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Shaping Israel’s music: Inside the workshops of women luthiers

Although their numbers are few, women luthiers are making their mark and providing skilled work in Israel.

An illustrative image of a luthier at work.

Jerusalem highlights: March 13-19

When the hospital became a battlefield, these women kept life moving forward

Dr. Ofira Azulay. “This hospital feels like home.”

Meet Anat Vidor’s vision for World WIZO

Anat Vidor, president of World WIZO. Her family history is etched onto Israel’s streets and institutions.

As Israelis feel weight of war, Eretz Nehederet finds laughter under fire

Wednesday’s Eretz Nehederet functioned as a kind of snapshot of the mood of the country, and managed, as it has in so many other times of crisis, to give people something to laugh about.

MARCH 12, 2026ByHANNAH BROWN

An Eretz Nehederet segment depicting an Iranian official showing AI pictures of Tel Aviv buildings swarmed by massive insects.

The shelter is not always a sanctuary

Protecting our children in the shadow of war

MARCH 10, 2026ByERAN ZIMRIN

Israeli children celebrate Purim in a bomb shelter, March 2, 2026.

Holocaust survivor, troubled teen bond in ‘The Optimist’

Written and directed by Finn Taylor, the film is opening in theaters across the US on March 11 and will likely be released in Israel in the coming year.

MARCH 9, 2026ByHANNAH BROWN

STEPHEN LANG and Elsie Fisher in ‘The Optimist.’

Exhibition 'Yakir's Light' brings together art by a fallen soldier and his mother

The show combines drawings and photographs with pictures of architectural projects, which is a little unusual. Additionally, one artist is living, and the other is dead, which is very unusual.

MARCH 7, 2026ByHANNAH BROWN

The two artists whose work is in the ‘Yakir’s Light’ exhibition: Chaya Hexter and her son Yakir Hexter, who served as a combat engineer in the 8219th Battalion of the Commando Special Forces Unit and was killed in Gaza in January 2024.

Celebrate International Women’s Day on the small screen: Shows with strong women to watch

TV TIME: March 8 is International Women’s Day, and the small screen offers a great many movies and series featuring unforgettable females.

MARCH 7, 2026ByHANNAH BROWN

NATALIE DORMER, left, and Mia McKenna-Bruce in ‘The Lady.’

Jerusalem highlights: March 6-12

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

MARCH 6, 2026ByHAGAY HACOHEN

‘Princess Abigail and the Factory of Emotions’ (see Friday).

Want to take a shower without being interrupted by missiles? There's an app for that - review

Both sites feature English and Hebrew versions, and joined Hooked, the meet-singles-in-the-bomb-shelter-app as the latest examples of brilliant resilience from Startup Nation.

MARCH 6, 2026ByHANNAH BROWN

A hot bath or a cold and invigorating shower can greatly help improve mood and overall feeling

Where campus meets kindergarten: HIT and Holon Municipality bring STEM to young learners

HIT and the Holon Municipality have launched a pilot program placing the institute’s students in local preschools to ignite a love of science from early childhood.

MARCH 5, 2026ByIN COLLBORATIONS WITH HIT, JERUSALEM POST STAFF