Shakespeare

‘Hamnet’ is Oscar-bait about Shakespeare's free-spirited wife - review

Hamnet, which just opened in theaters around Israel, is a movie about William Shakespeare’s family that really wants to be about something else.

JANUARY 27, 2026|ByHANNAH BROWN

BRITAIN'S QUEEN Camilla (R) attends a special screening of 'Hamnet', the film adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's award-winning novel, in central London on January 27, 2026.

Saul Rubinek plays a version of himself in "Playing Shylock," about an actor whose dream to play Shakespeare's controversial Jewish character is thwarted by timid producers.

Saul Rubinek’s new one-man show asks, is there ever a right time to play Shylock?

“Playing Shylock,” opening in Brooklyn, imagines the cancellation of Shakespeare’s controversial play about the humiliation of a Jewish moneylender.

OCTOBER 22, 2025|ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA

Rami Heuberger, Israeli actor and director, who passed away on August 28, 2025.

'Schindler’s List' Israeli actor Rami Heuberger dies at 61

Rami Heuberger was a prolific actor who appeared on stage, screen, and television. He passed away at the age of 61 after a long battle with cancer.

AUGUST 28, 2025|ByHANNAH BROWN

Jerusalem highlights : August 22-28

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

AUGUST 22, 2025|ByHAGAY HACOHEN

'POV': A meaningful Arabic version of Shakespeare's Macbeth - review

The role of theater is also to offer people basic familiarity with high culture. In that context, Shakespeare had been performed in Arabic since the beginning of the 20th century.

MARCH 20, 2023ByHAGAY HACOHEN

MACBETH REIMAGINED in ‘POV’ at Haifa University.

Jerusalem highlights March 3–9

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

MARCH 3, 2023ByHAGAY HACOHEN

Boston-based Shakespeare troupe to perform in Eilat

Shakespeare & Company will perform Midsummer Night’s Dream and Julius Caesar at the Port of Eilat.

FEBRUARY 21, 2023ByBARRY DAVIS

Beit Lessin’s Hamlet: Witness the true power of theater - review

For our own confused age of fake news and reduced attention spans, Beit Lessin’s Hamlet offers a breathtaking voyage into the true power of theater.

FEBRUARY 6, 2023ByHAGAY HACOHEN

ELI GORENSTEIN as the ghost of Hamlet’s father.

Shakespeare’s lost manuscript

David Herman packs a great deal into the small book, and The Lost Manuscript will certainly be enjoyed by an adolescent readership – and by many adults as well.

JANUARY 28, 2023ByNEVILLE TELLER

GET INSIDE the Bard’s story of Jewish character Shylock (Pictured: Portrait from ‘Hombres y Mujeres Celebres,’ Barcelona, 1877).

Nazi and Jewish version of Romeo & Juliet being produced by UK theatre

Set in 1930s Germany, the Icarus version of Romeo & Juliet will reimagine Romeo as a Hitler Youth member and Juliet as a Jewish girl.

OCTOBER 31, 2022ByMICHAEL STARR

Visitors seen standing next to a display of swastika banners at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on April 26, 2022, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Are there Jewish roots to Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'?

There is no suggestion in the play that antisemitism played any part in the antagonism between the Capulets and the Montagues. But it is well known that there were many Jews in Verona.

OCTOBER 30, 2022ByJANE BIRAN