For Israeli stage actors, even a play about the Holocaust is a form of escapism during the war

The fighting and its air-raid alarms have halted shows but not rehearsals. As one actor puts it, 'this profession is more than just a livelihood; there's a kind of physical need for it'

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The play "Eichmann's Trial." At first, they resorted to rehearsals on Zoom. Credit: Itai Ron

The fighting and its air-raid alarms have halted shows but not rehearsals. As one actor puts it, 'this profession is more than just a livelihood; there's a kind of physical need for it'

Talia Banon Tsur

08:16 AM • April 08 2026 IDT

In central Tel Aviv, the rehearsals just keep on going. The play "Eichmann's Trial" was scheduled to premiere late last month at the same Jerusalem venue where the Nazi war criminal was put on trial in 1961. But the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran had something to say about that, so the actors are still putting themselves through their paces in Tel Aviv.

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