2+ hour, 13+ min ago   (330+ words) New EBU rules bar the use of venues in countries involved in ‘armed conflict’ or any other ‘sensitive geopolitical situation’ Israel could be barred from hosting the Eurovision Song Contest for the foreseeable future under new rules. The new rules…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (432+ words) Star also says in new interview she never wants another actor ‘to think they’ve got to hide their Star of David’ Jewish actress and playwright Tracy-Ann Oberman, who has suffered waves of antisemitic abuse on social media, has revealed how…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago   (825+ words) The Jewish Literary Foundation is looking for eight budding Harold Pinters Quick, if you are a Jew with a play script in your drawer now is the time to fish it out. The Jewish Playwrights Programme, which for the first…...

2+ week, 22+ hour ago   (1164+ words) The American stars are on stage at Soho Theatre American stage and screen stars Josh Radnor and Noah Galvin are in London doing what is increasingly difficult to do in New York; star in a new play. “In London it…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (794+ words) As Mel Brooks reaches his century, who will fill the legendary comic’s shoes? If Mel Brooks is the world’s funniest living Jew – and I for one think he is - then who would be in second place. At 100 years old, it…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (363+ words) The legendary comedian celebrates his birthday today “The best comedy is hyperbolic, at once hard-hearted and soft-hearted, just a little bit silly, just a little bit offensive, and as black as hell,” says Howard Jacobson of Mel Brooks, on the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (322+ words) Howard Jacobson celebrates the 100th birthday of the Jewish film legend So the 2,000-year-old man has made it 5 per cent of the way. The rest should be plain sailing. I agreed to interview him when he was barely 80 on the understanding…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (508+ words) Comedy creator Dan Patterson tells the JC how the legendary funnyman epitomises American-Jewish confidence Dan Patterson can reel off Mel Brooks stories by rote: how he pursued wife Anne Bancroft (“he wouldn’t give up”), how the support of Peter Sellers…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (395+ words) In David tradition, the Curb creator will play an exaggerated version of himself – misanthropic, endlessly petty and socially inept – this time in period costume Larry David fans still mourning the end of Curb Your Enthusiasm will be closing their spite…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago   (265+ words) Quilter’s goofy comedy reminds us that Dame Maureen is, in the best possible sense, a clown Having been the target of vitriolic and antisemitic attacks for many years because of her support for Israel, most recently in Aberdeen where apparently…...