Review: Two Birds One Stone
I admit it was difficult to go to a play about the Middle East. Friends have dropped me, not for my opinions, but because of their assumptions about my opinions. I did not [read on]
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Film Review: What Walaa Wants
RIDM launches with Christy Garland’s What Walaa Wants, about a Palestinian woman coming-of-age in Balata Camp.
Review: The Ruins of Lifta
This new documentary presents a history of the Israeli-Palestinia conflict.
Ohad Naharin’s “Last Work”: Mind. Blown.
Nancy Berman reviews Ohad’s mindblowing “Last Work,” for Batsheva Dance Company, part of the Danse Danse season.
Review of The Kindergarten Teacher: Poetry for a Banal Existence
A teacher is obsessed with a 5-year-old poetic genius in Nadav Lapid’s new film.
The Dancing Arabs Review: Boy Meets Girl And Then There Was War
When outspoken Eyad attends a prestigious boarding school in Jerusalem and meets a girl from a different background, drama ensues
Film Review of Kabbalah Me : The Personal Journey of a Kabbalah Convert
It’s not just for Madonna. A mid-life crisis leads Steven Bram in a spiritual direction.
Art and Politics Collide in Controversial Documentary Wagner’s Jews
Film explores the complex relationship between Wagner, anti-Semitism, and art.
The Travel Edition: PM in Israel, Quebeckers Confused in Morocco, and English Beavers Gone Wild
Gus takes a trip around the world with Quebeckers discussing highlights of their trip to Morocco and the Prime Minister visiting Israel. But it’s the wild English beaver that really has his attention.