Louisa Walters

1 month ago | jewishnews.co.uk | Ariel Abel |Louisa Walters

Oil – the second most sought after liquid on the planet, appears at the start of this week’s parasha, Teztaveh. “They shall take for you pure olive oil, crushed for lighting, to make the continuous flame rise.” Nowadays, we seek oil mostly to power mobility. Roads would be empty without the ‘black gold’ that enriches sheikhs and barons wherever they find it. The Torah’s oil is pressed from the olive – at first clear, then yellow-gold.

1 month ago | jewishnews.co.uk | Philissa Cramer |Louisa Walters

Adrien Brody nabbed an Academy Award Sunday for his portrayal of an architect in The Brutalist, marking the second Oscar for the Jewish actor. Mikey Madison, who is Jewish, also won best actress for her role in Anora, which won best picture. Both of Brody’s best actor wins came for portrayals of Holocaust survivors.

1 month ago | jewishnews.co.uk | Anthea Gerrie |Louisa Walters

Influential Jewish women of the 20th century, from flamboyant Ballets Russes star Ida Rubinstein to founding feminist Gloria Steinem, are among famous females to be celebrated next month at a three-week festival marking International Women’s Day (IWD). Women’s Voices: A Celebration, created by prominent Jewish producer Naomi Sorkin, honours women of many creeds and nationalities but features an extraordinary amount of Jewish subject matter.

1 month ago | jewishnews.co.uk | Sandy Rashty |Louisa Walters

There was a time when the elderly were the public face of a cancer diagnosis. It was assumed that the disease would hit people in the winter of their lives – not their prime. But now, statistics show there has been a stark increase in the number of young adults being diagnosed with cancer. Over the past four years, Chai Cancer Care – the UK Jewish community’s leading cancer support organisation, reported a 311 percent increase in clients aged 18-40.

2 months ago | jewishnews.co.uk | Anthea Gerrie |Louisa Walters

The paintings and sculptures of Lilly Fenichel have long been celebrated in America, but the artist beloved by the Beat Generation had to wait until now to get her first solo show in the UK. Only what she would have expected – despite already being hailed a star in the 50s, the abstract expressionist had to turn to Hollywood 20 years later to make ends meet in an era when this school of contemporary art was very much a boys’ club.