Arts

Classicameri Festival : Music to be savored and enjoyed

Once again, the Classicameri Festival provided value for money and left audiences buzzing and with a spring in their step. 

|ByBARRY DAVIS
Sergei Nakariakov.
HEBREW POET Leah Goldberg.

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

Taking place simultaneously in Berlin, London, Stockholm, New York, Boston, and Hollywood, Florida, the festival spotlights Hebrew not only as an ancient language, but as a living, evolving tongue.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
Pictures of former actress Brigitte Bardot are displayed during a media preview of an exhibition in Boulogne-Billancourt, western Paris September 25, 2009. The exhibition devoted to the French star will run from September 29, 2009 to January 31, 2010.

French actress, icon, advocate: Brigitte Bardot passes away at 91

Born in Paris on September 28, 1934, Bardot grew up in an upper-middle-class household. She described herself as a shy, self-conscious child who "wore spectacles and had lank hair."

|ByREUTERS, JTA STAFF
Benny P. Leva performing stand-up comedy at the Misrad Hacomedy show, November 20.

From aliyah to the mic: How Benny P. Leva found his voice in Jerusalem

‘To be filming big specials or having big comedians come here and perform in English - it makes Jerusalem a world-class comedy city.’

|ByBATSHEVA SHULMAN

Proceeds from Hapoalim’s ‘Israeli Art 23’ exhibit to aid post-October 7 mental health

This year's exhibition will focus on promoting mental health following the traumas of October 7th.

JANUARY 30, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
ARTWORKS BY Rafi Peretz will be among those on display at next week’s ‘Israeli Art 23’ exhibit.

Bringing an October 7 memorial project to Vogue

This Israeli designer is bringing her Oct. 7-inspired shawl to Manhattan’s Vogue Knitting Live conference

JANUARY 26, 2024ByTANYA SINGER/ JTA
Knitting

Teenagers advocate unity through art at the Museum of Tolerance

Titled War, Recovery, Dream, the display, which was created with the assistance of Jerusalem artist Abigail Ohana, features birds suspended from iron webs, symbolizing strength in times of conflict.

DECEMBER 19, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
‘WAR, RECOVERY, Dream’

‘Play On!’  with the Center Stage Community Theatre 

"The last few years have been really tough, and laughter is the one thing that can really bring us together, even if it is just for one night.”

OCTOBER 4, 2023ByANDREA SAMUELS
STANDING (FROM LEFT), Laurence Seeff, Rhoda Luer, Jakey Parry, Yehuda Fachler; sitting (from left) Ian Tick, Sonia Levy, Dalya Librus.

Meir Panim youth learn the magic of animation!

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023ByALAN ROSENBAUM
The Hive Studio with Meir Panim

Low Cut Connie’s Adam Weiner chronicles his Jewish evolution on new single ‘King of the Jews’

Weiner said he has been putting his Jewish identity — and neuroses, the fear that something bad is coming — at the heart of his project for a while now.

AUGUST 8, 2023ByJACOB GURVIS/JTA
A guitar lies across a piano.

Puccini’s Madama Butterfly soars at HaYarkon Park

A 20-year annual tradition of Opera in the Park reached a high point, with this year’s deeply performance of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly.

AUGUST 7, 2023ByHAGAY HACOHEN
MADAM BUTTERFLY at HaYarkon Park.

The faculty rooms of the future

Privat study and meeting cells, mobile work units and more: this is how an innovative designer sees the future of traditional faculty rooms in schools. 

JULY 27, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Einat Azulay Polon

Summer Loving at the Jerusalem Cinematheque

The Summer Loving program at the Jerusalem Cinematheque offers an escape from the high tensions and temperatures in Israel.

JULY 26, 2023ByHANNAH BROWN
‘The Model and the Marriage Broker.’

Andorra celebrates Israel at 75 with a unique dance show

JULY 16, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Makom show