Culture in jerusalem

'Megillat Yerushalyim': Israeli artist Rachel Kainy is turning Jerusalem into a living scroll

Rachel Kainy documents the capital of Israel, with all its social and cultural shades and contrasts, creating the story of the city on paper scrolls – in a way, a megillah of Jerusalem.

Rachel Kainy, Road Sketch, workshop during Manofim Festival 2026.
Victory of the Rising Sun (see Friday).

Jerusalem highlights: July 10-16

Alon Rotman’s Ole, in the Here to Cheer exhibition, resonates the wave movement known to soccer crowds around the world.

Designs on Jerusalem: Hansen House hosts event devoted to everyday aesthetics around us

‘Menashe Kapra’ (see Thursday).

Jerusalem highlights: July 3-9


Jerusalem Highlights July 12 - July 18

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 ALMA BAND at the Yellow Submarine offers a blend of indie music and faith-oriented lyrics. Doors open at 8:30 p.m.

Jerusalem Highlights June 14 – June 20

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 ASAF AVIDAN hits Jerusalem on his Ichnology tour (see Monday).

Jerusalem Highlights MAY 31 – JUNE 6

Editor’s note: Due to the current security situation, events listed below may be postponed or canceled. Check before booking, and stay safe.

 HOUDINI and Jennie the Vanishing Elephant, 1918 (see Tuesday).

This year’s Musrara art event in Jerusalem explores how we perceive time

Jerusalem's annual Musrara Mix is one of the biggest art events in the country.

 BASS CLARINETIST, composer, and sound designer Yoni Silver.

Bringing Israelite coals back home through Mawal Baladi Festival

The Mawal Baladi Festival was intially put on hold for a while due to the war, but a decision was made to go ahead with the four-day event, which will now take place December 26-29.

 ACCLAIMED VIOLINIST and conductor Werner Ehrhardt will join Yair Dalal in the opening concert.

To stay or not to stay: Jewish Festival of Performing Arts presents ‘Vienna or Dimona’

There are clearly some heavy-duty issues worked into the fabric of the play, but a healthy dosage of comedic material helps the philosophical medicine go down.

 A SCENE from ‘Vienna or Dimona’ by Yaniv Peretz

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.’

Second season of ‘Beauty Queen of Jerusalem’ will hit Netflix July 14

The historical drama focuses on three generations of the Sephardic Ladino-speaking family and their travails as they contend with violence and in their hometown of Jerusalem.

SWELL ARIEL OR and Israel Ogalbo star in ‘The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem.’

Boycotting municipal elections harms Arab Jerusalemites - editorial

Jerusalem’s Arab residents should reject calls for yet another pointless boycott of the municipal elections and participate actively in the democratic process.

 Arabs in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Israeli civic society is our 'north star,' Blinken tells grassroot organizers

Blinken sat down with leaders of grassroots organizations at the Israeli-Palestinian arts center Feel Beit, a cross point between Jerusalem's Jewish and Arab neighborhoods.

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken US ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides meet with Israeli emerging leaders at "Feel Beit", an Israeli-Palestinian art and culture collective in Jerusalem, January 31, 2023.