I have never seen the Berlin Wall but I was born behind it in Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia, a few years before its fall in 1989. In the aftermath of the fall of communism, the Berlin Wall, although physically destroyed, couldn’t have been more present and real. Its legacy shaped my life and the life of…
| 21/11/2019
I entered the small exhibition space of the Bulgarian Cultural Institute in London and was immediately drawn in by a close-up portrait of a young Jewish boy. His eyes were alive and rejoicing, bringing a sense of peace and harmony. The brief description of the photograph, in both Bulgarian and English, reads: Purim at the…
| 27/06/2018
The Jester, a Polish movie in Yiddish co-directed by Joseph Green and Jan Nowina-Przybylsk in 1937 and restored by the National Center for Jewish Film in 2008, transports us into the world of a vibrant Yiddish culture, values and humour prior to the First World War. The black-and-white movie narrates a romantic tale set against…
| 05/04/2018