Culture

Writing in Canada’s National Post, director John Greyson defends the protest against the Toronton International Film Festival’s decision to spotlight Tel Aviv — and insists that signatories to the Toronto Declaration were not attempting to blacklist Israeli films: Three weeks ago, I pulled my film out of the Toronto International Film Festival, in protest against their Tel […]

From the L.A. Times: It’s not easy representing centuries of Jewish tradition single-handedly. Especially if you’re in a war-torn Muslim country. But Zebulon Simantov, who claims to be the last Jew in Afghanistan, is doing his best. At the start of this weekend’s Jewish New Year, he lighted three candles, changed into a traditional Afghan […]