Tag: Culture

Ethiopian-born Yossi Vassa, who immigrated to Israel in 1985 as a seven-year-old, has performed his one-man show more than 150 times.Mixing comic patter with pathos,

Many of the world’s leading experts on the Dead Sea Scrolls will be participating in special public programs and events in conjunction with the presentation

19-year old Havi Mond: I like the idea of being a supermodel… but I won’t be disappointed if it doesn’t work out. (Photo: Andrew Crowley)The

Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi in action.After years of effort and work, Israeli tennis player Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi has capped a banner year by achieving the highest ranking ever

The online archives contain material shot in Israel before and after the establishment of the State in 1948, motion picture records of many Jewish communities

Voted by Vanity Fair in 1998 as one of the five most promising young actresses in Hollywood, Mili Avital has experienced the ups and downs

Ilan Volkov has appeared as guest conductor with many leading orchestras in Europe and the United States.Ilan Volkov, a young Israeli virtuoso, will take up

The class is taught by a professional cooking teacher, together with a translator, who translates the lessons into sign language. As they knead bread and

Rabbi Michael Melchior performs the wedding ceremony for Megan Seltz and Ian Brandt on New Year’s Eve.Two young Americans made their first trip to Israel

Some of the 7,000 Israel Arab and Jewish children, whom came to Tel Aviv’s Bloomfield Stadium. The children are part of a new campaign sponsored

A score of Mahler’s First Symphony that contains his own handwritten revisions was uncovered by chance in the archives of the Jerusalem Academy of Music.

Albert Einstein was a founder of Hebrew University and donated his personal papers to the University in 1952. A unique exhibition on the life and

Director Nir Bergman (top) posed with members of the Broken Wings cast at the Tokyo International Film Festival.”Broken Wings,” a drama by rookie Israeli director