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Yaakov Israel began documenting the less-than-palatial edifices in his home patch back when he was a student at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.
Is bridge a cure for eating and drinking or an additional cause of gaining pounds?
The announcement of their marriage generated controversy, with an outpouring of congratulations mixed with messages of hate.
The most expansive exhibition at the Jerusalem Artists’ House at present takes in several dozen monochromic works by Talia Israeli.
Dispatches from the hell of early 2020
There are series about people we love to hate, but there’s a new trend: series featuring difficult and self-absorbed but eccentric, charming people we hate to love.
The show aired originally in Israel in 2013 and ran for two seasons. The new season picks up four years after the end of the second season.
“Goalstar,” a popular Israeli reality show that features celebrities playing soccer, will film its 2021 season in the UAE.
“Fauda” focuses on an undercover commando unit of the Israeli army whose members embed themselves in the Palestinian community, gathering intelligence and preventing terror attacks.
Amid the novel coronavirus crisis, theaters across the country have been shut down, unable to put on productions nor to consequently pay employees from a wide range of functions.
“There are all sorts of articles and blogs that I saw about how many Jewish publications around the world are folding, and not just because of the coronavirus.”
The Artistic View includes feature films, shorts and documentaries from throughout Israel’s history.
Musician Amir Benayoun will be making his acting debut on the coming-of-age crime drama, Children of the Light.
The documentary focuses on what motivates American Christians to support Israel and what form their support takes.
Israel’s slow response has led to losses in the billions of dollars, and tens of thousands of jobs in the tourism industry have been wiped out.
“It’s very exciting when your work comes to fruition,” Dr. Assaf Yasur-Landau the Post. “And this research could be very influential in how we look for signs of earthquakes in archaeology."
This is the seventh time that one of Gitai’s films has taken part in the main competition at Venice, which awards the prestigious Golden Lion prize.
Ben Hamou, 23, is one of the more powerful members of a new generation of choreographers afoot in Israel today.
You don’t have to be a sci-fi fan to get caught up in the personal crises.
The first three seasons of The Good Fight, the topical and very enjoyable Good Wife spinoff, will be available on Hot 3 starting September 15 on Sundays through Thursdays at 9:30 p.m.
Despite COVID-19, Israel’s national parks all over the country are offering festive activities for all ages. Below you’ll find a list of some of the most interesting ones.
Sit back, enjoy the best possible food you can cook, raise your glasses and let us all pray for a good and healthy new year.
Singer Rotem Cohen was seen walking into his largely-unmasked crowd during his performance, shaking hands and even kissing some of his fans on the cheek.
Of late, there has been a surge of popularity in such outdoor entertainment facilities around the globe, due to COVID-19 and social distancing constraints, including over here.
The series is designed to enable wide and diverse audiences and age groups around the world to connect with the uniqueness of the coming Jewish holiday period from their own homes.
In the past months, we became Zoom experts.
The company said that the chance to shoot in the UAE is a "dream come true."
Some directors, actors and other film professionals will take part in the festival, both in person and via ZOOM meetings.
His name may not be instantly recognizable, but some of his work is considered an important milestone in the marketing world and, indeed, what we listen to across the musical soundboard.
“This is a moment we have been planning for many months,” says Avi Shoshani, the orchestra’s director general.
All services will be broadcast for free, live from New York’s Brooklyn Bowl, without an audience, via Fans.com.
Modikaseng's inspiration is often drawn from dreams, from baffling scenes or stunning images projected by his mind’s eye.
Proceeds from sales of the album will go to support nonprofit organizations for lone soldiers.
Israeli studio engineer recalls being in the trenches with the Boss when he recorded his rock & roll masterpiece ‘Born to Run,’ released 45 years ago
Together they make up the GTO Trio, which is due to perform at the museum at 9 p.m. on Wednesday.
SINCE MAKING aliyah in 2007, Canada-born, New York-bred Tel Avivian Lenkinski has become a fixture on the local dance scene.
Launched in late August, Yes Cinematheque features a great many movies you’ll love, including classics that you can never watch too many times.
There is neither a Hebrew word that is its equivalent nor is there such a concept in Hebrew.
Each member of the core performance triad approached the court case from a very different angle, thereby providing Dekel-Avneri with plenty of room for interpretive maneuver.
In future generations, seven grandsons, and 10 great-grandsons would also have their brit in the gown.
Though The Convert is far from a happy story, it is refreshing to read a new novel about European Jewish life outside of the context of the Holocaust, and this refugee tale still resonates strongly.
Oren is a master of the short story. He grabs your attention and carries you along to a conclusion that is often an emotional shock.
WHEN IS good news really good news?
The trip to Tilbury Docks in London took six weeks – the holiday of a lifetime.
An exceedingly pleasurable stay at Jerusalem’s renovated and corona-ready Inbal Hotel.
It was, true to its name, originally scheduled to open for Passover 2020, to mark a year since the passing of the esteemed Israeli artist Pesach Slabosky, who died on the eve of the holiday.
An elegantly arranged holiday table, the gleam of new silverware – all at affordable prices. Hazorfim, now celebrating 70 years in business, is preparing for the holiday season with new collections.
“There is a whole world out here in the Negev Desert. When people think of the desert, they think it is something dead and lifeless."
Both ChaifFlicks and Izzy have excellent arthouse Jewish movies, short films and documentaries. As for television content, it’s not as ample at the moment, though both services are working on it.
The budget will enable the Israeli filmmaking to continue and will provide jobs for an estimated 10,0000 for film industry professionals.
More than 200 years after his death, Rabbi Nahman still wields an enormous influence over his followers.
“People know what falafel is, not just in Israel,” he explains. “But you can also mention it in England, or France or wherever and people know what it is and actually enjoy it. So why not?”
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the 11 international music festivals decided to hold a safe and interesting (to say the least) performance by organizing Antyfest, which will host around 8,000 ants.
Well-known JSFS graduates include Talya Lavie (Zero Motivation), Nadav Lapid (Synonyms), Rama Burstein (Fill the Void) and Nir Bergman (Yona).
In the work, the 12 dancers question and explore their perception of Zionism and of the role of the female Zionist. Their musings are accompanied by an original score by Avi Belleli.
The festival will open on September 2 with the premiere of Gad Aisen’s Rockfour: The Time Machine, the story of one of Israel’s most important bands for the past 30 years.
This year’s program takes in slots devoted to the 110th anniversary of Natan Alterman’s birth and the 50th of his death.
'Shape on Us' is not just a dance piece, it is a breathtaking lesson in listening, sharing and connection.
A group of artists finds a unique answer to what a florist can do with all their extra flowers when most weddings and events are canceled.
Italian contemporary artist Ivo Bisignano is showing his first solo exhibition, “Human Forms,” in the Southern Cave, one of the many caves located in the Beit Guvrin National Park.
I’m not a natural pick for a solo. While wide-ranging and reliably on-key, my voice is not rich, textured or sweet.
Last week The Wife and I held our first grandparent’s camp, hosting our two grandsons – ages 2½ and 1 – for three days, two nights.
In 53 years of marriage, Goldman never reveals being a member of Alan Turing and Gordon Welchsman’s team that built and perfected the machine called the Bombe that cracked the Nazi Enigma Code.
Take a moment to relax, peel off the old and look for the new.
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The special is expected to be released before the November US presidential elections.
Barzilai reflected on how human connections had been ruptured, and the role that art and music can play in helping millions across the world live through the shock of change.
Myriad works show what the new generation of Israeli artists have to offer. Varying in quality, some prove the students cultivated their own creative voice.
Ana Min el-Yahud (I Am from the Jews) at the Jaffa Theater blends Iraqi heritage with Israeli life
The variegated three-dayer kicks off on the roof of the Jerusalem Music Center this Monday evening, overlooking the Old City walls.
Her studies changed the picture of research of Hebrew poetry in Spain and gave Doron an international reputation in the study of Spanish culture.
The film’s creators and collaborators, who come from different worlds, brought together their artistic points of view to find new ways to make art and to communicate amid COVID-19 lockdowns.
Among the stolen works were a Chinese Tang Dynasty sculpture, a 14th-century bronze Buddha, a stone Bodhisattva dating to the 2nd or 3rd century and a 12th-century Cambodian Buddha.
On his new album, the world’s second-best Jewish singer/songwriter finds cracks of light and hope amid the pandemic’s cloud.
As we have all have had our fair share of challenges to contend with in recent times, it stands to reason to arrange a music festival that may help us to offload some of the emotional detritus.
If you’re looking for a movie you can watch with your tween, try Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One on Hot Cinema 1 at 10 p.m. on August 27, and starting August 30 on CinemaTime.
New Zoom event featuring a panel discussion and the world premiere screening of an emotive and entertaining documentary called Leah, Teddy & the Mandolin.
For tickets and more information: www.jerusalemjazzfestival.org.il
How could I, a middle-aged, not-particularly-learned, not-particularly-athletic mother of six find the time, the energy, the drive and the understanding to learn Talmud and hike the Israel trail?
Had my plants contracted the botanical world’s equivalent of COVID?
Niv's background is mostly in mountain climbing, with only three years of experience in competitive cycling, making him an interesting pick.
“We chose the path of artistic endeavor and called for theater actors, creators and employees, and we decided together that Habimah’s performances cannot be stopped."
“In my opinion, it is a miracle that in such a difficult time we managed to put up all of these premieres,” Naomi Perlov, artistic director for Suzanne Dellal Center, admitted.
Docaviv, the Tel Aviv International Documentary Festival, the Cinema of the South Festival in Sderot, and the Arava Film International Festival are all set to go ahead.
The 125-room Palm Beach Hotel has a lot going for it.
The festival normally takes place at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque. Everything that can be moved online will be moved online this year.
It was chosen because it is a very modern lifestyle and design spa hotel that overlooks Jerusalem’s Old City with a breathtaking panoramic view.
The Palm Beach Hotel took advantage of the COVID-19 closure to renovate its rooms and facilities including the lobby, which sports a huge screen with real-time footage of the beachfront.
A tour of the former British (and Ottoman) prison, located at the top of the 12th-century Crusader fortress complex was a great way to start the trip of the ancient city of Acre.
This Thursday and Friday will see the aforesaid vegetarian café-restaurant host the second annual Jerusalem Community Woodstock festival with a bunch of afternoon Anglo and Israeli bands.
Haza’s life helped change the Israeli music industry’s perception of Mizrahi music, had a huge international career and died tragically young, at age 42, from AIDS.
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