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In 'The Zionists, A Family Storm,' a Jewish clan’s vacation is torn apart by tensions over Israel and the Palestinians. (Daniel Radar via JTA)
July 2, 2026, 4:02 pm
‘The Zionists’ brings post-Oct. 7 discourse to US stage in dysfunctional family drama
Playwright Asher Gelman, the son of prominent philanthropists, uses one affluent Jewish family’s breakdown to explore the personal and political fractures of the past three years
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Singer Omer Adam performs at a memorial event in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, February 20, 2025. (Alon Gilboa/Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
June 8, 2026, 5:37 pm
Concerts postponed, sports stadiums left empty following renewed conflict with Iran
Friday’s Tel Aviv Pride Parade thrown into limbo for second straight year; basketball players protest decision to move forward with games; book fest, theater awards also pushed off
By ToI Staff
John Lithgow accepts the award for best performance by a leading actor in a play for "Giant" during the 79th Tony Awards, June 7, 2026, at Radio City Music Hall in New York. (Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
June 8, 2026, 12:03 pm
John Lithgow wins Tony for portraying antisemitic author Roald Dahl in ‘Giant’
Actor takes his third Tony; ‘Schmigadoon,’ a parody of Broadway classics, wins best new musical; Shoshana Bean takes best featured actress in a musical for ‘The Lost Boys’
By AP
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
John Lithgow, as Roald Dahl, confronts Aya Cash, playing an American Jewish sales director at Farrar Strauss Giroux, in 'Giant.' (Joan Marcus via JTA)
March 25, 2026, 4:17 am
In Broadway’s ‘Giant,’ Roald Dahl is a warped messenger for a vital debate about Israel
John Lithgow stars in a new play about the beloved children’s author whose antisemitic outbursts of decades ago may sound hauntingly familiar to many Diaspora Jews today
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
'Last Night I Dreamed About the Jump,' one of the acts at the Surround Festival, October 31 to November 1, 2025. (Tal Gaon)
October 25, 2025, 4:42 pm
Performance art finds joy in concrete at Surround Festival
Tel Aviv event offers two days of theater and music in a unique setting
By Jessica Steinberg
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
The Instagram account of 'Slam Frank' has stoked people's confusion. (Poster at center, courtesy; screenshots via Instagram via JTA)
August 22, 2025, 1:01 am
Musical with Anne Frank as pansexual Latinx has audiences wondering, ‘Is this for real?’
Social media users can’t tell if Off-Broadway show ‘Slam Frank’ is just an elaborate prank designed to pillory the left and rage-bait the right – and its creators are stoking the confusion
By Joseph Strauss
'Speeches Against Despair' will be performed at the Israel Festival on July 3, 2025 with actor Guri Alfi and Eli Haviv, actress Noa Koler, musician Noga Erez, actor Norman Issa, actress Maya Landsmann and others (Credit: Shir Greenblatt)
June 7, 2025, 5:32 am
Reflecting the times, Israel Festival to be held in north and south, as well as Jerusalem
64th edition of annual cultural event focuses on performances that reflect the ongoing war; no visiting performers in festival that used to host international participants
By Jessica Steinberg
Actor Charlie Chaplin appears in a scene from his 1925 film 'The Gold Rush.' (AP Photo)
May 14, 2025, 12:45 am
Charlie Chaplin’s ‘Gold Rush’ restored a century after release
Comic star’s grandchildren attend premiere of freshened-up silent masterpiece about Alaska frontier, as part of Cannes Film Festival’s new day-one tradition for restored films
By Jake Coyle
John Lithgow as Roald Dahl (left) and Elliot Levey as Tom Maschler in Mark Rosenblatt’s play, 'Giant.' (Courtesy/ Manuel Harlan)
April 8, 2025, 9:15 am
Play about Roald Dahl’s antisemitism wins top UK theater awards
John Lithgow gets best actor prize for portrayal of author who sympathized with Hitler, slammed Israeli ‘bestiality’ in Lebanon war; ‘Giant’ also wins best new play
By Grace Gilson
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
Dvir Bendek in 'Conversations with the Barman,' which will be held in complete darkness as part of the Nalaga'at Festival, December 7, 2024. (Maksim Golvnov)
November 26, 2024, 6:56 pm
At Nalaga’at festival, the blind lead the public to food and fun in the dark
Jaffa centers hosts chef Uri Jeremiah, singer Alon Eder and bartender artist Shlomo Edri at annual event to mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities
By ToI Staff
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
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