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  • A Private Life Poster

    A Private Life

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    Jodie Foster stars as psychiatrist, Lilian Steiner, in this gloriously witty and suspenseful, French detective thriller, from multi-award-winning director, Rebecca Zlotowski. When her patient, Paula Cohen, unexpectedly commits suicide, Lilian is accused of overprescribing antidepressants by the widower, Simon. Suspecting there is more to the case than meets the eye, she tries to uncover the … Continue reading A Private Life

  • Jews by the Seaside Front cover.

    Jews by the Seaside

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    Pam will be talking about her book which describes the rise and decline of Bournemouth’s Jewish hotels and guest houses within the context of Anglo-Jewish history, the growth of Bournemouth as a premier resort and the evolution of its Jewish community. From the first small Jewish boarding houses in the late nineteenth century, the book … Continue reading Jews by the Seaside
  • Orphan film poster

    Orphan

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    Oscar-winning director László Nemes’ (Son of Saul, Sunset) highly anticipated third feature, set in post-war Budapest, follows a boy uncovering his family’s fractured history against the brutal Hungarian Uprising. Set in 1957, just one year after the Soviet suppression of the Hungarian Uprising, Orphan follows young Andor who clings to the hope that his father, a Hungarian Jew who … Continue reading Orphan

  • Portrait of Walter Kaufman, composer

    Walter Kaufmann: Most heard but least known Jewish composer

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    Walter Kaufmann (1907–1984) was a Jewish-born composer, conductor, musicologist, and educator whose life was profoundly shaped by the political upheavals of the 20th century. Born in Karlovy Vary (then Karlsbad), he studied composition in Prague and continued his musical education in Berlin. However, because of his Jewish ancestry, he was forced to leave Germany in … Continue reading Walter Kaufmann: Most heard but least known Jewish composer

  • Scene from the Battle of Cable Street mural

    The Battle of Cable Street ninety years on

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    On 4 October 1936 Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists set out to march through the Jewish East End of London. It was the fourth anniversary of the BUF (British Union of Fascists), and its choice of route a deliberate provocation. There were strong appeals to the Home Secretary Sir John Simon to ban the … Continue reading The Battle of Cable Street ninety years on

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