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Jessica Steinberg

Jessica Steinberg

Jessica Steinberg covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center.
Musician Ofer Mizrahi will perform with his trio at Jerusalem's Confederation House on September 28, 2023. (Courtesy Ofer Mizrahi)
September 21, 2023, 10:15 pm
Ofer Mizrahi to perform his East meets West music in Jerusalem
With ‘whale guitar’ in hand, Israeli musician and his trio will take center stage at Confederation House
By Jessica Steinberg
Director Guy Nattiv, second from right, with the actors in 'Tatami,' filmed in Georgia in 2022, his latest film about an Iranian athlete forced to make an impossible decision (Courtesy Guy Nattiv)
September 19, 2023, 3:44 am
After tackling Golda, director Guy Nattiv goes to the mat for Iran’s exiled athletes
The Israeli filmmaker discusses his new film, ‘Tatami,’ which grapples with anti-Israel pressure on Iranian judokas, and blames jeers for his Meir biopic on the political climate
By Jessica Steinberg
Natan Slifkin, director of the Biblical Museum of Natural History, with one of the many shofars from the museum collection ahead of Rosh Hashanah 2023 (Courtesy PR)
September 15, 2023, 11:47 am
At biblical fauna museum, a blow-by-blow of all things shofar, and more horns to toot
Beit Shemesh Biblical Museum of Natural History director Natan Slifkin’s collection features everything from rams to kudus to African buffalo and even a unicorn
By Jessica Steinberg
The exterior of the recently completed National Library of Israel, due to open in October 2023 (Courtesy Laurian Ghinitoiu)
September 13, 2023, 6:59 am
Long-awaited National Library set to reopen with 11 floors and millions of stories
Grand space to open in October, featuring plush reading rooms, museum-like exhibits, robotic stacks for 4 million books and rooms for all visitors, not just the quiet kind
By Jessica Steinberg
From '7 Blessings,' this year's big winner at the 2023 Ophir Awards, including best picture (Courtesy PR)
September 11, 2023, 3:50 am
‘7 Blessings’ wins big at Ophir Awards; ceremony features protest of Arab crime wave
Film about Moroccan family in 1990s Jerusalem wins 10 awards, will represent Israel at Oscars; actress wears gown depicting bullet hole and blood in solidarity with violence victims
By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff
The musicians participating in this year's Piano Festival October 24-30, 2023, including Ivri Lider, Ilai Botner, Miri Mesika, Shlomi Shaban, Danny Sanderson, Mosh Ben Ari, Shaanan Streett and others (Courtesy David Granot)
September 8, 2023, 2:56 pm
TA’s Piano Festival celebrates 25 years with week of performances
Some of the biggest local names in music will perform in smaller, more intimate venues around the city
By Jessica Steinberg
Cookbook author Adeena Sussman in the Carmel Market, ahead of her second recipe collection, 'Shabbat,' launched September 5, 2023 (Courtesy Lisa Rich)
September 7, 2023, 2:46 pm
Cookbook author Adeena Sussman brings her kind of Shabbat to the table
The ‘Sababa’ author launches second solo cookbook, serving up recipes and rituals of the Friday night dinner party
By Jessica Steinberg
Stylist Nurit Kariv sets this table with pieces from Nu, her home brand collection that includes a tablecloth designed with her own watercolors (Courtesy Nu)
September 7, 2023, 2:46 pm
This food stylist sets the table according to her clients’ personalities
Working with artisans to create ceramics and table linens for clients, Nurit Kariv launched Nu, her own home brand
By Jessica Steinberg
Chancela Mongoza as Omari in 'Running on Sand,' nominated for best feature film in the 2023 Ophir Awards. (Courtesy: PR)
September 5, 2023, 9:05 pm
Ophir-nominated dramedy features Eritrean asylum seeker as lead character
‘Running on Sand’ cast includes African migrant actors as part of an effort to lift the curtain on racism and invisibility, while giving the issue a humorous twist
By Jessica Steinberg
Curator Roni Cohen-Binyamini (left), Ramat Gan Mayor Carmel Shama-Hacohen (middle) and Ramat Gan deputy mayor Roy Barzilai at the opening of 'In the Land of My Love' on September 3 at the Ramat Gan Museum of Israeli Art (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
September 5, 2023, 8:22 am
New exhibit opens at Ramat Gan museum, spanning century of Israeli art
‘In the Land of My Love’ brings 240 works from massive Phoenix Holdings collection, aims to patch up rift between mayor and artists that shut the museum in January 2022
By Jessica Steinberg
Yishai Mogilner, 19, worked as one of the Israeli staff members at Camp Ramah in the Poconos for the 2023 season (Courtesy Ella Goldberg)
September 1, 2023, 9:29 am
What Matters Now to counselor Yishai Mogilner: Being an Israeli at a US summer camp
Picking up from last summer’s podcast with two Israeli counselors at Camp Ramah in the Poconos, first-time staffer Yishai Mogilner talks about returning to his family’s camp
By Jessica Steinberg
Nicolette Luisa and Stuart Brown as Scarabouche and Galileo in 'We Will Rock You," the Queen musical onstage at Tel Aviv's Opera House through September 14, 2023 (Courtesy Alon Levin)
August 31, 2023, 8:10 pm
Queen-inspired ‘We Will Rock You’ musical rhapsodizes Tel Aviv
Critically panned but loved by fans worldwide, the show written by Ben Elton with band’s tunes tells dystopian tale
By Jessica Steinberg
Dan Reynolds, lead singer of Imagine Dragons, which performed in front of a crowd of more than 62,000 on August 29, 2023 in Tel Aviv (Courtesy Omer Keidar)
August 30, 2023, 2:36 am
Imagine Dragons performs to sold-out crowd at Yarkon Park
Las Vegas indie pop band plays two-hour, 20-song show in front of 62,000 people, packed into coastal city’s outdoor venue
By Jessica Steinberg
AJR band members eating Anita ice cream in Tel Aviv's Neve Tzedek neighborhood ahead of their August 29, 2023 warmup show for Imagine Dragons in Yarkon Park (Courtesy PR)
August 28, 2023, 5:35 pm
Imagine Dragons warmup band AJR tours Israel ahead of Tuesday show
The Nevada indie pop band sells out all 60,000 tickets to Yarkon Park concert
By Jessica Steinberg
Brothers Michael and Daniel Ronen opened their German Colony coffee spot Birma in 2021, creating a charming local coffee corner (Courtesy Birma)
August 20, 2023, 5:39 am
Israeli baristas hunt down the best beans for their customers
A curated selection of specialty coffeehouses in Jaffa, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, where the java is always fresh and the company warm
By Jessica Steinberg
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