Jerusalem culture

Train Theater’s Puppet Festival grows up

The festival, running from August 17-21, will offer international workshops and events, interactive and immersive experiences, and exhibitions.

A PERFORMANCE at the upcoming International Puppet Festival.
 MAUREEN NEHEDAR

A voice of kindness: Iranian-born Maureen Nehedar finds her own melody in a new album

 HANNA ELAN YONES.

Three artists, three questions: Spotted at Fresh Paint 2024

 The new entrance to the Tower of David Jerusalem.

From ‘Spirit of Stone’ to ‘Forsaken Zone’: Is there a Jerusalem School of Art?


Blue dragons, a pub and beer

How residents of East Talpiot turned a local falafel place into a community-owned pub and social center.

THANKS TO Barmon, locals finally have a place for evening meet-ups and relaxation.

Tikkun Olam through movies

Producer Ayelet Bacharach seeks to change perceptions of people with disabilities.

Ayelet Bacharach with disabled actor Beni Ofir at the Reframing Reality Film Festival

Jerusalem’s greatest natural resource

Interactive art pieces at Mekudeshet Festival to challenge beliefs and encourage new ways of thinking

THE ONE Night in Atlantis listening spectacle takes place on August 9 as part of Jerusalem’s Mekudeshet Festival

Hamlet in Jerusalem's own 'Shakespeare in the Park'

“'Hamlet' is sort of a cliche in a good sense in that you studied it in high school or met in somewhere, and now you can experience it in this setting,” said Natan Skop, who is playing Hamlet.

Cast of Shakespeare in the Park

Giving the country a dressing-down

“Fashion Statements” serves as a time-tunnel guide to the country’s sociopolitical and cultural evolution

Contemporary local designers marry cutting-edge technology with traditional handicrafts

Jerusalem becomes the City of Light

For the tenth year in a row, the Light Festival in Jerusalem is shining through the Old City and nearby Jaffa Street every night (except Friday night) until July 5th.

Jerusalem market at night

‘The Last Band in Lebanon’ to get US remake

The original film, produced by the Ederys, was a screwball comedy about three IDF reservists in the army band who wake up in Lebanon one morning.

Last band in Lebanon movie poster 2018

Flying in the darkness

“We were all affected; we all lost roots or branches of our family trees. Nobody came out of that untouched. But out of the ashes of the Holocaust, we have our state."

Child actors in J-Town Playhouse’s ‘I Never Saw Another Butterfly’

War, friendship and revenge

The mask is the message in 'See You Up There.'

A scene from the film ‘See You Up There’

Three ladies, three lattes: The gift of life

Three Ladies, Three Lattes looks at percolating issues in Israel’s complicated social and religious fabric. Secular Pam, modern Orthodox Tzippi and haredi Danit answer your questions.

 Organ donation (Illustrative)