Oscar-winner Harwood proud to be in Israel

31.03.2011                      25.Adar ll, 5771

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Oscar-winner Harwood proud to be in Israel

Thrilled at being invited to lecture at Tel Aviv University, Sir Ronald Harwood discusses how his Jewish identity informs his work.

Sir Ronald Harwood was out to lunch last Wednesday along the Tel Aviv promenade when 60 kilometers away at the entrance to Jerusalem, a bomb went off next to bus 74 in front of Binyanei Hauma.
The prolific, screenwriter, novelist, and Academy Award-winning playwright of The Pianist (2003) and dozens of other notable films and plays was not only surprised to hear about the attack but also that he hadn’t known about a full two hours later….