Israel Culture

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Three artists, three questions: New artists explain what inspires them, sets them apart

The Artists Greenhouse section highlights new, independent artists. Selection is anonymous and takes over half a year.

02/06/2025
 CANINE GRACE personified

Snapping Tel Aviv: Alex Levac on capturing the city that never sleeps

Israel’s city that never sleeps was founded over Passover, 1909, during the counting of the Omer leading up to Shavuot.

02/06/2025
VIEWING the ‘Between the Vineyards and the Fields’ exhibit.

TAU exhibit features artists on autism spectrum

This show, called, “Between the Vineyards and the Fields,” which runs until July 30, is the follow-up to their show last July at the Artspace Gallery run by the Tel Aviv Municipality.

 BEN-GURION AIRPORT security, Terminal 1, during the COVID-19 pandemic

'The Jews, 5,000 Years and Counting:' Jewish history can be funny

The Jews: 5,000 Years and Counting achieves an incredible feat: It covers our entire “epic journey through time, space, and guilt” in 224 pages.

'Eminent Jews:' Jewish sensibility at its best

In his book Eminent Jews, David Denby provides engaging, informative, insightful, mostly, but not entirely, celebratory biographies of four eminent Jews.

By GLENN C. ALTSCHULER
01/06/2025

TV time: ‘Fountain’ fizzles and ‘Fireflies’ buzz

Check out the series, movies and shows hitting Israel's screens this week.

New doc tells story of Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel

An Elie Wiesel documentary presents a compelling portrait of a Holocaust survivor who bore witness.

Review: Meet the woman who saved countless art masterpieces from the Nazis

Valland is the real-life heroine of “The Art Spy,” a curator at Jeu de Paume Museum in Paris in the 1940s.

By CHRIS HEWITT/TNS
29/05/2025
  ‘I TRULY believe everything happens for a reason.’

From Ramle to Orange County: Maya Vorobyov discusses her past, present, and future

“I took Zionism and Judaism for granted. I never imagined that I could be targeted," says the executive director of TalkIsrael, "Looking back I truly believe everything happened for a reason.”

By ALAN ROSENBAUM , IN COLLABORATION WITH TALKISRAEL
29/05/2025

Leading innovation in a rapidly changing world

Prof. Eduard Yakubov, president of the Holon Institute of Technology, explains how HIT is staying ahead of the curve to tackle today’s toughest technological challenges

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