Photography

Reuven Milon: The photographer who captured Jerusalem’s soul, one ordinary moment at a time

From milkmen to movie houses, Reuven Milon captured Jerusalem as it lived and breathed; ordinary scenes turned lasting history.

A rare shot of Reuven Milon at work.
Itai Ron’s image showing shadows of ultra-Orthodox men and soldiers on the wall of a house in the Palestinian village of Kifl Haris was selected as Photo of the Year by ‘Local Testimony 2025.’

Israel in the frame: How Local Testimony 2025 builds a public record

Bisharat House, with its triple-arched veranda, is a feature of Jerusalem’s Mediterranean villa style.

Stone, arches and memory: Jerusalem's enduring Mediterranean architecture survives

Avishai Shaar-Yashuv  documented the first few  months of Emily Damari’s life  following her return from  captivity in Gaza, for ‘The New  York Times.’

Local Testimony 2025: Powerful images of conflict, life, and hope at Eretz Israel Museum


New judiciary procedure tightens rules on photography in court buildings

The procedure accompanies a recently passed amendment that restricts the photographing and publication of identifying images of suspects held in custody before an indictment is filed.

Lawyers and police investigators arrive for a court hearing in a major corruption case involving senior officials from the Histadrut at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court November 3, 2025

Artists to present works in an exhibition concluding the Edmond de Rothschild Center residency

The group exhibition, "Moshava Zmanit" led by the program's curator and artistic director, Assaf Hinden, is an evolving series of works based on the principle of site-dependent creation

“Hand and Flag” — ceramic with red glaze, bamboo, and a canvas flag with acrylic.

Grapevine, December 7, 2025: Multiple compositions

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

From left, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, Ecuador Ambassador Maria Cristina Coralios Calero, and Prof. Tamir Shaefer, president of the Hebrew University.

Face to Face: Rubin siblings’ powerful art exhibit explores legacy and human form

The exhibition is part of an ongoing municipal initiative to strengthen Eilat’s contemporary art profile.

Gidi Rubin's 'Twins'

Spanish tourists arrested for taking nude photographs behind the Great Pyramid of Giza

"We did not intend to offend Egyptians and did not expect that our actions would be interpreted as indecent behavior in a public place," the detainees said.

Spinx face on the Giza pyramid background, Cairo, Egypt.

Two women, one lens

Bearing witness after Oct. 7

ORIN ZECHARIA at her daughter’s funeral: ‘It’s so important to capture those moments of parting.’

'Moments that Remain': A glimpse into heroism and hope since October 7

"We cannot change what has been," the letter goes on, but "[we can] take responsibility" and use the lessons learned to grow stronger."

A memorial ceremony at the Nova festival marking two years since the October 7 massacre when Hamas terrorists infiltrated southern Israel, murdering more than 1,200 people. October 07, 2025.

The book that holds a thousand truths

Chen Schimmel on the profound meaning behind her newly published book: “It serves as both a document and a testimony.”

Award-winning photojournalist Chen G. Schimmel

Three artists, three questions: Cross-disciplinary creators

Three artists who have moved to the visual arts, from fashion and jewelry, classical music, photography, and film.

KATRIN TOLKOVSKY

‘A Camera and a Boy’: A posthumous exhibition by the first soldier to die in the Gaza war

St.-Sgt. Lavi Lifshitz, the first soldier to die in the Israel-Hamas War in October 2023, has a posthumous photography exhibition.

 Shlomit and Nizan Lifschitz, Lavi’s parents, attend the opening of his posthumous photography exhibition at the Djanogly Art Gallery in Jerusalem, in October 2025.