Culture

From Euphoria to Red Hot Chili Peppers: What to watch in Israel this week

TV Time: A new Red Hot Chili Peppers documentary, Euphoria’s return, and a comedy classic lead this week’s picks.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
ZENDAYA is in the third season of ‘Euphoria.’
MATTHEW SHEAR and Amanda Peet in ‘Fantasy Life.’

'Fantasy Life,' rife with Jewish-American comedy, turns anxiety into an offbeat love story

Fantasy Life is anything but pat, and although I enjoyed the movie when I saw it in Haifa, I found it even funnier and more interesting when I re-watched it on a computer link.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
DENIS PODALYDÈS plays author Georges Simenon’s distinguished inspector Maigret in ‘Maigret and the Dead Lover’

‘Maigret and the Dead Lover’: Bringing French detective back to big screen - review

For those who enjoyed the books, the movie will bring them back to the atmosphere of the police headquarters on the Quai des Orfevres. 

|ByHANNAH BROWN
Itay Ben-Horin’s new book, "Crisis Management: Insider Views of How Business and Political Giants Won or Lost Big, And How You Can Apply the Lessons."

What Bill Clinton, Netanyahu, McDonald’s and Starbucks reveal about crisis leadership

In Crisis Management, one of Israel’s best-known crisis advisers argues that the right response depends on the leader, the moment, and the nerve to act before the room spins out of control.

|ByZVIKA KLEIN

Live from the mamad: Laughter is the best medicine amid war

Even comedic masters of timing don’t stand a chance if their set is interrupted by air raid sirens. 

MARCH 27, 2026ByABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
(L TO R) Ana Vincenti, Moe Braun, Martin Winiar, and Hanna Castiel TLV fan Stav Setty.

Jerusalem highlights: March 27-April 2

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

MARCH 27, 2026ByHAGAY HACOHEN
‘A Ma’apilim Ship,’ painting by Marcel Janco (see Friday).

Online activities: Museums offer programs for kids during Operation Roaring Lion

There is likely no substitute for leaving the house and taking the kids places, but now that this is impossible, many museum and cultural organization websites offer online activities for children.

MARCH 3, 2026ByHANNAH BROWN
Mask-making workshop in the style of Picasso on the Haifa Museum website

From Israeli sitcoms to HBO hits: The best streaming picks for Purim

TV Time: Purim is coming up, what should you watch to get in the spirit?

FEBRUARY 27, 2026ByHANNAH BROWN
KEREN MOR as Kochava schemes with butcher Nissim, played by Yaniv Swissa.

A Jerusalem gem: Rediscovering the Rockefeller Museum’s treasures in Israel's capital

New tours of the Rockefeller Museum showcase artifacts ranging from First Temple-period jewelry to Egyptian pharaohs.

FEBRUARY 21, 2026ByBEN BRESKY
Front entrance to Jerusalem’s Rockefeller Museum, opened in 1938.

South Africa pulls out of Venice Biennale; because its selected artist wanted to focus on Gaza

Gayton McKenzie, the South African culture minister, said that an unnamed “foreign country” had endeavored to fund the South African installation at the Biennale.

FEBRUARY 21, 2026ByGRACE GILSON/JTA
Minister Gayton McKenzie during the 2026 State of the Nation Address Debate at the Parliamentary Dome on Feb. 17, 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa.

U2 releases EP featuring poem by Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai

Israel Prize winner Yehuda Amichai, who died in 2000, is considered by many to have been the greatest modern Israeli poet.

FEBRUARY 19, 2026ByHANNAH BROWN, DAVID BRINN
Irish singer of U2 Bono poses during a photocall for the film "Bono: Stories of Surrender" at the 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 17, 2025.

A Community called home

The unique human mosaic of Mediterranean Towers Jerusalem.

FEBRUARY 18, 2026ByDAN SHOSHANI
Mediterranean Towers Jerusalem

Portugal returns stolen Mayan, Zapotec artifacts to Mexico in first-ever archaeological restitution

INAH specialists were sent photographs of the finds and conducted a preliminary review of the three, confirming that they indeed “form part of Mexico’s archaeological heritage.”

FEBRUARY 17, 2026ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Portugal returns three stolen artifacts to Mexico in handover ceremony at the Mexican Embassy in Lisbon, February 17, 2026.

Zapotec tomb from 600 CE marks Mexico’s most ‘significant archaeological discovery’ in last decade

The Zapotecs were a major pre-Hispanic civilization that flourished in Oaxaca from circa 700-500 BC until the Spanish conquest.

FEBRUARY 15, 2026ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Owl carving above the entrance to a Zapotec tomb from 600 CE in the Oaxaca Valley, Mexico, February 14, 2026.