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Aki-no Japanese Film Festival features cinematic

For the past decade, Aki-no has been one of the capital’s most eagerly anticipated cultural events; this year, it will present works from celebrated auteurs as well as rising talents.

LOVE ON TRIAL will be the opening film of the festival.

ALEPH festival to celebrate Hebrew, from ancient roots to modern expressions

Inside ‘My Life at the Moment’: art that confronts war, family, and survival

Noga Greenberg’s ‘A Plea for Intimacy’ series sets her everyday life against the trauma of the war and the hostage situation.

Painting longing: Journey through loss, memory, and renewal

Artist Tamar Aluf with her exhibit ‘Painting Longing’ in the Jerusalem Theatre’s Sherover Foyer. Paintings behind her from L, clockwise: ‘Horizon of a House,’ acrylic (2025); ‘The Fabric of Life’ (2025); ‘Longing’ (2025).

Lanzmann’s 'Shoah' returns to Jerusalem in special Cinematheque tribute

Lanzmann’s genius was to understand that the details were the story, that in the deepest sense, it was impossible to memorialize the Holocaust without knowing exactly what happened.

JANUARY 18, 2026ByHANNAH BROWN

A SCREEN GRAB of Claude Lanzmann driving, from the documentary, ‘All I Had Was Nothingness’.

Heavy metal peace in the Mideast: Orphaned Land frontman asks if unity through music can survive

Kobi Farhi talks to the Post ahead of the launch of his autobiographical new book, "Good Night, Orphaned Land."

JANUARY 18, 2026ByDAVID BRINN

Tehran, Prisoner 951, and Argo: TV to get you through the new Iran crisis

Apple TV+ has just begun streaming the third season of the Emmy-winning Israeli drama series Tehran, available in the US and worldwide.

JANUARY 17, 2026ByHANNAH BROWN

BEN AFFLECK, the star and director of Argo.

Jerusalem highlights: January 16-22

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

JANUARY 16, 2026ByHAGAY HACOHEN

Graphic novel ‘Between the River and the Sea’ by Hillel Cohen.

‘Maybe we’ll bomb them, maybe I’ll just dance’: Eretz Nehederet laughs at Trump’s Iran attack plan

As it seems possible that a US attack on Iran may lead to another Iranian attack on Israel, there’s very little any of us can do except stock up on groceries and try to laugh about it all.

JANUARY 15, 2026ByHANNAH BROWN

OMER ETZION, acting as US President Donald Trump on Eretz Nehederet.

Israel will take part in the first Eurovision semifinal, EBU announces

This year’s Eurovision contest will take place in Austria in May, with the semifinals set for May 12 and May 14 and the finals on May 16.

JANUARY 13, 2026ByHANNAH BROWN

ISRAEL HAS been singled out as no country ever has been before at Eurovision. Here, viewers cheer as they watch this year’s Eurovision Song Contest finals being screened at a community center in Tel Aviv, in May.

'Jerusalem ’67' tells the human stories of the Six Day War

Jerusalem ’67 tells the gripping story of the Six-Day War through personal experiences, focusing on human stories amid the chaos of conflict in the heart of Jerusalem

JANUARY 12, 2026ByHANNAH BROWN

Yael Grobglass plays a Jerusalemite mother who risks her life to save soldiers in the Six Day War in Jerusalem '67.

Third cohort of Bloomberg-Sagol leadership program launches at TAU

The yearlong track will train 20 mayors and 40 senior officials in data-driven management, crisis leadership, and urban innovation, with a formal launch event on Tuesday in Tel Aviv.

JANUARY 12, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF