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There are dozens of theaters in Israel that put on plays in hebrew. Millions of theater tickets are sold in the country every year, accounting for one of the highest rates worldwide. hebrew theater is a reflection of the complexities of Israeli society. It stages new, original works in addition to some of the finest plays from other places around the world – ranging from S. An-Ski ‘s The Dybbuk to Moshe Shamir’s he Walked through the Fields, and from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet to Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters. The local theaters embed the plays in Israeli soil, finding new meanings and new reasons to perform them here. Does that mean that hebrew theater is Jewish theater?
