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From the stage production, “Best Friends,” part of the Stav Festival in New York City from Sept. 28 through Oct. 29, 2023. Photo by Ohad Kab.

Arts festival encourages New Yorkers to meet the Israeli artist next door

The Israeli Artists Project hopes that the Stav Festival, which affords “a picture of Israeli culture outside the lens of politics and religion,” will become an annual event.

October 2, 2023

From the stage production, “Best Friends,” part of the Stav Festival in New York City from Sept. 28 through Oct. 29, 2023. Photo by Ohad Kab.

Stav Festival to fuse Israeli art, stage and musical performances

The artists aim “to present Israel beyond the headlines, highlighting its rich artistic heritage and contemporary creativity,” says the project’s founder.

September 26, 2023

Mark Margolis at the movie premiere of “Noah” at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City in 2014. Credit: Kristin Callahan via Wikimedia Commons.

Celebrated character actor Mark Margolis dies at 83

The Jewish star of stage and screen earned more than 160 film and TV credits over a long career.

August 14, 2023

Theater. Credit: Pixabay.

The ‘Funny Girl’ Jewface controversy is nothing to laugh about

Complaining about casting non-Jews as Jews in movies and plays is a way for members of a group designated as privileged “whites” to get in on the woke diversity racket.

Jonathan S. Tobin

July 21, 2023

Maya Kristal Tenenbaum, Michal Horowicz, Rosie Yadid and Ashley Goh in “Fury and Elysium” at London’s The Other Palace. Credit: Lexi Clare Photography.

New musical ‘Fury and Elysium’ showcases women in pre-war Berlin

Somewhat unusually, the play manages to strike a somewhat optimistic note, even as it addresses Nazi fascism.

Georgia L. Gilholy

June 14, 2023

A scene from Tom Stoppard's play "Leopoldstadt." Credit: Courtesy.

Jewish stories ‘Leopoldstadt’ and ‘Parade’ win big at 2023 Tony Awards

“Leopoldstadt” and “Parade,” both featuring Jewish-themed storylines, won multiple Tonys.

Brian Fishbach

June 14, 2023

Photo of Sarah Bernhardt as Cleopatra by Napoléon Sarony (1891). Credit: Musée d'Orsay, Paris, ©RMN-Grand Palais/Hervé Lewandowski.

Sarah Bernhardt still ‘immortal’ 100 years after her death

The Jewish-born actress, who had a “truly uncanny” grasp of mass culture, was the Madonna or Lady Gaga of her day, historian Carol Ockman told JNS.

Menachem Wecker

May 22, 2023

Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO and national director of the Anti-Defamation League. Credit: ADL.

ADL condemns neo-Nazi protests of Broadway play about antisemitic lynching

“The irony should not be lost on anyone,” said the group’s CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.

February 23, 2023

Steven Skybell on stage as Tevye in the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene production. Photo by Lev Radin.

Is Tevye returning to Europe? Yiddish ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ hopes to head to Germany

After a two-year COVID-induced hiatus, the award-winning play is returning with a potential world tour in the works.

August 18, 2022