Israel/Culture
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Discovering the Circassians, a mysterious minority in northern Israel
Circassians are fluent in four languages
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Prominent Israeli pop singer Zvika Pick passes away
Pick was titled 'King of Pop' in Israel
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Eurovision 2023: Noa Kirel announces will compete for Israel
'I'm already imagining myself on that crazy stage at Eurovision,' popstar says
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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'
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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
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Unique Opera Festival in northern Israel to focus on Mozart
Every evening 20 Israeli teenagers from underprivileged backgrounds will be invited to the festival
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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
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‘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
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Bernard-Henri Levy’s doc on Ukraine war premieres in Israel
'I hope to see Israel and Ukraine as sister nations'
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Cannes-winning Swedish director to headline Jerusalem Film Festival
Over 200 films from 50 countries will be shown during the festival
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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'
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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
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Jerusalem Design Week explores Israeli, international art
The theme this year for Israel's largest, most influential public design event is 'For Now'
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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'
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Druze cuisine and culture thriving in Israel's Galilee
Maha Ameer shows us how to make a traditional Druze dish called Shulbato
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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'
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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'
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Israeli maestro woos fans in off-limits Iran
'Persian, Iranian culture is a huge inspiration for me,' says Mark Eliyahu
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Israeli novelist A.B. Yehoshua passes away
Yehoshua - a writer, activist, and playwright - was described as the 'Israeli Faulkner'
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Israel joins EU’s 'Creative Group,' settlements excluded
The EU will invest heavily in Israeli artists who initiate cross-cultural events with European artists
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Israel: Antisemitic inscriptions found in Holocaust museum
Phrases like 'Zionists=Nazis' and 'Cursed Zionists, your end is near' plastered throughout Mount Zion museum
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Golden Keys international musical competition in Israel for 30th anniversary
This year, Israeli Arabs will be heavily represented in the contest
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A wine tour of the Judean Hills
Modern winemakers reviving an ancient tradition in the region
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Vegan cheese seller gives Shavuot holiday a new twist
Nut-based cheese coated with local spices makes the traditional Shavuot table stand out