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Jessica Steinberg
Jessica Steinberg
Jessica Steinberg covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center.
From 'Hit and Run,' the new Netflix series created by 'Fauda' creators Avi Issacharoff and Lior Raz, premiering August 6, 2021 (Courtesy 'Hit and Run')
July 30, 2021, 5:16 pm
New Netflix nail biter by ‘Fauda’ creators shifts between NYC, TLV
‘Hit and Run’ premieres August 6, telling the tale of a grieving husband seeking revenge
By Jessica Steinberg
Master classes and seminars are held at Keshet Eilon in the Western Galilee twice a year (Courtesy: Sarit Uzieli)
July 30, 2021, 6:37 am
In former chicken coop, kibbutz helps young violinists come out of their shells
Kibbutz Eilon serves as a temporary home for string whizzes with a festival and summer school
By Jessica Steinberg
Members of the band Yamma, including singer Talya G.A Solan (center), Yonnie Dror, Aviv Bahar, Nur Bar Goren, and Avri Borochov. Solan has found new audiences for music based on ancient Hebrew texts through YouTube (Ruth Luar)
July 21, 2021, 6:35 am
Ancient Hebrew love poetry finds new audiences on YouTube
’12 Tribes,’ a new channel for singers specializing in ancient Hebrew tunes, launching on Tu B’Av, the Jewish festival of love
By Jessica Steinberg
Retired players from Spanish soccer league rivals FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF toured the ancient port city of Jaffa on July 20, 2021, ahead of the planned exhibition match at Jaffa's Bloomfield Stadium. (Courtesy: Guy Yechiely)
July 20, 2021, 10:17 pm
Retired FC Barcelona and Real Madrid soccer stars tour Jaffa
Brazilians Ronaldinho Roberto Carlos and Rivaldo among visiting soccer stars, along with Portuguese Luís Figo
By Jessica Steinberg
The operatic cast of a new opera based on Hanoch Levin's work, set for the Israeli Opera in July-August 2022 (Courtesy New Israeli Opera)
July 20, 2021, 10:14 am
Israeli Opera announces its 2021-2022 season
Series of 8 operas kicks off in November with a combined live-animated production of ‘The Magic Flute’
By Jessica Steinberg
From 'Legend of Destruction,' Gidi Dar's film about the Jewish revolt against the Romans in 70 CE. (courtesy, David Polonsky and Michael Faust)
July 18, 2021, 7:47 pm
New film portrays Jewish revolt against Romans in vivid, gripping detail
‘Legend of Destruction’ is filmmaker Gidi Dar’s latest masterpiece, an eight-year project, now in theaters for Tisha B’Av
By Jessica Steinberg
Dr. Yuval Cinnamon, an embryo specialist who heads the NRS Poultry research group in Rehovot's Volcani Institute, showing the lab where he and his team are attempting to change the genetic technology of eggs (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
July 16, 2021, 6:42 pm
Israeli tech aims to block hatching of billions of male chicks fated for culling
Rehovot team finds ‘genetic modification’ to halt embryogenesis, stopping formation of males when they are just a cell cluster; males routinely killed because they can’t lay eggs
By Jessica Steinberg
Revital Nadiv (left) and Viktoria Kanar, founders of textile innovation organization Re-Fresh Global, with designer Doron Ashkenazi jacket made from recycled fabric (Courtesy Re-Fresh Global)
July 14, 2021, 11:40 am
Something old, something new? Fashionistas urge industry to use recycled rejects
The women behind Re-Fresh Global aim to find new ways to embrace tons of new and secondhand clothing
By Jessica Steinberg
Head sculpture by Efrat Natan from 1973, performance courtesy of the artist, for 'Out of the Cube' exhibit from Tel Aviv Museum of Art, opening July 17, 2021 (Courtesy Yair Garbuz)
July 12, 2021, 5:01 am
‘Out of the Cube’ takes sculptures out of museum and into Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv Museum of Art sets up week-long exhibit outside its walls, with works inspired by artists’ surroundings
By Jessica Steinberg
Itay Mautner (left) and Michal Vaknin, the new artistic directors of the Israel Festival, announced July 4, 2021 (Courtesy Yair Meyuhas)
July 4, 2021, 12:16 pm
Israel Festival announces new artistic director team
Itay Mautner and Michal Vaknin will lead veteran cultural event ahead of its 61st year
By Jessica Steinberg
Jack and Adria Abu Shehadeh in Hilweh Market, a carefully curated boutique of handcrafted Palestinian items in Jaffa (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
July 3, 2021, 11:01 am
In Jaffa, battered by ethnic unrest, locals unsure whether the scars can heal
Despite claims of coexistence, Jews and Arabs in Jaffa say longstanding issues need to be resolved in seaside city
By Jessica Steinberg
Ehud Banai (left) with Shlomo Bar, from 'Shlomo Bar -- A Musical Documentary' being featured at the 23rd Docaviv Festival, July 1-8, 2021 (Courtesy Docaviv)
July 1, 2021, 1:45 pm
Featuring musical documentaries, Docaviv festival launches with 116 films
Israeli and international films being screened during 10-day event in Tel Aviv, held in person after last year’s online edition
By Jessica Steinberg
Gazoz master Benny Briga mixes one of his special sparkling water fruit drinks, as featured in 'Gazoz,' by Benny Briga and Adeena Sussman (Artisan Books). Copyright © 2021 (Photographs by Dan Perez)
July 1, 2021, 8:45 am
Breezy summer drink concocted in Tel Aviv gets book of its own
‘Gazoz,’ by Benny Briga and Adeena Sussman, brings the secrets of this fruity, sparkling beverage from farm to table
By Jessica Steinberg
Counselors for Piece of the Puzzle, one of the 20 overnight camps taking place across Israel during July-August 2021 as part of Summer Camps Israel (Courtesy Summer Camps Israel)
June 30, 2021, 11:19 am
Israeli schools are out for the summer, time for sleepaway camp
9,000 Israeli schoolkids get to have the overnight experience at Summer Camps Israel
By Jessica Steinberg
Photographer Spencer Tunick photographed 1,200 naked participants in the Dead Sea in 2011 to raise awareness of the shrinking salty waters, and will return in October 2021 to photograph a new installation (Courtesy Spencer Tunick)
June 29, 2021, 7:37 am
Nude photographer Spencer Tunick to again lay bare Dead Sea’s plight
The salty lake’s shrinking waters are focal point for photographer and planned Dead Sea museum
By Jessica Steinberg
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