Culture

What to watch this week: Larry David's new HBO comedy, talking sheep, and Kim Novak

TV Time: Gitit Fisher, Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, and Hugh Jackman are just a few names to entertain TV watchers this summer in releases like On Standby and The Sheep Detectives.

US-ENTERTAINMENT-STREAMING-WARNER-NETFLIX-FILM The HBO Max logo is seen outside the Warner Bros. Discovery offices in Culver City, California, on December 5, 2025.
Daily life in Tel Aviv. July 08, 2026.

Tzavta Theater to celebrate 70 years with Freedom to Create festival

Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, May 20, 2026.

Culture Minister Zohar releases video skewering the film industry

The tradition of “Mazel Tov” and the belief in luck and fate continue to accompany Jewish life from its ancient roots to the modern world.

Why "Mazel Tov" endures as the Jewish World's Favorite Blessing


Israeli actress Evgenia Dodina triumphs in Or Sinai's ‘Mama’ - review

Speaking in Polish rather than her native Russian, Dodina gives a memorable performance in "Mama" – one of her many unforgettable theatrical accomplishments.

EVGENIA DODINA in ‘Mama.’ She exemplifies the kind of woman who has made the devastating choice to leave her family behind so that she can support them.

Israeli author Amir Tibon wins Sami Rohr Prize for Oct. 7 memoir

“It is an incredible honor to receive the Sami Rohr Prize and join the esteemed list of writers who have won this award over the past two decades,” Tibon said in the Sami Rohr Prize press release.

 Israeli journalist Amir Tibon's "The Gates of Gaza" retells his family's experience on Oct. 7 and his country's experience since.

Designs on Jerusalem: Hansen House hosts event devoted to everyday aesthetics around us

The week, which takes place July 9-16 at its perennial berth of Hansen House, feeds off major sporting events taking place around the globe and even here, this summer.

Alon Rotman’s Ole, in the Here to Cheer exhibition, resonates the wave movement known to soccer crowds around the world.

‘Feelings in Between’: Autistic artists challenge stereotypes in new Jerusalem exhibition

The Feelings In Between exhibition opens on July 8 at the Jerusalem Theatre and will run until August 30.

Many pictures combine abstract designs with more conventional figures.

Jerusalem Film Festival returns with Sundance hits, Cannes winners, and Israeli premieres

The 43rd edition of the festival, which was founded to bring the best international films to Israel and to promote Israeli filmmaking, will be at the Jerusalem Cinematheque and the Lev Smadar theater

CRISTIAN MUNGIU’S ‘Fjord’ won the Palme d’Or at Cannes this year.

What to watch this week: The story behind ‘Shoah,’ the end of ‘The Bear,’ and a riveting ‘Betrayal’

TV TIME: 'All I Had Was Nothingness' is a kind of road movie that follows 'Shoah' creator Lanzmann through many different roads in Germany, Poland, Israel, and the US.

‘ALL I HAD WAS NOTHINGNESS’

US Ambassador Mike Huckabee compares America-Israel alliance to marriage that cannot afford divorce

“When I hear people say, ‘Is it possible America and Israel will split apart and no longer enjoy this extraordinary partnership?’ I say, ‘No... we are not that stupid," Huckabee said.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee address a special Israeli-American Council (IAC) America 250 celebration in Israel, hosted by businesswoman and philanthropist Shari Arison.

Huvy Elisha and the enduring power of Biblical Art in Jerusalem

Ishai Elisha.

Social media star Montana Tucker to host Maccabiah Games delegation parade - interview

"This is Israel. This is what being Jewish means,” social media star Montana Tucker said of the Maccabiah Games.

Montana Tucker in front of an artistic rendering of the stage at the 2026 Maccabiah Games.

When diplomats can’t read the shadows - opinion

Diplomacy begins with language. Yet language is never merely vocabulary. Every language carries its own history, literature, symbols, and collective memory. Words rarely travel alone.

An illustrative image of a number of European Union member states' flags leading up to the EU flag at the European Parliament headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.