DC JCC chief: Theater J head Ari Roth not fired over politics
CEO denies former artistic director sacked for politics on Israel, cites insubordination, unprofessionalism
View ArticleArt embraces science in new British play ‘Oppenheimer’
‘They were fascinated with discovery,’ says playwright of his ‘torn’ protagonists, ‘but you put it in the real world, and suddenly hundreds of thousands are dead’
View ArticleIn Boston, Klezmer musical spoofs Jewish infighting
Based on a novel by Israel Zangwill, ‘The King of Second Avenue’ pits an uptown Ashkenazi mogul against a downtown Sephardi ‘schnorrer’ with nothing but ‘kishkes’
View ArticlePoster for play ‘Bad Jews’ banned from London Underground
Authorities fear image will cause ‘widespread offense,’ but producer says drama ‘could not be less anti-Semitic’
View ArticleIn one-woman show, Arafat protégée offers personal take on conflict
Raeda Taha recounts growing up with a father ‘martyred’ by a young Netanyahu during a 1972 plane hijacking, New York Times reports
View ArticleSydney theater apologizes for turning away Jewish group
Red Rattler Theater sorry for refusing to rent venue to Hillel because it supports ‘colonization and occupation’
View ArticleExtremism takes center stage in NY production of ‘Martyr’s Street’
Proliferation of political plays in the US attempt even-handed portrayal of Palestinian-Israeli conflict
View ArticlePalestinian gunmen turn heroes in UK production of ‘The Siege’
2002’s hostage standoff at Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity gets historically questionable treatment in play set to tour England
View ArticleUK Jews condemn upcoming play on Second Intifada siege
Zionist groups claim stage adaptation of 2002 hostage standoff in Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity ‘whitewashes’ history
View ArticleSlain soldier’s niece lobbies to bring down theater over play inspired by killer
Fate of Al-Midan theater hangs in the balance as Haifa freezes funding over production of ‘A Parallel Time'; manager says bid aims to ‘silence the Arabs’
View ArticleUK theaters refuse call to boycott Israel film fest
Curzon Cinemas fires back at petition launched by top directors, says hosting festival is not a ‘political statement’
View ArticleBennett pulls state funding for controversial Arab play
Education minister says ‘A Parallel Time’ glorifies terrorism, will not finance plays ‘tolerant of the murder of soldiers’
View ArticleRegev to Israeli artists: Be patriotic like Paul McCartney
Culture minister says she’ll exercise personal control over arts funding, urges performers to express more pride in their country
View ArticleWhere’s the beef?
Hebrew press splits on whether Oded Kutler is udderly sorry for the herd he caused with his ‘cud-chewing’ remark — or should be branded a bigot
View Article‘Color-conscious’ cast takes on classic Jewish play
Aside from its Jewish director, new staging of 1935 Clifford Odets play about a Bronx Jewish family to be performed by an all-Asian cast
View ArticleWrestling Jerusalem
Presenting the Israel mess in 17-part disharmony: An excerpt from a one-man show
View ArticleIn Tel Aviv drama school, 9 plays writ small
5-day Smallbama Festival brings student work to life in pint-sized venue
View ArticleFor Arthur Miller’s 100th: To Jew or not to Jew?
As theaters around the world commemorate the playwright’s 100th with performances of Miller classics, a look at the scribe’s conflicted views on Jews, Judaism and anti-Semitism
View ArticleDC’s Theater J replaces controversial artistic director
Adam Immerwahr succeeds Ari Roth, who some have said was overly critical of Israel
View ArticleThe intriguing tale of the woman who discovered DNA hits London
Nicole Kidman plays Jewish scientist Rosalind Franklin, arguably the catalyst behind the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the double helix
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