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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 364

Jessica Steinberg

Jessica Steinberg

Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center
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
James Oppenheim (left), his wife and nine children stand in front of his 'Let Them Go Now' messaging billboard on Tel Aviv's Azrieli towers in April 2024 (Courtesy)
October 1, 2024, 4:26 pm
Tel Aviv restaurateur tries to change hostage message to ‘Let Them Go Now’
Criticizing ‘Bring Them Home Now’ formulation, tech marketing entrepreneur says his slogan shifts accusatory finger from Israeli government and points it at Hamas, where it belongs
By Jessica Steinberg
Interior view of the new National Library of Israel, 2023. (Iwan Baan)
October 1, 2024, 10:07 am
National Library counts 169 publications so far about Oct. 7
Annual survey updated to show effects of ongoing war and hostage situation on writing process
By Jessica Steinberg
'The Open Kitchen: Memories From a Home Left Behind,' a new exhibit at Asif Culinary Institute from September 2024 to mark one year since October 7 (Courtesy Asif)
September 30, 2024, 6:19 pm
Evacuees miss their kitchens, even dishwashing, in new exhibit
Tel Aviv food institute Asif helped people who lost their homes find comfort after the Hamas attacks, and now marks one year with new projects
By Jessica Steinberg
The main characters in 'Kissufim,' a Netflix movie set in late 1970s in the southern kibbutz (Courtesy)
September 27, 2024, 2:31 am
The way we were: Netflix’s ‘Kissufim’ an eerily prescient story of kibbutz next to Gaza
Film set in late 70s as Israel and Egypt sign historic peace treaty explores the tensions of those living in and around Gaza, and becomes a window into the kibbutz before October 7
By Jessica Steinberg
Yael Bartana's 'CRISIS-CRYSIS-CRYCIS,' 2020, Neon, and Guy Zagursky's 'No Lifeguard on Duty (Black Flag),' 2024, Ceramics at the 'I Don't Want to Forget' exhibit at Tel Aviv Museum of Art, opening September 2024 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
September 26, 2024, 5:44 am
Tel Aviv art museum marks Oct. 7: ‘Take time to visit quietly, you will find light’
Institution and its ‘Hostages Square’ plaza have become focus for protests and healing; new exhibit features works showcasing responses by artists, including from Kfar Aza survivor
By Jessica Steinberg
US Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew with Israeli artist Doron Adorian and her painting, 'Green,' at the ambassador's Jerusalem residence on September 20, 2024 (David Azagury, U.S. Embassy Jerusalem)
September 25, 2024, 5:22 pm
US ambassador fills home with Israeli art showing post-Oct. 7 resilience
Jack Lew opens official residence and shows off a collection built up over the tumultuous first year of his posting
By Jessica Steinberg
Rockets from Gaza seen from Kibbutz Yad Mordechai's historic battlefield on October 7, 2023 (Courtesy)
September 25, 2024, 5:13 pm
Aiming for resurrection and hope, southern kibbutz plans Oct. 7 memorial for Simhat Torah
Organizers of ceremony see the Gaza border community of Yad Mordechai as a symbol ‘that represents the might of the people’
By Jessica Steinberg
Visitors visit the exhibit 'Hope / The End' by Unga and Broken Fingaz at Jerusalem Design Week, September 19-26, 2024 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
September 24, 2024, 2:00 pm
This year’s Jerusalem Design Week looks to be a port in a storm
The 13th edition of the annual event brings creative works on its ‘ark’ theme to locations around the city
By Jessica Steinberg
Former Gaza hostage Aviva Siegel, wife of hostage Keith Siegel, a US citizen, listens during a House Foreign Affairs Committee roundtable discussion with families of US hostages held by Hamas, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, July 23, 2024. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
September 23, 2024, 3:17 pm
‘It could have been Keith’: Aviva Siegel says hostages’ murders sap her hopes for husband
She survived 51 days of Gazan captivity, but doesn’t know if her partner of 40 years is still alive, and what tortures he has undergone if he is
By Jessica Steinberg
From 'Theodor,' Israeli opera production about founder of modern Zionism (Courtesy)
September 23, 2024, 10:04 am
Israeli Herzl opera ‘Theodor’ to premiere filmed version in NY
Story of founder of modern Zionism chosen as among best operas of 2023
By Jessica Steinberg
Filmmaker Tom Nesher at Ophir Awards on September 16, 2024, where she received the award for the best feature film, wearing a t-shirt that refers to the remaining 101 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. (Courtesy)
September 17, 2024, 12:33 pm
Tom Nesher’s ‘Come Closer’ wins Ophir, becomes Israel’s choice for Oscar nomination
Awards spread among nine different films at annual ceremony, which is overshadowed by ongoing war and hostage situation
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
Members of the Piyyut Ensemble, including Riff Cohen (third from left) record 'Hoshana,' ahead of the Jewish High Holidays (Screen capture/YouTube)
September 13, 2024, 8:20 am
With High Holidays on horizon, a musical group takes penitence on tour
Piyyut Ensemble joins with rocker Berry Sakharov and singer Riff Cohen for Tel Aviv show as band puts season’s liturgy, ancient and new, onstage
By Jessica Steinberg
Israelis protest for the hostages, in what is considered the largest-ever protest in Israel on Tel Aviv's Begin Road, September 7, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
September 13, 2024, 6:20 am
Joining up with angry protesters, Hostages Forum says it seeks unity, but risks divide
After murders of six hostages by Hamas captors in Gaza tunnel, Hostages Families Forum and smaller Begin protest group merge their Tel Aviv protests; a minority of families fume
By Jessica Steinberg
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