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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 647

Israel Festival

Itay Mautner and Michal Vaknin, artistic directors of the Israel Festival, rescheduled for July 16 - August 14, 2025 (Credit: Yair Meyuhas)
June 27, 2025, 4:38 pm
Israel Festival schedules new dates following ceasefire with Iran
The 64th edition of the annual cultural event opens July 16 in Jerusalem
By Jessica Steinberg
The cover of 'Brothers,' Tuval Haim's ode to his brother Yotam, a hostage accidentally killed by IDF fire in December 2024, was to be performed at the Israel Festival, July 2025, now postponed due to the Israel-Iran conflict (Courtesy)
June 19, 2025, 7:08 pm
Iran-Israel conflict postpones Israel Festival themed on months of war
Annual summer cultural event was to spend week in Galilee, Golan and Negev before moving to Jerusalem starting in July
By Jessica Steinberg
'Speeches Against Despair' will be performed at the Israel Festival on July 3, 2025 with actor Guri Alfi and Eli Haviv, actress Noa Koler, musician Noga Erez, actor Norman Issa, actress Maya Landsmann and others (Credit: Shir Greenblatt)
June 7, 2025, 5:32 am
Reflecting the times, Israel Festival to be held in north and south, as well as Jerusalem
64th edition of annual cultural event focuses on performances that reflect the ongoing war; no visiting performers in festival that used to host international participants
By Jessica Steinberg
Four young vocalists, Talia Dancyg (far left) Agam Jeremy Bitton, (second from left) Yaara Cohen (far right) and Imri Sharif (second from right) perform in the Israel Festival's 'The Music People' at Kibbutz Dorot on September 12, 2024. (Credit: Ofir Hayat)
September 14, 2024, 10:42 am
Four teenage ‘wonders’ impacted by Oct. 7 sing emotional vocals at Israel Festival
First of ‘The Music People’ shows opens in Negev, as annual event held between Jerusalem and the south in show of support for region; singers include granddaughter of murdered hostage
By Jessica Steinberg
Volker Gerling, creator of 'Portraits in Motion,' his 'thumb cinema' performance art that he will perform at the Israel Festival in Jerusalem on September 18 and 19, 2024 (Courtesy)
September 11, 2024, 10:44 am
German artist brings flipbook portraits of October 7 survivors to Israel Festival
Volker Gerling to perform his ‘cinema art’ in Jerusalem, the first time he’s developed a new piece in a foreign land
By Jessica Steinberg
Talya Dancyg, granddaughter of hostage Alex Dancyg who was murdered in Hamas captivity, in the video of her song, 'Dragon of War,' which she'll perform at the Israel Festival in September 2024 (screen capture: YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 17, 2024, 9:51 am
Teens from evacuated communities to perform with music stars at Israel Festival
Young artists will record and perform their own songs with musicians including Berry Sakharof and Karolina, as part of Music People project
By Jessica Steinberg
"Love Music Now" by singer Dikla with an accompanying dance by Yasmin Godder will be performed September 2024 at the Israel Festival (Courtesy Tamar Lem)
July 31, 2024, 9:16 am
Negev artists to take part in Israel Festival, with performances in Jerusalem and south
This year’s annual cultural event is more reflection than celebration, using art in a process of healing and recovery from tragedies of October 7
By Jessica Steinberg
(L) Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, May 19, 2023. (Saudi Press Agency via AP); (C) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem (Alex Kolomoisky/ Pool/ Flash90); (R) US President Joe Biden on November 2, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Michael A. McCoy / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / via AFP)
August 1, 2023, 12:59 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 1: Saudi talks continue, as do warnings about Israel’s economy
US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses Saudi normalization, Bahrain non-visit and a PA statement; tech editor Sharon Wrobel looks at Israel’s credit rating and angel investment law
By ToI Staff
Mark Eliyahu will bring 'About Love' to the Israel Festival in honor of Tu B'Av, Israel's Valentine's Day, on August 1, 2023 (Carlos Yanez)
July 31, 2023, 10:32 am
Mark Eliyahu lines up Rita, Shai Tsabari and more for Tu B’Av concert
A mix of cultures and music appears in ‘About Love,’ an Israel Festival performance under Jerusalem skies
By Jessica Steinberg
From 'Minefield,' one of the upcoming performances at the 62nd Israel Festival, August 1-11, 2023 (Courtesy Carlos Furman)
June 22, 2023, 9:23 am
‘The answer to what, why, how’: Israel Festival returns this summer
Annual Jerusalem arts and culture event is loaded with household name performers from Israel and abroad
By Jessica Steinberg
An Israeli audience at 'Sun&Sea,' the Lithuanian opera that was performed at the Israel Festival for five days in September 2022 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
September 20, 2022, 6:05 pm
Jerusalem Theater gets its own beach for Israel Festival opera
Jerusalemites flock to Lithuanian beachside libretto ‘Sun & Sea’ about holidaymakers’ concerns both mundane and deep, as well as the overarching threat of climate change
By Jessica Steinberg
In 'A Thousand Ways,' strangers meet and interact, in a triptych of theater created by the audience, coming to the Israel Festival, September 15-22, 2022. (Courtesy: Maria Baranova)
September 6, 2022, 9:39 pm
Experimental theater group lets audience interact with strangers at Israel Fest
Patrons become performers in ‘A Thousand Ways,’ with structured phone calls and meetings that form three-part work
By Jessica Steinberg
'Sun & Sea,' the beachside opera that spotlights climate change, winner of the 2019 Venice Biennale Golden Lion, will be performed at the 60th Israel Festival, September 15-19, 2022 (Courtesy The Artists)
August 14, 2022, 9:37 am
Upcoming Israel Festival offers sandy opera, Dayan’s missing eye and VHS memories
60th year of annual Jerusalem event aims to break down walls between performers and audiences
By Jessica Steinberg
Itay Mautner (left) and Michal Vaknin, the new artistic directors of the Israel Festival, announced July 4, 2021 (Courtesy Yair Meyuhas)
July 4, 2021, 12:16 pm
Israel Festival announces new artistic director team
Itay Mautner and Michal Vaknin will lead veteran cultural event ahead of its 61st year
By Jessica Steinberg
Audience members reading material in one of 11 stations of 'Macho Man,' an audiovisual installation about domestic violence, part of the Israel Festival, taking place June 2021 (Courtesy Marti Artalejo)
June 15, 2021, 7:18 pm
‘Macho Man’ installation brings domestic violence to fore at Israel Festival
Spanish project offers chilling audiovisual experience adapted for local audience with rabbinical court rulings, account of alleged Cyprus gang-rape of Brit by Israelis
By Jessica Steinberg
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