Culture in Israel
Ushpizin Music Festival returns to Ashdod with Israeli rock icons, opera, and theater
The rock marathon continues the following evening with a powerhouse roster featuring pioneering rocker Shalom Hanoch, ’90s alternative icons Eifa HaYeled, and punk-rock legend Rami Fortis.
After losing my son to terror, I started dancing at 70 to learn how to live again
Three artists, three questions: Creating an alternative reality
Tel Aviv's Animix festival combines political satire, cartoons with tributes, memorials, lectures
Israeli rock band Eifo Hayeled releases new album written against the backdrop of war
Created over the past three years against the backdrop of the Gaza war, the album moves between personal reflection and national pain.
Finding her own genre: Nicole Raviv blends Hebrew, Arabic, and pop into a new Israeli sound
How international music artist Nicole Raviv stopped choosing between her worlds.
Infinite painting, boundless experience: How Leo Ray finds joy in an increasingly dark world
For over 30 years, up to the pandemic, he taught art at Art School, Ein Vered, and BASIS School of Sculpture, Beit Yanai, where he also headed the painting program from 2006 to 2014.
A trip to the 'boy aquarium': Discovering Israel's thriving hockey scene
I’ll admit, this was the first time I’ve ever watched a sports game of any kind in my adult life, and I could not believe how much fun it was.
Jonty Hurwitz brings mind-bending science, art, and optical illusions to Jerusalem
Jonty Hurwitz’s works are sculptures smaller than atoms and images created by cylindrical mirrors.
War, boycotts, and shrinking budgets push Israeli culture to the brink
How much of a helping hand do our culture purveyors get from the authorities?
'Gangland' director Vincent Grashaw brings Native American story to Jerusalem Film Festival
Director Vincent Grashaw found the screenplay for ‘Gangland’ online, then worked with Native American advisers and actors to bring its fictional reservation to life.
Israeli movies balance excitement, sorrow, and war at Jerusalem Film Festival
Through heartbreaking documentaries and dramas, Israeli movies explore the war and the future.
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.
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.
