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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 588

Stephen Fry

British actor and comedian Stephen Fry poses for photographers at the photo call for the film 'Treasure' during the International Film Festival, Berlinale, in Berlin, Feb. 17, 2024. (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)
December 31, 2024, 4:10 pm
Stephen Fry knighted, other British Jews honored by king
Comedian and presenter named in King’s New Years Honour List for his work at mental health charity; others get awards for Holocaust education and other public service
By ToI Staff and Agencies
In 'Treasure,' father-daughter duo Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry tour Poland, including Auschwitz. (Bleecker Street via JTA)
June 15, 2024, 4:34 pm
Stephen Fry, Lena Dunham take father-daughter trip to Auschwitz in tragicomedy ‘Treasure’
Now in US theaters, the film based on the 2000 novel ‘Too Many Men’ sees two grieving family members take a roots trip to Poland in the post-Soviet 1990s
By Toby Axelrod
American writer, director and actress Lena Dunham, left, and British actor and comedian Stephen Fry pose for photographers at the premiere for the film 'Treasure' during the International Film Festival, Berlinale, in Berlin Saturday, February 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
February 20, 2024, 8:31 pm
In ‘Treasure,’ Lena Dunham, Stephen Fry connect with Jewish heritage
Based on book ‘Too Many Men,’ dramedy depicting American daughter taking Polish Holocaust survivor father on road trip through post-communist Poland debuts at Berlin Film Festival
By LOUISE DIXON
Stephen Fry gives Channel 4's alternative Christmas message, December 25, 2023. (Channel 4 screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 26, 2023, 11:04 am
Stephen Fry decries antisemitism in Christmas video, is pilloried online
British Jewish actor urges UK citizens to speak out against Jew hatred; wave of commentators accuse him of playing ‘victim’ while not caring about Palestinians in Gaza
By Michael Horovitz
Gene Simmons performing with KISS in 2010. (CC BY/Wikipedia)
April 30, 2019, 4:56 pm
International celebs slam calls for boycott of Eurovision in Israel
Anti-Israel activists urging a boycott of the song contest ‘subverting the spirit of the contest,’ say signatories including Stephen Fry, Gene Simmons
By ToI Staff
Stephen Fry pictured at a 2012 Pride Parade in London (Photograph at WorldPride / Wikipedia)
May 7, 2017, 3:59 pm
Comedian Stephen Fry probed for blasphemy after calling God a ‘selfish maniac’
British Jewish-born star was asked on Irish TV what he’d say to God if he, she or it existed. Viewed on YouTube 7 million times, his bitter answer led to a police investigation
By ToI Staff
Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah delivers a speech during the official ceremony of the implementation of Sharia Law in Bandar Seri Begawan on April 30, 2014. (photo credit: AFP)
May 5, 2014, 11:44 am
Celebrities shun Brunei-owned hotels over sharia law
Out-of-wedlock pregnancies and failure to attend prayers carry jail sentences; soon, floggings and amputations for robbery
By AFP
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