The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/arthur-miller/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:04:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Arthur Miller | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/arthur-miller/ 32 32 The rags-to-riches story of Arthur Miller, Pulitzer-winning son of Jewish immigrants https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-rags-to-riches-story-of-pulitzer-winning-son-of-jewish-immigrants-arthur-miller/ Fri, 21 Apr 2023 23:40:58 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2998977 A new biography by John Lahr in Yale's Jewish Lives Series tracks the successes (and many failures) of a beloved American writer whose tragic characters were inspired by his life

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]]> Marilyn Monroe’s Jewish prayer book is being put up for auction https://www.timesofisrael.com/marilyn-monroes-jewish-prayer-book-is-being-put-up-for-auction/ Mon, 15 Oct 2018 21:48:53 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1942696 Siddur was used by actress after she converted to Judaism ahead of her marriage to writer Arthur Miller; bids start at $4,600

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]]> Photographer’s lost trove of Marilyn Monroe photos sees daylight for first time https://www.timesofisrael.com/photographers-lost-trove-of-marilyn-monroe-photos-sees-daylight-for-first-time/ Mon, 28 May 2018 23:00:52 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1855599 New portraits on display in London show a luminescent side of the iconic actress (and convert to Judaism), taken by life-long friend, business partner and confidant, Milton Greene

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]]> Arthur Miller’s daughter made an intimate HBO documentary about her father https://www.timesofisrael.com/arthur-millers-daughter-made-an-intimate-hbo-documentary-about-her-father/ Wed, 14 Mar 2018 16:12:59 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1806016 Premiering March 19, Rebecca Miller's depiction of the hardened playwright's story fills the gaps between his public and private lives

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]]> All-star Broadway revival of Arthur Miller play examines past’s exacting price http://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/arthur-miller-and-the-pasts-exacting-price/ Tue, 14 Mar 2017 09:52:22 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1579838 New York Jewish Week: ‘The Price’ raises questions about betrayal, Jewish identity and the Old World’s pull on the present

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]]> From HBO to Arthur Miller, what a ‘tough guy’ actor learned from his Jewish grandma https://www.timesofisrael.com/from-hbo-to-arthur-miller-what-a-tough-guy-actor-learned-from-his-jewish-grandma/ Fri, 01 Jan 2016 20:42:28 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1310592 Michael Zegen's grandma gave him the Yiddish chops to play Bugsy Siegel on 'Boardwalk Empire'; now he's been cast as an Italian immigrant in 'A View from The Bridge' on Broadway

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]]> For Arthur Miller’s 100th: To Jew or not to Jew? https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-arthur-millers-100th-to-jew-or-not-to-jew/ Tue, 20 Oct 2015 12:17:55 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1265496 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

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]]> More than ‘Hocus Pocus’ to Salem’s Jewish past https://www.timesofisrael.com/more-than-hocus-pocus-to-salems-jewish-past/ Fri, 31 Oct 2014 14:26:05 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1084113 Biblical history and Mosaic Law permeated the lives -- and deaths -- of the Massachusetts Bay community which would not 'suffer a witch to live'

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]]> Monroe marriage a ‘cover-up’? https://www.timesofisrael.com/marilyns-jewish-wedding-a-cover-up/ Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:44:48 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=326158 Newly released files reveal that the FBI suspected the star's relationship with Arthur Miller was part of a conspiracy to aid American communists

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]]> New York Jews won’t stop winning Nobel Prizes https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-york-jews-wont-stop-winning-nobel-prizes/ Sun, 09 Dec 2012 21:42:49 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=304932 With two more accepting awards on Monday, Jews educated in the Big Apple are vastly overrepresented among winners of the world's most prestigious honor

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