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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 350

YMCA

The Jerusalem Youth Chorus in their July 16, 2024 audition for 'America's Got Talent' with artistic director Micah Hendler in the bottom left foreground (Courtesy photo by: Trae Patton/NBC)
July 20, 2024, 12:29 am
Jerusalem Youth Chorus planned ‘Got Talent’ audition after Oct. 7
Israeli-Palestinian acappella group has been meeting throughout months of war, wanted reality show performance to have big impact
By Jessica Steinberg
Attendees at the 2018 INTV conference at the YMCA in Jerusalem. (Oded Karni)
November 30, 2022, 9:22 pm
INTV television conference returns to Jerusalem after hiatus
Local competitors Keshet and Reshet to join forces for international confab, which hasn’t been held since 2019
By Amy Spiro
An undated photo of the Notre Dame guest house, convent, and church, located just outside Jerusalem's Old City. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
October 8, 2022, 9:57 am
The night time is the right time for enchanting Jerusalem Lights Tour
The Holy City’s famed golden stones glow as dozens of the city’s historical sites are lit up at night. Through December, an illuminating guided bus tour tells their stories
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
South African Keegan David Cohen lifts a barbell during the clean-and-jerk segment of the Maccabiah's weightlifting competition in Jerusalem on July 19, 2022. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
August 3, 2022, 3:12 pm
‘Muscular Judaism’: Athletes compete for unofficial title of world’s strongest Jew
Bringing weightlifting back to the Maccabiah Games after over 3 decades, competitors from around the globe — amateurs and pros — hoist barbells in staggering shows of strength
By Judah Ari Gross
Members of the Jerusalem Youth Chorus which is celebrating ten years with a celebratory concert on August 8, 2022 at the Jerusalem YMCA (Courtesy Jerusalem Youth Chorus)
August 1, 2022, 10:01 am
Jerusalem Youth Chorus celebrates 10 years with YMCA concert
Guest stars David Broza, Mira Awad, Sameh Zakout and Guy Mintus to join alumni and members for evening of song and stories
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
The exterior of the Israel Museum will become an art installation for the Follow the Lights Festival, opening February 21, 2021 (Courtesy I Travel Jerusalem)
February 17, 2021, 9:24 pm
Jerusalem’s iconic locations light up for driving tour
Follow the Lights event takes passengers around the city, with historical insights, laser shows and dinner deliveries
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: Muslims pray at the Temple Mount during Ramadan (courtesy, Atta Awisat)
May 4, 2020, 12:25 am
National Library brings Ramadan online, with month of digital events
A month of virtual tours, lectures, performances, workshops and services created during corona
By Jessica Steinberg
Eden Alene and her mother Zehava Varkanesh, after she was announced the winner of 'HaKochav Haba,' which makes her Israel's representative to the 2020 Eurovision (Courtesy HaKochav Haba)
February 7, 2020, 1:42 am
How Eden Alene became the 1st Israeli of Ethiopian descent bound for Eurovision
The Jerusalem-born teen sings everywhere, from the bathtub to the bus stop, her mother says
By Jessica Steinberg
The audience at Koolulam Unplugged on January 16, 2020 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
January 19, 2020, 11:29 pm
Koolulam goes unplugged with love song in Jerusalem
The social singing enterprise brings its redux of ‘Yesh Bi Ahava’ to the YMCA; founders open up to a crowd of 500
By Jessica Steinberg
'Waterfall,' a video installation by Marina Abramovic in the historic YMCA indoor pool, as part of the 4th Jerusalem Biennale (Courtesy of the Marina Abramovic Archives and MONA)
October 13, 2019, 2:49 pm
Why do you create (art)? 4th Jerusalem Biennale show answers: For heaven’s sake
The exhibit showcases 200 Israeli and international artists for 6 weeks, with works displayed in iconic venues, seeking to bring people together in a conflicted city
By Jessica Steinberg
A rehearsal of one of the dances in 'Body -- Dance -- Place' at the historic, now empty, YMCA pool in Jerusalem (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
May 27, 2019, 5:25 pm
The pool’s all dry but the dancers dive right in
Three days of premieres are taking place in the historic Jerusalem YMCA pool and other abandoned spaces
By Jessica Steinberg
Ex-NBA star Dikembe Mutombo inaugurates a YMCA sports center in Jerusalem on November 27, 2018 (Courtesy)
November 27, 2018, 9:05 pm
Ex-NBA star Dikembe Mutombo moved to tears in Jerusalem
Hailing from a devout Christian community in Congo, the famed 52-year-old former basketball player inaugurates a multi-ethnic Jerusalem youth league
By AP
Exploring the public and private interiors of Jerusalem's better and lesser known buildings during the 2016 Houses from Within tour (Courtesy Houses from Within)
October 13, 2018, 10:11 am
Doors set to open on Jerusalem’s annual Houses from Within tours
A weekend of inside looks at private homes, famed institutions and public sites takes place October 18-20
By Jessica Steinberg
The Jerusalem YMCA auditorium full of midwives, doulas and childbirth educators at the two-day Childbirth Conference (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
June 2, 2018, 12:31 pm
How to ‘spin’ your unborn baby, and other birthing techniques
It’s not with a stationary bike, midwives and doulas learn, as they gather at Jerusalem’s YMCA for two days of advanced training
By Jessica Steinberg
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