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Why is the National Theatre staging a play with antisemitic tropes on October 7?

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Dickens was prejudiced but did he also have Jewish ancestry?

He appears to have gone out of his way to hide his family background, but it could explain much about his life story

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Drake releases new album ‘For All The Dogs’ with cover art by his five-year-old son

The new album features 23 songs, including new single '8AM in Charlotte'

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Bruno Mars delights crowd at Tel Aviv show declaring he wants to 'marry' Israel

The musician, who has Jewish ancestry, also sang in Hebrew, charming concertgoers

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - APRIL 03: Bruno Mars of Silk Sonic performs onstage during the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 03, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Working class Jews are so not represented in popular culture, research shows

Analysis of more than 1,000 TV shows, films and news articles has uncovered just how skewed representations of Jews are

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Working class Jews are so not represented in popular culture, research shows

Drake surprises fan at Miami concert with $50,000 after spotting sign in crowd

It is not the first time the Jewish Canadian rapper has demonstrated his philanthropic nature

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Pink ejects man from Texas show after he disrupts gig with circumcision protest

The Jewish star dryly suggested the concertgoer had wasted his money on a gig ticket just to 'make a point' about the practice

By Elisa Bray

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Israeli teen drama 'Memory Forest' shortlisted for International Emmy Award

The four-episode drama depicts Israeli teens visiting concentration camps established in Poland by Nazi forces during the Second World War

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Israeli teen drama 'Memory Forest' shortlisted for International Emmy Award

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How the theatre is embracing my proud Jewish identity

When I landed a contract with the Royal Shakespeare Company in the early 1990s, I was told to keep my heritage a secret

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September 28, 2023 11:53

2H8WDAT l-r: Angela Vale (Meg O'Malley), Emily Raymond (Meriel), Tracy-Ann Oberman (Joan Cope) in A JOVIAL CREW by Richard Brome at the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England 21/04/1992 in a new version by Stephen Jeffreys design: Fotini Dimou lighting: Wayne Dowdeswell director: Max Stafford-Clark

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Why is the National Theatre staging a play with antisemitic tropes on October 7?

Eden Golan: Israel’s Eurovision entry determined to perform in the face of death threats

Jewish American novelist Paul Auster dies aged 77

Arts agenda: From ‘Pickle’ to klezmer, get ready for showtime

Leaders in entertainment convene for JW3 fundraiser

We must not allow the arts world to push us out

Spielberg’s Schindler’s List destroyed the long-planned Kubrick Shoah film

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