Arts

German artist Barbara Hines unveils first solo exhibit in Israel after discovering Jewish roots

Unbeknownst to Hines, both of her parents were Jewish survivors who hid in plain sight as German Christians to evade the Nazis.

Barbara Hines's exhibition is the culmination of a profound spiritual and personal journey that began when Hines discovered her family’s hidden Holocaust history.
‘Tangles’ still frame, based on Sarah Leavitt’s graphic novel (see Tuesday).

Jerusalem highlights: October 9 – October 15

Eva Avidar's work: Bite, 2017.

From ruins, regrowth: Artists answer October 7 with humanity

Picture of Tell Me Everything/ courtesy of United King Films

'Tell Me Everything' wins Best Picture at Ophir Awards, earns Israel’s Oscar submission


Low Cut Connie’s Adam Weiner chronicles his Jewish evolution on new single ‘King of the Jews’

Weiner said he has been putting his Jewish identity — and neuroses, the fear that something bad is coming — at the heart of his project for a while now.

 A guitar lies across a piano.

Puccini’s Madama Butterfly soars at HaYarkon Park

A 20-year annual tradition of Opera in the Park reached a high point, with this year’s deeply performance of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly.

 MADAM BUTTERFLY at HaYarkon Park.

The faculty rooms of the future

Privat study and meeting cells, mobile work units and more: this is how an innovative designer sees the future of traditional faculty rooms in schools. 

 Einat Azulay Polon

Summer Loving at the Jerusalem Cinematheque

The Summer Loving program at the Jerusalem Cinematheque offers an escape from the high tensions and temperatures in Israel.

 ‘The Model and the Marriage Broker.’

Andorra celebrates Israel at 75 with a unique dance show

Makom show

The Jewish connection to folk music's Woody Guthrie

Although Woody Guthrie was not Jewish, his music is full of Jewish sounds and themes.

 The Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Music, and more, to Istanbul’s ears and heart

The Istanbul Music Festival took place over four days and included Haydn, Schoenberg, Gershwin, Piazzolla, Albeniz, jazz, and Turkish classical music along with other international artists.

 Istanbul, Turkey at dusk

New program aims at fostering the art of Hebrew translation


Tel Aviv metal fan intent on bringing favorite Swedish band to Israel

Shachar Tal has his sights set on obscure Swedish progressive rockers Änglagård, a decidedly non-mainstream band that only sporadically releases its albums.

 SWEDISH PROGRESSIVE rockers Änglagård – will a crowdfunding campaign bring them to Israel?

Running up the wall at Petah Tikva Museum of Art

Gary Goldstein’s visual elixir of comic-book violence and heroism plus Jewish sensitivity.

 ARTIST GARY GOLDSTEIN: My work is very fragile and ephemeral.