Israeli ‘Artivism’ programs offer Eurovision-style cultural exchanges year-round
When Israeli singer and looping artist Netta Barzilai won the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Portugal last May, all of Israel was ecstatic. Beyond watching their native daughter win big on an international stage,...
Netflix Begins Production on Part-Yiddish Series ‘Unorthodox’
'Deutschland 83' Actress Maria Schrader Set to Direct
ROBERT MITCHELL
Netflix has announced the start of production on its Yiddish- and English-language German series “Unorthodox,” which is shooting in Berlin. The streaming giant is partnering with “Deutschland...
Madonna pushes back against BDS pressure to boycott Eurovision
In a statement to Reuters today, popular music icon Madonna pushed back against Boycott, Divest and Sanction (BDS) pressure to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest in Israel, where she is scheduled to make a...
A documentary explains how “The Fiddler on the Roof” became a successful musical for...
The musical history of a Jewish family set in a shtetl was a risky gamble when it premiered on Broadway more than half a century ago. But, after initial criticism, “The Fiddler on the...
An opera about Auschwitz!?
I was one of the brave souls who attended a performance of the opera, The Passenger’ by Mieczyslaw Weinberg. I did so mainly because a friend of ours was the revival director of the production...
Israel’s Eurovision entry gets overhaul as global song contest’s host nation looks to repeat...
Responding to criticism over his uninspiring performance, Israeli singer Kobi Marimi recorded a new version of Israel’s entry for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest, set to take place in Tel Aviv this month.
Israeli singer...
“Words of the Week” – measles
antivax: קעגן וואַקציני֜רונג
chickenpox: (װי֜נטפּאָקן (ל״ר
catch (an infection): אָ֜ננעמען 'אָ֜נשטעקן' זיך מיט
catch the measles:
אָ֜ננעמען 'אָ֜נשטעקן' זיך מיט די מאָ֜זלען; פֿאַרקי֜לן די מאָ֜זלען
dosage: די דאָ֜זע, ־ס; די דאָזי֜רונג, ־ען
exposed to: אוי֜סגעשטעלט אויף
German measles/rubella: די קעשו֜ליע; די...
“Mirele Efros” is now being presented for the first time anywhere in the world in...
The Yiddish theater classic, Mirele Efros, which Haaretz calls “unquestionably the representative play of Yiddish Theater” is now being presented for the first time anywhere in the world in English translation, as The Jewish...
As Funders Abandon Support for Jewish Arts and Culture, Nonprofits Are Close
When BimBam recently announced that it was shutting down for lack of sustainable funding, people involved with Jewish arts and culture were upset—but not shocked—by the news. “Everything is ending,” sighed Alicia Jo Rabins,...
Madonna to perform at Eurovision finals in Tel Aviv
The Michigan-born music icon Madonna will perform two songs, including one from her upcoming album, at the Eurovision Song Contest grand finale in Tel Aviv on May 18, announced Israeli public broadcaster KAN and...