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Jerusalem Season of Culture

The bar at FeelBeit, the Israeli-Palestinian culture house set on the border of East and West Jerusalem.(Courtesy FeelBeit)
July 29, 2022, 11:12 am
Music project to build bridges, on border of East and West Jerusalem
Twelve musicians from Israel and abroad will perform and jam with audiences for a week as part of Árkho project, at Israel-Palestinian culture house
By Jessica Steinberg
A musical performance at the Tower of David Museum, during the 2016 Mekudeshet (Courtesy Noam Shognovsky)
July 31, 2018, 6:55 am
Summer culture festival packs surprises in ‘social innovation lab’ Jerusalem
Introducing audiences to influencers ‘who are all doing amazing things,’ annual month of Mekudeshet events sets about dissolving boundaries through performances and art
By Jessica Steinberg
Conductor of the Jerusalem Orchestra East West, Tom Cohen, and singer Nasreen Qadri, at a rehearsal for the Kulna concert in Jerusalem. (Gil Rouvio/Mekudeshet)
September 6, 2017, 10:15 am
Jerusalem concert and art show imagines a different kind of Middle East
‘Kulna,’ scheduled for Thursday, looks to bring together capital’s residents with blend of material from Israel and the Arab world
By Luke Tress
A musical performance at the Tower of David Museum, during the 2016 Mekudeshet (Courtesy Noam Shognovsky)
July 27, 2017, 12:32 pm
Looking for a sacred connection in Jerusalem summer season
The annual ‘Mekudeshet’ celebration of the city’s people and their diversity, through music and ceremonies, walks and talks
By Jessica Steinberg
One of the virtual images used in Mekudeshet's 'Jerusalem 2017,' in honor of Jerusalem Day (Courtesy Mekudeshet)
May 24, 2017, 11:02 pm
Mekudeshet music festival video pays homage to Jerusalem
Through artistic angles, virtual reality, ‘Jerusalem 2017’ documents the diversity and beauty of nation’s capital
By Jessica Steinberg
Zohar Fresco at a practice session in Jerusalem, September 20, 2016 (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
September 21, 2016, 2:47 pm
Jerusalem festival drums up ancient sounds of a forgotten instrument
Israeli percussionist Zohar Fresco performs Thursday night on his ‘Tof Miriam’ at the capital’s Season of Culture
By Luke Tress
Naturalist Amir Balaban handles a bulbul in front of a group of Sacred Festival participants at the Jerusalem Bird Observatory on Wednesday, September 14, 2016 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
September 16, 2016, 11:25 am
‘Secret’ tours aim for fresh look at well-trod Jerusalem
A Mekudeshet Festival jaunt brings participants to lesser known sites — and people — around the city
By Jessica Steinberg
A view of a 2015 Sacred Music Festival event at the Tower of David Museum (Courtesy Noam Shognovsky)
August 25, 2016, 5:54 pm
At fall festival, Jerusalem is keeping the faith
Capital’s Season of Culture kicks off on September 4 with a series of ‘sacred’ events — from joint prayer sessions to singing circles and concerts
By Jessica Steinberg
Sharon Altshul
August 7, 2015, 11:37 am
Sharon Altshul
Wait, you weren’t at Contact Point?
Thousands of visitors reveled at the Israel Museum’s all-night art fest — here are the pics for the rest of us
One of the artists performing in Frontline, during the Jerusalem Season of Culture (Courtesy Jerusalem Season of Culture)
July 24, 2015, 12:45 pm
Unhindered by war, Jerusalem looks to inject culture into city
From Aramaic heavy metal and Talmud punk to the abandoned Palestinian village of Lifta, city festival celebrates diversity
By Luke Tress
Rabba Tamar Elad-Appelbaum of Kehillat Zion in Jerusalem (Courtesy Kehillat Zion)
May 13, 2015, 8:15 pm
A Jerusalem Day that seeks to bridge the east-west divide
A loose coalition of activists offers the capital city a week of prayer, song, parties and tours
By Jessica Steinberg
A poster from JSOC's 'We Are Here' campaign. (courtesy of JSOC)
September 16, 2014, 1:50 am
Speaking out against extremism in capital
New media campaign gives voice to Jerusalem’s moderate majority
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Many coexistence and interfaith events take place in Jerusalem; in September, a small crowd gathered to hear the call of the muezzin through the songs and explanations of a rabbi and sheikh at the Sacred Music Festival (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
September 11, 2014, 11:19 am
A timeout for the muezzin
A rabbi and sheikh get together at dusk in Jerusalem
By Jessica Steinberg
Gil Ron Shama has been singing and working toward peace for 25 years, and now brings his message to Jerusalem's Sacred Music Festival (Courtesy Gil Ron Shama)
September 3, 2014, 10:00 pm
Groove and tradition meet at Jerusalem’s Sacred Music Festival
The final event of the truncated Jerusalem Season of Culture offers four days of coexistence, holy yearnings and divine music
By Jessica Steinberg
Sculpture in progress, at Contact Point (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
August 14, 2014, 4:32 pm
Jerusalem’s summer of culture rescheduled for August’s end
The annual Israel Museum event was postponed because of rocket fire
By Jessica Steinberg
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