ENTERTAINMENT [ more » ]

Celebrating creative choreography By DEBORAH FRIEDES GALILI Israeli veterans team with rising stars in this year's Curtain Up festival. Romance flowers in Bat Yam By HANNAH BROWN In a suburb of Tel Aviv, an Israeli cab driver and a Russian music teacher find out that romance is only a plane ride away. Smokin' hot By DAVID ALEX NAHMOD Rising Israeli actress Meital Dohan wraps up run on hit TV series 'Weeds'.

ARTS [ more » ]

Dance Review: Barak Marshal By JPOST.COM STAFF Marshal concocted yet another piece incorporating contemporary high-energy exercises in fetching group scenes. Turning Kassams into roses By LEORA GOLDBERG Yaron Bob had an urge to create something out of missiles that had been falling for eight years. Bolshoi soloist dances 'Onegin' in Israel By JERUSALEM POST STAFF Artem Shpilevsky dances the titular role while colleague Natalia Toriashvili performs that of Tatiana in the Israel Ballet production.

MUSIC [ more » ]

Paul Anka proves charisma and talent have no age limit By AMANDA KUPERMAN Fans roared and danced as he belted out his famous number "Diana." Music Review: Ode to the oud By PEGGY CIDOR The 10th annual Oud Festival provides a wonderful blend of ancient and new, traditional and almost avant-garde music. Israel Opera honors Heiman, Zeltzer By JERUSALEM POST STAFF The Israel Prize-winning songwriters composed the music for over 1,000 songs over 50 years.

BOOKS [ more » ]

Down to the wire By AKIN AJAYI By focusing on personal relationships in a historic setting, Diamant keeps readers engaged to the end. Community spirit By DANIEL GAVRON Even in a capitalist world, cooperative communities are flourishing. Criminal justice By SETH FRANTZMAN Efraim Zuroff on how his mission was hampered by Western democracies.

FOOD & WINE [ more » ]

'Busy-day' rice By FAYE LEVY Rice and peas can be made into a meal fit for any Italian doge. Easy as one, two, three By FAYE LEVY The sauce, the cheese and the pasta form the perfect trio - and an enduring classic. Badolina is all good By RACHEL F. WANETIK A pearl among oysters, this dairy café is one of two kosher restaurants at the Tel Aviv Port.

FASHION [ more » ]

Fashion: Great expectations By MEREDITH PRICE LEVITT Morin Woolf is bringing haute couture to the Holy Land. Touting textiles By MEREDITH PRICE LEVITT This year's graduates of Haifa's Neri Bloomfield School of Design exhibited their first collections in Tel Aviv. A big to-do By ARI MILLER Stylists, models rub elbows at Israel's 1st-ever hairdressing championship.