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3 Plays About Jewish Identity That Resist Easy Answers
ByElisabeth Vincentelli November 5, 2025

The Off Broadway shows “Hannah Senesh,” “Jewish Plot” and “Playing Shylock” take stock of discussions around casting and storytelling.

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Hannah Senesh (Play) | Hughes, Sarah (Theater Director) | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Jewish Plot (Play) | Jews and Judaism | Playing Shylock (Play) | Polonsky Shakespeare Center | Rubinek, Saul (1948- ) | Senesh, Hannah | Theater | Theater (Off Broadway) | Theater 154 (Manhattan, NY) | Theater Row (Manhattan, NY, Theater) | Townsend, Torrey

3 Plays About Jewish Identity That Resist Easy Answers
ByElisabeth Vincentelli November 5, 2025November 5, 2025

The Off Broadway shows “Hannah Senesh,” “Jewish Plot” and “Playing Shylock” take stock of discussions around casting and storytelling.

Read More 3 Plays About Jewish Identity That Resist Easy Answers
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Overlooked No More: Hannah Senesh, Poet and Paratrooper Who Defied the Nazis
ByDaniel E. Slotnik October 31, 2025November 1, 2025

Senesh fled Hungary just before World War II. But unlike most Jews who escaped the Nazis, she went back to fight. Today, she is regarded as a hero in Israel.

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