Culture in jerusalem

Jerusalem Women's Film Festival explores trauma, healing, and hope - preview

Notwithstanding the heavy subject matter of many of the films, Jerusalem Women’s Film Festival attendees are expected to come away from the festival in a buoyant, hopeful frame of mind.

‘Mikveh’ provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse of surprising everyday issues faced by religious women.
ILLUSTRATIVE: A woman's face is pictured behind a violin.

No whining and women: This Witches? Festival returns with a salute to female musicianship

‘Tangles’ still frame, based on Sarah Leavitt’s graphic novel (see Tuesday).

Jerusalem highlights: October 9 – October 15

‘Reflexion I’ (see Friday).

Jerusalem highlights: September 4-10


The Jerusalem Opera is back

Productions of Le Mariage aux Lanternes and Une Éducation Manquée come to the Jerusalem Opera.

LENDING THE storyline a certain  welcome silliness with birdlike aesthetics.

Ronen Izhaki’s 'Pshutot' is an artistic tribute to Zelda

The cast of Pshutot is comprised of five dancers from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, where Izhaki teaches, and three other female dancers whom Izhaki met over the past several years.

RONEN IZHAKI’S creation ‘Pshutot.’

Yes Planet parking lot to host Israel Festival musical dance event

In mid-June, "Public Parking" will be performed in the Yes Planet parking lot in Jerusalem’s Armon Hanatziv neighborhood. The evening is part of the Israel Festival program.

PUBLIC PARKING

Seeing the big picture of Jerusalem with the Jerusalem Foundation

"The Jerusalem Foundation is for Jews and Arabs, the secular and the observant"

JERUSALEM FOUNDATION president Shai Doron inside the underground Davidson Theater in Jerusalem’s Liberty Bell Park.

Back to life: Health Ministry launches campaign to encourage vaccination

Passport holders will be able to go out to restaurants with friends again, go to the gym, attend rock concerts and "sing along with every word," as well as go to cinemas and theaters.

Israelis sit down to eat with friends at a restaurant in an ad campaign by the Health Ministry to encourage vaccination for COVID-19.

Jerusalem reopens culture with concert using green passport system

Miri Mesika will kick off the reopening of culture events with a performance containing music from her new album, "Ocean".

Miri Mesika.

This week in Jerusalem - A round-up of city affairs

What has been going on in Israel's capital this week?

OFER BERKOVITCH: Going national

Coffin of philanthropist Sheldon Adelson arrived in Israel

Adelson, one of the most well-known Jewish philanthropists, will be buried Friday in Jerusalem.


Jerusalem Botanical Garden Winter Lights Festival

The festival opens on Saturday night, December 12, and will continue through the end of the month.

THE WINTER Lights Festival at the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens.

Jerusalem's academic metropolis

In the 2018/19 school year, 27,800 undergraduate students studied in institutions located in the city.