Israel festival

The festival’s two opening performances will take place in a specially built open-air amphitheater in the Jerusalem Theater Plaza.

This year’s fall edition puts the population of the western Negev front and center, spotlighting the hostages and their families, as well as those who suffered losses on October 7 and during the war.

Nearly 25 years after their first collaboration, acclaimed choreographer Yasmeen Godder and singer Dikla join forces once again for Shout Aloud, featuring a new diverse cast of performers.

This year's Israel festival will focus on the Israel-Hamas war, centering around home, loss, and mourning.

The program kicks off at the Sherover Auditorium of the Jerusalem Theatre at 5 p.m. on September 26, continuing through to 4 p.m. on the morrow.

The initiative will debut at the Israel Festival, featuring performances by budding talents alongside established artists.

As the season’s blazing heat takes its final bow, and the first whispers of fall’s cooler breeze make their debut, Jerusalem throws lively end-of-summer celebrations, offering something for everyone.

The festival sets out “to do what art and creation know so well to do – to create a space where complexity, multifaceted thought, and imagination can coexist in unison,” artistic directors state.

The work is on the current Israel Festival roster, with performances set for the Nissan Nativ Acting Studio auditorium on August 9, 10, and 11.

The project’s background bumf puts the philosophy into neat evocative parlance. “One man’s junk is everyone’s treasure,” whatever that treasure may be.