Arts

Looking back at Patrick Stewart's Israeli movie, 'Hunting Elephants'

In a press conference to promote the movie in Tel Aviv before filming started, Stewart said, “This movie is unlike anything else I’ve ever done."

Patrick Stewart in Hunting Elephants.
Barbara Hines's exhibition is the culmination of a profound spiritual and personal journey that began when Hines discovered her family’s hidden Holocaust history.

German artist Barbara Hines unveils first solo exhibit in Israel after discovering Jewish roots

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

Jerusalem highlights: October 9 – October 15

Eva Avidar's work: Bite, 2017.

From ruins, regrowth: Artists answer October 7 with humanity


Pnina Blayer, director of Haifa International Film Festival, dies

Blayer was an intellectual who was fascinated by art, music, and literature, as well as movies.

 PNINA BLAYER.

Haifa landscapes and Syrian goats: What's new in the Israeli art scene? - feature

This week's art roundup includes various galleries and exhibits throughout Israel.

 ‘GOATS OF Israel’ by Janco Dada.

‘Ha’amini Yom Yavo,’ musical tribute to woman who embodied that spirit of a nation at war - review

"Ha’amini Yom Yavo," a musical at Habima National Theater, celebrates Yafa Yarkoni's life and legacy, exploring her rise to fame and enduring impact on Israeli culture.

 GILA ALMAGOR in the role of Yafa Yarkoni with Elay Almani and Einat Sarouf in the background.

'1,000 Faces of a Hero': The new show of violinist Ariella Zeitlin

An American-born violinist shows us the sunny side of life.

 ARIELLA ZEITLIN is dead set on helping us to achieve our dreams.

In ‘Here There are Blueberries,’ playwright Moisés Kaufman focuses on perpetrators of the Holocaust

The Venezuelan-born Kaufman, best known for “The Laramie Project,” a play and HBO film about the murder of the gay student Matthew Shepard, had found his latest subject.

 Elizabeth Stahlmann plays a Holocaust museum archivist in "Here There Are Strawberries."

‘Dies Irae’ - A short story

THE LAST time I remember taking him to the museum was during the summer he turned 18, one of our hardest times.

 I LIKE going to museums at night.

Movie by Israeli director Tom Nesher to be shown at Tribeca Festival

The movie stars newcomers Lia Elalouf and Daria Rosen in the lead roles, and the rest of the cast includes Ido Tako, Yaakov Zada-Daniel, and Neta Garty.

 Still from Come Closer

Director Mohammad Rasoulof flees Iran ahead of Cannes premier

Rasoulof said he made the decision after he learned about a month ago that his sentence had been confirmed.

 Caption: AERIAL VIEW from a 6-meter mast. Actors posing for photographers on the red carpet before going up the famous 24 steps. Cannes Film Festival, France.

From Ethiopia with love and joy: A recent arrival to the shores unfurls his vocal talents

Abate Berihun blazed a trail for many Israelis with Ethiopian roots, being one of Ethiopia’s leading jazz artists before making aliyah 25 years ago.

 ABATE WILL bring his Tesfa sextet to Jerusalem this week.

Darya Mosenzon – from classical piano to Morocco

How the pianist Darya Mosenzon came to specialise in Moroccan music.

 Darya Mosenzon