First-person, Perspectives Canadian dispatches from Israel at wartime: Lauren Stein explains how her improv classes became a balm for war-weary souls By Lauren Stein
News Vancouver’s PuSh festival cancels ‘The Runner’ play after a Palestinian artist in the same festival threatened to withdraw his work By Sam Margolis
First-person, Perspectives What I learned about my Jewish identity while performing in the musical ‘Parade’ during a war in Israel By Jesse Levy
Treasure Trove Treasure Trove: David Matlow remembers Stephen Sondheim, who reinvented the American musical By David Matlow
Arts, Stage & Screen Winnipeg’s Ben Baader saw his life pass before his eyes, when his journey as a trans Orthodox Jew was made into a play By John Longhurst
Arts, Stage & Screen A Holocaust survivor’s story is finally told by her grandson in Montreal musician Roger White’s avant-garde show, ‘Because You Never Asked’ By Janice Arnold
Arts, Stage & Screen Montreal playwright Alice Abracen tackles the dangers of hateful ideas and political divides with ‘What Rough Beast’ By Ilana Zackon
Arts, Stage & Screen The long theatre intermission is about to end at Montreal’s Segal Centre By Janice Arnold
Arts, First-person, Perspectives For progressive Zionists, Canada’s arts community is no safe space By Ilana Zackon