October 8, 2019

Open House London saw central London overtaken first by herds, followed by hordes. The Reform Club on Pall Mall even seemed to be open, to the Hoi Polloi no less. It was a breathtaking walk from Gloucester Road to the Strand, via the golden and green lower reaches of Hyde Park. Friends tell me that

A Torch Song to yesteryear There are many plays and musicals by Jewish playwrights or that have Jewish characters at their heart this autumn in London: Torch Song, open at the new Turbine Theatre; Fiddler on the Roof; Falsettos; and Amsterdam. And we have the giddy promise to come of Leopoldstat from Tom Stoppard, premiering

It was interesting to learn the Jewish Genealogical Society for Great Britain has a well-stocked library on all the old maps of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia too. I found everyone warm and welcoming when I popped in for Open House London, with their offers of milky coffee and overly sugary cookies. What I both

Lviv’s locals joke about their city being the ‘London of Ukraine’. It is not expensive – far from it. In fact, the city surprises you at every turn with its attractive menus, generously portioned dishes and reasonable prices. But it does rain. Yet somehow this accentuates the other-worldliness of the gothic, neo-Renaissance and art nouveau