Yiddish is a culture and identity which is intensely both Jewish and other – expressed in a language that is truly diasporic. Today it has lost none of its vigour. To learn Yiddish is to be a ‘yiddishist’ – it can’t be learnt in a stand-offish way, it asks of you to engage with its passionate, emotional spirit, and ultimately with your own.

In this Jewish Quarterly podcast, artist Sarah Lightman chats to Ariel Kahn about the themes of her show The Book of Sarah – Jewish identity in art, graphic art, Feminism and Autobiography.

A new exhibition demonstrates Soviet art that transcends socialist realism

Dr Aaron Rosen and artist Jacqueline Nicholls discuss their Kitaj obsession

The West End’s newest musical combines a great night out with surprising theology

Six-years of JQ on an iPad or iPhone: free for a month.

We are delighted to announce that the Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize 2013 has been awarded to Shalom Auslander, for his novel Hope: A Tragedy. Because Auslander was unable to accept the prize in person at the award ceremony last night, he recorded this video instead.

The Israeli elections – so near and yet so far

On Katherine Mansfield, Brahms and ADAM international

Israel’s resurgent centrists are likely to share the fate of their British counterparts

On Gainsbourg and Polanski at the Jewish Film Festival

On a 79 year old comedy powerhouse, stereotypes, and (once again) Jewish Mums

On the programme all of North London hates but feels compelled to watch.

The strange case of the occasional synagogue goers

Yael Bartana’s powerful exhibition subverts nationalism of all kinds

The unlikely star of the Reform Judaism conference