Arts and Entertainment
News about Jewish and Israeli films, television shows, theater and other celebrity news
“We are proud to be hosted in Tokyo for the first time and grateful for the extraordinary opportunity to unveil innovative local work to an international audience,” said Mordechai Benita, CEO of the Jerusalem and Heritage Ministry, which runs Jerusalem Design Week.
A small but intransigent film team is working to reveal that “national memorials to murderers lie feet away from the graves of their victims. The glorification of so-called war ‘heroes’ with Jewish blood on their hands is in full swing across the Baltic States.”
“Trophy” examines the controversial sport of animal hunting in the United States and Africa and discusses whether the industry can ensure the survival of endangered species.
Remko Leemhuis, acting director of the American Jewish Committee office in Berlin, said he is “appalled” that artists who glorify terrorism against Israel would be “offered a stage in the heart of Berlin.”
“Artists for Palestine UK” pen an open letter urging a boycott of the Pop-Kultur Festival in Berlin due to support from the Israeli embassy.
The film, called “Jaber,” tells the story of a Jordanian boy who finds a stone in Petra bearing a Hebrew inscription.
Sculptor Benny Katz’s bold, colorful work is now on display at an altitude of 8,000 feet.
“There was nothing that was going to stop us from being in Israel. Nothing,” said The superstar’s manager, Benny Medina.
CodePink penned an open letter claiming that Richie’s Sept. 12 concert in Tel Aviv, as part of his “Hello” tour, “will act as an endorsement of Israel’s brutal systems of military occupation and apartheid.”
Born Bobby Zimmerman, the music icon began embracing evangelical Christianity in 1979, returning to Judaism several years later.
The singer and actress is in Israel for the first time as part of her “It’s My Party” 50th birthday tour, despite “J.Lo Don’t Go” BDS campaign.
Pro-boycott activists reportedly sent lead singer Jon Bon Jovi more than 5,000 letters urging the band to cancel the show.
