culture in jerusalem

Bringing Israelite coals back home through Mawal Baladi Festival

The Mawal Baladi Festival was intially put on hold for a while due to the war, but a decision was made to go ahead with the four-day event, which will now take place December 26-29.

23/12/2023
 A SCENE from ‘Vienna or Dimona’ by Yaniv Peretz

To stay or not to stay: Jewish Festival of Performing Arts presents ‘Vienna or Dimona’

There are clearly some heavy-duty issues worked into the fabric of the play, but a healthy dosage of comedic material helps the philosophical medicine go down.

20/12/2023

Summer Loving at the Jerusalem Cinematheque

The Summer Loving program at the Jerusalem Cinematheque offers an escape from the high tensions and temperatures in Israel.

Second season of ‘Beauty Queen of Jerusalem’ will hit Netflix July 14

The historical drama focuses on three generations of the Sephardic Ladino-speaking family and their travails as they contend with violence and in their hometown of Jerusalem.

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
27/06/2023

Boycotting municipal elections harms Arab Jerusalemites - editorial

Jerusalem’s Arab residents should reject calls for yet another pointless boycott of the municipal elections and participate actively in the democratic process.

Israeli civic society is our 'north star,' Blinken tells grassroot organizers

Blinken sat down with leaders of grassroots organizations at the Israeli-Palestinian arts center Feel Beit, a cross point between Jerusalem's Jewish and Arab neighborhoods.

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