Oren Safdie

Born in Montreal, Oren Safdie is is a playwright-In-Residence at La MaMa in New York, where many of his plays originated, including the off-Broadway hit Private Jokes, Public Places. As a screenwriter, he scripted You Can Thank Me Later starring Ellen Burstyn and Amanda Plummer, and the Israeli film, Bittersweet. He has also contributed essays to Dwell, Metropolis, Jerusalem Post, Forward, Times Of Israel and New Republic. He presently lives in Venice, California.

ARTICLES BY: Oren Safdie

September 2, 2026 1:08 pm

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Some Jews Are Leaving Canada for the United States — Will That Make Their Lives Better?

A trend is emerging: A wave of Jewish Canadians is either contemplating or actually moving to the United States. Rampant, unchecked antisemitism in Canada is...

December 12, 2024 12:35 pm

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The Artistic Director of a Theatre Posted Hateful Comments About Israel — And I Lost My Position

We tend to think of today’s antisemites and Israel-haters as the masked protesters trying to intimidate Jewish students on university campuses, or perhaps the professors...

September 3, 2024 11:06 am

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The Quiet Antisemitism: My Experience as a Jewish College Professor

There are plenty of examples of blatant antisemitism and attacks on Jews that have occurred over the past 10 months. It seems that every day,...

February 8, 2018 10:58 am

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Poland, Jews and the Kielce Pogrom — of 1946

I was somewhat understanding when the Polish cabinet recently approved a bill that would criminalize the use of the phrase “Polish death camps” in reference to Nazi-run...

September 18, 2013 9:35 am

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New Quebec Proposal to Restrict Religion is a Farce

The Premier of Quebec, Pauline Marois, recently put forward a charter of values plan that she intends to bring to the Parliament floor for a...