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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 367

Mike Leigh

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, walks with the winner of the Eurovision 2018 song contest, Netta Barzilai, on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv on June 27, 2018. (Marc Israel Sellem/pool/via Flash90)
January 31, 2019, 4:06 am
BBC rejects call to urge relocating Eurovision from Israel
Dozens of British musicians, writers, and artists had signed a letter saying ‘systematic violation of Palestinian human rights’ does not jibe with spirit of song contest
By Stuart Winer
A street advertisement for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest 2019, seen on a central street in Tel Aviv, on January 24, 2019. (Adam Shuldman/Flash90)
January 30, 2019, 9:52 am
British cultural figures call on BBC to urge relocating Eurovision from Israel
Dozens of musicians, writers, and artists sign letter saying ‘systematic violation of Palestinian human rights’ does not jibe with spirit of song contest
By Stuart Winer
Sally Hawkins, left and Imelda Staunton, right, pose for photographers with Mike Leigh, winner the BAFTA Fellowship, in the winners room, during the British Academy Film and Television Awards 2015, at the Royal Opera House, in London, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP)
February 17, 2015, 3:30 pm
Jewish-led UK artists’ boycott greeted with derision
The cultural boycott, led by celebrities Mike Leigh and Peter Kosminsky, decried for offensive timing and racist views
By Jenni Frazer
The 2014 Cannes International Film Festival's official poster (courtesy)
May 25, 2014, 8:02 pm
Was Cannes 2014 ‘good for the Jews’?
After watching 31 movies during the whirlwind festival, our film critic was blown away by Israeli Shira Geffen’s ‘Self-Made’
By Jordan Hoffman
'Gett: The Trial of Viviane Ansalem' makes its debut at the Cannes Film Festival in France in May 2014. (courtesy: Films Distribution)
April 22, 2014, 11:42 pm
Israel down but not out at Cannes film fest
While not in the main competition, the Jewish state is well represented in other events at the top international festival
By Jordan Hoffman
Caplan's stage work has included playing a Holocaust hero, as well as "Seven Jewish Children," accused by some of anti-Semitism. (Courtesy photo)
March 30, 2013, 10:40 pm
Jewish actor’s splash is nun of your business
As a star of the BBC hit ‘Call the Midwife,’ which returns to US screens on Sunday, Ben Caplan has earned a following with a highly ‘convent’-ional role
By Renee Ghert-Zand
The Habima Theatre in Tel Aviv. (Photo credit: Meir Partush/Flash90)
May 25, 2012, 9:04 pm
If you boycott us, do we not bleed?
Israel’s national theater brings ‘Merchant of Venice’ to the Globe, braces for pro-Palestinian demonstrations and disruptions
By Miriam Shaviv
Emma Thompson. China's national theater is ok, but Habimah is not kosher. (photo credit: CC Caroline Bonarde Ucci, Wikipedia)
April 1, 2012, 11:03 am
Oscar winner Emma Thompson calls for Israeli theater’s ban
The ‘Sense and Sensibility’ star opposes inclusion of Habima theater at festival, saying it must distance itself from ‘policies of exclusion practiced by the Israeli state’
By Nathan Burstein
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