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

Comedy featuring the ‘Jewish Bridget Jones’ and a klezmer celebration are among the best Jewish cultural events coming up this season

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Deli Segal brings her sell-out comedy 'Pickle' back to London's Soho Theatre (Photo: Lexi Clare)

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

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This vintage image features Charles Dickens in his study.

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Dickens was prejudiced but did he also have Jewish ancestry?

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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

By Elisa Bray

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

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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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - SEPTEMBER 22: Pink performs at GEODIS Park on September 22, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

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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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

Adam Sandler announces US tour dates following 'You Are So Not Invited' film success

The Jewish comedian will take his I Missed You tour to 25 cities

By Katie Grant

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September 14, 2023 09:30

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 19: Adam Sandler onstage during the 24th Annual Mark Twain Prize For American Humor at The Kennedy Center on March 19, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images)

Paul Simon is 'beginning to accept' his sudden hearing loss

The Jewish musician has opened up about the condition and described how it has affected his creative process

By Elisa Bray

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September 12, 2023 11:56

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 20: Paul Simon performs onstage during The Nearness Of You Benefit Concert at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center on January 20, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images)

Jamie Foxx 'sorry for causing offence' to Jewish community with 'they killed Jesus' post

In a now-deleted Instagram post Foxx appeared to endorse the myth of Jewish deicide, but later denied this was his intention

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August 6, 2023 09:52

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 15: Jamie Foxx attends the "Creed III" European Premiere at Cineworld Leicester Square on February 15, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Joe Maher/Getty Images)

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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

Dickens was prejudiced but did he also have Jewish ancestry?

My father Mark Rothko

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

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