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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 430

Dreyfus Affair

From 'Theodor,' the new original Hebrew opera about Theodor Herzl, premiering May 10, 2023 at The Israeli Opera (Courtesy Israeli Opera)
May 6, 2023, 10:32 am
A tale of two Herzls premieres in Tel Aviv in new opera ‘Theodor’
A Hebrew libretto for the ages asks audiences to consider what pushed the Jewish journalist and activist to found the modern Zionist movement
By Jessica Steinberg
The Corps des ballet Dortmund Ballet brings its version of "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" to the Israeli Opera stage in the 2022/2023 season (Courtesy Leszek Januszew)
May 12, 2022, 2:02 pm
Ode to Theodor Herzl to premiere at Israeli Opera
Original work is one of eight productions being staged at the Tel Aviv opera house in 2022/2023
By Jessica Steinberg
Protests against the work of antisemite and Holocaust denier David Irving, likely in connection to his employment by The Sunday Times, in the UK, 1992. (Courtesy Community Security Trust)
April 28, 2022, 6:11 am
London exhibit charts 150 years of Europe’s antisemitism – and the fight against it
Through September, a display at the Wiener Library showcases efforts to monitor and combat Jew-hatred in France, Germany and the UK, from the Dreyfus affair through today
By Robert Philpot
Protesters march with a banner of killed Jewish woman Sarah Halimi, during a demonstration in Marseille, southern France, April 25, 2021 (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
January 22, 2022, 10:15 am
French parliamentary report on Sarah Halimi murder reopens wounds it sought to heal
Despite finding police arrived on scene before murder but did not stop it, committee says none of the officers, judges, psychiatrists or anyone involved in case did anything wrong
By Cnaan Liphshiz
French President Emmanuel Macron (R), flanked by president of the Maison Zola-Musee Dreyfus association Louis Gautier (C) and journalist Emile Zola's great-granddaughter's Martine Le Blond-Zola (L), visits the Dreyfus Museum, on the property of the Emile Zola house in Medan, near Paris, on October 26, 2021. (Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP)
October 27, 2021, 5:23 am
France opens world’s first museum dedicated to Dreyfus affair
Exhibition part of center dedicated to Emile Zola, who famously defended the wrongfully accused Jewish captain over a century ago, in a trial that was profoundly impactful for Jews
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Yael Perl-Ruiz, the great-grandaughter of Alfred Dreyfus gave an interview to i24News, May 26, 2020. (Screen capture: Facebook)
May 27, 2020, 1:51 am
Dreyfus’s great-granddaughter ‘horrified’ at comparison by Netanyahu supporters
Yael Perl-Ruiz rejects attempt to draw parallel with PM’s corruption trial, which ‘cheapens the symbolic significance’ of the Dreyfus affair
By ToI Staff
French-Polish director Roman Polanski looks on on stage after the preview of his last movie 'J'accuse' (An Officer and a Spy) in Paris, November 4, 2019. (Thomas SAMSON/AFP)
February 27, 2020, 3:30 pm
Polanski snubs French Oscars for Dreyfus movie, fearing ‘lynching’ by activists
Director, wanted in US over child rape in 1970s, to skip ceremony in which his film about anti-Semitic affair is the favorite, saying ‘we know how this evening will unfold already’
By Fiachra GIBBONS
The UK Labour party's John McDonnell gives a speech at the general election count center in Uxbridge, west London, on December 13, 2019. (Oli SCARFF / AFP)
February 21, 2020, 7:15 pm
UK Labour No. 2 under fire for comparing WikiLeaks’ Assange to Dreyfus
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell doubles down after criticism for claiming hacker ‘persecuted for political reasons’ in a manner similar to anti-Semitic 1894 show trial in France
By ToI Staff
FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2017 photo director Roman Polanski poses during a photo call to the screening of "Based on a true story" in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
January 30, 2020, 3:02 am
Fury after Polanski’s new film on Dreyfus affair tops French ‘Oscar’ nominations
Head of France’s film academy says it ‘should not take moral positions’ when evaluating movies, prompting outcry that award could go to director wanted in US for statutory rape
By Fiachra GIBBONS
Screen capture from a trailer for the Roman Polanski film 'J'Accuse' (An officer and a spy), released in 2019. (YouTube)
November 19, 2019, 2:37 pm
Polanski film tops French box office despite rape claim
Defying calls for boycott of ‘An Officer and a Spy,’ hundreds of thousands flock to see movie about anti-Semitic persecution of French Jewish army officer Alfred Dreyfus
By Fiachra GIBBONS
Demonstrators hold banners reading "I accuse: Polanski Rapist" during a protest against French-Polish film director Roman Polanski outside the "Champo" cinema hall in Paris on November 12, 2019. (Christophe ARCHAMBAULT/AFP)
November 14, 2019, 9:32 pm
Polanski’s Dreyfus film a hit in France despite new rape allegations
As viewers flock to celebrated movie ‘An Officer and a Spy,’ about the anti-Semitism case, some say director’s talent doesn’t exonerate him
By Fiachra GIBBONS
In this file photo from May 27, 2017, director Roman Polanski appears at the photo call for the film, 'Based On A True Story,' at the 70th international film festival, Cannes, southern France. (AP/Alastair Grant)
August 31, 2019, 2:51 am
Polanski film on Dreyfus divides critics, as director stays away from premiere
Filmmaker says he sees parallels between story of falsely accused French Jewish army officer and his own experiences, as he contends with controversy in #MeToo era
By Kelly MacNamara
Oscar-winning Polish-French director Roman Polanski, photographed in Chanceaux-près-Loches, central France, in August 28, 2016. (AFP/Guillaume Souvant)
August 30, 2019, 2:21 pm
The Polanski case: What we know after 40 years
Director’s new film about anti-Semitic persecution of French army officer is overshadowed by rape case
By AFP
Alfred Dreyfus in the Villemarie Garden, Carpentras 1899-1900. (Dreyfus Family Collection)
August 30, 2019, 8:03 am
The Dreyfus affair: The story behind Polanski’s film
Jewish French army captain convicted — and later exonerated — of spying for the Germans in late 19th century; case famously exposed anti-Semitism in France at the time
By AFP
French director Roman Polanski arrives for the screening of the film "Saint-Laurent" at the 67th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 17, 2014. (AFP Photo/Valery Hache)
August 30, 2019, 6:52 am
J’accuse: #MeToo storm swirls as Polanski premiers Dreyfus film, draws parallels
As Venice Film Festival organizers defend inclusion of movie, filmmaker accused of sexual abuse compares self to Jewish officer persecuted by anti-Semitic authorities in France
By AFP
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