Jerusalem culture

Taking to the air: The fourth Fluorescent – Vertigo Jerusalem festival

The forthcoming festival is officially the third full-blown edition, although it was preceded by a smaller water-testing debut with no thoughts of the future.

A Vertigo workshop presents excerpts from Mana and Leela.
LEFT: Esther Ofarim (see Monday). RIGHT: Gergely Madaras (see  Sunday).

Jerusalem highlights: November 6 – November 12

Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra (see Sunday).

Jerusalem highlights: October 30-November 5

‘Tangles’ still frame, based on Sarah Leavitt’s graphic novel (see Tuesday).

Jerusalem highlights: October 9 – October 15


J’lem Development Authority backs innovation to changing city’s image

Today, tourism is skyrocketing and businesses are flocking to the city.

Tourism Director Jerusalem Development Authority Ilanit Melchior

‘West Side Story’ comes to Jerusalem

The greatest of American musical masterpieces’ comes to Beit Hillel, Hebrew University, Mt. Scopus for nine performances.

West Side Story

Turning a no into many yeses

Bolshoi stars Mikhail Lobukhin and Yulia Stepanova perform ‘La Bayadere’ around the country.

MIKHAIL LOBUKHIN

Cultural and ethnic baggage

The Israeli Andalusian Orchestra Ashdod opens its season with ‘Songs of Friends’

The Israeli Andalusian Orchestra Ashdod

Khan takes on a young look

The “Kimat Mukhan” project is a play on words inferring the embryonic nature of the performers’ artistic development and work.

A recent rendition of S.Y. Agnon’s ‘In the Prime of Her Life.’

Blue dragons, a pub and beer

How residents of East Talpiot turned a local falafel place into a community-owned pub and social center.

THANKS TO Barmon, locals finally have a place for evening meet-ups and relaxation.

Tikkun Olam through movies

Producer Ayelet Bacharach seeks to change perceptions of people with disabilities.

Ayelet Bacharach with disabled actor Beni Ofir at the Reframing Reality Film Festival

Jerusalem’s greatest natural resource

Interactive art pieces at Mekudeshet Festival to challenge beliefs and encourage new ways of thinking

THE ONE Night in Atlantis listening spectacle takes place on August 9 as part of Jerusalem’s Mekudeshet Festival

Hamlet in Jerusalem's own 'Shakespeare in the Park'

“'Hamlet' is sort of a cliche in a good sense in that you studied it in high school or met in somewhere, and now you can experience it in this setting,” said Natan Skop, who is playing Hamlet.

Cast of Shakespeare in the Park

Giving the country a dressing-down

“Fashion Statements” serves as a time-tunnel guide to the country’s sociopolitical and cultural evolution

Contemporary local designers marry cutting-edge technology with traditional handicrafts