Famous jewish artists

'Megillat Yerushalyim': Israeli artist Rachel Kainy is turning Jerusalem into a living scroll

Rachel Kainy documents the capital of Israel, with all its social and cultural shades and contrasts, creating the story of the city on paper scrolls – in a way, a megillah of Jerusalem.

Rachel Kainy, Road Sketch, workshop during Manofim Festival 2026.
"Disclosure Day" New York Premiere NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 08: Steven Spielberg attends the "Disclosure Day" New York Premiere at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on June 08, 2026 in New York City.

Spielberg’s 'Disclosure Day' excites but falters in final act

Yair Garbuz

Influential Israeli painter and satirist Yair Garbuz dies at 80

Isaiah Zagar at the HBO documentary screening of "In A Dream" at the Brooklyn Museum on August 23, 2009 in the Borough of Brooklyn, New York City.

Isaiah Zagar, renowned Jewish mosaic artist who created Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, dies at 86


A literary life

Nobel Prize winner Patrick Modiano’s memoir is finally translated into English

Patrick Modiano: I write ‘Jewish’ without really knowing what it means.

Jackie Mason: NYC restaurants subject to tougher inspections than Iran under nuclear deal

Jewish funnyman quips that "we’re more protected from a bad tuna fish than a nuclear bomb."

Legendary Borscht Belt comedian Jackie Mason has turned his acerbic humor to slamming critics of Israel

Broadway's 'Fiddler on the Roof' star Theodore Bikel dies at age 91

The Jewish actor, folk singer, musician, and composer is said to have died of natural causes in a hospital in Los Angeles.

Theodore Bikel

Legendary Jewish producer Jerry Weintraub dies at 77

The producer is most famous for his work on the "Ocean's Eleven" series.

Producer Jerry Weintraub

Rock veterans Manfred Mann, Moody Blues’ Justin Hayward announce Israel shows

The pop group will be returning to Israel after an 11-year absence.

Manfred Mann's Earth Band visits Israel

British film-makers demand cancellation of Israeli film festival

Over 40 film-makers and artist want cinemas to drop screenings of Israeli films due to Israeli governmental policy in the West Bank.

Protesters in London display placards and banners as they take part in demonstration against Israel [File]

Practical objectivism: The virtues of capitalism

The Jerusalem Post

The weird and wonderful world of Aya Ben-Ron

The Israeli artist explores the medical world in her new online platform, Front.

A SCREENSHOT of Aya Ben-Ron’s online exhibition ‘The Last Voyage to Cythera.’

Purim, the Battle of Waterloo and the guillotine

Deeper meaning in the Book of Esther.

YOUNGSTERS BROWSE at a costume shop on the capital’s Ben-Yehuda pedestrian mall

Beshalah: Eating the manna and receiving the Torah

This week's Torah portion.

Torah scroll