Israel/Culture

Discovering the Circassians, a mysterious minority in northern Israel

Circassians are fluent in four languages

Prominent Israeli pop singer Zvika Pick passes away

Pick was titled 'King of Pop' in Israel

Eurovision 2023: Noa Kirel announces will compete for Israel

'I'm already imagining myself on that crazy stage at Eurovision,' popstar says

Hollywood in Holy Land: Israel launches fund to attract film, TV production crews

'The package that Israel can give to any foreign production is much more than incentives'

Israel tourism rebounds in July, still well below pre-Covid levels

'The positive trend is continuing, and... this will continue through August,' says Israel's Tourism Minister

Unique Opera Festival in northern Israel to focus on Mozart

Every evening 20 Israeli teenagers from underprivileged backgrounds will be invited to the festival

Art festival to ‘lower the dividing line between Tel Aviv and Jaffa’

Jaffa and Tel Aviv, formally one city, but oftentimes considered two separate entities

‘The New Ghetto:’ A play about Israel's origins premiers this week

A performance will also take place for the first time in Tel Aviv on July 21

Bernard-Henri Levy’s doc on Ukraine war premieres in Israel

'I hope to see Israel and Ukraine as sister nations'

Cannes-winning Swedish director to headline Jerusalem Film Festival

Over 200 films from 50 countries will be shown during the festival

Russian refugees the focus of Tel Aviv Int’l Theater Fest

'Terrible things are happening in Russia right now, just as in 1919. Some people are unable to leave'

Israel: Opening of Bedouin city's first community arts center

A wide range of artistic activities are offered for children of all ages at the center in Rahat, in the Negev

Jerusalem Design Week explores Israeli, international art

The theme this year for Israel's largest, most influential public design event is 'For Now'

Scholars meet in Israel to talk ‘cutting-edge’ studies

'Academic freedom to run impartial studies of Israeli society... politics, law, and culture is under threat'

Druze cuisine and culture thriving in Israel's Galilee

Maha Ameer shows us how to make a traditional Druze dish called Shulbato

Modern Jews revive ancient Shavuot ritual as practiced at Jerusalem Temple

'We're practicing the different parts of the priestly work. The work of the Kohanim in the Temple'

Israeli theater cancels play about West Bank soldiers

'A place where artists are silenced is a place that is not appropriate for plays or audiences'

Israeli maestro woos fans in off-limits Iran

'Persian, Iranian culture is a huge inspiration for me,' says Mark Eliyahu

Israeli novelist A.B. Yehoshua passes away

Yehoshua - a writer, activist, and playwright - was described as the 'Israeli Faulkner'

Israel joins EU’s 'Creative Group,' settlements excluded

The EU will invest heavily in Israeli artists who initiate cross-cultural events with European artists

Israel: Antisemitic inscriptions found in Holocaust museum

Phrases like 'Zionists=Nazis' and 'Cursed Zionists, your end is near' plastered throughout Mount Zion museum

Golden Keys international musical competition in Israel for 30th anniversary

This year, Israeli Arabs will be heavily represented in the contest

A wine tour of the Judean Hills

Modern winemakers reviving an ancient tradition in the region

Vegan cheese seller gives Shavuot holiday a new twist

Nut-based cheese coated with local spices makes the traditional Shavuot table stand out