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Ben Kingsley participates in a Q&A after a screening of "Dalíland" at Landmark's Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles, June 10, 2023. (Elyse Jankowski/Getty Images)
August 15, 2023, 9:08 am
Actor Ben Kingsley reveals why he stars in so many Holocaust films
Kingsley picked the roles because his “vigorously antisemitic” grandmother motivated him to want to speak out on the issue of antisemitism.
By Gabe Friedman (JTA)
Lana Shelley, Scarlett Johansson, Helen Mirren and a Jewish pooch!
August 15, 2020, 12:34 pm
Lighter Side! Cultural appropriation, Lana Shelley and raising a Jewish dog!
Brigit Grant's reflects on whether a character’s ethnicity, sexuality or disability should be confined to the performer’s own experience
By Brigit Grant
Sir Ben Kingsley stars as Adolf Eichmann in the Netflix drama, Operation Finale
October 4, 2018, 3:43 pm
Ben Kingsley on Netflix’s Operation Finale: ‘Eichmann was utterly unrepentant’
The veteran 74-year-old actor portrays the notorious Nazi captured by Mossad in Argentina
Sir Ben Kingsley (left) and notorious Nazi Adolf Eichmann
October 18, 2017, 10:48 am
Sir Ben Kingsley playing Adolf Eichmann in film about Nazi’s capture by Israel
Academy Award winning actor in Argentina to film movie about the capture of an infamous Nazi officer by Israel
By JTA
Robert Eaglestone, Sir Ben and Barry Langford
July 6, 2017, 4:09 pm
Sir Ben Kingsley: My grandma’s racism spurred me on
Oscar-winning actor recalls how, aged nine, his grandmother told him: 'Hitler was right; he should have killed all the Jews'
By Alex Galbinski
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