Don’t you just hate it when you pop your clogs in the middle of your Derasha? We’ve all been there. Disobedience begins with a death of a Rabbi in the midst of said circumstances, but his daughter Ronit (portrayed by Rachel Weisz) is the locus. All jokes aside, director Sebastián Lelio captures her grief without […]
Judaism
Spotlight on: Rosh Hashanah
My name is Murray Brown. I am a Jewish student originally from Manchester, but who has lived in Cornwall for the last 10 years. The most important times of the year in Judaism are the High Holy Days, which include Yom Kippur (יום הכיפור ‘Day of Atonement’) and Rosh Hashanah (ראש השנה), the Jewish New Year, […]
Anti-Semitism in the UK: An interview with Marie van der Zyl
As Vice President of The Board of Deputies of British Jews, Marie van der Zyl holds a prominent position in regards to the concerns of the United Kingdom’s Jewish citizens today. The Board of Deputies, according to its website, “has been the voice of British Jewry and the representative of Jewish communal interests to government, media and others for over a quarter […]