Posts Tagged: Death of Klinghoffer
New York Times Publishes Paean to ‘Klinghoffer’ Opera Author
If there was any remaining doubt that the New York Times is biased specifically against traditional Judaism and not merely against all religions, the Times’...
Why Isn’t Israel Doing More to Battle Anti-Semitism?
Successive Israeli governments have failed miserably to meet the challenge of global anti-Semitism, not providing the leadership demanded of a Jewish state in these turbulent...
Why the Mastermind Behind Leon Klinghoffer’s Murder Went Free
JNS.org - Amid the ongoing controversy over the Metropolitan Opera's performance of "The Death of Klinghoffer," little has been said about the Palestinian leader...
Met Opera’s ‘Klinghoffer’: The Musical Bastardization of a Cold-Blooded Terrorist Murder
New York's Metropolitan Opera premiered "The Death of Klinghoffer" Monday night. The Washington Post describes the opera as "based on the brutal murder in 1985...
Klinghoffer Opera is Blatant Anti-Semitism
The French novelist Louis-Ferdinand Celine called for the destruction of French Jews at a time when Nazism was on the rise, and anti-Semitism poured from...
Beyond ‘Klinghoffer’: Opera’s Composer, Librettist Have Broader Jewish Problem
JNS.org - One of the most controversial operas in recent memory, "The Death of Klinghoffer," debuted Oct. 20 at New York's Metropolitan Opera. The...
What if Klinghoffer Were a Muslim”Ž?
The opera opens with the mayor of Hebron recounting the events. How 14-year old Neveen Jamjoun - a Palestinian - was playing in her parents...
From Opera House to House of Commons, Diaspora Jews Are the Target
JNS.org - This week, the opera "The Death of Klinghoffer" opened in New York. Rightly castigated for its invocation of unpleasant Jewish stereotypes and its...
‘The Death of Klinghoffer’ – and Cultural Integrity
The 1985 murder of Leon Klinghoffer, the 69-year-old wheel-chair bound man shot in the head by a Palestinian terrorist before his body was thrown from...
Met Creates Special Website to Defend Klinghoffer #TerrorOpera
The Metropolitan Opera in New York City has doubled-down on its decision to produce the anti-Semitic The Death of Klinghoffer by setting up a Klinghoffer...
Former NYC Mayor Giuliani to Lead Opening Night Protest Against MET Opera ‘Death of Klinghoffer’
New York Observer - Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani will lead another large protest Monday against the The Death of Klinghoffer, a controversial opera, a source...
Protest the ‘Death of Klinghoffer’ on Monday Night at Lincoln Center
On October 21, 1985, before a crowded sanctuary of mourners at the funeral of Leon Klinghoffer in Manhattan, Rabbi Harvey Tattlebaum spoke of his murder...
Former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey Joins Protest Against Metropolitan Opera Over Klinghoffer Play
Former United States Attorney General Michael Mukasey added his name to a long list of speakers and activist groups who will protest the Metropolitan Opera's...
The Klinghoffer Opera and the State of American Jewry
The debate over the New York Metropolitan Opera's performance of "The Death of "ŽKlinghoffer" raises serious questions about the functioning of American Jewish leadership."Ž Over the...
