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From 'The Eichmann Trial,' a play at Jerusalem's Beit HaAm, on April 27, 2026. (Courtesy)
May 4, 2026, 5:26 am
New drama ‘The Eichmann Trial’ at Jerusalem’s Beit Ha’am takes same stage as actual trial
Through May 4, the portrayal of the 1961 hearing offers a captivating glimpse at the human psyche, along with a history of budding relations between Germany and the Jewish state
By Jessica Steinberg
Amy Hack as Yentl in a scene from 'Yentl' by the Kadimah Yiddish Theatre. (Courtesy of Kadimah)
April 2, 2026, 5:08 pm
A 19th-century drama hit with post-Oct. 7 fallout: Award-winning ‘Yentl’ goes to London
Running through April 12, an acclaimed Australian adaptation of the classic Isaac Bashevis Singer story travels abroad, despite what its writer describes as a global aversion to Jewish art
By Lianne Kolirin
Saul Rubinek plays a version of himself in 'Playing Shylock,' about an actor whose dream to play Shakespeare's controversial Jewish character is thwarted by timid producers. (Dahlia Katz via JTA)
October 25, 2025, 3:05 am
Saul Rubinek’s new one-man show asks, ‘Is there ever a right time to play Shylock?’
On now at Brooklyn’s Polonsky Shakespeare Center, ‘Playing Shylock’ voices a fictional Jewish thespian’s complaints over a canceled production of the ‘Merchant of Venice’
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Michael Bennett Lewis's scenic design for 'The Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language' features images of the chamber opera's two real-life protagonists: legendary YIVO head Max Weinreich, left, and the linguist Yudel Mark. (Courtesy YIVO via JTA)
September 21, 2025, 6:01 am
At NY’s YIVO, a legendary unfinished Yiddish dictionary gets the last word — as opera
Premiering this week, ‘The Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language’ tells the true story of Holocaust survivors and émigré scholars in NYC racing to salvage a civilization
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Ari’el Stachel is the writer and star of 'Out of Character,' a one-man show running at the Berkshire Theatre Group's Unicorn Theater in Stockbridge, Massachusetts until July 26, 2025. (Clean Carlough via JTA)
July 14, 2025, 2:46 am
‘Arab Jewish’ actor Ari’el Stachel has a message about antisemitism for Zohran Mamdani
Starring in a new one-man show, the Tony Award-winning Ashkenazi-Yemeni-Israeli-American performer has become increasingly vocal about Jew hatred and the complexities of Jewish identity
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
A still from Omri Dayan's film version of the 2009 Caryl Churchill drama 'Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza. (Chantal Richardson)
March 31, 2025, 4:27 pm
Jewish director debuts film version of ‘antisemitic’ UK play as Jew-hatred hits record high
Critics say Caryl Churchill’s 2009 drama ‘Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza’ is one-sided and singles Israel out. As the movie heads to NYC, Omri Dayan says it’s a plea to humanity
By Robert Philpot
Lucca Züchner as Herbert von Karajan, left, and Helen Schneider as Leonard Bernstein in 'Last Call.' (Maria Baranova)
March 17, 2025, 10:55 pm
A Jewish and an ex-Nazi conductor walk into a bar… and inspire an off-Broadway play
Running through May 4, ‘Last Call’ reimagines a true late-in-life meeting between musical peers and rivals Leonard Bernstein and Herbert von Karajan, providing much food for thought
By Jordan Hoffman
Tracy-Ann Oberman in 'The Merchant of Venice 1936.' (Marc Brenner)
December 17, 2024, 10:07 am
A female Shylock battles 1930s UK fascists in new adaptation of ‘The Merchant of Venice’
Skyrocketing UK antisemitism after Oct. 7 adds meaning and poignancy as acclaimed actress and playwright Tracy-Ann Oberman puts a new spin on a play she’s ‘always hated’
By Robert Philpot
Roald Dahl signs autographs for young fans in Amsterdam, October 12, 1988. (Public domain)
October 19, 2024, 8:43 am
Beloved author and vicious antisemite Roald Dahl gets complex treatment in new play
Running at London’s Royal Court Theatre through Nov. 16, ‘Giant’ presents a fictionalized depiction of the true-life controversy stirred by the writer’s vitriolic words about Jews
By Robert Philpot
A still from a production of 'October 7: In Their Own Words.' (Courtesy)
October 17, 2024, 4:05 am
Despite threats and blacklist, play based on word-for-word Oct. 7 testimony tours US
Irish husband-wife duo Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney felt impelled to pen ‘Oct. 7: In Their Own Words’ – but soon found themselves producing it in a hostile environment
By Joshua Hershfield
"Love Music Now" by singer Dikla with an accompanying dance by Yasmin Godder will be performed September 2024 at the Israel Festival (Courtesy Tamar Lem)
July 31, 2024, 9:16 am
Negev artists to take part in Israel Festival, with performances in Jerusalem and south
This year’s annual cultural event is more reflection than celebration, using art in a process of healing and recovery from tragedies of October 7
By Jessica Steinberg
From left: David Leopold, Sasha Wilson, Joseph Cullen, Lawrence Boothman and Clare Fraenkel in 'The Brief Life and Mysterious Death of Boris III, King of Bulgaria,' now at 59E59 Theaters. (Carol Rosegg/ via JTA)
May 10, 2024, 10:44 am
New dark comedy for stage asks: Was Bulgaria’s King Boris III friend or foe to the Jews?
The paradoxical leader dabbled in fascism, was loved by his people, saved 50,000 lives while enacting antisemitic laws, and is the subject of a play running in NYC through June 2
By Elizabeth Karpen
Guttenberg plays himself in 'Tales From the Guttenberg Bible.' (Adam Wingman via JTA)
May 4, 2023, 5:35 am
​​Steve Guttenberg and his Judaism take center stage in the adaptation of his memoir
Playing through May 21 at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey, ‘Tales From the Guttenberg Bible’ explores the actor’s career, Jewish identity and much more
By Stephen Silver
Lillian Hochman will play Tanya and Matthew Woody will play Fievel in the first musical adaptation of 'An American Tail.' (Kaitlin Randolph via JTA)
April 24, 2023, 4:40 am
The classic animated film ‘An American Tail’ is now a musical
The adaptation of the 1986 movie about a family of Russian-Jewish mice who move to America will run at the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis from April 25 through June 18
By Shira Li Bartov
David Strathairn (left) in a Georgetown University production of 'Remember This: Walking With Jan Karski.' (Rafael Suanes/Georgetown Univ.)
March 15, 2023, 4:47 am
David Strathairn plays historic Holocaust witness Jan Karski on TV’s ‘Remember This’
In a one-man-show that aired Monday, the famous character actor tells the story of a Catholic hero who snuck into the Warsaw Ghetto to report the Nazi atrocities there to the world
By Linda Buchwald
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