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Jewish filmmaker Schnabel tells Palestinian story

Julian Schnabel, an American Jew born three years after the creation of Israel, views four decades...

Minister warns theater boycotters

If artists bring up political considerations, politicians may do same, intervene in art's content,...

Interview: Gabriel Josipovici

There could hardly be a more English setting for our meeting: lunch in a country pub in Sussex,...

Review: Scribble, Scribble, Scribble

By Simon Schama Bodley Head, £20 Simon Schama established his academic reputation with a solid and...

Review: Witness For The Prosecution

This is everything you would expect from the queen of whodunnits - and more. The 1957 film of...

Meet the pianist who played solo for 27 hours

For a performer whose work can be so funny, Chilly Gonzales can come across as taking himself a...

Review: The Woman In Black

Thriller theatre is making a comeback. While a revival of Ira Levin's Deathtrap opens next week,...

Edinburgh top 10 - the acts we loved

Rachel Rose Reid A former UK Young Storyteller of the Year, Rachel Rose Reid is making a name for...

Interview: Steven Isserlis

Steven Isserlis is probably Britain's best-loved and most highly respected solo cellist. At 51,...

Esti Ginzburg: IDF soldier, model, Bond girl'

Jewish filmmaker Joel Schumacher has tipped the Israeli star of his latest film to be a future Bond...

LCD Soundsystem defies calls to boycott Israel

An American musician has performed in Israel despite a campaign mounted by pro-Palestinian...

?100 Voices' completes its journey to Poland with L.A....

The film ?100 Voices: A Journey Home' chronicles the journey last year of a group of American...

?Being Erica' TV character transfixes Toronto Jews

A young woman with long auburn hair sits surrounded by friends and family in her mother's living...

Academics backing boycott of West Bank center

Some 150 academics and authors have thrown their support behind a boycott of a new West Bank...

Likud MK: Attack proves Palestinians don't want peace

Attack shows world Israel seeks peace, Palestinians want violence, Likud MK Akunis says