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).

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Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra (see Sunday).

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

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Hotel Review: Go the way of the prophets with the Villa Brown

One can imagine the clink of glasses and gay evenings that took place here at the turn of the century.

'The fantastic location will be a draw for European tourists as well as Israelis wishing to take in the culture of downtown Jerusalem’

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TLV-based Teder and Jerusalem Film Fest to host a pop-up radio bar

It's a bar. It's a radio station. It's both.

TEDER is collaborating with the Jerusalem Film Festival by hosting pop-up radio events on the lower level of the Jerusalem Cinematheque.

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Jerusalem Pride Parade

Aquarium showcasing local fauna comes to Jerusalem's Biblical Zoo

The 33 tanks include many species such as stingrays, clownfish, sea urchins, and sharks.

A marine biologist scuba-dives as he checks a fish display tank during the inauguration ceremony of an aquarium built adjacent to the Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem

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A LIGHT RAIL TRAIN waits at a station in Jerusalem.

Albert Einstein letters written in 1950s to be auctioned

The letters will be sold in a live auction with participation online by the Winner’s auction house in Jerusalem.

Albert Einstein

28th biennial Jerusalem International Book Fair returns

For the first time, the exhibition will take place in conjunction with Hebrew Book Week.

A woman reading a book in a field

Government approves mammoth projects to upgrade access to Western Wall

Currently the only pedestrian access down to the Western Wall from the Jewish Quarter and back up to it is via a long set of stairs.

A view of the Western Wall, the Temple Mount and Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem

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A stately residence in Baka