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Jerusalem-born producer teams with Scorsese on TV series 'The Saints'

It was Leshem, who has lived in the US for years, who came up with the idea for a television show that presents the lives of Christian saints by humanizing them.

Matti Leshem on the set of the Mary episode, which he directed.

In Yes!, Israeli director Nadav Lapid skewers his country’s ‘moral abyss’ after Oct. 7

An Israeli artist couple (Efrat Dor and Ariel Bronz) sell their souls to the ruling elite in the provocative film "Yes," from director Nadav Lapid.

The silent wave

Sad, child and crying on floor in home with mental health, abuse or anxiety from trauma.

Between miracle and memory: The evolution of Miriam in art over the years

BYZANTINE MOSAIC, Abbey of the Dormition, Jerusalem (c. early medieval) – Miriam, tambourine in hand.

The body continues: In war, dance becomes a way to survive

In their new works for the Batsheva Ensemble, choreographers Bosmat Nossan and Roni Chadash echo the rhythm of Miriam as a practice of necessity.

APRIL 8, 2026ByORI J. LENKINSKI

‘SEPARATIONS/DOME,’ Batsheva Ensemble. ‘The work began from a feeling, an everyday sensation of vulnerability.’ – Bosmat Nossan

Miriam’s beat: From Exodus to modern Israel, women reclaim rhythm and resilience

Pe’imat Miriam, a female percussive endeavor, revives an ancient rhythm to find a collective voice of hope – core to the biblical Passover narrative and to our spiritual well-being.

APRIL 8, 2026ByBARRY DAVIS

ZOHAR FRESCO: The work of acclaimed percussionist Zohar Fresco traces the roots of frame drumming back to ‘Miriam’s drum’ and its place in Jewish cultural memory

Movie theaters reopening across the country, just in time for Passover vacation - review

The theaters are operating with the approval of the Home Front Command, which mandates that there must be protection nearby for everyone.

APRIL 8, 2026ByHANNAH BROWN

Miriam on screen: Great films depicting biblical trailblazers to watch during Passover

Miriam’s legacy as a defiant artist is rarely center stage in the great biblical epics, but her spirit lives on in cinema’s most modern heroines.

APRIL 8, 2026ByHANNAH BROWN

EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS (2014) Pictured: Christian Bale as Moses.

The war through the eyes of HaShomer HaChadash

Hashomer HaChadash founder, Yoel Zilberman has a clear vision of how Israel should prepare for the future and wars to come: “Countries will first take care of themselves.”

APRIL 6, 2026ByRONNIE ROSENMAN

Volunteers on the scene after the rocket fell in Beit Shemesh

'The first woman E Streeter': Springsteen band drummer remembers Suki Lahav, Jewish violinist

“Suki and Louie were quite literally the first people associated with Bruce and the band that I came to know, respect, admire, and yes, love,” he wrote to The Jerusalem Post from Portland, Oregon.

APRIL 4, 2026ByDAVID BRINN