Iconic Israeli actor Chaim Topol reflects on long career
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — He was Tevye the milkman of “Fiddler on the Roof” fame, James Bond’s wingman in “For Your Eyes Only” and a nutty professor in the
AP INTERVIEW: Leno says he’s enjoying retirement
JERUSALEM (AP) — After two decades of hosting “The Tonight Show,” Jay Leno says his transition into retirement has been seamless.
Without the daily grind of hosting NBC’s popular late-night
Hollywood movie titles lost in translation
JERUSALEM (AP) — David O. Russell’s crime drama “American Hustle” could be a big winner at Sunday’s Academy Awards. But for the movie’s many international fans, it may take a
Palestinian film spotlights Israeli Arab identity
JERUSALEM (AP) — In the Holy Land, the state of Palestine does not yet exist. But in Hollywood, it already has an Oscar finalist.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts
New TV channel tells Israel’s side of the story
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — State-of-the-art TV studios above an ancient Mideast port signal Israel’s arrival in a modern media landscape in which countries increasingly seek to broadcast their own
In zombies, Israelis and Arabs find common enemy
JERUSALEM (AP) — In one of the central scenes of the summer blockbuster movie “World War Z,” Israeli troops funnel Palestinian refugees to safety in Jerusalem behind a massive concrete
Israeli music icon Rita hopes Farsi album charms Iran
HERZLIYA, Israel (AP) — She’s Israel’s top diva, the Jewish state’s beloved national singer.
So when Rita released an album entirely in the language of her country’s arch-enemy Iran, naturally
Shakira in Israel to promote education campaign
JERUSALEM (AP) _ Colombian pop singer Shakira promoted her global education campaign with a stop at a joint Israeli-Arab school in Jerusalem on Tuesday.
Kicking off Israel’s third annual Presidential
Oscar win highlights plight of Africans in Israel
TEL AVIV, Israel — Students at the Bialik-Rogozin school in a rundown Tel Aviv neighborhood have survived genocide, war and famine. But they were all smiles on Monday after learning
Israel boycotters target authors, artists
JERUSALEM (AP) _ When British novelist Ian McEwan accepted a prestigious Israeli literary award this week, he used the occasion to criticize Israeli policies in the occupied West Bank and
Rapper Shyne resurrects his career in Holy Land
JERUSALEM – The rapper Shyne is singing a new tune: After serving eight years in prison for a nightclub shooting, the former protege of Sean “Diddy” Combs has converted to
At 82, Dr. Ruth Has More Than Sex on Her Mind
TEL AVIV, Israel – Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the world renowned sexpert, is in Israel probing something completely new.
She’s researching the country’s tiny Circassian Muslim community for a PBS documentary.
Lost Kafka Writings Resurface, Trapped in Trial
JERUSALEM – It seems almost Kafkaesque: Ten safety deposit boxes of never-published writings by Franz Kafka, their exact contents unknown, are trapped in courts and bureaucracy, much like one of
Elton John aside, Israelis feel growing cultural isolation
TEL AVIV, Israel — Pounding his piano in blue-tinted sunglasses before nearly 50,000 screaming fans, Elton John took center stage in a battle over Israel’s image.
The legendary British rocker’s
Bruno has a gay ole time in the Holy Land
JERUSALEM — Bruno’s flamboyant sashay across the Middle East has succeeded in one thing – uniting Sacha Baron Cohen’s unwitting Israeli and Palestinian victims in their joint disdain for his