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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 468

Ben Platt

Micaela Diamond (L) and Ben Platt during the opening night curtain call for 'Parade' at New York City Center, November 1, 2022. (Bruce Glikas/WireImage/GettyImages via JTA)
June 10, 2023, 12:49 pm
Broadway’s ‘Parade’ cast says Mourner’s Kaddish before performances
Star Micaela Diamond says before almost every show, they stand in a circle and say Jewish prayer for the dead
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Ben Platt arrives at the premiere of 'Dear Evan Hansen' on Wednesday, September 22, 2021, at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
May 2, 2023, 6:51 pm
Ben Platt wears Star of David necklace as part of Met Gala costume
The necklace choice comes as the performer stars in a play that tells the story of the 1915 antisemitic lynching of Leo Frank in the US, and whose opening drew neo-Nazi protests
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Ben Platt in character as Leo Frank from the Broadway musical "Parade." (Emilio Madrid/DKC/O&M via AP)
February 28, 2023, 3:25 am
Broadway musical ‘Parade,’ Jewish star fight antisemitism both onstage and off
Ben Platt leads in true story of Leo Frank, a Jew who was lynched in Atlanta in 1915, as US contends with new wave of Jew-hatred, including neo-Nazi protest outside of show
By Mark Kennedy
A person identified with the National Socialist Movement, a neo-Nazi group headquartered in Florida that has a swastika in its logo, carrying a poster that accuses Leo Frank of being a pedophile outside a Broadway theater that is hosting the play 'Parade,' February 21, 2023. (Screenshot from Twitter, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 22, 2023, 10:14 pm
Neo-Nazis rally outside Broadway preview of ‘Parade,’ show about antisemitic murder
Play tells story of 1915 lynching of Leo Frank in Georgia, in case that spurred a revival of white supremacist group KKK and the creation of the Anti-Defamation League
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Ben Platt performs the national anthem before the 92nd MLB All-Star Game presented by Mastercard at Dodger Stadium on July 19, 2022, in Los Angeles, California (RONALD MARTINEZ / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
July 20, 2022, 6:00 pm
Jewish Broadway star opens for MLB all-star game
Ben Platt sings US national anthem in LA’s Dodger Stadium, taking opportunity to weigh in on Roe v Wade controversy
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Ben Platt arrives at the premiere of 'Dear Evan Hansen' on Wednesday, September 22, 2021, at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
June 11, 2022, 7:45 pm
New Ben Platt movie to be filmed at site of former Jewish summer camp
Jewish Broadway actor to star in musical comedy ‘Theater Camp,’ which will be made where Reform movement’s camp was for teen leaders
By Andrew Lapin
Julie Platt, with her actor son Ben Platt, attends the 2017 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. (Jenny Anderson/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions via JTA)
February 16, 2022, 7:33 am
US Jewish Federations names its second-ever woman chair, Julie Platt
Former banker turned advocate for Jewish education is musical star Ben Platt’s mother
By Ron Kampeas
Actor Ben Platt is seen walking midtown on March 5, 2020 in New York City. (Raymond Hall/GC Images via JTA)
July 10, 2020, 12:57 pm
Broadway star shares how he came out as gay during Israel trip
Ben Platt says a chaperone overheard kids mentioning his sexuality on 8th grade trip, assumed he was being bullied; to preempt call to his parents, he told them about his sexuality
By Curt Schleier
Shira Haas speaks with Jonah, Henry and Ben Platt during a virtual Israel Independence Day celebration, April 29, 2020. (Screenshot via YouTube)
April 30, 2020, 10:25 am
Stars join virtual ceremony for Israel’s Independence Day
Actors Shira Haas, Ben Platt and Josh Malina send greetings, sing songs; event features discussion by chefs on falafel, messages from President Rivlin and Dr. Ruth Westheimer
By Josefin Dolsten
American Jewish singer Matisyahu, performing at the Sacred Music Festival in the Old City of Jerusalem, September 4, 2015. (Eric Cortellessa/ File)
April 26, 2020, 6:34 pm
Matisyahu to join Jewish Agency’s (online) Independence bash
Six-hour broadcast will include a trivia quiz, an Israeli barbecue cooking class, talks with local personalities and a two-hour party with radio station Galgalatz
By Jessica Steinberg
Idina Menzel attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif., Feb. 9, 2020. (Karwai Tang/Getty Images via JTA)
April 9, 2020, 3:39 am
Idina Menzel and others to lead ‘Saturday Night Seder’ to raise funds for CDC
Jewish and non-Jewish celebs will seek to ‘channel creative energies and gather community’ through music and comedy in live broadcast
By JTA
Ben Platt at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, May 1, 2017. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images For US Weekly/ JTA)
March 18, 2020, 10:42 am
Ben Platt thanks Foundation for Jewish Camp after confab nixed
Tony-winning Broadway star records video message saying camp ‘meant the world for me,’ after coronavirus forces cancellation
By Marcy Oster
Sacha Baron Cohen arrives at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards, September 22, 2019, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Jordan Strauss/ Invision/AP)
December 9, 2019, 10:16 pm
Sacha Baron Cohen lands Golden Globe nomination for Israeli spy role
Comedian starred as Eli Cohen in Netflix drama ‘The Spy’; thanks ‘visionary’ Israeli writer Gideon Raff; ‘Mrs Meisel,’ ‘Jojo Rabbit,’ ‘Kominsky Method’ also get nods
By ToI Staff and JTA
Ben Platt and Lin-Manuel Miranda in their new charity single, 'Found Tonight' (YouTube)
March 20, 2018, 12:41 pm
Ben Platt and Lin-Manuel Miranda fight violence with vocals
‘Hamilton’ and ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ stars create mashup of ‘You Will Be Found’ and ‘The Story of Tonight’ to support March for our Lives gun control campaign
By Tracy Frydberg
A scene from 'Hamilton, An Israeli Story,' an educational project based on the award-winning play at Camp Ramah in the Poconos (Courtesy Noa Ayash)
August 16, 2017, 10:56 pm
Jewish camp transforms ‘Hamilton’ into Israeli history lesson
Ramah version of Tony award-winning play trades in American founding father for Zionist leaders, Hebrew rapping included
By Jessica Steinberg
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