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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 561

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Reginald D. Hunter performing at the Latitude Festival in Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk, July 25, 2021. (Matt Crossick/Empics via Reuters)
August 13, 2024, 5:17 pm
Israeli couple heckled out of Edinburgh comedy show for saying Israel joke not funny
Reginald D Hunter tells Fringe Festival audience that documentary where abusive wife accuses husband of mistreatment makes him think of ‘being married to Israel’
By ToI Staff
Playwright and actor Niv Petel in 'Knock, Knock.' (courtesy)
April 11, 2019, 2:54 pm
Edinburgh Fringe hit to get Israeli premiere in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem
More performances of English-language theater, plus special discounts for Times of Israel readers on two surtitled productions at Jerusalem’s Khan Theatre
By ToI Staff
The City,' a rap-driven show with hip-hop rhythms by The Victor Jackson Show ensemble, will be performed in English on March 20, 2017 (Yudan Abadi)
January 18, 2017, 10:10 am
Rap and ‘The City’: Jerusalem hip hop opera shimmies into English
Bogart- and Jay Z-inspired rapid-fire Hebrew favorite to be staged in translation on February 14, sponsored by The Times of Israel
By Jessica Steinberg
Lyn Julius
August 28, 2016, 11:51 am
Lyn Julius
The haters at Edinburgh
Protesters outside a recent co-existence event made it crystal clear their true goal is the elimination of Israel
The Edinburgh Friends of Israel recently set up shop with volunteers handing out pro-Israel advocacy materials on a busy street, irrespective of any pro-Palestinian protest. (courtesy)
August 5, 2015, 12:16 pm
Ahead of summer fests, Scotland’s new pro-Israel network stands guard
Israelis performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival during last summer’s Gaza war faced a wall of pro-Palestinian protesters. This year a new confederation of friends won’t let that happen
By Jenni Frazer
Film director Ken Loach speaks at a rally for workers' rights in London (CC BY 2.0 Bryce Edwards via Wikimedia Commons)
June 9, 2015, 5:20 pm
UK theaters refuse call to boycott Israel film fest
Curzon Cinemas fires back at petition launched by top directors, says hosting festival is not a ‘political statement’
By Gedalyah Reback
Members of the Victor Jackson Show performing silently in Edinburgh as part of their counter protest for free speech at the 2014 Festival Fringe (Courtesy Victor Jackson Show)
August 13, 2014, 1:19 pm
Snubbed in Scotland, Israeli performers decry fringe fest protest
‘No one protected our freedom of speech,’ director of Jerusalem’s Incubator Theater says after pro-Palestinians disrupt Edinburgh show
By Jessica Steinberg
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