twin’. 66 MEET THE READER Avi Schneebalg in Brussels, Belgium. JULY 2020 JEWISHRENAISSANCE.ORG.UK 3 C O N T E N T S

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There are lots of subjects worth thinking hard about How best to give to charity shouldn’t be one of them

At SmartGiving we believe there is nothing more important than giving to charity. But we also appreciate that there is more to life than spending hours pondering over the finer details of all your donations. That is why we are committed to making our charity account the most tax efficient and effective way to support the causes close to your heart. Sign up with us, and we will even make a free donation to Jewish Renaissance on your behalf. So if you would rather be pondering philosophy than philanthropy, join SmartGiving today.

SIGN UP TODAY*

Email jr@smartgiving.org.uk Website smartgiving.org.uk

*Terms and Conditions. You can join SmartGiving online at www.smartgiving.org.uk. When you open your account, we will send a free gift to Jewish Renaissance magazine, depending on the value of your initial top-up. (£100 = a £25 donation; £200 = £50; £500 = £100.) Please contact jr@smartgiving.org.uk after signing up so we can finalise the gift on your behalf.

SmartGiving is the trading name of KKL Charity Accounts (Charity Number 1105998 and a Company registered in England Number 5118360).

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