Jenni Frazer

Fortunes of war

For the JC April 2025 Imagine, if you will, being the obscure relative of one of the most famous people in the world, a person who attracts admiration and occasional opprobrium whenever their name is mentioned. And you bear the same surname, and perhaps, are forever having to explain to new acquaintances that yes, you […]

  • 6 April, 2025

Fear and loathing in Latin America

For the Jewish Chronicle March 2025 The human rights lawyer Philippe Sands KC has a storied reputation for forensic detective work in his books piecing together the consequences of the Holocaust — East West Street and The Ratline. Now, in 38 Londres Street, Sands once again dips in to his personal history and his in-depth […]

  • 26 March, 2025

Bibas family finally laid to rest

For Jewish News Feb 2025 Thousands of Israelis, many waving national flags or orange balloons, lined the streets on Wednesday morning as a funeral procession took place for the three murdered members of the Bibas family whose capture by Hamas terrorists on 7 October 2023 gripped the world. Shiri Bibas and her two red-headed sons, […]

  • 26 February, 2025

Heartbreak as crowds mourn hostages in Whitehall

For Jewish News Feb 2025 The rain poured down like tears — and then the tears poured like rain, as a grim-faced crowd gathered opposite Downing Street in Whitehall on Thursday to pay tribute to the four dead Israelis who had been finally returned home by Hamas that morning. Under the auspices of Stop the […]

  • 20 February, 2025

A love affair in front of death

For JN Life magazine Every time I am presented with another book about the Holocaust, I think there can’t possibly be anything new to learn. But in Keren Blankfeld’s mesmerising Lovers in Auschwitz, a masterful account of an extraordinary relationship in the worst death camp of all, there is plenty to learn and marvel at. […]

  • 26 January, 2025

From fleas to film stars: Dame Miriam Rothschild

This piece originally appeared in the Jewish Chronicle on July 23 2004.I’m posting it now after a request. I am receiving a lesson in natural history from one of the world’s greatest living naturalists. With great patience, Dame Miriam Louisa Rothschild is describing the astonishing behaviour of the tiger moth ear mite. “The tiger moth […]

  • 24 January, 2025

How to teach and learn about the Holocaust

For Jewish News Jan 15 2025 In recent years there has been a discussion, both inside and outside the Jewish community, about how to talk to children about the Holocaust. The subject is repeatedly aired at this time of year, with Holocaust Memorial Day on the national and international agenda. Children, naturally curious, will ask […]

  • 23 January, 2025

Doing it in style

For the Jewish Chronicle January 2025 I admit, I approached Adrian Tinniswood’s The Power and the Glory: The Country House Before the Great War, with a certain amount of trepidation. I felt like a despised day tripper tourist seeking to unlock the secrets of the Great and the Good. I need not have worried. Tinniswood, […]

  • 16 January, 2025

This is an extraordinary film — The Brutalist

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 […]

  • 7 January, 2025

Tears and sirens as Gaza envelope rebuilds

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 […]

  • 11 November, 2024