The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/j-r-r-tolkien/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Fri, 18 Sep 2026 05:08:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png J.R.R. Tolkien | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/j-r-r-tolkien/ 32 32 J.R.R. Tolkien’s Jewish great-grandson has a play on Theresienstadt http://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/hobbit-takes-on-terezin/ Fri, 09 Jun 2017 13:11:32 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1636441 The Jewish Week: Playwright and director Nicholas Tolkien makes his New York Off-Broadway debut this month with 'Terezin'

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]]> Turk sentenced for Erdogan-Gollum gag https://www.timesofisrael.com/turk-sentenced-for-erdogan-gollum-gag/ Thu, 23 Jun 2016 19:49:34 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1414948 Rifat Çetin handed suspended prison term for posing images comparing president to Lord of the Rings character

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]]> Turkish doctor faces jail for comparing Erdogan, Gollum https://www.timesofisrael.com/turkish-doctor-faces-jail-for-comparing-erdogan-gollum/ Fri, 04 Dec 2015 03:20:19 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1296461 Court orders experts to weigh in on issue, which could see defendant imprisoned for 'insulting' president with Internet meme

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]]> Are Tolkien’s dwarves an allegory for the Jews? https://www.timesofisrael.com/are-tolkiens-dwarves-an-allegory-for-the-jews/ Wed, 11 Dec 2013 14:26:16 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=771144 Ahead of the premiere of the second installment of Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit' trilogy, a look at its possible Jewish connections

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]]> Some Tu Bish thoughts, inspired by ‘The Hobbit’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/some-tu-bish-thoughts-inspired-by-the-hobbit/ Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:47:22 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=353416 The environmentally minded holiday has more in common with the Hollywood epic than you might think

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]]> Between Middle Earth and Buczacz https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/between-middle-earth-and-buczacz/ Sat, 29 Dec 2012 23:05:15 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=327138 What Tolkien and Agnon were telling us about life, creativity and imagination

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]]> In 1938, J.R.R Tolkien dissed Nazis http://io9.com/5892697/whats-classier-than-jrr-tolkien-telling-off-nazis-absolutely-nothing Wed, 14 Mar 2012 06:59:02 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=37500 The Hobbit author refused to prove his Aryan heritage and defended Jews in a recently revealed 1938 letter to a German publishing house, i09.com reports

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