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An Inaugural Moment

The Opening of the first Orthodox Institution that will ordain women Read more.

Rare TV satire mocks Palestinian politicians

It's Palestine TV's first ever attempt at political satire, an rare art form in the Arab world...

The Wagners and Hitler: a family affair

When South Bank Show host Melvyn Bragg sat down to watch the first film of the flagship arts...

Review: Lolita

It was a question of whether Brian Cox, whose muscular face does macho better than most, could...

Review: Dorian Gray

When Duncan, the doomed King of Scotland in Shakespeare's Macbeth, despairs that ?there's no art to...

Julio Iglesias charms in Tel Aviv

Singer performs to adoring crowd, and between Viagra jokes reveals he is "Jewish from waist up."

Academic & cultural boycotts: Selective, sordid and plain...

Mature democracy breeds liberal artistic output. Why would anybody want to push those artists away'

Poll: Most Israelis sympathetic towards Germany

Hebrew University survey shows, 70 years after World War Two, only 5% of Israelis boycott German...

Poll: Most Israelis like Germany

Hebrew University survey shows, 70 years after World War Two, only 5% of Israelis boycott German...

Does Getting Married Trump Worldly Accomplishments'

I read Esther Shkalim's poem ?Kalat Da'at' (a play on the Hebrew word for ?bride' and ?flighty')...

Beyond Rallies, How to Stop Iran

Alongside many heads of state and prime ministers, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will...

Beyond Rallies, How to Stop Iran

Alongside many heads of state and prime ministers, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will...

U.S. Poll Shows Strong Israel Support

There is strong American support for Israel and its proposal to end new settlement and allow growth...

Portrait of a Fashion Diva as Human Being

In ?The September Issue,? R.J. Cutler's new documentary about the behind-the-scenes workings of...

Portrait of a Fashion Diva as Human Being

In ?The September Issue,? R.J. Cutler's new documentary about the behind-the-scenes workings of...