Is it right for a human actor to play a racoon?

Non-Jews taking Jewish roles isn’t a problem, so long as there’s equality of opportunity

Antony Sher: a salute

His acting defined a theatrical era

Safe sounds of Iron Dome’s thump

Music is about humanity, about the human spirit. What we experienced was the absence of those qualities, writes James Inverne

Sorry, Seth, you've got it wrong

'Rogen doesn’t believe that the idea of all Jews going to live in Israel is the safest policy for our people. That’s OK, neither do I.'

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra says farewell to inspirational Zubin Mehta

The conductor made a final appearance after 50 years at the institution

Fiddler in the mamaloshen is not for me

'We should celebrate our identity and our power of self-determination by learning our own ancient language, not a makeshift one that we pieced together from various countries to which we were exiled.'

Real offence of the Klinghoffer opera is simply that it's boring

Cultures that should not clash

Victors are not the stuff of art

Is The Hunger Games Inadvertently Mocking Israel?

When life resembles soap opera

David's lyre in a London shul

Artists are entitled to their views, but Nigel Kennedy should have kept shtum

Media’s trail of blood along the rotten path to stardom

Looking back at our history, with sadness and with joy

A poignant musical emigration