
Why Israeli short films are winning international awards
With a choice of many film schools and a penchant for storytelling, Israelis raise ‘super interesting voices’ on screen.
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With a choice of many film schools and a penchant for storytelling, Israelis raise ‘super interesting voices’ on screen.

Israel fashion and luxury retailers have reopened following the success of the country’s rapid mass vaccination campaign. Sales are up but footfall remains low.

Singer, actress and IDF soldier reportedly will coproduce and star in a ‘globe-spanning escapist event film’ for Picturestart.

Rare 2,500-year-old amulet was believed to protect children or increase fertility in the sixth to fifth centuries BCE, when infant mortality was high.

Itamar Borochov fuses the Mideast-North African synagogue music of his Jaffa childhood with the American jazz of Armstrong, Davis and Coltrane.

Vintner Jeff Morgan maintains Covenant wineries in California and in Israel.

‘There’s nothing quite like Israel in the world and nothing quite like the women of Israel,’ says founder of the Israeli Women Museum.

Unusual new giving model lets Israelis in the high-tech industry share knowledge about their professions in courses that benefit nonprofit organizations.

In Israel, toiling away in dusty groves or inspecting huge barrels of wine has never just been a man’s job.

Sapir Englard wrote the steamy novel while she was in the army. ‘The Millennium Wolves’ became a $5m hit on immersive publishing platform Inkitt.

At Israel’s Freedom Farm Sanctuary, visitors learn compassion from meeting creatures they’d otherwise find shrink-wrapped at the supermarket.

For everyone weary of working at home but wary of returning to corporate offices, flex is emerging as the hybrid solution for Covid times.

In a rare and unusual collaboration, Yair Levi and Carine Bassili share the conflict between their people but choose to look forward and create a healing song together.

Having my preconceptions about Israel disproven time and time again has opened my eyes to this country’s unexpected truths.

Tel Aviv-based bakers Lee’at and Georgia infuse a classic chocolate cake with smooth, rich sesame paste for a Middle Eastern dessert treat.