Al-Midan

A scene from Joshua Sobol's play, 'The Last Act.' (Paul Marotta/Israeli Stage)
Can a play about the occupation find a home with American Jews?
Famed Israeli playwright Joshua Sobol couldn’t get Israeli theaters to produce his latest play, ‘The Last Act.’ So he took it to Boston, where American Jewish audiences are finding it no less difficult to digest. Sobol and Israeli-American director Guy Ben-Aharon discuss the backlash, the clampdown on criticism of Israel, and whether an American audience is more willing…
By +972 Magazine June 11, 2018
Israeli author David Grossman receives an honorary doctorate at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s annual convocation, June 11, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
How David Grossman got drafted into the fight against BDS
Culture Minister Miri Regev is ramping up her battle against cultural boycotts by enlisting luminaries such as David Grossman. It’s time Israeli artists who believe in democracy to stand up and be brave. By Ari Remez The annual Israeli Theater Prize ceremony, held every year in the northern city of Acre, recently took place without a hitch. This, despite…
By +972 Magazine July 28, 2017
Culture Minister Miri Regev speaks with media before the weekly cabinet meeting, Jerusalem, March 16, 2017. (Marc Israel Sellem/Flash90)
The cultural terrorism of Miri Regev
By threatening the livelihood of Palestinian theater workers, Regev is committing cultural terrorism: she is putting people’s livelihoods at risk — people whose only sin is holding different political principles. In an interview Monday morning, Culture Minister Miri Regev revealed her true intentions to Army Radio host Razi Barkai: she wishes to shut down Haifa’s Al-Midan, the only…
By Rami Younis March 28, 2017
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