Michael Handelzalts (; born 1950) is an Israeli theater critic.
Biography
Michael Handelzalts was born in Poland. His grandfather,
Elyahu Handelzalc, was a teacher and writer from Warsaw, Poland who fled the city in 1939. He is believed to have been murdered by German troops in
Novogrudok
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In the Middle Ages, the city was ruled by King Mindaugas' son V ...
, along with 70 Jewish intellectuals who were rounded up and taken to an unknown destination.
Michael Handelzalts is a theater critic for
Haaretz
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newspaper. He was the founder and first editor of the paper's Book Review Magazine. He writes a weekly column for Haaretz, "Pen Ultimate."
Wordplay: The (ethnic) devil is in the details
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See also
*Israeli culture
The culture of Israel is closely associated with Jewish culture and rooted in the Jewish history of the Jewish diaspora, diaspora and Zionism, Zionist movement. It has also been influenced by Arab culture and the history and traditions of the Ara ...
References
Further reading
Handelzalts on Shakespeare
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1950 births
Living people
Israeli journalists
Israeli theatre critics
Israeli editors
Israeli magazine editors
Polish emigrants to Israel
Israeli people of Polish-Jewish descent
Israeli Jews
Sokolov Award recipients