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Film & TV In two daring new films from Israel, life and art are even messier than politics
‘The Other Widow’ and ‘The Good Person’ are playing at the Israel Film Center Festival
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Culture She was the most famous Jewish actress of all time — can we still say she was the greatest?
Sarah Bernhardt wowed audiences with her performances as Shylock and Hamlet, but a century later only scant evidence of her genius remains.
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Theater He was Germany’s most popular playwright — here’s why you may not have heard of him
Jewish writer Ernst Toller lived the radical ideals he expressed in his plays
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Theater It’s a giant musical about Jesus – with a Jewish producer. Will it make America believe?
'His Story,' by 22-year-old Anna Miriam Brown, is a 'Broadway-style' theatrical spectacle. Whether it's also an evangelizing event depends on whom you ask
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Theater For a Native American playwright’s Broadway debut, this superstar Jewish director got the call
Rachel Chavkin feels honored to be at the helm of 'The Thanksgiving Play' by Larissa FastHorse
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Opinion ‘This is not about Hitler’ — Micaela Diamond on the Broadway revival of ‘Parade’
The Jewish musical theater star talks playing the role she's always dreamed of
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Opinion Joshua Malina is a proud Jew. In his latest role, he plays his polar opposite
Thirty-four years after his Broadway debut, the Jewish actor takes the lead in Sir Tom Stoppard’s 'Leopoldstadt'
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Culture ‘Always making demented performances’: Meet the professional clown with a show about the Holocaust
Alexandra Tatarsky enters the hellscape of the Jewish mind
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