Eurovision, shmurovision – didn’t anyone notice Israel had an earthquake last week?
Eurovision hoopla overshadowed the fact that our region experienced a tremblor. It was hardly the first; here are photos of a 1927 quake in Israel.
The secrets and surprises behind Israel’s Eurovision love affair
Ahead of this year’s song contest in Tel Aviv, here is a retrospective about the winners, losers, politics and songwriting secrets of Eurovision.
How Tel Aviv’s Levant Fair came to host Eurovision
The venue for Europe’s biggest song competition has a history that stretches back almost to the city’s founding.
Finding the story buried under every soldier’s gravestone
New technologies help locate long-lost relatives fallen in Israel’s wars and map all of Israel’s cemeteries.
Israel’s once staid footwear market is now fashion-forward
In days gone by, shoes for the spring holiday season weren’t fun or colorful. It took decades to transform Israel’s staid footwear market into the innovative and creative industry it is today.
Rare photo series marks Israel-Egypt peace treaty at 40
Collection from the National Library of Israel shows the genuine warmth between Israeli Prime Minister Begin and Egyptian President Sadat.
Google highlights the National Library of Israel in discoveries project
Three collections of rare and one-of-a-kind items from the National Library of Israel are featured in a new Google Arts & Culture online project.
Did you know Israel sent a rocket into space in 1961?
How the US-USSR space race, regional security threats, an arms race, and an upcoming election contributed to Israel’s first rocket launch, Shavit 2.
Israel National Library launches free Israeli music app
Feel like listening to a good old Arik Einstein song or discovering music from the next superstar? Shiri offers everything from Sasha Argov to Zohar Argov.
The author’s funeral that brought Tel Aviv to a standstill
92 years ago, Jewish residents thronged the streets of Tel Aviv to mourn the death of the great man of letters known by the pen name ‘Ahad Ha’am.’
Love wins the day in fight to preserve 26 trees in Jaffa
Israelis have a love-hate relationship with ficus trees, which provide shade but drop nasty berry goop and can uproot sidewalks and penetrate pipes.
Sukkah-hopping in Israel through the decades
No matter where you are in Israel, there’s always a readily available public sukkah – and now there’s an app for that.
Once frowned upon, Israeli holiday travel goes sky-high
This year’s three-week High Holidays period will likely break the record for outgoing and domestic tourism among Israelis.
‘We are the Natives’ exhibit in Holon digs up unknown past
Visitors to the Israeli Center for Digital Art will be able to experience the excitement of finding archeological treasures from the Bronze Age.
Remembering the hard times predating the startup nation
Exhibit at a Tel Aviv museum presents the period of rationing and restrictions of Israel’s first decade through rare photos, films, texts, documents.