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Jill Sobule, pop star who also composed songs for a new ‘Yentl,’ dies at 66

The singer's publicist announced that she had died in a fire in her Minneapolis home.

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
02/05/2025

The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra's concert for Holocaust remembrance

Rather than actual music from the Holocaust, this Holocaust Memorial Day Concert by the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra related in its seriousness of content and Jewish-Israeli focus.

By MAX STERN
28/04/2025

An escape to Taba during troubled times

This Mövenpick Resort at the meeting point of four countries, with views of Jordan, Israel, and Saudi Arabia across the Red Sea, was full of surprises.

By MOTTI VERSES
26/04/2025
 Israel's representative to the Eurovision Song Contest, Yuval Raphael

Eurovision audience to be permitted to wave Palestinian flags this ceremony

Singers participating, however, are only allowed to display the flag of their country on stage and are prohibited from displaying pride flags or flags of other countries at all official events.

By WALLA! CULTURE
26/04/2025

Shmuel Zimmer: The Jerusalem wedding planner who does the impossible

Jerusalemite of the Week: Wedding planning is a meticulous and detailed art form, and doing it yourself is a major challenge. But Shmuel Zimmer of Teva Events does the impossible.

25/04/2025

Revealing Yad Vashem’s Touching Memory Theater

“I would talk to Bear all the time, share my feelings with him and cry to him. He was my only connection to my family.” – Fred Lessing

By NERIA BARR
24/04/2025
 ISRAELI CONDUCTOR Omer Meir Wellber.

Vienna remembers the Holocaust with music

Israeli-led operas at Vienna’s Volksoper explore Holocaust memory, blending Ullmann’s defiance with Mozart’s Requiem in a stirring musical dialogue.

By VICTORIA MARTYNOV
24/04/2025

'Among Neighbors': A filmmaker’s journey to uncover a forgotten Holocaust legacy

Filmmaker Yoav Potash arrived in Poland to document a modest ceremony in a forgotten town, but left with a profound mystery that would take a decade to unravel.

By NERIA BARR
23/04/2025

New and old movies to be screened across Israel during Holocaust Remembrance Day

These films are told from different points of view and in all different styles, with some relying on archival footage and others using different elements to tell stories from the Holocaust.

 Israel's representative to the Eurovision Song Contest, Yuval Raphael

Despite boycott calls, Israel cleared to participate in Eurovision 2025

Will Israel participate in Eurovision 2025? As far as the new contest director is concerned - there is no question at all.

By YANIV DORNBUSH
22/04/2025
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