Culture in jerusalem

Jerusalem highlights: September 4-10

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

‘Reflexion I’ (see Friday).
Rachel Kainy, Road Sketch, workshop during Manofim Festival 2026.

'Megillat Yerushalyim': Israeli artist Rachel Kainy is turning Jerusalem into a living scroll

Victory of the Rising Sun (see Friday).

Jerusalem highlights: July 10-16

Alon Rotman’s Ole, in the Here to Cheer exhibition, resonates the wave movement known to soccer crowds around the world.

Designs on Jerusalem: Hansen House hosts event devoted to everyday aesthetics around us


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.

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken US ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides meet with Israeli emerging leaders at "Feel Beit", an Israeli-Palestinian art and culture collective in Jerusalem, January 31, 2023.

Budding reflections: Maureen Fain sheds light and plenty of color on our lives

The multi-hued petal spread comes courtesy of Maureen Fain, a longtime Jerusalem-resident South African-born artist with the creative means and skills to impart it palpably to the public.

 FADED BOUGAINVILLEA.

The International Jerusalem Puppet Festival returns for 2022

The alfresco curtain-raiser takes place in Liberty Bell Park, which is home to the new expansive and well-appointed Train Theater premises.

 IRIS DOMANY’S ‘Louisa’ invites 4- to 8-year-olds to take a closer look at the minutiae in her studio.

Jerusalem Arts Festival: Anat Malamud brings new ‘Le’ehov Oti’ show

The festival kicks off with a bang, at Beit Ha’am with the Protest Song show with a stellar lineup that features the likes of Karolina, Eran Tzur, Elisha Banai and Alma Zohar

 SINGER-SONGWRITER Anat Malamud attaches great importance to her songs’ lyrics.

New play exploring the lives of Soviet Jews opens in Jerusalem

Set in 1972 Moscow, Whisper Freedom tells the story of Elena Ivanova, a Moscow stage star who painstakingly conceals her Jewish identity.

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This week in Jerusalem: Keep up the good work

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 WITH 11,000 employees, the Jerusalem Municipality is the capital’s beating heart.

Grapevine: Cantor in chief

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on 2/3/2022.

Jerusalem highlights March 4-10

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

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Miss Universe contestants bring beauty to Haboydem

The Miss Universe contestants modeled clothes at Haboydem, a secondhand clothing store and women’s rehabilitation center that shines a spotlight on social projects in Jerusalem.

 A GROUP OF Miss Universe contestants, looking beautiful and sensible, pose for a photo at the Western Wall this week.

Jerusalem highlights: December 17 - 23

What's new in Israel's capital in the upcoming week.

Ricinus Shadow by Chaya Ruckin Berkman, 2021