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PASSPORT SERIES
4YOUR SAY… Readers’ rants, raves and views on the April issue of JR.
6 WHAT’S NEW Manchester’s new museum; on the streets of East Jerusalem; Israel’s pioneering doctor Dia.
10 FEATURE Tune in to the first Jewish Psychedelic Summit.
12 FEATURE Adrian Whittle meets the Israeli athletes heading to Tokyo.
14 THE JR LONG READ Featuring an exclusive extract from Gabriel Josipovici’s new book, 100 Days.
22 PASSPORT Japan: From 16thcentury merchants to wartime refugees, Japan has many surprising Jewish connections. We meet the present-day community and hear from the Japanese who are illuminating Jewish history.
36 MUSIC Norm Guthartz speaks to the jazz broadcaster Ruth Fisher.
38 ART The discovery of an old family photo album is the inspiration behind Sara Davidmann’s striking new work.
40 FILM Shiva Baby channels bisexuality, money and dating through a darkly funny Jewish lens; comic Alex Edelman on the joy of Blazing Saddles.
42 THEATRE Judi Herman speaks to David Lan about his latest project – a giant puppet that will walk across Europe.
44 BOOKS Dara Horn interviews the American writer Cynthia Ozick; Maria Stepanova in conversation; and is this the end for biographies of the ‘great’ male novelists? Plus reviews of The Netanyahus, and a book on the life of Orthodox women.
56THE YIDDISHISTS This issue: The workers’ Olympiad.
57 SEPHARDI RENAISSANCE Gail Carson Levine’s new novel features a Sephardi teenager under the Inquisition; the Mosul blogger turns his eye to Jewish history.
62 WHAT’S HAPPENING Our three- month guide to art, books, film, music, theatre and other cultural events in the UK, Europe and Israel.
73 FAMILY As the ‘pink rabbit’ turns 50, we flag up recent books on refugees.
74 MEET THE READER Rachel Knightley in Putney, London.
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