Barry Davis

Barry Davis is an avid jazz fan and road cyclist, and vegan to boot, whose primary journalistic aim is to convey the message that there is plenty of positive, soul enriching and uplifting creative and artistic endeavor out there, should we choose to feed off it. Davis will write about anything positive, preferably apolitical, if that is at all possible in this part of the world.

LIOR ELMALEH presents a blend of rock and ‘piyut.’

Music on the double: Liturgical singer Lior Elmaleh offers a sonic bridge for all

The vast central space of the Clal Center accommodates a variety of entertainment fare.

Muslala urban renewal to be shown at Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism

Veteran dance troupe Beta Ensemble features in the Maharen-Neh production alongside Dege Feder and Zvika Hizkias.

Artful Ethiopia: Israeli artists with Ethiopian roots get a chance to shine in Jerusalem


Jerusalem art school presents at Ars Electronica in Austria

Founded in 1979, the Austrian bash is run by the Ars Electronica Linz GmbH cultural, educational, and scientific institute, which primarily operates in the field of new media art. 

Naggar School of Art and Society graduates Noga Shalit Glick and Naomi Weisselberg have an artwork in the prestigious Ars Electronica art festival in Linz, Austria.

Leonard Cohen’s calling card: A new play about the iconic Jewish poet-musician

The forthcoming music-based portrayal of the late Canadian-Jewish poet-musician is scheduled for later this month in Tel Aviv.

THE CAST of ‘Leonard,’ an homage to Leonard Cohen.

At 60, the Israel Museum offers a new take on its accumulated treasures

Reuven Rubin’s evocative 1923 oil painting 'First Fruits' conveys something of a utopian futuristic human and bucolic scene, with Jews and Arabs enjoying a harmonious coexistence in Eretz Yisrael.

The Transparent Conservation Lab offers the public a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the work of the art conservator

All the world’s a living stage: The 34th Int'l Puppet Festival is here

The forthcoming festival takes place August 17-21 with a veritable cornucopia of productions and other items lined up over the five days.

A PERFORMANCE at the upcoming International Puppet Festival.

Is this for real? Food for thought at 4th Israeli Comedy Fesitval

Ephraim Kishon Israeli Comedy Festival takes place at its perennial base of Beit Mazia, and various other locations dotted around town, for the fourth time, August 17-21.

‘DONALD AND ABDUL’ and Attention, Sergeant Major! will be two of the performances at the Israeli Comedy Festival.

Art by divine: Artist Joshua Borkovsky takes the Christian route to wonderment

Borkovsky’s border-hopping tending discipline culls rich pickings from across centuries of artistic endeavor of various ilks. 

Joshua (Shuky) Borkovsky displays work accumulated over the past 12 years.

Arrays of hope: Israel Festival's offerings in a year full of woes

This year’s festival opens in Jerusalem on July 16 under the aegis of returning artistic directors Michal Vaknin and Itay Mautner, and in the Galilee and Western Negev, through to August 1.

 INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED jazz trumpeter Avishai Cohen teams up with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra to assuage some post-Oct. 7 angst.

Reaching for the sky: Manofim Festival returns to Jerusalem

The leaps-and-bounds trajectory comes across loud and clear from just the briefest of glimpses of this year’s program, which kicks off on July 22 and runs until July 26. 

 Veteran Oriental metal rock band Orphaned Land.

Jazz trumpeter Avishai Cohen to unload post-October 7 angst at Israel Festival

Avishai Cohen's latest record, 'Ashes to Gold,' packs an emotional punch and will be performed on July 16 in Jerusalem as part of this year’s Israel Festival.

 AVISHAI COHEN: I’m not sure this is my most personal record, but I think it’s my best!

Making musical ends meet, the annual Jerusalem East and West Festival shows the way

A wide-ranging slew of acts that will take the Sultan’s Pool stage, in the shadow of the Jerusalem Old City walls, later this week.

TOM COHEN (center) and the Jerusalem Orchestra East West.