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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 432

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
Abbi Jacobson, left, and Ilana Glazer star in "Broad City." (Jason Nocito; "Seinfeld" photo: George Lange/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images; Woody Allen photo: Screenshot from "Annie Hall"; collage by Emily Burack/70 Faces Media)
December 10, 2024, 4:02 pm
‘Broad City’ star says no regrets over previous decision not to film in Israel
Ilana Glazer says she’s glad the comedy series didn’t end up shooting an episode in Israel, though cancellation was due to 2015 violence that ‘got really scary at the last minute’
By Jessica Steinberg
Zibby Books publisher Zibby Owen, third from left, front row, with some of the contributors to 'On Being Jewish Now,' an anthology that came out in October 2024, at Zibby's Book Shop, Santa Monica, California (Courtesy Innis Casey Photography)
December 8, 2024, 9:15 am
As Jews continue to digest October 7, anthologies offer a buffet of food for thought
Female-powered collections explore life in the US and antisemitism, provide succor and hope with prayers and poems, and retell the stories of heroic Jewish women
By Jessica Steinberg
Ruth Patir's works on exhibit at the 60th Venice Biennale, part of her '(M)otherland' artworks. (Courtesy of the artist and Braverman Gallery Tel Aviv)
December 7, 2024, 2:36 pm
Museum buys artist’s work after she shut Venice Biennale exhibit in call for hostage deal
New York’s Jewish Museum purchases Israeli artist Ruth Patir’s five-part video installation ‘(M)otherland,’ which will premiere at Tel Aviv Museum of Art in March
By Jessica Steinberg
View of the Sam Spiegel film school in Jerusalem, October 27, 2022. (Photo by Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
December 5, 2024, 10:42 pm
Jerusalem’s Sam Spiegel Film Lab launches 13th year
‘Pulp Fiction’ producer Lawrence Bender and filmmaker Joseph Cedar to teach master classes
By Jessica Steinberg
Actor Guri Alfi spoke at a New York City hostage rally for a new episode of his Kan 11 show, 'The New Jew,' which dropped in November 2024 (Courtesy)
December 4, 2024, 2:20 pm
Actor Guri Alfi returns to the US for new episodes of ‘The New Jew’
Veteran comic speaks to Columbia and Harvard students, the parents of Omer Neutra, and Israelis living in the US
By Jessica Steinberg
Ronen and Orna Neutra speak at a memorial ceremony for their son Omer at the Midway Jewish Center in Hicksville, New York on December 3, 2024. (NY Hostages Families Forum)
December 4, 2024, 2:09 am
Slain Israeli-American hostage remembered as ‘hero of Israel’ at NY memorial service
Hundreds pack synagogue where Omer Neutra had bar mitzvah to pay respects; brother Daniel vows to work for release of all captives in his honor; grandmother speaks at Tel Aviv event
By AP, Jacob Magid and Jessica Steinberg
From 'One Kafka, One Hundred Times' by illustrator Michel Kichka, for the National Library exhibit 'Kafka: Metamorphosis of an Author,' December 2024-June 2025 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
December 3, 2024, 5:06 pm
Franz Kafka’s papers metamorphose into National Library exhibit
Wide-ranging exhibition ‘Kafka: Metamorphosis of an Author’ features the institution’s singular archives and marks 100 years since the Czech author’s death
By Jessica Steinberg
The Shift 101 silent protest sit-in in front of the Knesset in Jerusalem, on November 25, 2024. (Orna Kupferman)
December 3, 2024, 5:42 am
Inspired by Gandhi, white-clad hostage mothers silently scream in protest
In a new strategy, the Mishmeret 101 rallies are nonviolent and apolitical, with shifts of protesters revolving around families of those abducted by Hamas-led terrorists on Oct. 7
By Jessica Steinberg
UTJ's Yitzhak Goldknopf, center, pictured with a map of prospective settlements in Gaza during a tour of the Gaza border area, November 28, 2024. Daniella Weiss is seen on the right. (Courtesy Yitzhak Goldknopf)
December 2, 2024, 1:43 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 2: Day 423 – Haredi housing minister stirs pot with Gaza border visit
Political correspondent Tal Schneider discusses hostage talks and Goldknopf’s visit to the Gaza border; writer Diana Bletter reports on devastated northern towns
By Jessica Steinberg, Tal Schneider and Diana Bletter
Jerusalem's Tower of David Museum will host an accessibility conference December 4-5, 2024 (Credit Ricky Rachman)
December 2, 2024, 10:08 am
Jerusalem ancient citadel museum to host accessibility conference
Tower of David will mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities with 2-day gathering to examine use of technology to bring heritage sites within the reach of all
By Jessica Steinberg
Hostage father Dani Miran, far right, with a long beard grown while his son is held hostage, works with other volunteers at a pizza dinner he organized at the Hostages Forum in November 2024 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
November 30, 2024, 12:12 pm
For hostage’s dad, cooking dinners for other families offers brief respite
Dani Miran, father of captive Omri Miran, hasn’t lived at home since Oct. 7: ‘Most of the time everything feels black, and if I can chop and sauté a little, that’s better’
By Jessica Steinberg
Hanan Ben Ari performs and accepts an award at the 69th ACUM music awards on November 24, 2024 (Credit Shlomi Pinto, ACUM)
November 27, 2024, 4:45 pm
October 7 reverberates at Israeli music awards
Annual ACUM ceremony marks 68 years with awards for veterans and newcomers
By Jessica Steinberg
Former hostages Gabriela Leimberg, left, and her brother, Fernando Marman, at a September 2024 rally for the hostages, nearly a year after they were taken hostage to Gaza on October 7 (Courtesy)
November 25, 2024, 7:36 am
Former hostage reflects on life post-captivity, one year after her release
Gabriela Leimberg talks about the trauma of captivity, her bubble of family and friends, and the support she feels from the Israeli nation
By Jessica Steinberg
'Pink Lady' film director Nir Bergman and screenwriter Mindi Ehrlich, at the Tallinn, Estonia film festival on November 23, 2024. (Courtesy, Tallinn Film Festival)
November 24, 2024, 9:42 pm
Israel’s Nir Bergman wins director’s prize in Tallinn
‘Pink Lady’ explores taboo gay male relationships in the ultra-Orthodox world
By Jessica Steinberg
The memorial site at the former Sderot police station on October 24, 2024, after it was destroyed in the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terror assault (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
November 24, 2024, 7:36 am
Sderot memorializes police station that was destroyed on October 7
The site of the battle now has murals, pillars that reach for the sky and recorded voices of those who called for help
By Jessica Steinberg
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