3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (271+ words) Writer-director Moshe Rosenthal’s film becomes official entry for Academy Awards in Hollywood next year Israeli drama Tell Me Everything has claimed 10 wins including Best Film at the Ophirs – the country’s equivalent of the Oscars – to become the official entry for…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (401+ words) For Jewish progressives, acting in a way that is ruinous to other Jews is acceptable as long as it affirms their commitment to abstract leftist virtues Is there a difference between being a Jew and being Jewish? It’s a fascinating…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (388+ words) Promotional material for the play included quotations from the two-time Oscar nominee, which he insisted he never said Actor John Malkovich has pulled out of a planned performance in Israel after accusing a PR firm working with the show of…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (387+ words) The Jewish Literary Foundation has launched this year’s children’s poetry competition in partnership with the JC Primary school pupils are being encouraged to let their imagination run wild by Jewish Literary Foundation, which has just launched this year’s children’s poetry…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (367+ words) The Jewish playwright wrote these one-woman monologues for Nichola McAuliffe and 45 years on she is breathing new life into them In this era of celebrity casting and musical adaptations, punchy writing combined with commanding performance is vanishingly rare in theatre....

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (291+ words) The two-time Oscar nominee said he feels a ‘strong closeness and solidarity’ with the Israeli audience Two-time Oscar nominee John Malkovich is returning to Israel in a rare international booking at a time when Israel’s entertainment industry is facing continued…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (317+ words) Portrait of a Lady by Giuseppe Ghislandi was among 1,000 works stolen in 1940 from a Jewish art dealer A couple in possession of a painting looted from a Jewish art dealer must return the work to the heir of its rightful…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (215+ words) Mike Leigh’s 1977 Bacardi and gin-fuelled party play is a suburban throwback through a snobbish lens The cheese and pineapple cocktail stick is back in the West End along with the play that used it to skewer Britain’s aspirational classes. Set…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (505+ words) Steinem rose to global fame as a key figure in the Second Wave feminist movement of the 1960s and ‘70s Prominent feminist activist Gloria Steinem died at her New York home on Wednesday, “surrounded by some of the many who loved her…...