Two Jews or Not Two Jews - with Sir Nicholas Hytner

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4.7 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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A daytime gunfight in Jenin, a deadly terror attack that left four dead and an outbreak of settler violence - this week has put the spotlight back on the West Bank. As Israel considers further action to bring calm, domestic politics are never far away - including the government’s plan to transform the judiciary. Yonit and Jonathan discuss the security situation and Benjamin Netanyahu’s renewed pledge to move ahead with the reform. Plus: a special conversation with theater legend Sir Nicholas Hytner, the award-winning director behind some of the most successful shows in stage history. The Tony Award winner shares insights from a decades-long career - and explains why the Broadway musical is an intensely Jewish art form. And we have a chutzpah award to make the jaw drop - along with a mensch award to a university that took its time. -- Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unholypodcast/and X: https://x.com/2jewsonthenewsJoin our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1150578065793142See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	This podcast is brought to you by Cyber Attacks Can Be Prevented.
0:05.6	Checkpoint, you deserve the best security.
0:09.7	Four killed in the West Bank settlement of Elie.
0:13.3	30 different incidents of revenge attacks following that episode.
0:19.7	Much going on.
0:22.8	And we also have an interview with theatre royalty. It's unholy. I'm Jonathan Friedland of The Guardian in London. And I'm
0:29.6	Unite Levy of Channel 12 in Tel Aviv. Unholy, Two Jews on the News from Keshet podcast.
0:45.4	It's Theodore royalty on Unholy today.
0:47.9	I mean, we've had great thinkers and historians and journalists and politicians here and there, like really astute
0:55.5	interviewees, but never, never theater royalty. Finally, after 108 episodes, Mr. Friedland,
1:02.4	you've realized how to impress me. I'm very proud of this interview today. I'm so looking forward
1:07.5	to it. You know, I've told you the story about how in my family growing up, my mother in her study
1:12.1	had two pictures of our family and the other picture, significantly larger, of Lawrence
1:17.4	Olivier as Hamlet, so as to signify and to illustrate that theater is more important than
1:24.0	real life.
1:24.9	And, you know, the message has cut across.
1:29.9	Well, that is perfect because it is one of Lord Olivier's successors as artistic director of the National Theatre here in Britain,
1:38.8	who is our guest. He is the former artist director of the National Theatre, Sir Nicholas Heitner, but just an absolute legend in the medium.
1:49.3	And you're right, so we'll talk to him later.
1:51.1	It is amazing that we haven't done this till now because, you know, I'm a theatre buff.
1:57.5	I think you take that to another level.
1:59.8	You're somebody who has literally, you know, crossed thousands of miles
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