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America-Israel Cultural Foundation announces winners of 2024 Spring Competition

Twenty-eight contestants between the ages of 21 and 30 competed in the 2024 Spring Competitions.

By NERIA BARR
08/01/2025

'Why War': Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai's latest movie

The director attempts to answer the question "why war?" in an inventive way, by quoting from an exchange of letters between Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud in the early 1930s.

Highlights of the Haifa International Film Festival

One advantage for English speakers of seeing a movie at a film festival is that they show films with English titles, unlike the theater chains, which only offer subtitles occasionally.

Art in the aftermath: Israeli exhibitions reflect the scars of war

Exhibitions “Second Draft,” “Kuma: The Art of Eitan Rosenzweig,” and “War Decorations” reveal how artists transform the pain of conflict into powerful reflections through vivid canvases.

By VERONICA NEIFAKH / THE MEDIA LINE
06/01/2025

Gal Gadot criticized in Israel for failure to wear the hostage pin at Golden Globes

The Golden Globes released a statement saying that Gadot and all other presenters were allowed to wear any political or social symbols they chose.

Remembering the golden age of Jewish Salonica via stamps

Salonica was once known as “The Mother of Israel.” However, the Jewish community’s former glories are now mostly found in archives of aging photographs and the fading memories of elderly survivors. 

By LES GLASSMAN
06/01/2025

NLI commemorates centenary of Franz Kafka’s death

While Kafka (1883-1924) passed away June 3, the exhibition opened six months later – delayed by the war in Gaza and Lebanon.

By GIL ZOHAR
06/01/2025

This year's Classicameri Festival mixes the musical storyboard

That sounds like a deliciously inviting school of musical thought and one that augurs well for an entertaining, fun, and enriching time down in Eilat.

06/01/2025

Tal Mazliach's 'War Decorations': trauma and art collide in bold colors

Tal Mazliach's exhibition "War Decorations" at the Tel Aviv Museum reveals her raw emotional journey since October 7, 2023, through intense, colorful paintings packed with powerful symbolism.

05/01/2025

A look at Moshav Ein Vered’s Museum of Tractors

For the still-life photographer, the Museum of Tractors is a veritable treasure trove.

By JAY GARFINKEL
05/01/2025
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