Arts

'Tell Me Everything' wins Best Picture at Ophir Awards, earns Israel’s Oscar submission

Tell Me Everything won Best Picture and 9 other awards at the Ophir Awards and will go on to be considered for the Best International Feature Academy Award.

Picture of Tell Me Everything/ courtesy of United King Films
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu and his students hold the Four Species as they attend a morning prayer during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, in Katzrin, northern Israel, on October 12, 2025.

Two three-day cultural festivals to mark Sukkot with poetry, dance, and eco-tours

Hannan Abu  Hussein, and a work from new exhibition, ‘When Is Enough?’

Jerusalem highlights: August 28 - September 3

‘THE SIXTEENTH SHEEP’ reunion shows (from left) Yoni Rechter, Gidi Gov, Yehudit Ravitz, and David Broza.

DocuText returns to Jerusalem with documentaries on October 7, Israeli culture, and Jewish identity


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.

 ‘The Model and the Marriage Broker.’

Andorra celebrates Israel at 75 with a unique dance show

Makom show

The Jewish connection to folk music's Woody Guthrie

Although Woody Guthrie was not Jewish, his music is full of Jewish sounds and themes.

 The Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Music, and more, to Istanbul’s ears and heart

The Istanbul Music Festival took place over four days and included Haydn, Schoenberg, Gershwin, Piazzolla, Albeniz, jazz, and Turkish classical music along with other international artists.

 Istanbul, Turkey at dusk

New program aims at fostering the art of Hebrew translation


Tel Aviv metal fan intent on bringing favorite Swedish band to Israel

Shachar Tal has his sights set on obscure Swedish progressive rockers Änglagård, a decidedly non-mainstream band that only sporadically releases its albums.

 SWEDISH PROGRESSIVE rockers Änglagård – will a crowdfunding campaign bring them to Israel?

Running up the wall at Petah Tikva Museum of Art

Gary Goldstein’s visual elixir of comic-book violence and heroism plus Jewish sensitivity.

 ARTIST GARY GOLDSTEIN: My work is very fragile and ephemeral.

Handbag smaller than a grain of salt sells for $63,750 at auction

The handbag was made by the same collective responsible for the Lil Nas X Satan Shoes that drew criticism for having human blood in.

A detail of the engraving on a Japanese gold ingot that was in use between the 16th and 17th centuries is seen enlarged under a magnifying glass, at the Currency Museum of the Bank of Japan in Tokyo, November 18, 2015. Picture taken November 18, 2015.

The $108 million dollar lady: Klimt portrait sets European auction record

The fall of the hammer at 74 million pounds broke the tension, triggering a collective exhalation in the room and a round of applause.

 The last-ever portrait Austrian artist Gustav Klimt painted before he died, "Lady with a Fan", is set for auction at Sotheby's in London, Britain, in this undated handout image released on June 26, 2023

Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra moves from Baroque to Classic

Meniker says he was looking to give the audiences oxymoronic value for money when he got down to piecing the program together. 

 ZVI MENIKER will conduct and take the solo spot on fortepiano.