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'Held By a String' was the opening aerial performance at Jerusalem's Hinnom Valley on July 28, 2026 (Igo Parvrov)
August 7, 2026, 10:24 am
At Israel Festival, show goes on without international acts amid war, isolation
Organizers of annual event grapple with unofficial cultural boycott as global talent, usually a prominent part of the program, shuns Israel in wake of Oct. 7
By Jessica Steinberg
Singer Omer Adam performs at a memorial event in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, February 20, 2025. (Alon Gilboa/Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
June 8, 2026, 5:37 pm
Concerts postponed, sports stadiums left empty following renewed conflict with Iran
Friday’s Tel Aviv Pride Parade thrown into limbo for second straight year; basketball players protest decision to move forward with games; book fest, theater awards also pushed off
By ToI Staff
Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar arrives at the Israeli Film Awards ceremony in Jerusalem, December 30, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 19, 2026, 9:46 am
Artists protest after culture minister cancels dozens of awards including cash prizes
Umbrella organization Forum of Cultural Institutions questions whether Miki Zohar diverted funds to his alternative film award ceremony; minister says awards are biased
By Jessica Steinberg
Mohammad Bakri attends a Supreme Court hearing in Jerusalem about his film 'Jenin, Jenin,' on May 16, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
December 25, 2025, 5:20 am
Mohammad Bakri, director of controversial ‘Jenin, Jenin,’ dies at 72
Israel-born actor won renown for performances, but was accused of using misleading footage for discredited documentary alleging IDF massacred civilians in 2002 West Bank raid
By ToI Staff and AFP
Visitors pose for a group photo under Hatshepsut statue, at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, Egypt, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
November 2, 2025, 8:46 am
With pomp and fanfare, Grand Egyptian Museum opens as ode to ancient civilization
Museum, the biggest worldwide dedicated to a single civilization, will exhibit some 50,000 artifacts of pharaohs and Egyptian gods
By Samy Magdy
Finnish-US tenor Miles Mykkanen as Sam Clay and Polish baritone Andrzej Filonczyk as Joe Kavalier, perform during the final dress rehearsal of Mason Bates' "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, September 18, 2025. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP)
September 25, 2025, 6:27 am
Met season opens with new opera based on Michael Chabon’s ‘Kavalier & Clay’
Novel about two Jewish cousins in World War II-era Brooklyn is focus of new opera starring Miles Mykkanen and Andrzej Filończyk
By mike silverman
US film director Jim Jarmusch attends the photocall of the movie "Father Mother Sister Brother" presented in competition at the 82nd International Venice Film Festival, at Venice Lido on August 31, 2025. (Tiziana Fabi/AFP)
August 31, 2025, 8:46 pm
Director Jarmusch ‘disconcerted’ by streaming site Mubi’s links to Israeli defense firm
Mubi founder denies the company is ‘complicit’ in Gaza war after drawing fire for accepting $100 million from Silicon Valley firm with Israeli defense company in its portfolio
By AFP
Visitors on a tour at the new National Library of Israel in 2024 (Courtesy)
March 7, 2025, 9:37 am
After Oct. 7, Israel’s new National Library helps a resilient nation turn the page
The $225 million building opened to the public just days after the Hamas atrocities – and has become an unexpected source of unity for a diverse society craving culture in wartime
By Jessica Steinberg
Shuli Abitbul (far left), Dani Admasu, Hen Avigdori (third from left) and Hadassa Ben Ari at a panel at Jerusalem's Mandel Leadership Institute on September 22, 2024 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
October 2, 2024, 1:51 pm
Parents, creators discuss how to talk to kids about war, hostage crisis
Conference at Jerusalem’s Mandel Leadership Institute includes TV writer Hen Avigdori, whose wife and daughter were released from captivity; ‘Laugh as much as possible,’ he says
By Jessica Steinberg
Crew members and media work near the Hollywood Walk of Fame, March 8, 2023, outside the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
September 18, 2024, 2:16 pm
Petah Tikva to launch Hollywood-inspired ‘walk of fame’
Initial list of people to get stars comprises 31 Israeli singers, actors, authors and performers who were born in or live in the Tel Aviv suburb
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: In this Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020, photo the word pandemic is displayed in a dictionary in Washington. Merriam-Webster on Monday announced “pandemic” as its 2020 word of the year. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
September 8, 2022, 8:46 pm
Merriam-Webster adds pumpkin spice, ICYMI to dictionary
‘Words offer a window into our ever-changing language and culture,’ says Merriam-Webster’s editor Peter Sokolowsk
By Mark Pratt
Jodi Eichler-Levine, a professor of religion studies at Lehigh University, encountered antisemitic harassment after one of her Twitter threads about Disney went viral. (Courtesy of Eichler-Levine/ via JTA)
June 14, 2022, 4:04 am
What can ‘Disney adults’ teach us about religion? A lot, according to this professor
Religious studies Prof. Jodi Eichler-Levine’s response to a Reddit thread standing up for superfans quickly went viral — but she says much of its nuance is being overlooked
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Kawkabani, star of an animated series launched by Qatar's first animation studio Nefaish Animation ahead of the World Cup in Qatar. (YouTube)
May 15, 2022, 8:25 am
Cartoon alien aims to ease culture shock ahead of World Cup in Qatar
Creators bid to provide soccer fans with a soft landing by introducing them to Qatari culture ahead World Cup; show available on YouTube
By Anne Levasseur
Illustrative: Teenage girls from the Atlanta Jewish community. (Courtesy of JumpSpark)
May 9, 2022, 3:48 am
Yentl’s revenge: Young American-Jewish women outperform all others academically
Tulane University professor Ilana Horwitz’s research points to religious culture as reason for why Jewish girls surpass educational attainment of non-Jewish girls – and Jewish boys
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Yoav Kutner (left) and Danny Robas at the February 25, 2022 event of Cultural Streams Festival in Jerusalem, continuing March 3-4 and March 10-11, 2022 (Courtesy Cultural Streams)
March 4, 2022, 1:46 am
Jerusalem fills local stages with headlining artists for weekend fest
Free tickets for music, dance, song and film events each weekend, through March 11
By Jessica Steinberg
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