Puppet Theater

A Jewish mother living in Brooklyn took her 4-year-old son to a puppet show she thought would be family-friendly – and was horrified when it turned into an attack on Israel. The show, called "The Circus of the Cardboard Pizza Puppets," was presented as part of the International Puppet Festival in New York. According to the mother, after only 15 minutes, it shifted from humor dealing with symbols...

Ilana Bar lost her brother, the soldier Hanan, who was killed in 1967 by an accidental discharge, and has carried the weight of this loss for years. Now, she presents a show at the International Puppet Festival of the Train Theater in Jerusalem, sharing the story of her brother and her own journey toward healing.