Culture in Israel
Tel Aviv University, Weizmann scholars among 2026 Landau Prize winners
The total value of the prizes is NIS 1.35 million. Each winner will receive NIS 150,000, including the recipient of a special Avigdor Yitzhaki Prize for nonprofit civil society organizations.
Tel Aviv Museum of Art reimagines exhibitions amid wartime conditions
Decapitated world: Exclusive interview on the 80th birthday of Israeli sculptor Yaacov Dorchin
From canvas to country: Israeli artists turn landscape into ideology and memory
A dream of recovery, amid reality of war: Israel Festival goes to the periphery
The festival’s two opening performances will take place in a specially built open-air amphitheater in the Jerusalem Theater Plaza.
‘Since You Left’: A final song by Beniho Biton released months after his murder on October 7
“Since You Left” was released as part of the “Netzach” (Eternity) Project, an initiative founded by musicians and producers, many of whom also lost loved ones in the October 7 attacks.
Yayoi Kusama’s stunning mirror room to light up Tel Aviv Museum permanently
Three years after the closure of Kusama’s hugely successful exhibition at the museum, one of her works will join its permanent collection starting next month.
'Bad Shabbos' brings a load of good laughs and Jewish comedy – review
'Bad Shabbos' will definitely offend some people, but it will leave many others laughing with its Jewish comedy.
Sarah Silverman pays tribute to her father, Noa Kirel stars in first TV drama role
Additionally, fans of "The Bear" won’t want to miss season 4, arriving this June – Carmy’s chaotic restaurant world continues with new challenges and a surprise wedding.
In the pink: Israeli films showcase ethnic, LGBT diversity in the haredi community - review
Together, Pink Lady and Neither Day nor Night cast a light on the highly insular center of the haredi world.
Yuval Raphael: 'There will be no real victory without the hostages'
The 24-year-old Nova festival survivor said that she felt the spirit of Israel came across plainly in the song.
Eran Riklis speaks on adapting 'Reading Lolita in Tehran' to the big screen - interview
The movie is now playing in theaters around Israel and opened to rave reviews in Italy and France a few months ago.
The Israeli Opera unveils Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos
“This is an opera about everything,” director Ido Ricklin says. "“It’s about love and loneliness, idealism and self-interest – and it’s at the same time about art and life itself."
Israeli museums to open for free for International Museum Day
“On Museum Day there is a sharp rise in attendance at museums – in some places it is up to 40%. That is good for us all, for revenues,"chairwoman of Israel ICOM says.
