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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 649

William Shakespeare

US President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, July 3, 2025, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP/Charlie Neibergall)
July 5, 2025, 4:50 am
Trump says he didn’t know ‘Shylock’s’ antisemitic history when he used term at rally
Reporters press Trump after he cites villainous Jewish moneylender in Shakespeare’s ‘The Merchant of Venice’ to criticize modern-day unscrupulous moneylenders
By AP and JTA
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
British actor/author Simon Callow on August 5, 2019 at the Samuel Goldwyn theatre in Beverly Hills. (Chris Delmas/AFP)
July 8, 2023, 8:05 am
‘Four Weddings’ star Simon Callow lambasts UK theaters for trigger warnings
‘Sound of Music’ performance alerted audience to Nazi themes; earlier this year, Jewish star Tracy-Ann Oberman said ‘The Merchant of Venice’ didn’t need antisemitism caution
By Helen Rowe
An image showing direct comparisons between the Shakespeare of the Cobbe Portrait, the Chandos Portrait and the Droeshout Engraving. (Brice Stratford, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
March 30, 2023, 3:06 am
Shakespeare at the Seder: Author writes Passover Haggadah as the Bard ‘would hast’
Martin Bodek renders the traditional holiday text into readable Elizabethan English, seamlessly adding multiple quotes from each of the great writer’s 39 plays
By Renee Ghert-Zand
First edition of Shakespeare's poems, published 1640. (The National Library of Israel)
November 17, 2022, 6:00 pm
Rare Shakespeare manuscripts among documents donated to National Library of Israel
Earliest piece is a 1499 erotic fantasy titled ‘The Dream of Poliphilus’; anonymous donation comprises 7 texts spanning 400 years, ‘significantly enriching’ library’s collection
By Tobias Siegal
The Theater in the Rough performance troupe in a production of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, running from August 9 to August 25. (Courtesy Yitz Woolf)
August 10, 2022, 12:49 pm
Troupe questions if ‘Merchant of Venice’ is kosher for modern times
Theater in the Rough brings Shylock to Jerusalem stage, in bid to grapple with complexities and contradictions of Shakespeare’s creation
By Ethan Freedman
Ethan Coen, left, and Joel Coen arriving at the premiere of 'Hail, Caesar!' at the Regency Village Theatre in Westwood, California, February 1, 2016. (Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage/JTA)
December 29, 2021, 5:25 am
The tragedy of Joel Coen’s ‘Macbeth’ is the breakup of a great Jewish filmmaking duo
But it serves no critical or artistic purpose to judge the film – in theaters since Dec. 25 and debuting on AppleTV Jan. 14 – by what it may have been with Ethan Coen onboard
By Amelia Merrill
Denzel Washington in a scene from "The Tragedy of Macbeth," released December 2021. (A24 via AP)
December 26, 2021, 2:06 am
Denzel Washington’s aging Macbeth is one for the ages
Stars align in ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth,’ with a mature and experienced cast meeting an austere and chilling cinematic universe that seems half real, half fantasy
By Jocelyn Noveck
Actor Antony Sher poses for photographers after winning the best Shakespearean performance award at the Critics' Circle Theatre Awards in central London, on January 27, 2015. (Grant Pollard/Invision/AP, File)
December 3, 2021, 6:44 pm
Acclaimed Shakespearean actor Antony Sher dies at 72
After winning renown, Sher began to explore both his Jewish and his South African heritage, including adapting Primo Levi’s Auschwitz memoir into a one-man show
By Jill Lawless
This image released by Apple shows Denzel Washington, left, and Frances McDormand in a scene from 'The Tragedy of Macbeth,' premiering at the New York Film Festival. (Alison Rosa/Apple via AP)
September 25, 2021, 5:36 am
In first solo film, Joel Coen premieres a stark ‘Macbeth’
Shakespeare adaptation starring Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand is a minimalist noir nightmare, cloaked in shadow and fog and filled with expressionist imagery
By Jake Coyle
Theater in the Rough is performing 'Henry IV: in motion' in Jerusalem's Bloomfield Gardens in August (Courtesy Yitz Woolf)
August 9, 2021, 5:20 pm
Rebels, royals misbehave in outdoor Shakespeare performance
Jerusalem’s Theater in the Rough performs ‘Henry IV’ in August in a free park production
By ToI Staff
William Shakespeare (John Taylor, National Portrait Gallery, Wikimedia Commons, public domain)
May 30, 2021, 9:03 am
Argentine TV reports William Shakespeare died after COVID vaccine
News anchor errs by just about 400 years, confusing the famous bard with a British man with the same name who died last week of an illness unrelated to the shot
By ToI Staff
British author Michael Morpurgo, seen in 2019. (David Levenson/Getty Images via JTA)
January 5, 2021, 8:15 am
Shylock cut from Shakespeare anthology for kids
British author Michael Morpurgo cites anti-Semitism as one reason for not including ‘The Merchant of Venice’ in his collection of plays adapted for children
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Performance of Shakespeare's 'Measure for Measure' by Jerusalem's Theater in the Rough. (Yitz Woolf)
August 6, 2019, 10:32 am
Jerusalem’s Theater in the Rough takes measure of society with Shakespeare
The troupe is back to perform the Bard’s ever-relevant sex-centric social critique ‘Measure for Measure’ this August at the capital’s stunning Bloomfield Gardens
By ToI Staff
The skyline of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 12, 2013. (Serge Attal/Flash90)
November 3, 2018, 9:58 pm
Toronto school principal axed after Shakespeare production dubbed ‘anti-Semitic’
Academy says appropriate context should have been given to students before they were encouraged to shout ‘Hallelujah’ in response to ‘Burn the Jews’ during ‘Merchant of Venice’
By ToI Staff
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