Culture
What to watch this week: ‘Legends’ hits the mark as Pride month programming begins
TV Time: It's Pride month, a time of celebration for the LGBTQ+ community, and there is television programming to go along with it on Yes Docu, Yes VOD, and Hot 8.
Jerusalem Film Festival to open with Moshe Rosenthal’s 'Tell Me Everything'
Israeli singer Yishai Levi passes away at 63 after being hospitalized in serious condition
The second Israeli Jazz Festival in Lehavim gets underway
Local Testimony 2025: Powerful images of conflict, life, and hope at Eretz Israel Museum
The Eretz Israel Museum hosts Local Testimony 2025, a moving exhibition of photography documenting war, life, and hope.
Heritage Minister Eliyahu to visit North Macedonia as gov't guest to strengthen diplomatic ties
The potential cooperation between the two countries and Eliyahu's visit will emphasize "shared values and respect for religious and cultural heritage."
Israeli artists build bridges at Xavier University, Nation’s only Catholic HBCU
“The fact that I am singing not in English but in an African language resonates with the students and helps propel them on their own quest, ” the artists explain.
‘Let’s start bigger’: Israelis behind ‘The Department of Magic’ detail creative process - interview
Amit Weiss, an acting and cinema student at Sapir Academic College near Sderot, and Talia Novich, a technical writer in Haifa, are creatively inseparable.
Jerusalem Highlights: January 2 – January 8
What's new to do in Israel's capital?
‘Last Christmas, I gave you Iran’: Trump, Netanyahu in Mar-a-Lago love fest on Eretz Nehederet
The sketch mocked the contentious relationship between the two, where the prime minister is often subservient to the president but pretends not to be.
Israeli film awards proceed as boycotting nominees reverse course
Filmmakers who withdrew from the culture ministry’s film awards will participate after a compromise was reached amid threats to reform the Cinema Law.
French actress, icon, advocate: Brigitte Bardot passes away at 91
Born in Paris on September 28, 1934, Bardot grew up in an upper-middle-class household. She described herself as a shy, self-conscious child who "wore spectacles and had lank hair."
Boundless Bach at the 12th rollout of the Jerusalem Piano Festival
The 'Bach for Two and Three Pianos' concert makes for one helluva evening’s entertainment, but Shapira takes the presentation offering and listening experience a step or two further.
Before ‘SNL,’ there was Sid Caesar and a roomful of Jewish writers
Legendary Jewish comedian Sid Caesar dominated the television screen beginning in the 1950's and left a lasting mark on American showbusiness as we know it.