Now in its 12th year, the Jerusalem International Oud Festival, the “king” of classical Oriental music, has a special added attraction. “The oud festival and the instrument itself have gained a solid ...

PRAGUE — The 13th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival will kick off March 11 with helmer Roy Sher’s biopic “My Sweet Canary,” about the 50-year career of Greek crooner Roza Eskenazi, who died in 1980.

: The very best biographical documentaries achieve a two-fold greatness: they capture the essence of the individual, and they place achievements and influence into a historical and social context. Roy ...