The Brutalist January 2025 for Jewish News Let’s be honest — a film about brutalist architecture does not sound terribly appealing. But Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist — which won him and his star, Adrien Brody, three Golden Globes this week for best drama, best director and best actor respectively — is an extraordinary creation. The […]
Nir Kedar for Jewish News Life mag November 2024 We are only a few minutes into our Zoom interview when Professor Nir Kedar’s screen goes dark and, apologetically, he says there are sirens and he needs to run to a shelter. This is the sad reality of life in Israel today — but the remarkable […]
For Jewish News magazine December 2024 We are inside what is, for me, unfamiliar territory — a boxing gym in the Sheffield suburb of Darnall, home to a large Muslim population. About 30 small boys (and one little girl dressed in Barbie pink from head to toe) are variously jumping in star shapes, practising sit-ups, […]