A Knesset committee called for conductor Daniel Barenboim to be declared persona non grata in Israel until he apologizes for conducting a piece by Richard Wagner at the Israel Festival earlier this month. Prior to the concert, Barenboim had agreed to remove Wagner from the program after a public outcry over performing works by the anti-Semitic composer, who was a Hitler favorite. But he later changed his mind and conducted a Wagner selection as an encore.
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