Israel festival

Released hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen performs songs written in captivity at Kibbutz Nir Oz concert

The Israel Festival event, titled “From Captivity to the Lawn: Stories and Songs,” drew 3,000 attendees, including bereaved families and other former captives.

Idan Raichel (left) and Sagui Dekel-Chen embrace on stage at the concert in Nor Oz on Monday night.
Neta Shpigelman identifies fully with Etty Hillesum, the Holocaust victim heroine of 'The Thinking Heart'

Getting to know Etty Hillesum, the Holocaust diarist starring at the Israel Festival

Blue Sun (see Sunday).

Jerusalem highlights: July 24-30

‘DONALD AND ABDUL’ and Attention, Sergeant Major! will be two of the performances at the Israeli Comedy Festival.

Israeli Comedy Festival returns for its fourth year to bring laughs for everyone


14 Days: UN Speech

Israeli news highlights from the past two weeks.

 Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid speaks at the UN General Assembly in 2022.

‘I Am A Guitar’ international festival unveils the riches of Polish classical guitar music

Polish strings attached: Kowalski’s festival concert at Tzavta should be thoroughly entertaining, engaging, enlightening and pretty exciting, too.

 ACCLAIMED POLISH guitarist Mateusz Kowalski will be appearing in the I Am A Guitar festival, this month.

Jerusalem highlights September 16-22

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

 CASTLES IN the Air.

This Israel Festival performative show to be the most emotive of all

Sara Siegel's performative theatrical production Nonna occupies three slots in this year's Israel Festival (September 15-22).

 THE ‘NONNA – A Living Room Journey’ performative show takes an immersive look at family relations.

Israel Festival casts its net across a wide genre and stylistic sweep

The Israel Festival honchos have far more wholesome, entertaining and spiritually enriching things in store for us. 

 ‘SUN & SEA,’ the opera that won the coveted Golden Lion award at the 2019 Venice Biennale

International Jerusalem Jazz Festival returns

Among the artists scheduled to appear are Fred Hersch (US), Zion Golan and El Khat (Israel), Dilan Balkay (Turkey) and more.

 FRED HERSCH

The beloved Jacob’s Ladder Festival rises from the post-corona ashes

As far as Yehudit Vinegrad is concerned, she is just mightily relieved the festival has survived, and can’t wait to see it all happen over at Kfar Blum.

ATTENDEES DANCE to a live performance during a past Jacob's Ladder Folk Festival.

Omri Nitzan, Cameri Theater artistic director, passes away at age 71

Noam Semel, who worked alongside him at the Cameri Theater for many years, said that "35 years of professional coupledom between us passed away this morning prematurely."

A scene from 'Romeo and Mum' at the Cameri theater

Israel Festival gets a new artistic team

Should be interesting to see which way the Israel Festival wind blows in 2022.

ITAY MAUTNER and Michal Vaknin.

Israel Festival Macho Man installation focuses on violence against women

This Israeli production is the first time the installation has been presented outside of Spain and it will go on to adaptations in other cities around the world.

CHECKING OUT AN installation of the ‘Macho Man’ exhibit at the YMCA.